The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-11
Paying The HL[5OF B|)N|
GEORGE GOULD WHILE IN PARIS
EXPECTED TO PAY COUNT
CASTELLANEsSs DEBTS
GOT FIVE MILLIONS BEFORE
But There Were Number OF
TrifIes to Buy, and These Were
bought While Cred
itOrs Wait.

Count Castellane's wondrous furniture,
bought with the money of his wife, Anna
Gould, will not be sold to pay his
debts.
George Gould, the countess brother,
and head of the family, is in Paris, to
save her belongings from the hammer
had sent them
The fuzzy-haired count bought all this
furniture and plate, this jewelry and
these magnificent equipages, soon after
his marriage to Anna Gould and with the
money she inherited from plain old Jay
Gould, her father. He showed the
'nouveau rich" in. bis composition, the
bewilderment of the pauper VITO udden-
ly enters upon fortune-for though a
count, Castellane was poor, miserably
poor.
Three millions staggered his senses, for
Castellane is by no means a man of
brains. He outdid the richest in his
purchases; the prices he paid for old fur
niture and works of art were unheard of
even in Paris, where high prices are the
rule. He staggered, he talked aloud, he
made great presents-aH with Gould
money.
Castellane Is airy in his extravaganza,
joyous in his difficulties. and well as may
be, says the Philadelphia Times His
little wife's" American family must
foot the bill, and doubtless he feels
that his condescension5 in marrying an
untitled American was sufficient return
or even more than sufficient for all her
money.
But even in Paris, the patience of credi-
tors is not unending. All these treasures
were about to be sold to pay the debts
of the count. Therefore George Gould
ts in Paris to settle in his little sisters
behalf George Gould is a hard-headed
business man and makes no "bones"
about talking to count. Particularly
such a count as Boni, whom George
Gould inwardly detests.
Meanwhile Paris is amused at Castel-
lane His swagger, his speeches, his
airs, his married life. his debts and his
little wife's sufferings, all strike Paris
as evidence of a special dementia on the
part Of wealthy young American women
who will persist tn wedding titled for
eigners with empty purses and equally
empty heads.
So Paris has missed the sale of the Cas-
tellane jewels, furniture and belongings
and now awaits ex,eetantly the next ex-
~ oN o6d1kSC "a 11Ofals s1OI. BON Is g. rich
joke nowadays, and then his American
wife must pay the bills.
The extravaganza Of the Castellanes
has appalled, even aParis. Two months
ago the count andst'la petite Could, as
the French people Scal1 the Httle wife of
the count, paid $3.50. COO for q pair of ward
robes 1t was magnificent even in Paris.
No such sum was even before paid for q
chest in which. to keep the clothes of a
young man and woman. Once again the
count was declaredran artist
Last winter, 1t will be remembered, he
came ever to America ostensibly to call
on the Goulds, the family Of his dear
"Annaw." He returned to Paris at the
end OF few weeks with s5.0Oo,O0O to pay
his debts.
With $5,00O,0o0 ready money may one
not indulge in pair Of wardrobes for
$28o. DOOR
The beautiful wardrobes that were
made by Charles Cressant, cabinet maker