The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17
summer Days in New Dork.
BY EMEL JAY.

NEW YORK, Aug l6-..Wrtte some
thing more on the intimate side OF New
York life. We hear quite too much
about the millionaires. and rarely be-
lieve any of tt
Thus wrote to me recently. aproDos Of
an article on Life In a New York
Flat" woman of marked discrimina-
ton Yet. in spite OF the good sense o.
her plea, here l find myself begulided
by the happy chance of a look into
Helen Goulds Fifth Avenue house, ana
irresistibly tempted to write OF it.
The reading public Is always ready to
hear something OF Helen Gould-and this
aside from her money. If she had only
millions imputed to her, I believe the
people would be just as eager to hear
of her home and the things that make
her personality.
She is greatly beloved. She has mani
tested by her liberal gifts thought for
suffering; and the heart of humanity
answers always true heart-throb in its
behalf
MISS GOULD AT LYNDHURST.
Miss Gould is not now in New York.
She is spending the summer at Lynd-
hurst-that ideal home at 1rvington on
the Hudson with its spacious house set
in hundreds Of acres. The indoor gem
of that country home is the picture-ga!-
ery the windows of which look far out
over the river, upon a canvas that
dwarfs ANYTHING inside. you may be
sure. It seems mistake to place art,
however grand, right in the face OF ma
ture in such a mood as that.
A first-class business woman Miss
Gould runs down to New York, now and
tI,., III,
was here two weeks ago, walked into
the Fifth Avenue home. ordered lunch.
remained a few hours, and was OIL
again to Lyndhurst, which. it is said.
she loves best of her three homes.-the
third being at Roxbury. her fathers,
birthplace.
Two of those three beautiful, complete
ly furnished homes remain shut up two
thirds of the year. Even multi-mui-
l.onaire can live in but one house at
time Mcney-power itself must submit
to that law of limitation which forbids
one body occupying two or more places
at one and the same time.
So the Fifth Avenue and Roxbury
homes must stay crashed and net-envel-
oped and canvas draped Of six OF eighr
months out of the twelve. With the de-
,arture of the mistress vanishes the en-
tire menage: There secretaries. trained
nurse (her fathers nurse. butler. cook
kitchen maid. coachman.
The Fifth Avenue house is now ut
terly empty to all appearances. Work
men are busy on the stoop renovating
the stone-finish. The front door Is
guarded by burglar alarm. No one
can steal even a look lnside-unless, In
deed, it be a newspaper thief!
a LOOK INSIDE.
A look inside shows one splendid
mansion, of course, as was prophesied
by the exterior with Its three stories.
besides mansard. basement and cellar.
The rooms are grandly proportioned
the windows gloriously broad and tail
The sliding-doors open spaciously. throw
Ing into one the entire floor-reception
room parlor. library. dining room. hall
and conservatory. The Chandeliers are
numberless and splendid. The general
effect is handsome, massive, imposing.
A life-size portrait Of Jay Gould hangs
prominently in the dining room oppo-
site the doorway. and one would say
that his spirit-the spirit of the past
pervades the entire house. Tt.3 = 1.e-
Sueyed now and then by rare painting