The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-08-17

or a piece OF statuary of graceful charm
and on the second floor by a sitting
room OF informal ease.
There are many beautiful things
all sides. An exquisite stained glass
sky-lisht lights the hall. and is worth
crainins ones neck to see. A bougou-
reau and Bonheu delight the eve-the
Eonheur. a cattle scene, said to be VAL
ued at $4,000 Two child studies ia
marble are lovely; one. a two-year-old
baby In all the beauty OF baby nudity
sitting in quaint wooden chair the
other an older child playing with kit
ten.
The dining-room. superb apartment
thirty by forty feet. has a hardwood
floor In oak, the furniture also Of oak.
the walls richly succeed. The other
rooms are all carpeted, and are hung
In tapestries OF soft rich tones-the par
lor In silk. the reception-room in plush,
to match the general upholstery. In
the parIor is Steinway baby grand
piano exquisitely finished with lnlaid
work.
docs Miss Gould pIay?' some one ask
ed; and the other replied. Yes. 1T
tie. usually hymns. She Is rellgiously
inclined. you know Mrs. Russell Sage,
by the way, was her Sabbath school
teacher"
An elevator. beautifully constructed.
and working so easily that a child might
run 1t. has its shaft in the center OF
the house. from basement to upper
floors.
AN IDEAL KITCHEN.
Immediately beneath the diing-room is
a kitchen OF corresponding size that
would delight any housekeeper's heart
an enormous room. floor and deep wains-
coting Of ivory white thing. chairs OF
ivory white, and sinks finished
in the same Immaculate way Laundry
and drying-room. with perfect equip
ment, are also In the basement; and
below is the cellar. winch later will
nave It's 50 tons Of coal. the winter
supply for the big house
Above the dining-room and OF the
same noble proportions Is Miss Gould.s
be--room. with heavy dark furniture OF
ebony inlaid with panels wrought In tiny
pink roses. A large rug OF light tone
relieves the massive wood. not an iron
or brass bedstead to be SEEN
One would know to look at that In
terror that 1t IS all just as It was during
the life OF the father. and that the
daughter. In her devotion to his memory.
prefers to keep it Just as he had IT.
There is to me something yery pathet-
ic about 1t all There is a lonesome
look. which the grandeur but empha-
sizes. Some one has written OF mil
llon-peopled solitude Is there not ais,
a miliion-moneved soIicitude? And has
not that other woman in Che nat over
yonder with her bright-faced children
and her strong. young husband. a fuller
happiness than the heiress with her
three big houses and her forty mill
lions?
Not that mansions and millions are to
be scorned- By no means Few OF US
would be unwilling to risk the happt-
ness they bring. To Helen Could they
have brought.-if not the fullest human
happiness-the radiant tngel OF oppor-
tunity who points to the help OF human
ity. And more than once has she needed
the divine reckoning.
AN UNSUPPORTED MAGNATE.
Apropos of the Goulds, association rer
calls striking inc1dent OF last week.
It was Monday. August A. when coming
out Of the German American building Z
CHANGED to be Immediately behind two
men who I couI. rot easily pass Cne
was very old. though hale. apparently