The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-10
HELEN GOULD
CLOSELY GUARDED.
Humblest Working Girl Has
More Liberties Than the Own
err of Millions.
FEW CALLERS EVER SEE HER.
goes to Worlds Fair in Closed
Automobile and Great Effort
Is Made to Conceal Fer
Identity From Public.

The humblest working girl IN St Louis
probably has more liberties and more
freedom thar Hiss Helen Miller Gould.
the richest unmarried woman in the
United States. who is nov in this city
attending the meetings OF the Board of
Lady Managers OF the Worlds Fair.
A much-sousht woman. Miss Gould
must exercise the greatest precautions in
dealing with those who would visit her.
Every day curious persons endeavor to see
this rich young woman at the Washington
Hotel. Some Of them gain an audience
with Miss Gould's secretary. Few OF
them ever. see Miss Gould.
Every mail brings to Miss Gould letters
from persons who have all manner of
schemes, in which they seek her as
sistance.
There are few women who do not like
to have their photograph taken at some
time. Miss Gould's portraits are few in
nilnber. and, for obvious reasons. she Is
never photographed with those associated
with her.
Many group pictures OF the Board OF
Lady Managers have been taken at the
worlds Fair. but the figure Of Miss Gould
is conspicuous by its absence CrankS
are looking for Helen Gould, and II would
never do. she says. for her features to
" ~ "NAA
Visitors TO the Woman's building at the
Worlds Fair may see Miss Gould in the
reception-roOms or the Railways. but SO
little concerning her appearance is known
by the average person that the heiress to
the Gould estate generally escapes the
scrutinizing gaze OF the curious.
Miss Gould goes to the Worlds Fair
grounds IN a closed automobile. The
curtains are always partly drawn and
while Exposition employees have become
familiar with the Gould automobile. few
ever have seen its occupant
After the meetings OF the Board of Lady
Managers Miss Gould IS generally the last
person to leave the Woman's building.
Precautions are taken TO escape the idle
ways or the Railways to set . glimpse OF
the much-talked-of Helen Gould. Once
she is safely seated in the automobile she
IL taken huriedly to her apartments at the
Washington Hotel.
Miss Gould frequently meets Intimate
friends in the parlors of the washington,
but the stares OF, guests unknown to her
have often been the cause OF Miss Gould's
retiring 10 her apartments much earlier
thar she wished 10.
ESCORTED BY MAN SERVANT.
When she takes her morning walk she
"a always accompanied by a hired male
escort, whose chief duty is to protect her
from the advances of persons who own
snapshot cameras-
The modesty, of Helen Gould is looked
upon as her most admirable quality by
her intimate acquaintances: Most persons
like the sort of notoriety that comes with
fame. Mics Gould does not. Miss Gould
has no desire to be idoliZed or ~worshiped.
and she has a horror Of being conspicuous
In a large assembly
Her action on the opening day of the
Fair in going to the Exposition grounds
with five girl companions. who were
dressed identicaily as she was. indicates
the extreme methods that Miss Gould VIII
resort to in order to escape the siances
o. tina public