The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-18

Gould plan that Kingdom shaii be master
OF the realty property interests OF tile
Gould fortune, q task which would cause
/ most Atnerlcars OF ripcst business cxpc-i
eldest son ilc viii succeed to tho bulk
of the business responsibility. In not so
many years this young man Is likely to
be at the head OF sone OF the greatest,
railroad and steamship Lines In the
Telegraph Company, OF which his father
Is now director md one of tho largest
stockllolders; tho chief financial factor
IN q dozen Of the lnrgest banking In
stitutlons Y New York ard other cities.
father is to-day. And to Jay and George.
'Jr., there Will still be left sufficient re-
sponsIbilities, for the Gould interests
stretch out In all directions In seemingly.
for man to do IN every human activity
One for the Law.
AS one who knows something OF tho
hopes Of the father 1T may be said
without violation OF confidence that no
wishes at least one of his sons to be-
come an expert IN the law. And when.
this young lawyer steps out Of college i
O practice will open to him?
The Gould girls are receiving train
ing calculated to make them useful wD-t
men under the direction OF their mother.
iMnrgery. the elder.is already grown TO
artists may well envy. q model OF physl-
cal, intellectual and spiritual beauty
combtued In q most harmonious whole.
Vivian and Ethel are still In the infant
class, although they arc both old enough
babies. e
It is not the Gould plan to shower
the wealth equally upon the six chill
dren. Kingdom Will be the master OF
I,o 1f kt.o So,tI or,d A.
will be sufficiently provided for without
br eaking up the massive fortune. The
Gould Interests will remain intact, II
the fathers plans carry, and Kingdom
will be the chief inheritor. However.
there need be no cause for worry on that
score among the others. for George
Gould Will be nbler IL he shall live tho
allotted term. to give to each OF his
children one-half a hundred millions OF
dollars and still pereserve the integrity
of the Gould corporation.
That Tabooed Subject.
With all this wealth association with
the Goulds is not unpleasant. At Geor-
gan Court or on the Gould yacht, there
are evidences OF luxurious riches.
but never the suggestion OF vulgar dis
play or more vulgar superiority. It is q
of sold am de np'm family rs no'0'
4 In the home of the Goulds, except
when father and mother and perhaps
Kingdom are alone, the subject OF Anna
EGculds unhappy marriage is a tabooed
subject. 1t Is the one family blight
Gladly would George Jay Gould see his
sister divorced and back in America
with her two children to keep her COM
pany. were he sure the vagaries OF the
French court would not grant to the
dissolute Bonl the keeping OF the chill
dren.. who are Annals hope for happi-
ness or interest in life. Rather than to
see the Countess lose her children.
George Gould and his family would see
her reunited with the spendthrift
dawdler OF the extinct French court.
That the children OF Count and
Countess Castcllane can never be what
the children of George Gould are is
recognized In the Gould family. 1t is
never mentioned, but 1t Is felt that the
faint OF the Castellanes means future
shame, or worse. For these sprigs of
royalty there Is no promising future
They can never hope to come into Inn