The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-10-29
HIS WIFE
Frank Gould Who Married
Margaret Kelley Agrees to
Separation.

New York, Oct. 29.-Of the six chill
dren of the late Jay Gould, Helen,
George, Howard. Edwin, Anna and
Frank, three in the past year have
struck matrimonial reef and are in
grave danger of sinking their happi-
ness in the troubled sea of divorce.
1t is announced that Frank Gould
who in 1901 married Miss Helen Mar
garet Kelly, when she was little over
seventeen years old, has agreed to an
amiable separation from his wife, and
is about to start on years tour of the
world on his yacht the Helenita, while
Mrs. Gould, with her two children. re-
mains at Hot Springs, Virginia.
Meantime his older brother, Howard,
who married the former actress, ath-
arine Clemmons, is in ST. Louis, while
the militant Mrs. Howard divides her
time between her country place at
Sands Point and the St. Regis hotel.
Friends of the Howard Goulds say
they have been practically separated
since they returned from Europe on
their yacht last June.
The trouble of Anna Gould and her
little French husband. Count Boni de
Castellane, has been public property
for some time. Divorce proceedings
were inaugurated months ago by the
youngest daughter of the Gould family,
and but for the dilatoriness of the
French courts she would long ago have
been awarded decree.
Miss Helen Gould has remained un-
married, and her life of peaceful phil
anthropy has been disturbed only by
the necessity Of meditating between
her married brothers and sister.
George, the eldest son, lives happily
with his wife, who was Miss Edith
Kingdom, and Edwin, who married the
daughter Of DR.. George NJ. Shrady. has
also been fortunate in his marriage
ties.
Three separations out of five mar
riages is, however, a startling record
for family blessed with so many mil
lions that the minor difficulties of mar
ried life-bills, illness and household
monotony-have never existed for
them.
The first of the unfortunate Gould
marriages was that of Anna, Countess
de Castellane. Hers was the marriage
for social position. 1t has failed. The
second, that of Howard to the actress,
Katherine Clemmons, after several
years of spectacular courtship, was a
marriage of infatuation. 1t has failed.
The third. which united Frank
Gould, twenty-one. to Helen Kelly, sev-
enteen, was the realization OF loves
young dream, the elimination of
boy and girl idyl. 1t has failed.
Three marriages, with three different
motives, but the same sad result.
1t was on December 2, 1901, that
Frank Gould, youngest son of the
famous financier, and Miss Helen
ely. were married in st. Bartholo-
news church by the Rev. David H.
Greer. Miss Kelly, who had been
brought up In convent and had been
known as a devOut Roman Catholic,
gave up her faith to become the wife
of the young millionaire.
Frank Gould was the youngest OF
his family. When he was 81 years old
he came into fortune of $4,000, 900.
Miss kelly's father was Edward Kelly,
son of Eugen Kelly. wealthy banker.
In her childhood days she was a fire.
quent visitor at Lyndhurst, the Gould
country place, and she and her future
husband played tag and romped to-
gether from babyhood. Their mar
riage was smiled on by both families
and Franks child will become the
special pet of Miss Helen Gould.
The young couple took long trips on
a large steam yacht which Frank
Could had built specially for his wife
and named after her, the Helenita
Two daughters, Helen and Dorothy
were born to them and they were re.
garded as ideally happy for four years
| Then there came change. Nobody
knew why. but it was noted that the
couple. hitherto inseparable, were fro.
quently seen apart, then seldom to-
gether and now comes the announce
ment that Frank Gould is going arount
the wOrld-alOne
1t was on the evening Of October IL
1898, at the Holland house, that Kath
crime Clemmons became the wife o.
Howard Gould. Only the BRIDE,
mother was present, and the entire
Gould family frowned concerted
frown on the match Owing to spe
! cial clause in Jay Gould's will, none O