Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-10
SOME GOULD AFFAIRS
George Kept Busy Adjusting
Brothers. and Sisters Troubles
HIS OPINION OF COUNT B0NI
Story of Miss Annals Rumered En-
gagement to an Actor.
ENDING OF THE INCIDENT
When MANNED Butler Sued Howard
for Damages-Elder Brothers
Hand Seen Again.
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nauQ seen AGAIN
Written for. The Star.
| Nobody has ever succeeded in finding on:
exactly what George Gould thinks of the
/ Count Boni de Castellane his sister Annals
recreant husband. But some New York re-
porters who have gone to George Gould with
| inquiries at certain critical junctures in tho
affairs of the Castellanes, believe that they
know what George thinks about his brother
| in-law. At the time when. after a prriod of
| terrific extravagances. Count Bonf came 70
New York with his wife and children to
avoid bunch of angry French creditors.
who had been seeking to attack his blithet
person, was detailed by New York city
| editor to "see what George Gould has to
say about all this mesa George Gould
was even then engaged in looping the in
| come of his sister and brother-in-law from
| $500 coo to 100000 per annum In order that
/ the French creditors might be paid in a
series of annual installments destined to
| stretch through a considerable space OF
| years.
/ I had often interviewed George Gould on
| purely financial topics, but never as to do
mestic Incidents or eataeiysms in the
/ Gould family. So got by the pack of Gould
I lackeys, guardians and secretaries at the
I Western Union building all right. George
Gould rarely refuses to see newspaper men,
| but there times when he seems to be
| a charter member of the Sphinx Society.
/ "Hware your said George Gould, nerv-
Gus, brusque, rather dry of affairs,
/ when 1 was ushered into his room. 'I
| know what you are here for-the Castellane
business. Nothing worth while to say.
I Their debts-his debts-are worse than I
| had thought them. L shall arrive at COM
position with the creditors presently. They
l N /
| matters. Their income is to be reduced con-
! siderably until the French creditors are APP
| peased. Anything else?"
+ A thin, rather lucky statement of 1t all,
1 albeit comprehensive enough, thought /,
and determined to dig for more.
/ "Er-what does-er-the Count de Castel-
/ lane think of the proposed reduction in his
/ income?' I inquired, stalling to gain time
to think of better questions.
Mr.. Gould flashed me a look fun of vi
| earious vitriol for the man of whom we
were speaking.
| Not to Be Quoted.
/ What does he think of it?' he snapped
| with working jaws. when one of your
| dogs gets into the hands of the poundmas-
| ter, and you take him out, what does the
/ deg-but, tush, man, don't use that What
| IN fury does anybody care what he thinks.
| of it? Confound his-by the way, won't
| you be good enough to bolt before Ter
h
Oblge me by only quoting, If quote you
/ must, what L said when you first came In
here, will your"
And SO L came away I didn't use the
things George Gould started to let fly in his
wrath with reference to his curled and
scented brother-in-law. But derived that
Mr.. Goufd,s feelings with respect. to Boni
were not precisely affectionate.
1t is a matter OF record that during that
T somewhat prolonged visit to these (for him)
aurfferous shores Bcni met George Gould.
| the head of the family into which he had
| made his frankly predatory marriage. only
once. and then at New York club. George
Gould was living then at his Lakewood PAL
ace, Georgian Court, with his splendid
wife, who had been the actress. Edith
| Kingdom, and his fine brood of boys and
| girls. While his sister Anna visited him
there, Boni did not, for reason, II was
pretty well known at the time, not wholly
ASSOCIATED from the little detail Ringing
upon an Invitation or the lack of one.
George Gould arranged the Castellane af
| fairs through his sister and by direct deal
| ing with agents of the French creditors,
I who came to New York for the purpose.
/ but he expressly stipulated that he would
have none of his brother-in-laws propn-
guilty. But one night, detained in New
I York, George Gould went to one of his
/ New York clubs, and there In the grill room
he came upon his cerssted brother-in-law,
dining with French lawyer who lived in
New York.
A Chilly Recognition.
/ Percefving George Gould, Boni rose. from
his seat at table and made the preliminary
moves toward stinening himself with a
view, belize, to stalking his brother n-iaw
to a little Of the grand manner. Right hand
I on shirt-front over near the cardiac region.
I the Count Boni made his brother-in-law
one of those Faubourg st. Germaine bows,
meant to be a little moving picture of
I grace clipped out of the old regime. Then,
| recovering his stature, Boni started to
move IN George Gould's direction, hand for
ward and outspread. CuriouSly enough,
George Gould at that moment had need TO
use both of his hands wherewith to get at
the handkerchief in the tail of his evening
coat-botn hands, bear In mind. lie made
Boni duck of the head. such as one,
plunged in thought on the street might
make TO his newsboy. and then. disregard
ing Boni, who was shutting toward him.
executed fine right oblique in the diree-
ton OF a table at which Herman Oelrichs
was dining.
Hello. Herman" said Mr. Gould. cor
daily, and from Oelrichs 1t was. Hello.
George, how be your while the count of
the ancient regime stood in the middle or
the grill room. regarding George Goulds
back from the sits of little, narrowing
eyes, and locking most hepelessly foolish
to the ribald Angio-Saxon eye. Truth TO
tell a wine-nurtured young man in the
grill room. viewing II all from his seat, in
stantIy broke into shaw-haw! that
rang around the room worse than the Cat
ter OF breaking dishes. Upon that irrever-
ent young man the Count Boni wheeled
with glare meant to emphasize how
dearly he would love to run the haw- haw-er
through the body. But the young man,
Ieanings not to say loliing, back IN his
chair his napkin at rest. gazed grinn.ngly
right into the counts teeth. and went right
on haw-haw-ing to his very hearts con-
tent. deliberately. discerdantly and for the
pure love of It.
Count Boni. seeming more foolish than
ever, sat down and toyed dainti,y In hts
sherbet with the little spoon. Really. he
had presented no such fierce figure. after
all.
The "Actor Man" Incident.
Before Anna Gould was safely married
to the Count Boni-somehow upon the
second look. the word safely does not
seem to fit well here-there was much of
matrimonial rumor flying about the world
anent that somewhat Understood. peaked.
elfnish-appearing young woman
One of these rumors had 1t that the young
woman was going to go to the altar with
certain young actor. whose name shall