The San Francisco call., 1906-10-15
By 9. g. Carton.

AdAAe payers OF -NeW nave
galed the public with long lists of
gowns ordered by Mrs. Gould, and for
which she declined to pay for one rea-
son and another Grocery bills We're
paraded before the readers of the daily
papers, with sundry articles of food
products itemized.
The recent trouble began over the
plans for Castle Could the costly
pile being erected on Long Island. and
which was planned to be one of the
show places of that fashionable sec
ton, which is the summer home of
many wealthy people, of fashion. Some
idea Of its magnitude can be gained
when 1t is said that thus far S550.000
has been spent for stables and out
buildings alone, and as yet no work
has been done on the main building of
Castle Gould 1t was planned by Mrs.
Gould to model the castle after Kill
kenny Castle in Ireland. Mrs. Gould
took an architect with her to Ireland
to see Kilkenny and then designed
some additions of her own. These
did not exactly conform to standard
architectural ideas, or any other sane
architectural ideas. in fact. but when
the architect automatically tried to
point out features that seemed to him
10 be out Of conformity with the gen
eral design and plan, Mrs. Gould.
whose temper is said TO be not of the
one of these occasions the architect
was unceremoniously shown the door
by the irate wife, who would not brook
the slightest opposition to her own
ideas. The architect became tired of
these caprices and sent in bill for
his work. which she disputed. He
then brought suit. In his complaint
structure contained sixty rooms, but
Mrs. Gould wanted 200 rooms in Castle
Gould. Besides, there was to be
grand entrance hall forty feet wide
and hundred feet long The cost
OF the entire structure was to be four
millions. The architect won his suit.
but it was appealed and now awaits
decision.
Since their return from Europe about
a month ago on their steam yacht
Niagara Mr. and Mrs Gould have not
been living together. Mr.. Could has
been stopping at the Waldorf-Astoria,
and his wife at the Hotel st, Regis.
At a recent dinner at Delmonico's
Gould sat with one party of friends and
Mrs. Gould with another, and the two
did not exchange greetings. 1t is said
that Goulds refusal TO dismiss the su-
perintendent OF construction of Castle
Gould is the direct cause Of the pres
ent estrangement though their trouble
may be said TO be cumulative.
Mrs. Gould was annoyed because the
superintendent would not obey her or
ders. When she arrived at the ST.
Regis she said TO a friend: Il re-
turned TO this city because 1 could not
permit a mere employe 20 keep me
from entering my own home"
Howard Gould's marriage to the
handsome California actress, Rather
inc Clemmons. in 1898 came near losing
for him a portion of his fathers mil
lions. Under the terms of Jay Gould's
will son or daughter whose marriage
was displeasing 10 the other members
Of the family might be deprived of a
share in the estate Although the
family did not approve Of this mar
riage. they aid not seek 10 take ad-
vantage of this clause in the will. But
the other members of the Gould fam
lily, with the exception Of the Countess
Of Castellane, have never entertained
Mrs. Howard Gould.
Mrs. Gould will be remembered in
California as an actress of little or no
talent Her type of blonde beauty
was conspicuous. however, and she
achieved q fair measure of success.
mainly through the efforts Of some
good friends who aided her financially.
Among these was Buffalo Bill.
The Eastern debut of Katherine
Clemmons was made in Washington. and
the enterprising press agent at that
gather q friendly and fashionable au-
dience. Free tickets were sent TO the
President and his Cabinet. Senator'S and
members Of Congress. An entire row
was reserved across the front of AL
baugh's Opera-house for the Califor-
mans in Washington, and this included
the California Senator'S and members
Of Congress, departmental officials and
press correspondents They were the
chief C1c1urrarG r1a they faif
an interest in the success of a Cali
fornia actress. But it is recalled that
it was but an Indifferent success that
the actress made in her Eastern debut.
Not long afterward she retired from
the stage and married Howard Gould
Recently the sensibilities of the Four
Hundred received another shock when
Mrs. Gould's sister married a Chinese
in San Francisco.
A New York morning paper has
printed a story to the effect that the
Goulds have become reconciled. and
that they attended the automobile
races together, but this proves to have
been an error. Mrs. Gould saw the
races, but her husband was absent on
q yachting cruise.
Not only is there an estrangement
between the Count de Castellane and
his wife formerly Anna Could and
between Howard and Mrs. Gould. but 1t
has developed that Frank, the youngest
son of Jay Gould. is going to separate
from his wife. A family council of the
Goulds prevented a divorce and now ii
is announced that Mrs. Gould will go to
Hot Springs, Virginia, for an indefinite
stay" while Frank J. Gould will make
a tour Of the world. This is believed to
be diplomatic way Of separating the
couple without undue publicity. Legal
papers had been drawn up.
Frank Goulds share of his fathers
estate was ten million dollars. None Of
the Goulds seem to have added much to
the respective fortunes left them by
Jay Gould and not one of them seems to
have inherited the fathers finanSiaI
ability. Nearly all of the Gould stocks
are below par, and 1t is noteworthy
fact that spectators in Wall street al
ways fight shy of the Gould stocks
Western Union is particularly inactive
It has declined rapidly since George
Gould announced an enormous issue of
bonds would be made hv the cop,popy