Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-30
ANNA GOULD MAY
take BON| BACK
HER FAMILY SCHEMlNG FOR
RECONCILIATION
Her VIII the obstacle-Plan Is to Undo
the Influence of Women Friends
Who Have Kept Her Pur-
pose Firm
special Cable to The Herald.

Special Gable to The Herald.
PARIS, June 29.--At the instigation
of members of the Gould family and
with the concurrence of the house of
Castellane efforts are being made to
bring about a reconciliation before the
world and renewal of martial rela-
tions in the eyes of the law between
Anna Gould and her divorced husband,
Count Boni de Castellane.
AS sensational and almost incredible
as the statement may appear, those
who know make it with absolute conf
dence in its accuracy. Denials are to
be expected, but from the nature of
the case they can be regarded as of the
diplomatic order, and merely designed
to cover up the negotiations whose best
justification would be their success, but
of which, in the event of failure, the
less said the better.
No prediction can be made at this
stage as to the ultimate result of the
carefully considered plan of campaign
of which Anna Gould is the object. So
far no obstacles have been encountered
which preclude the hope of the eventual
success of the plan of reconciliation,
but Anna Gould's final decision Is rec
ognized to be an unknown quantity,
upon which it is impossible to build
securely.
Annals Will
Members of the la -y's family who are
most desirous of seeing a realization
of the scheme fully apprehend the diff
ficulties in the way. Anna Gould has
a will of her own. This was fully
demonstrated during the divorce pro
ceedings, when a full exposure of her
husbands shortcomings was the direct
outcome of her insiStence in opposition
to the counsels of her family and of
her lawyers, who urged policy OF
moderation in the indictment against
Conut Boni. The countess, however,
held out for her view that super
abundance of evidence giving the
grounds for divorce was preferable to
a strictly necessary exposition. The
spirit she then displayed and which
has been variously construed may pre-
vail again. particularly If she abides
by the counsels of small coterie OF
women friends who stand high in her
estimation Rightly or wrongly, 1t is
considered by the mebmers of Anna
Gould's family that her best interests
will not be advanced by subservience
to what are held to be the narrow
views Of the persons who at present
possess her ear.
A preliminary part of the plan of
campaign, which has been organized
with the object of securing a recon-
ClllatlOn, consists IN WeanlnS Anna
Gould from her closest friends and un-
dermining the influence they exercise
upon her. Every possible social in
fiuence that might conduce to this end
devoutly to be wished by the members
of her own family and the family of
her former husband. Should this deep
laid scheme not gang aglee" re-
marriage would be necessary under the
French law.
While very few persons in Paris are
aware of the efforts being made in the
direction above indicated, 1t is matter
of almost common knowledge in Paris
society that another Franco-American
marriage. which is of much more
ancient date than the Could Castellane
match, has turned out equally un-
happy In this case the American wife
has left her husband and taken refuge
with her parents, but. in view of a
possible reconciliation, 1 do not feel at
liberty to be more explicit.