The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-11-08
ACTUAL EXPENSES
OF SOCIETY WOMEN
Mrs. Howard Gould Files An
Swer In Divorce Case
$1,000 A MONTH FOR DRESS
Mrs. Gould Denies Statements Con.
corning Certain Men and ltemizes
Cost of Keeping Up Auto and
Her Own Maintenance.
$1,000 A MONTH FOR DRESS

New York, November 7.-(special)-
Howard Gould today filed his amended an
swer to the complaint of his wife. Kath-
crime Clemmons Gould, who is asking for
final separation and alimony. In response
Mrs. Gould made answer through her
counsel, C. ]. Shern. This answer is so
detailed as to overshadow every former
feature of the case, setting forth in ex-
act items the expenses rendered abso-
lutely necessary by New York society
woman.
Mrs. Gould takes in detail the allega
ton of her husband regarding her actions
at various hotels and cafes. She denies
them in toto and insists that most of the
charges are made by discharged employees
or others under her husbands influence.
In Mr.. Gould's amended answer he
claims that he has paid on his wife's ac-
count of the bills contracted by her since
their separation s109, 1908. 40, in addition to
the $sOO7 monthly allowance which he
says she has received since November
of last year.
Howard Gould Poor.
While Mrs. Gould says she believes her
husbands fortune amounts to S15,000,000,
Mr.. Gould pleads that he is so poor that
he has been unable to put either of his
two yachts into commission. He says his
personal loss during the recent financial
depression amounts to about 100000.
Mr.. Gould rehearses his wife's career
from the time of their marriage and cites
numerous cases of misconduct. He de-
MES that he surrounded her with detec-
tives at the st. Regis hotel but says:
ITO certain extent, however and upon
occasions when I suspected the likeli-
hood of misconduct, the plaintiffs moye-
merits were watched and reported to me-"
A new accusation is brought against
Mrs. Gould in the affidavit of Alfred
Richardson, former steward of Castle
Could who says that one night during
the absence of Mr.. Gould a man named
Colbert was admitted to the house.
Denies Statement.
Mrs Gould denies that she knew any
one named Colbert and the stewards
statement of Colberts visit to Castle
Gould. She also swears that the state
ment of James Lausetson, her former
footinan, to the effect that the maid
told him man was visiting Mrs
Gould in her apartments in the Waldorf
in Mr.. Gould's absence in January, 1904,
is false, and adds that most of the af-
fidavits accompanying her husbands
answer were made by employees whom
she had discharged or who otherwise
had a grievance.
In itemizing her expenses, Mrs. Gould
includes the automobile among her
household necessities. She says two,
and not one are the usual accompani-
ment of fashion in a family and she
figures $1,000 month for the cost and
maintenance Of this useful adjunct.
1T scarcely pays to keep them longer
than a year." says Mrs. Gould in ex-
PLANTATION of the size of this item in
her tabulation.
Experience shows that the monthly
cost for an up-to-date auto service
would be $1,000" she says.
The chauffeur's salary is reckoned at
$3.50 a month. The cost of the ma
chimes is $4,000 each.
Cost of Wardrobe.
An item of absorbing interest to
women is Mrs. Gould's estimate of
$1,000 a month for her wardrobe. No
woman of fashion, according to Mrs
Gould, can spend less than that sum on
herself and look presentable.
In telling of expenses for clothes Mrs
Gould says:
"Tailor-made walking suits cost not less
than $3.50, and certainly the dresses, coats.
wraps, dresses for street. yachting and
motoring. which woman of means must
have II she is dressed well, would amount
each month to $1,000.
Two hats a month and wells to match
are figured at 500, while riding and walk
ing shoes and slippers are charged only
SIS; hosiery, s25; gloves, $40; lingeries, $50:
parasols, umbrellas, fans and opera
glasses and things of this nature" $50
a month; hair dressing and mancurng.
$40; massage, doctors, dentists and health
treatment in general, 800; music, books
and stationery, 800; theatres and operas,
$50, and tpis and small payments, $50
monthly
Mrs. Gould contradicts her husbands
statements that she was boisterous and
intoxicated on numerous occasions he
mentions. She also denies that she threw
4 pack of cards in Mr.. Goulds face dur
ing a game of bridge whist at the home
of Leroy Baldwin.
Amid the mass of affidavits and charges
presented pro and con, the fact stands
out that Mr.. and Mrs. Goulds life over
period OF five years or more before
their separation was anything but happy