The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-23
That Gould Case.

" important dispatches in the papers
about the hot contest for the hand Of
Marjorie Gould, between Francis Joseph
brother Of Prince Miguel Of Briganza,
and Prince Alexander Georgievitch
~RomanOwski, who IL also Duke OF
beuchtenberg. Both ~ the titled per
haps gentlemen are hot on the trail,
Frankie has the odorous Prince Helie
de sagan boosting for him. assisted 10y
his wife who was formerly Anna Gould.
also formerly the meal ticket Of one
Boni de Castellane. George is compel
ed TO 20 II alone with only n 100000
batch 81 duds 10 help him along In
the campaign. one Of the lads Is back
ed by his kinsman, the cyar VI all the
Russias. the other by the Emperor
Franz Joseph ut Austria. Negi'in
tions are being carried on direct with
George Gould. the alleged father OF
the said Marjorie Gould, whom, the
society papers inform Ms, els all In a
aut,cr as Ia which coronet j. To rest
upon her curls. Humph! Wouldn't
the whole ease give you the williesi
Here we have the spectacle Of the
American girl sought as a 'egalihed
mistress by two buds Of the nohle-t
houses In Europe Neither one cares
q darn about the girl. What they wan,
is the money that will come with her,
this being shamlessly conceded by even
the said alleged father. There are
plenty OF princes In Europe, a. the
mobility never did believe in race
suicide. hut all that We ever hear Of,
are short Of the kale seed. When they
get 10 they can not raise any more
on the imperial heirlooms, it becomes
a serious question, one of either corner
ing some American ducats or genteelly
starving. The princelets DO not hesitate
long, aud the fact a woman is hitehed
TO the millions does not bother them a
little bit. Wives rest lightly upon
them, a. history has proven countless
times. Neither do they worry over the
fact that net a dollar Of the millions
they are after, was honestly made. None
that they ever had themselves was
honestly made. SO they make their
selections and such microbes ~ George
Gould, give them the glad hand. ror
the bauble of title, they sell their girls
to willing slavery, aud throw in a few
pie TO boot. Faugh! The whole thing
is disgusting. II is a pity that there
eau not be some law to stop It, not
that any self respecting American man
would care to be blessed with the
Gould girls, but because Of the object
lesson given the world Of what ex
tremes are acceptable to a few Of the
rich families of America. The stories
Of the Gould girls and even Of Kat,
Elkins, who has shown a degenerate
phase of the honest old Elkins blood
are enough to make the american won
der Just how far the decadent wealth!
Of this country can 20 in its toadyisn
and It's characterization. II will als'
confirm the impression, already strong
hat almost any phase Of taxation
against such fortunes as that Of Ia,
Goulds, is justifable. OF course tn,
overwhelming majority Of the Ameri
can people have no sympathy with the
Goulds and their matrimonial dir ation'
Of varying degrees of odor. They tak,
them for what they are, and their ob
liquity but accentuates the good old
American idea of the sanctity OF mar
rage. the belief that 1t should be USED
TO unite only people who really love
each o%ther--that any other way attract
a name that brings a Shudder 10 honest
people. OF truth the average Ameri
can woman il not mistaken IN such mat
tiers, and marries the man, and not th'
money. To be sure even among com
mon folks there il AZ exception, but /
only proves the rule. There is uothinI
maiable with American wholesomenes
and European debility. That has beel
proven in numberless cases in whicl
American girls have married into tn
so.called nobility, and gotten just wha
might have peer expected when Their
was neither love nor respect in tn
game. The impulse Of nature can II
more be denied in marriage relatio
than II eau be in anything else, an
each one of these sacrifices to the al
eient aud an evil system but aceer
tuates the truth Of IL. Some day ther
may be a recrudescenee Of the good oil
principal Of real Americanism, that wi
make such affairs as this -tand out /
all their odiousness. II will likel
have no effect on the Goulds and sue
like, for they are beyond recall, br
Il could and would be a valuable thin
for the millions who now make II
mistake Of supposing that the acqu
sition Of wealth Is a more desirab
thing than pride Of country, naturI
refinement, social purity, and respe'
for the laws and ordinance Of Go
all Of which are violated in the tit
chasing Of m~illionaires, with the a
Of dividends and daughters.
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