Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-26
lspeeial corresponaence.l

Frank j. Gould and his bride.
Edith Kelly, late of Iidwardes'
-- Gaiety company, made their
London debut at the Adelphi last Sat
urday whore they occupied the pros
ccn,Im box with II company of friends.
A good deal has been made here Of the
fact that Gould has been buying up all
the Gaicty shares he can put his hands
on. 1t is suggested that his OBJECT is
that thcater witn the view OF running
his wiie as one OF the principal
stais yesterday broacncd the sub
Ject to George I.dwarde. who laughed
heartily III reply anybody prepared
10 pay the price can nave my share
in inc theatcr." he exclaimed but /
uon't think the shareholders would
care to part with me Yet awhile" The
Guiety without George Edwurdcs is,
indeed, All unthinknble proposition.
Frank Gould have not met, but ]
saw Il good deal of his brother Howard
when hrst he came to London. some
years back. The lady who eventually
became Mrs. Howard Gould was then
living in Norfolk street, Park lane, and.
armed with Il letter of Introduction
from u mutual friend. Howard came to
discuss the question of taking Lon
don thcater for her ] strongly advised
him to do nothing of the sort and he
was wise enough to take my advice. /
am afraid that my candor did not help
in any way to make mo popular with
the future Mrs. Howard Gould.
A little later we all went off to Scot
land for n fortnight's yachting on the
clyde Gould was extremely anxious
to be accepted in the yachting World:
unfortunately his manner was hardly OF
n kind to prove an open sesame At
the club house were staying Lady Alsie
I.cnnoN. and Lord and Lady Dunravcn.
with their two charming daughters all
of them devoted to sport Ny brother.
G. l.. Watson, designer Of Il number of
famous racing yachts. among them Lip
toms "Sllumrocis' and the celebrated
BRITANNIA with which the late King
Edward. then Prince Of Wales. won so
many prizes. was also Of the company.
am sorry to say none Of them took
too kindly to Howard who, Xix" an
Achilles sullling In his tent. retired to
his cabin and remained there hidden
from view. One day his brother George
Gould. turned UP in his splendid steam
yacht. but as he had no very tender
feeling for the lady whom Howard pro-
posed to marry, the meeting of the
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cordial With the three Goulds, George,
Howard and Frank, all mated With ac-
trcSses. is there any wonder that the
musical comedy stage Is ovcrcrowded2
John w. de Kay. the millionaire di
rector of the Mexican Canning Co, and
incidentally an ambitious writer or
plays. tells me that he has just re-
ceivcd u cable from the divine Sarah
,,,1, 20, thn off Sh fS tn
produce his play Judas" either at tho
New Amsterdam. or the Globe Thcatcr,
New York, on Tuesday. Dec. 90 AS
may be imagined, lie Is very full OF the
matter and l shouldn't be bit sur
prised were he to book his passage
across the Atlantic in order to be pres
ent at the first performance. His bus
mess here. however, seems to keep him
pretty we'll employed, and even pleas
urn must sometimes yield TO business
obligations. He informs me that he de-
votes most of his evenings to writing
and the many rare and valuable books
scattered about his rooms abundantly,
prove that he is an ardent bibliophilc.
He is the sort Of man who at once
invites study; you feel. after five min
utes conversation. that YOU want to
know more of him and to sound the
depth OF his dreams and his ambi-
tons. When we met the other day he
related to me with all the Elce of n
schoolboy. how he had snent q night ut
the Garrick club with Beerhohm Tree
and W. L. Courtney tho literary critic
OF Tho Daily Telegraph and how
thoroughly he had enjoyed the expert
once He also read mo snatchcs OF
Judas" to his own intense enjoyment
and | should add, not little to mine.
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