The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1912-12-16
M|SSHELEN COULD
| ENGAGED TO WE'D
Finley J. Shepard, Of 81. Louis,
Wins Her Hand.
WEDDING DATE WITHHELD
George Gould Announced His Sisters
Engagement, Which She Later Con.
firmed.

George Gould Announced His Sisters
Engagement, Which She Later Con.
firmed.
New York, Dec. 16.-Helen Miller
Gould. who is celebrated not only be-
cause she is one of the richest women
In the world, but also on account of
her practical philanthropies, is to be
married, probably next month, to Fin
ley J. Shepard, of st. Louis, an active
railroad man.
Mr.. Shepard is assistant to Presi.
dent B. F. Bush, OF the Gould lines,
Missouri Pacific, Iron Mountain and
Denver & Rio Grange Miss Gould is
forty-four years old. Hen fiance Is
forty-f1ve.
The announcement of the engage
ment was made by Mr.. and Mrs.
George ]. Gould.
It was said announcement of the
time and place of the wedding would
be withheld for the present, and this
statement was confirmed upon inquiry
at the residence of Miss Gould In New
York.
In the thumbnail sketch of Helen
Miller Gould in Who's Who in Amer
tca," her occupation Is given as a phil
anthropist, and it is as philanthropy
list that Miss Gould has become most
widely known. Made wealthy by her
father, and with the disposition to
spend most of her time helping 9th
ers, the range of Miss Gould's charities
has been very wide and has won the
respect of the American public.
Miss Gould was born on June 20,
1868, which makes her forty-four years
old. She was the third child, and the
first daughter of the late Jay Gould.
She was born in the old Gould house
on Fifth avenue and grew up there.
AS a girl she was quiet and stud
ious and has been SO the rest Of her
life. Instead of joining her brothers
and sisters in society, Miss Gould con-
tented herself with studying quietly in
the home of her father. She began her
work in charity when she was just
out Of her teens, quietly and thought.
fully, and where personal application
would do more good she preferred to
do that.
Before Jay Gould, her father, died
Miss Gould seldom headed a charity
list, and even since his death, when
she had a large fortune at her own
disposal, most of her benefactions
have been done quietly and in such a
way that few would know Of them.
Jay Gould died in 1892. To Miss
Helen he left $10,000,000, the Gould
home on Fifth avenue and all it con-
tanned, and provided for $4,000 month
besides for her household expenses.
Of all his children Miss Helen received
more than any except George Gould,
who took charge of his fathers busi-
ness for the last twelve years that
Jay Gould lived, and consequently re-
ceived s15,0O0.0O0.
Miss Gould was only twenty-four
years old when her father died. She
continued her charity work on a wide,
but not large scale. Soon after her
father died she opened fresh air farm
for cripples at Woodycrest, near Tar
rytown, where she lived most of the
time in Lyndhurst. magnificent home
which her father had built.
Miss Gould has always been partial
to the navy, particularly to the naval
branch of the Y. M. c. A.
In appearance Miss Gould is small
and round, with placil, kindly face,
gray eyes and an unusually quiet
manner, SO quiet that 1t might be call
ed timid.
OF all the sons and daughters Of
Jay Gould, Miss Helen Is the last to be
married.