The chronicle=news., 1913-04-05
FRANK GOULD IS
TO QUIT AMERICA

New York. Apri, s-Ycu cnnno'
deny YOU have noticed that extra
high and saiicy kick which n chorus
girl delivers just before she vanish.
cs from the stage. With America as
an audience. Frank Jay Gould. de-
parting for France the other day.
Went through q similar performance.
Sailing from New York with his
| wife and her three sisters. the
young millionaire declared that he
was disRuxted with the way the Uni.
ted States WAS run. and virtually an
nounced that he would renouncc his
citizenShip here. His greatest con-
ccrn seemed TO be that horse racing
had been almost abolished In Amer
lea. while II flourlshed like n green
bny tree in that dear France. Next
In Importance was, his complaint
that the government intcrfer-d in
business.
America has become land OF
pikers." he said. There's nothing
more to do over here. You can't
make money anywhere. The govern
mcnt controls everything. Most OF
the American money Is In Gcrmay.
where they are using II to build
warships-and In France
Mr.. Gould wis very proud OF the
little green bow he wore In his lapel
II was awarded only to gentlemen
,iiicrs Of the soil by tho French
government. h.. explained. and WAS
much coveted. lie received that In.
sigma OF the chcvalier Of merit OF
agriculture. for raising the most
luscious nrtichokcx In France
- had wonderful success with my
|ariichokcs." he said. and they have
become famous throughout France.
You never tasted any like them In
this country"
decoration was cIual.d only by his
dispieasure with America.
Mrs. Gould and her sisters were
equally definite In their reasons for
levinK America. Mrs. Gould IS an
nsiIsh woman and attracted Mr..
Gould's attention M y musical COM
cdy chorus Kirl. With her sisters. she
agreed they were eager to krt hack
To Paris to try their new swimming
pool. which was nearing completion
when they i"f, last October.
This is not tn" first time that
Frank Gould has declared that he
would rather he n Frenrhman. and
since hr was fined $1,000 about two
years ago on nm Indictment under
the antitrust Law. ~ president Of
nm iron md nail works. his love for
his native country has not Increased.
Then. too. when he came over the
last time. b. almost esraped paying
duty on his wifc's gowns and Jewels
on the plea Of foreign residence.
when customs officer overheard
him saying that he would open up
his town house. That made him. con.
|structivciy. an American resident.
Yet there is another side to this
disgust with his native country.
doubtless this 3&-ycar old retired
financier loves his trctired) actress
wife very much. or he would not
have riskcd ostracism for her. And
whom. after marrying her In Scot
land. he returned to New York. his
friends and family refused to receive
his new wife. From then war of
reprisai Was on. lie undertook to
avcngc the aioofnexS Of his family by
attempting to wrcst control OF tho
Missouri Pacific and other Gould
properties from his brothers. Defeat
ed In that he seeks solace with his
racing stable and small farm Just
outside OF Paris. If II Ia any con.
ISOLATION. his horses won about 415.-
400 last year.
lie did not lose tile regard OF his
brothers and sisters SO much BY mar
rying Miss Edith Kelly rs he did
through the revelations which OH
taincd u divorce for his first wife In
1909. Left ten million dollars by
his father. he first married an old
playmate. ending a fucd with her
father. and thcreupon displayed a
penchnnt for stage beauties. Shortly
after his divorce one OF them sued
lin for 100000. alleging breach Of
promise. The suit. was compromised
and, 10 was Mr. Gould. Immediately
he went abroad. where he leased Alb
totsford. the old home Of Sir Walter
Scott and married again.
At the tine Of his divorce, he and
his first wife had two children, Hell.
en-. four years old. and Dorothy. six.
The court put them In their moth
er's custody for five months u year.
pnd the rest OF :he time. awarded
them to their father. The following
July they attended the Wedding OF
their mother to Ralph Thomas. n
sugar millionaire. heavily guarded by
detectives. Mr.. Gould feared that
his former wife would attempt 10
keep them. As he had been married
again the month before. the girls
had new father and new mother In
n halr year. Iieiresses to millions.
they were really fatherless ind
UIothcrless. Helen Gould became
their fairy godmothcr and took them
into her home. II was to sec them
that their father returned 10 Amer
lea.
So. II Frank Gould finds n wei.
come for himself and his wife in
France. why shouldn't he prefer
that country? But he need not
hnYa henYed n half hrlck M Amnri .