The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-01-22

Of lyMdhurst there were Kennels for
packs of dogs, and there was il his
bowling alley down ncar the Tennis
courts. Miss Gould did not keep
packs Of dogs. and there were other
Things she wanted more than krmmrls
or ii bowling alley. She immediately
turned the bowling alley building in
L" the home for her sewing school.
and don tho site whore the kennels
once" stood rises now the building OF
the t.NndhurSt cooking and domestic
science classes,
1t is Years sincc the first sewing
class was "%pcncd-the earliest and
activities of l.ynlhurst. Between aoO
and 400 children come to the sowing
school n0w. The classes are held
every saturday morning during tho
'Snring and summer months when MISS
could is ut home. She has teachers
there from the city in charge of tho
work. and she herself is to lie found.
every week or so. The whole erhool is
under her direct supervision. and she
has. "f course. furnished its entire
equipment. Every Saturday during
II school season ~ can sec children
little girls and little boys. and bigger
Sirls-trooping in from Tarrytown
and l%rvington and White Plains and
all the towns roundabout. to the
I.yndhurst gates. Unlike some of Miss
G"uld's other activities. the sewing
and cooking schools have always been
carried on within The boundaries of
l-NIdhurst Park, ON the hill near ncr
home.
The school Party.
Al the end of zach school season,
just before the classes close and the
mistress of l.Nndhurst goes away,
flNnrn &c l rn,,,o,,Ir,, ,,,x,. u. .,..1
hurst Park. MI the children OF the
sewing classes are invited. and all
their families. and. If they like. all
their friends. There are games of
every sort on Miss Guuld's lawns and
tennis courts--iolly games for the lit
tie children and real athletics for the
hig boys, and amuSemcnts for the old
|er people as well. There are prizes
prizes for work and prizes for play
mcnts. This is Miss Gould's annual
picnic for the Lyndhurst boys and
girls.
The cooking and domestic science
classes are not SD large, but they are
Just as interesting a feature of the
1.Nndhurst life. Their pupils are lit
tie children. to whom domestic sci
ence is fun. and school girls and young
women. to whom II training Miss
Gould gives is the most important of
preparations for the most important
of careers. Their teachers are trained
workers from New York. and their
equipment includes the best kinds Vt
gas stoves and ranges. work tables.
and cooking implements of all kinds.
Each pupil has her own full set or
tools" Thousands If young people
some of them grown up now-have
been pupils i'm Miss Gould's schools.
Over OIL the White Plains Road.
near Lyndhurst, II Miss Gould's
Woody Crest lands. where until quite
recently she has entertained parties of
fresh air" children in all-day pic
MICS during the summer months. and
where. she maintained "a home for
crtpplcs sent to the country from the
various hospitals and homes of New
York. Both these activities have been
discontinued recently. and most of
Miss Gould's groups of guests arc ell
tcrtaincd at TAyndhurst.
The newest addition to the build
ings at I-yndhurst is the swimming
pool. near the river. There arc not
many buildings on the Lyndhurst es-
tate-thc house itself, the sewing
swimming pool and the stables. and Il;
few lodges for employees who live on
the estate are all the buildings in the
big park" Lyndhurst is nearly all
"park'-not Il formal park at all. hut
grass and trees and flowers. Even
the Kitchen gardens are on the 9TH
er side of the road. near Woody
Crest"
Lives Village Life.
At %Lyndhurst Miss Gould makes her
home, and there. during the spring
and Il part Of the summer and again
in tho fall. she lives very quietly. Her
friends say that there is seldom 'any-
thing going on" at %l-yndhurst except
the neighborhood parties and the
children's chools. The life at Lynd-
hurst is as simple as the place itself
is transformations. When she leaves
l.yndnurst in the hot summer months
Miss Gould usually goes to "Kirksidc."
her place at Rovbury. in Delaware
county. where Jay Gould was born.
some sixty miles inland from Kings
ton. Kirksidc is very small. and. with
its little park. it stands directly on
the village street. Next to it is the