The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-14
py FRANCES sHAFFER.


From the time OF the rrst intma-
ton that Miss Helen Gould had reached
the turn in her life-road leading 10
matrimony, there has been fair chance
to look down into the depths OF the
American heart and to judge bit OF
the type of woman that the warm
hearted public most admires.
1t is not often that one Is granted
an opportunity really TO Judge ana 10
learn some OF the standards and ideals
that are given high place. for the pub
lie, like the Individual, is not prone to
wear its heart on its sleeve, at least
not In matters that come closest to daily
living.
And so 1t is with particular interest
and no small pleasure that one listens
to all that is said and reads the sin
cere, ringing words Of affection Tor
woman who had many roads before her
and who modestly chose the one labeled
service"
All Know Her.
1t is not strange that the soldiers
and sailors are ready TO render their
tributes, not remarkable at all that the
beneficiaries of her generous purse pro-
nounce her a queen among women. and
nobody doubts that the tiniest cripple
in her home for crippled children has
given her the devotion Of his baby-heart.
For they all know who she is, what she
does-and they love her.
But the admiration. or something
stronger, does not stop there. 1t reaches
out and out to those who simply catch
an echo OF the way of her life goes by.
the quiet way she takes to help where
help is needed. and the sincerity and
purpose that crown all her acts.
And now that she is soon to give her
hand in marriage to the man who has
won her heart, the comments Of the press
are very revealing, For while she has
a beautiful home, stately possessions, and
millions enough to make plain folk open
their eyes, It is of none of these things
that the newspapers write.
Herself that Counts.
1t is of Helen Gould herself-not her
Jewels. not her money. not the enter
tainments that she gives, not her yachts,
nor her cars but herself, made radiant
by her care for Others.
AS her wedding day approaches, the
story will still be the same, for the glory
OF fine raiment and the splendor of royal
spending will be quite overshadowed by
the dignity of her simple self and by
reflection of the kindly work that she
has done.
And II wholesomeIy emphasizes the
fact that at heart there is no real ad-
miration for a woman whose ambition 10
TO outshine the rest of her world in the
gowns and the gems she wears, and
most Of all in the amazing entertainments
she gives.
Was It only yesterday that We read
OF a woman high IN the social life OF
one of our larger cities who planned
10 give a series of entertainments, so
strikingly original and so regally
thing that had gone before even in the
ranks of high society itself2 She
achieved the first and 1t was dazzling,
indeed: gave the secondhand there she
stopped.
For the word had gone forth that that
first Respondent ball had cost a very
pretty penny, and somehow II was not
quite popular down in a different walk
of life 1t was said the modest sum
Of Soo.oOo was scattered in that single
entertainment. but the newspapers de-
clared that, as a matter of fact, the
cost was only $4,000. the figures looked
So amazingly big to those people down
below that they sent threatening letters
to the Bizarre Entertain
ments. and the series was never carried
out. 1t least, nothing more reached the
public.
Money Given to spend.
And out in the golden West, where
they say fortunes are pretty easy. they
are telling OF another woman who re-
Gently was left a little legacy amount
ing to s11,ooo,OOO She made no secret
of her creed that money is only given
to spend" and straightway went to work
to get out of it the very most she
could.
1t was shortly before the holidays, and
she made a trip East to equip herself
with a few little things that she wanted.
She bought a $4,000 wardrobe. $3.50 900
worth of diamonds, and rode back in her
new private car from her brief shopping
trip, during which she spent the tidy
little sum of s7sO.O0o. She Is "out for
a good time" so she says. and she goes