Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-01-08
MISS HELEN COULD
 AND HER f|ANCt
Facts About the Noted Phil anthropist and Her Self
 Made Husband to- Be.
QUALITIES IN COMMON
MT. Shepard's Interest in Railroad Workers Attracted Miss Gould
 -Nreck Lent Adventure.

x * x * x x * x x * * * GNtLD.SHErARD WEDDING s: k t,s ----- Facts about the principals of * the Gould-Shepard wedding. x MISS HELEN MILLER GOULD <
 * Eldest daughter of Jay Gould x Age, A.
 Estimated fortune, $3O;00O,Oo0. Y Noted for her philanthropies, the x largest of which are as follows: x 3. 3%
 Navy Y. M. c. A. building and k addition .$oV9'ooo < City of N. Y. University $S1o,ooo To United States Government at outbreak of Spanish-American *;s.SwaF ............ iVo'ooV k Hall: Of Fame Building. N. Y. University ....... eloo'ooo * For Scholarships, N. Y. Uni- x yerSity K. .............. 4O,OOo x tEqui9ping Navy K. M. e. A at x *2 ,11 Norfolk Il. .......> zo'ooV xsTo, National Women's Relief As SOC lotion ..'.::..... ...... 29'ooo " To Rutgers College .... 2o,ooo To Engineering Dept. N, Y. < University ............. 2o'ooo * FINLEY J. SHEPPARD *s,3,tz.j Et,j $sssl Son of the late Rev. pr. P. l.. x shepard, an Episcopalian Minis x ter cf Connecticut. x Ags.ss45. 3t. '
 sh Rsaamated fortune. nothing. :. < MT. Shepard is a .roilroad man :" * v,sot rose 10 ost from tue rangs to his x x present position of assistant to S' < PresideRt Bush of the Missouri x Y Pacific through personal indas- ,*s trt.ajt2llA 4jjsi4;5 s.9e
 %**S*g** * x * The romance of Miss Helen Ml'ler Gould and Finley ,I. Shepard began M the Summer of 1911, when MT -,ahtpard entered the operation de- ,partInent of the Missouri Pacific. Their acquaintance languished' However, until March of the same year when Miss Gould set out upon one. of her annual tours of railroad Inspection.
 The philanthropist's trip took her over the road bed of the Denver and Riog Grande Railroad, and MT Shep- ard, who is assistant to the Presi- dent of. that, road and of the Missouri Pacific, was delegated to accompany the heireas. It was during this trip that the love of -- he former Mss Could for. the self inade man had It's ineeptidn. Nr., Shepard the son of a clergyman and an athlete, took a heen persona! interest in the Y M. N' A. piilantropies of his conlsanicn, Together they visited the branches of that organization devoted to the use of the employers of the road anu the obieet,ef gifts frcm Miss Gould Through this interest they found that they had milch in common and ;t is said that betore the final parting Miss Gould Lad co.ne to realize tha' she had met "the self made man whom she had freauently intimated vould be her choice were she tc marry. Following the complexion of the. Gould-sheparl hernary of in spection, MT. shepard was frequent visitor to New York
 4 spice of adventure is said to nave been lent 10 the eourting of the couple by their participation in railroad wreck. This accident occur cd on October 10, 1912, while Miss Could and her party among waAcf was Mir. Shepard, T,ere travelmg or the West Shore Railroad. After the crash MT. shepard is said to have made his way through the wreckag' to his fiances s,ateroom to ascer rain her safety. Assured on this noint he turned in with the othel pSssenscrs and did valiant service in directing the rescue of the others
 In describing his courtship, INIT Shepard said:
 T first saw Miss Could's face whel she passed through St. Louis on -four of the west. Tr to that time had no idea what she was like. &..ssssisateri Has "a member of the part! that accompanied her over the Goul' Iines, and where, had admired he -s. u,nnAnr