The Washington times., 1920-07-12
Loue in 3-Room Flat Is Stronger
Lure to Bride Than Gould Gold
Petite Mrs. Wainwright Does
Own Cooking and Waits tor
Parents TO Relent.

three rooms and kltenehette P's
sesses small terrors for Mrs. Edith Z.
Gould Wainwright. the wife OF car
roll l.. wainwright, an artlst anu
twenty, and with whom shn eiopeo
several months ago 10 Elkton. Mo
Born with a prov silver spoon
in her mouth. Mira Wainwrisht
brave. clever and housskeeper
every bit OF her. 10 doing her own
work, cooking her own meals hho
tending TO her own domestic Analrs
because she Is estranged from her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs George J. Gould
Mrs. Gould, the elder. 10 the former
Miss Edith Kingdom. She eloped with
her husband when she was an actress
with the late Augustin Daly's com
pany. and there has been a streak
in the family's heirs and heiresses
that made them choose their own
mates, without any other guide than
the naked little archer with his we'll
stocked culver Of arrows.
SO when two brothers followed the
example that father set little Miss
Edith thought she had right TO en-
ter the same pathway. Courageous
enough to slip away with her BRIDE
sroom-eiect. who only had $40. and
'hot iIoUl uio SNNpihNpSf'
she went to Elkton, was married and
then had a little honeymoon. the re-
suit OF finding some funds at the
same place where the nuptial bank
roll was found.
NO WELCOME FOR ELOPERs,
Like other lovers who have Joined
their fortunatss and fstss At Gretna
Greens, the Wainwrights returned
here expecting the usual bless you,
my children" II was not forthcom-
ing, not at the big house at S57 Fifth
avenue at least. for Mama Gould had
decided that there was an overplus Of
elopemepts among her young hope
fuls.
SO she hid the golden spoon and
suggested through an intermediary
that II Edith wanted to live the idyllic
situation she thought she was enter
Ing. she could get hold Of the wooden
spoon and stir up her own satisfac-
ton. The girl. high-spirited and
brave. did exactly that thing.
With her husband. who 10 a strug-
Cling artist, she set up housekeeping
in a three-room apartment at 6S3 Park
avenue, about two blocks away from
her former home, where servants
waited on her. adoring parents antici-
pated her every wish, and brothers
and sisters made life merry and happy
for the young girl
HOPES PARENTS WILL RELENT.
Meanwhile. Mrs. Wainwright does
her own cooking and tells her hus-
band that the parents will como
around some day. and they can wait
until that blissful moment. The
daughter has been Informed that the
mother will not welcome her. nor will
she darken her daughters door at the
three rooms and the kitchenette. The
dauntless bride, however, says that II
mother feels that way she is content,
as housework and happiness are
synonymous as far as Mrs, Edith c.
Gould Wainwright is concerned.
1t was on their return from the
honeymoon at Atlantic City that the
wee bride learned that she could ex-
pect nothing at home. She told her
husband plainly that they could not
afford to live at a hotel and suggested
the three rooms and a kitchenette her.
self.
SENT HUBBY AFTER JOB.
"You get a job" she told her hub
by, as that youthful genius was be-
moaning the fact that his artistic
temperament struggled toward cam
vases rather than clapboards and
shingles, which at union rates for
painters were paying enough to hob
BILE any wolf that woddled up to the
Wainwright door.
While he hustled for a job. she
pored over a cook book. She was
forced to this intensive study because
she grew to realize that neither love
nor contenment can exist on eggs,
fried. or boiled. every day OF ones
married life.
At the outset. Mrs. Wainwright
hadn't the slightest idea Of how to
go about housekeeping. She didn't
even know how to boil an egg, but
laving heard somewhere that it was
a simple matter, she essayed the task
and succeeded. For a time the young
couple ate eggs at every meal and
then the one-time heiress to millions
began experimenting with frying
chops.
Today she is able to prepare q
tasty meal, and does so for her
friends at frequent intervals. Her
only regret Is the attitude OF her
mother, who has refused even to see
her. But friends believe that in time
Mrs. Gould will come around" At
the time Of the elopement the Goulds
announced they had forgiven"
edith, but apparently the act had .
string to 1t.
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