New-York tribune., 1921-10-08
Footliglnt Life
Welcome Now
To Edith Gould
Here in Divorce Appeal
Against Millionaire Hus-
band. Former Chorus
Girl Talks Of The Future
Long Absence No Obstacle
Ten Years of Welded Life
Only Heightened Romance
of Stage, She Asserts

L Is simple matter to slip before the
iootlish.s again when one has ALWAYS
dcae Mrs. Edith Kelly Gould. bv her
own confession, found it SO. Ten wears
Of married life to one OF Americas
vealthiest men served only to heighten
the romance OF the stage. At present
she has q part in pins and Needles. "
one Of the successes of the season in
London. She has taken two weeks off
70 come here to press her claim for a
snare III the property of Frank J..
Gould and to dispute the decision
handed down by Supreme Court Justice
Mullan to the effect that the divorce
obtained by her husband in Paris is
valid. Ii is her claim that the French
courts have no jurisdiction in the mat
ter. She wants TO prove her point in
the American courts and is optimistic
over the outcome.
Pretty and demure and vivacious,
Mrs. Gould, who arrived on the Car
mania, was reticent on the subject of
her divorce when seen at the Ritz yes
terdsy.
OFF the Stage Thirteen Years
For thirteen years she was away
from the stage. On her return q short
time ago she hoped the number would
not prove unlucky. She said at the
time:
II have often wanted to return, but
was drawn back at the last moment.
Now | intend taking the plunge. I am
appearing in one or two dances in Pins
and Needless including a Spanish one
Once | get through the first night
shall be happy behind the footlights
again"
Yesterday she said:
81 am glad that l went back to the
stage. 1t seemed as natural to me to
sing and dance as if | had never been
joying the experience. have had
many offers from American theatrical
and moving picture producers, but have
been forced to turn them down be.
cause of my London contract"
"Will you stick to the stage 2" she
was asked.
Her answering smile was enigmatic.
That depends" she said. "For a
time, at any rate, shall continue what
am doing. I am glad to be in New
York and wish my visit were not sc
hurried"
Asked for her views on marriage and
divorce, she succinctly replied in five
words:
II like men very much.''
And she left 1t at that!
Issues Only Statement
Eugene E. Sperry, who is associated
with jerks & Rogers in handling her
case. described the legal aspects on
which Mrs. Gould refused to dwell.
Mrs. Gould has decided that if
would be unseemly and undignified,
since the matter is undecided by the
Appellate Court, to attempt to try out
the case in the newspapers" said Mr..
Sperry. For that reason this brief
history of the litigation in the French
courts and here is set out, with the
distinct declaration upon her part that
this IS the only statement which she
intends TO issue until the American
courts have definitely determined her
status as the wife of Mr.. Gould.
Sometime in 1913 Mr.. and Mrs. Gould
left America for temporary stay in
France, which was prolonged somewhat
beyond the contemplated period In
the meantime the European war was
declared, and upon Mr.. Gould's in
sistence and his anxiety about the
perils OF sea voyage during the war
II was determined to stay on in France
Il is Mrs. Goulds contention that her
husband became infatuated with an
other woman and lost his present de-
sire to return home to America, and