The Washington times., 1921-10-18
EDITH K. GOULD
. SILENT ON SUIT
AGAINST MATE
Dancer Still Regards Herself as
Wsdded-Attorney Issues
Statement.
BY MARGERY REX.

uOt nay "HCtiiSi Will SNSi mari
again or not, whether or not
want to, since, you see, l do not
regard myself as divorced"
The speaker was Mrs. Edith
Kelly Gould, from whom Frank j.
Gould obtained a decree of abso-
lutte divorce in France in Decem-
Der, 1919.
Suit on Appeal Pending.
Mrs. Gould has come to New
| York again to try to prove her
rights as the legal wife of Gould
| Her suit is pending on an appeal
| to the appellate division of the
supreme court from the decision OF
Justice Mullan in July of this year,
which sustained the decision of the
| French courts.
II am glad to be in America for
| any reason at all, l love II 40 much.
Mrs. Gould smiled. Although she
has been a resident of England for
| some time her appearance is dis
| tinctly French. She wore a black
satin suit with a blouse of Belgian
lace and a black mushroom hat with
soft feathers of duh red. Gray
stockings and black slippers with
wide tongues completed an extremely
effective costume.
II have been happy In my work
over on the other side" she con-
tinued. II am in a revue in Lon
don. l specialize In dancing. do
songs-that is, 1 talk them. / really
haven't much of a voice. you know.
But while I'm here on account OF
my suit / shall try to find some
clever songs to take back with me.
Dancing can't go on forever: I'm
thirty now, and l will be able to
dance only few years MORE" was
the surprising admission.
Taste Runs To Pearls.
AS she spoke I noticed the odd ear
rings which dangled underneath her
dropping hat. They were large pear.
shaped pearls. The right ear sup.
ported black pearl and from the
left a white pearl hung. The effect
was very striking. Her right hand,
which had on it's third finger two
pearl rings, repeating the combina,
ton of black and white, played with
an ornament that held the lace OF
her blouse. 1t consisted OF several
long loops of pearls and a tassel of
diamonds and pearls, the whole about
larger diamond In the center. On
her left hand Mrs. Gould wore an
eloInious oiaiiiohu III thS iSI1 teASe
shape.
"London is very gay now" she
said, dancing and drinking at night
till 1890. l like to see women OF
all ages dancing. 1t keeps them
young. II freshens up the COM
plexion and makes the figure youth
full and 1.-the. My own stage dancing
is hard work. very exacting, and
that is why 1 can't do that particu-
lar sort of thing forever and ever,
though would like to. Then !
have a song l love about a little
tin soldier.
Charley Chaplin made a great
hit in London. l attended a dinner
party with him just before came
across.
English Girls Not Alarmed.
There are not enough men to go
around now in England. but the
girls there don't seem TO care. They
go in for sports so much and seem
to ignore what people consider a
'problem'-the shortage OF men,
I wanted to get Mrs. Gould's point
Of view regarding the suit she Is
carrying on here in the courts. but
she refused to discuss her case. 1t
will be remembered that Edith Kelly
Gould was the second wife of Frank
Gould, being often confused with
his first. who was Helen Kelly
Gould. In 1910 in Edinburgh. Scot.
land. the second marriage of Gould
took place. On grounds Of de-
sertion, French courts awarded a
decree to Gould two years ago.
In April of 1920, Edith Kelly
Gould brought, in the supreme court
o. New York, suit for separation and
suitable maintenance. Her complaint
was dismissed. Concerning the pres
ent suit the plaintiffs lawyers have
issued the following statement:
Mrs. Edith Gould. who arrived on
the Carmania from London, has been
requested by representatives of vari-
Gus newspapers to make q public
statement regarding the pending suit
which she has begun. claiming still
to be the wife of Frank ]. Gould,
now on appeal to the appellate d.
vision Of the supreme court from
the decision of Mr.. Justice Mullan,
sustaining the validity OF the judg-
ment Of divorce In the French courts.
Tells OF Another Woman.
= After conference with her attor-
neys, Messrs. jerks & Rogers and
Eugene e. Sperry, It has been de-
cided that II would be unseemingly
and undignified, since the matter is
undecided by the appellate court, to
attempt to try out the case in the
newspapers, and yet refusal upon
Mrs. Gould's part to answer the re.
quest of the representatives Of the
press may be misunderstood. 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 in
tends to issue until the American
courts have definitely determined her
status as the wife OF Mr.. Gould.
Some time In 1918, Mr.. and Mrs
Gould left America for temporary
stay In France, which was prolonged
somewhat beyond the contemplated
period. In the meantime the Euro
pean war was declared, and upon Mr..
Gould's insistance and his anxiety
about the perils OF sea voyage, II
was determined to stay on In France.
IL is Mrs. Gould's contention that her