THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 15. 1101
ITS PAY, PAY, PAY,
SAYS MRS. GOULD
'Because I Am the Wife of a Rich. Man, I Do Not Propose to
Let Tradespeople Impose on Me," Declares the Re
doubtable Mrs. Howard.
EVERYBODY SEEKS OPPORTUNITY TO LOOT THE PURSE
Architect Says He Changed Plane Twenty-Six Times to Suit
Her Whims Dressmaker Shrieks When Told Gowns Don't
Fit Painter Demands Pay and 80 It Goes.
From th New York American.
Mr. Howard Gould had three little
surprises on attar another cama pro
cess, servers notifying her to come Into
court and pay aoma billa. The flrat waa
a dressmaker's bill for $1,710 for a mis
cellaneous lot of waists and gowns; next
came Mr. Thaddaua, the portrait artist,
with a $6.oou auit for a full length
painting, and laat, but not laaat, came
a distinguished architect with a little
claim of $200,000 to be aattlad.
But trifles of tola kind don't bother
Mra. Howard Oould aha la quite ac
customed to them. Hults of all kind
1 she haa had; and, Just to see how it
would faal to be a complainant herself,
ah now and then brings a ault of her
own. .
, "Two hundred thousand dollar for
breach of contract!" It la the famous
architect. Abner J. Haydel. who waa en
gaged to build the $4,000,000 castle at
Sanda Point. I,. I.
Five thousand dollar for an unac
cepted portrait!" Now it la the voice
of H. J. Thaddeus. the famous artlat.
who haa Juat completed a full length
ranvaa of Mra. Howard Oould. 'She
has alao assailed my honor," he de
clare. "We demand settlement !" cry Mes
daraes Brand & Le Boyer, the celebrated
gown makers to the "(00." presenting a
bill for $3,7(0.
Ze leetle heel of maritime : Only ($7,"
cried Miraballa. the French modiste.
"Mra. Oould must pay ua In full."
echoed the firm of Dillon a Smith, ex
pert dressmakers, in court, claiming that
there waa $1,000 still due them.
"Twenty-five thousand dollar' dam
agea for mutilation!" It was i.-e Goulds'
one-eyed valet.
"One thousand four hundred dollars
back salary la due me!" A voice from
the daya when Mra. Oould. as Katharine
Clemmona. starred In "The Lady of
Venice." The actor. Clifford Leigh, had
brought auit.
"And 1 have a claim for another thou
sand !" Mary Croxton. of the same com
pany, alao demanded settlement.
"We petition your honor for payment
for Mrs. Gould's landau fsu. trine of
$1,000!" plpea up the Brewster Carriage
company, of Mineola. 1,. I.
Hot and fast1 they come, one on the
heels of the other. And not one bit
daunted. Mra. Oould deflea them all.
"Because I am the wife of a rich
man." aha says. "1 do not propose to
let trade people Impose upon me. They
shall not collect amounts of money that
1 deem excessive because their know I
have a rich husband."
These various law suits have sub
jected her to all sort of annoyance
and unpleasant revelations. Some of
Ihem have made Mr. Oould wince, but
Mr, oould I Invincible.
Nothing daunted, she has even brought
eujt on her own account once when
she aned a well known publication for
$100,000 for reports concerning Buffalo
Bill. And again, when she caused the
arrest, of her butler. Brlc Hamilton, for
disturbing the peace of her household
and guests.
Millions for defense and not one cent
for tribute"' is Mra. Gould's motto.
"Her wealth shall not Intimidate us!"
cry the plaintiffs
And ao auit fellows ault.
A Change of Mind.
The fashionable dressmaking firm of
Brand A l.e Boyer la clamoring for pay
ment, while Mra. Oould la Mill plunged
in the intricacies of Architect Abner
llaydel'a $7.00.000 suit over Castle Oould
and Artist Thaddeus ault for $5,000.
The magnificent country houae at Sands
Point. L I., to be built at a coat of
t4.000.g00 In Imitation of the famous
lrlah faatle Kilkenny, le still on paper,
while the salt, on account of difficulties
bet ween the expert architect and the
mllllosmlre'a wife, la on the court calen
dar and will be tried before the end
of the present term.
Incidental to It. as In most of Mr,
uld's court appearances, there are In
teresting and somewhat frank revela
tions and accusations.
Sara the architect: 'If I had gone on
making the change In the plans of
fasti Oould that Mr. Oould aaked I
would have been kept busy for the next
50 year.
"Rvery time Mr. Oould changed her
mind about the atse of the house the
plans had to be entirely redrawn.
"There were 2S of these changea of
mind, and I drew and submitted $(
plans.
"My $(th was ready when I was
served with papers In a suit for $30,000
for vexatious delaya. I promptly
brought counter-suit for breach of con
tract." Mrs. Gould's Innovations hurt Mr.
Haydel's arttattc soul. He declared they
would injure his reputation. They were
nut of keeping with the plana and tra
ditions of an Irish castle.
"Bah"' said Mrs Gould, "j, fig for
plan and tradition. What are million
for?"
Home Solomon of the eourta la to de
cide. At the aame time Artlat Thaddeus de
mands attention, for onoe again Mrs.
Oould has changed her mind
First shs wanted her portrait painted
by Thaddeus. and then she didn't.
"It la not satisfactory," aha say.
"It la on of tba best works I have
done," he anawera. And Thaddeus has
painted the portrait of the pope, of Car
dinal Merry del Val. of Blahop Duane. of
Mr. Wlllard Ronalds, Lady Howard d
Wulden. Mr. Philip Lydlg.
"They," he ay. "did not change their
mind." They are perpetuated on the
artlat' canvases to their satisfaction.
"And yet," he declares. "I took great
palna with Mra. Oould to please her. I
hear that she objects to the gown In
which It is painted. I did not select It.
I hear that she says I revealed to Mr.
Oould the fact that J waa painting her
portrait, thereby depriving her of the
pleasure, of surprising him. I didn't.
"My honor ray professional, honor
has been assailed "
For three sittings everything went
smoothly and the artlat was making
rapid progress, whan Mr. Oould sudden
ly began to ahow that she could change
her mind.
If the appolntmenta for sittings were
for 11 o'clock In the morning, at 1 o'clock
a telegram Would come, aaying: "Can
not come today. Will be there tomorrow
at I." A new engagement would be
made for that hour, and then would
come another messaga on the following
day, "Will be down tomorrow at 11."
This continued for three more weeks.
Mr. Thaddeus declares, engagements for
sittings being made from day to day
only to be canceled by telegraph hours
after the hour set for the appointment
had passed.
There is a limit even to the patience
of a portrait painter. It appears. When
the limit came for Mr. Thaddaua, he
wrote Mrs. Oould a latter In which he
pointed out that his ttms waa too valu
able to be wasted and requesting punc
tuality for the sittings.
Mrs. Oould In her answer sets up
several reasons why the portrait ahould
never adorn Castls Oould, on Long
Island. In the first place, she declares,
ths artlat has gone ahead with the por
trait without having had sittings suffi
cient to guarantee a likeness; In ths nsxt
place, he haa Called to oatch the likeness
In the third place, he haa her wearing a
gown In the portrait which aha does not
like at all, and in the fourth place, the
artist himself spoiled the very thing for
which the portrait waa intended.
Meanwhile the little matter of $1,700
claimed by the dressmaking Arm of
Hraud A Le Royer Is up for settle
ment Eleven of the gowns. It Is alleged, were
delivered at the Hotel St. Regis, when
Mrs. Oould cried "Stop!" The others
were, under way.
Unpleasant Court BSTSlatlena.
At the eleventh gown Mrs. Oould
changed her mind, any the dressmak
ers, and called a halt.
"Why?" they cried. "Why' stop?"
"The eleven don't fit," they were In
formed. "Eleven of nur dresses not fit' We
who have made clot haa for years for
the greateat of all the great Six Hun
dred: It is an tnault! A calumny! We
will right ourselves!"
And to court the firm of Brand a
l.e Boyer follow on the trail of Mlra-
bella, the Fifth-avenue modlate, who
claimed $$7 for a waist and loot, and
Dillon A Smith, the dressmakers, whoae
claim? was compromised.
Mrs. Oould submits to observation be
cause she refuses to be an "easy mark."
For the aame reason she submits to
questioning. Eighty-seven dollars was
Involved In the ault brought my Mme.
Mlra bella. A mere nothing to Mrs.
Gould, aurely.
The waist, of blue panne, trimmed
with Russian lac, had been refused by
Mrs. Gould after three different fitter
had triad to adjuat it to her sstlsfsr
tlon. on ths ground that It was too tight
across the bust, too long In the back, and
with uncomfortable collar and armhnles.
In the course of questioning Mrs.
Gould on the witness stand rsvealed the
Interesting fact that ghe haa more than
one pair of corsets, and that she always
lace them herself.
J Did you wear the asms corset at
the different limes you were fitted
A. I have more than one pair of cor
sets
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something In the water that changed the
color of her peroxide locks?
A. No (Indignantly).
Q. Didn't she complain to you that
when Mowbray shampooed her hair he
took out aome of the peroxide dye?
a There never waa any such conver
sation. With a Cockney accent befitting hla
$( a month ago. Valet Mowbray de
clared: "I was shampooing Mr. Gould's hair
on the yacht. Mlaa Clemmons came In
and saw me.
" "Oh. Howard.' she said. T wish I
could get a shampoo Now my maid Is
gone I have to da without one. Do you
think Frank could shampoo me?
"I aald I didn't know much about
ladles- halt-dressing, but I shampooed her
and she thanked me for It.
"A few daya later Mr. Oould said to
her. Kathryn. your hair la getting
darker.'
" Tea.' she replied. 'that hound.
Prank, put something In the water to
make t darker, and he'll have to be dls-
I always wear the same kind of charged.
corsets not the same make, but the At the end of all this, when the valet
same character. waa awarded damages to the amount of
Q. Do you lace them youraelf ? $(.0(0. Howard Oould expressed his In-
A. I always lace them myself dlgnatlon loudly and vehemently.
Now. there are many women In so- Mr. Oould haa heard all sorts of ver
clety who would object to even this se- diets. In the landau case she paid In
ret of the boudoir being aired for the full; the actor alao received his money;
benefit of the public. But Mrs. Gould Mlrabells. the- modiste, tost hers; the
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even permitted them a sight of her
maid. (Voucher who haa served Lady
Hamilton In England and Lady Clark
In Australia, and who on the witness
stand swore that she never dreaaed Mrs.
Oould or put on her corsets.
"I want to look like Lang-try." aald
Mra. Howard Oould.
This cama out whan Dillon A Smith,
modistes, presented their claim far the
balance due on a Mil of $3. 1st for
gowns.
According to ths - dressmakers It Is
Mrs. Oould herself who Is responsible
for her non-flttlng garments. They al
lege that after everything had been
fitted and finished she would walk Into
their establishment with a new corset
or different shape and expert that a
dress fitted over one style of corset
would fit any nsw style of corset she
eh sen ' ta arear.
This same yesr of 1 Mi) ws marked
by the sensational court Hearing of
Valet Mowbray. wh . charged that an
explosion of fireworks olfT(r. Gould's
yseht put out ope of his eyes; that the
mllltoaalre promised him a life position
as compensation for his Injuries, but
changed his mind snd discharged him In
St. Petersburg at the Instigation of Mrs.
Gould, who waa then Kstherlne f'lem
nflnns. the actress
Mrs. Gould wss In court during the
following bits of rsey testimony snent
her hair sad Its tint and her presence
on Mr PanlS yacht. Mr Gould on
the wlrnes stand wa asked:
Q Is it not a fact that this man
Mowbray acted ss Isdy's maid for Miss
Clemmons; that h"e shampooed hr hair,
and that she accused him af putting
ALUMNI TO MEET
AT OREGON CITY
Membership Numbers Nearly
Two Hundred and Event Will
Be of Social Nature.
UNIQUE PRESENTATION
AT THE COURTHOUSE
Woodmen Hold an Elaborate
Christmas Ball and Banquet
in the Armory Hall.
case of Smith A
mtsed
Dillon waa compro-
The architect. Mr. Haydel. Is fsmous.
He declares that Mra. Oould pervert
the artistic unities In her demands snd
subvert ideals.
Mrs. Gould replies in effect that Mr.
Haydel la tedious and obstinate
Mr. Haydel alleges that Mrs. Gould
chsnged her mind so often that she gave
him a constant headache That she
suggested many startling and Incon
gruous points.
Than aha suggested a measanlne be
tween the first and second floor, to be
devoted to dene and writing room. Mr.
Haydel made another plan. And another
and another.
She suggested sn organery 1(0 fast
long and 40 feet wide. Mr. Haydel made
the plan for It.
Then came the servants- quarter. The
architect planned for 116 servants.
"I ahall only keep 2$ servant," aald i
Mra. Oould. swaetly.
"But. my dear madam "
"We will continue. Mr. Haydel. That
point la settled '
All these discussions sired In court
will doubtless be interesting. They
might Intimidate asms women of less
courage than Mrs. Oould. who still
cllnga to her motto "Millions for de
fense snd not one cent for tribute or
compromise!"
imperial Dispatch ts The Joeraal. )
Oregon City, Or , Dec. $4. The Oregon
City High school slumnl will hold Its
regular semi-annual session Monday
evsnlng In the Woodmen's hall. The
lumnl hss already Issued many Invi
tations to friends of Its member. It
will be primarily a soctsi svsnt. Game
and musi.- will be the chief featurea of
amusement, at the conclusion of which
a banquet will be spread.
The flrat organisation of tba alumni
wss last June, when K. S. Latourette
was eleoted president. The record of the
alumni goes back only to the' class of
lt(4, but graduates of the school prior
to that time are eligible to membership
and every effort will be made to discover
and envlte all- ellglbles. The present
membership Is about 200.
Union. Presentation.
Courthouse Janitor Peter Nehrtn re
ceived a surprise yesterday afternoon
when he waa surrounded by the county
officials st the courthouse, all of whom
ssaumed an air af solemnity that might
have frightened other men approached
In that way. County Judge Ryan acted
ss spokesman of the circle and premised
hla remarks by aaying that the officials
had regretfully come together to take
such action toward Nehrlng's esse ss
might be deemed necessary. Oradually
the Judge came to the culmination,
which waa the formal presentation mt
handsome gold ring to Nehrtn In appre
ciation at hla services during the year
almost passed.
bell held laet night at the Armory hall.
The large hall waa decorated with ever
greens wreathed Into designs appro
prlate to the season. The dance con
tinued until midnight uahered In Christ
mas day. The music waa furnished by
a special orchestra and waa excellent In
character.
Personal and Minor.
A. J. Marshall of Portland, his sons
Edward and John of Sumptsr, and also
Mra K J. Noble, are gussts of County
.Judge, snd Mrs. Ryan. The elder Mar
shall la the father of Mra. Byan and Mra.
Noble.
Marriage licenses wars Issued yester
day aftsrnoon to M. V. Everett and Mary
K Walker; James Smith and Ira B.
Town send and W. A. Burbank and Bes
sie Kmbree.
Mr. W. H Lamb, of the firm of Umb
A Sawyer, left laat evening for McMlnn
vllle to visit his old home.
Many Oregon City residents left the
city yesterday to spend the holidays In
Portland and other cities of Oregon and
Washington.
FATHER SHOT AND
KILLED BY WS SON
Thomas Brown Murdere His Par
ent Near Chehalie Because
of Threats.
WILL SOON COMPLETE
LA GRANDE COURTHOUSE
Ths marriage of M. V. Bverette and
Mra Mary JC Wanker will be solemnised
this afternoon st Z p. m at the bride's
residence. Rev. Mr. Bollinger of the
Congregational church, officiating The
ceremony Will be followed by a dinner,
to which many friend of n.
ing parties bava bean Invited Both the
bride and grooon, have lived here several
years and are popular
One af the meat enjoyable social
events of this year waa the Woodmen
(Special Dispatch to The Journal. l
La Grande. Or.. Dec. 24 - The t'nlnn
county courthouse, which Is going up In
La. Grsnde. Is about completed, and the
county officers will soon he Installed In
their respective departments. The
building la one of the finest of the kind
In eastern Oregon, snd was erected by
the cltlsens of La J rand In order to
become the county seat, as It wss nec
essary for the county to Incur no Indebt
edness for s building should the vote
go In favor of I. Grande Instead of
In Ion. consequently the city was bonded
In the sum of $j.l.000 for the construc
tion of this building.
The nsxt term of the circuit court,
which meets In February, will be held
In this building.
SURVEYORS AT WORK
ON NEW ELECTRIC LINE
I fiUpsf.ti to The Journal I
Hillshoro. Dec. 24 The surveyors for
the Portland-HIIUhoro-Forest Orov
electric line are surveying through this
city todsy. The cltlsens of thts city
and vicinity ars greatly pleased over
the prospects for ths ltns that haa been
so long looked for
The Southern Pacific Railroad com
pany ha Juat placed with Its agent. M.
Hlnahaw. of this place, a coupon ticket
offlce.
Is I Dispatch Irt-Thc Journal i
Maker city Or Dec. 24 -The water
from Rock creek was turned on today
after having hen closed off from the
electric' company's water Power plant
by the government on account of saga
compliance with the law of right of
three weeks ago. The power and
ars again strong.
special Dispatch to The Josrnsl )
Chehalie. Wash . Dec. 24. Thomas
Brown. 17 years of age. ahot and killed
his fathar. Charles Brown, aged ($ years,
on a ranch 12 miles west of here about
( o'clock yesterday afternoon. The pa
rents of young Brown separated about
two years ago. and while living apart,
the father resided about a mile from the
family. They had numerous dealings.
and In this period of separation quarrels
were of frequent occurrence. nothing
eriris however, occurring until the cul-
mlnstlon of a quarrel that originated
over the hauling of a load of hay.
Brown had borrowed a wagon from
hla son Thomas to do aome hauling. It
became mired and father snd son quar
reled 'over the proper wsy to handle It.
Brown threatened to kill hla aon.
At thla time they were about three
miles distant from their homes. The
boy Immediately started for his home,
with sll possible hsste and in order to
prevent hla father reaching there ahead
of him. he threw planks from the bridges
he crossed Into the stream below so a
to delay his father's progress.
On arriving st his home the boy seised
a Winchester rifle snd Immediately
started hack to meet hie father. When
about 100 yards from the house he met
his father snd his Is year old brother.
I'pnn meeting his father and brother,
Tom asked: "Father, did you mesn
whst you said when you told me that
you would kill me?"
f The father began cursing and said
that ne did. The boy then fired twa
shots In rspld succession, both penetrat
ing his father's body and killing him
Instantly.
The hoy, accompanied hv his uncle,
Wslter Blake, gt once went to Adne.
from which place he came, with Ray
Curtis snd Tom Duncan, to fhehalta.
The boy la now In the county Jal) her
and ntlka freely of the affair. Ha does
not seem to realise fully the enormity
of the crime and In the course of con
versation sa id "t guess they don't need
me hare now. and I would Ilka to go
home and help mother."
The any says that hla fathar waa
often Intoxicated, snd when In thts eon-
Idltlon abused the entire family, cursing
and swesrlqg and often threatening to
kill all of them Me also says that when
hla father unhitched tba team from the
of hay thai he threw the neck-
at him. sccompsnylng the action
the remark that
would carry his threat Into execution,
and therefore shot him.
Brown had a brother In Texaa, who
about five year ago killed -a man. the
killing being of a most brutal nature, ha
shooting and then cutting hla vie that's
throat. Sheriff T'rquhart. Coroner Myer
and Drs. Coleman and Dow, have
to the scene.
i Special Dispatch to The Jnarsal.)
Baker City, Or.. Dee. $4. Contractor
Fredericks, who Is boring an artesian
well at the Kmma mine for W. L. Vin
son to procure wster with which to op
erate the mine, haa reached a depth of
feet since be began yesterday. Ma
will teat the arid district to a depth af
1.(00 feet.
iSprdal Dispatch to The .lottrm!.)
Bsker City. Or., Dec 24 Leonard
Foater. who waa tried here for the mur
der of bis mother-in-law. Mrs. Peck, at
Cine. or. October 17 last, and at which
trial the Jury disagreed, a few day ago.
haa succeeded In giving bonds of tMSS
that will t accepted as soon ag no
form I corrected.
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