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THE SUNDAY OTtEGOXIAN. PORTXAND, AUGUST 1, 1920 6 'iLft V m ., If I 7rn fi7 ! VI rrrrrli mi ,4 Three of the Gould Children Have Added to the Popularity of the Runaway Match, and Others Are Now Falling Into - Line. M A Qalclc - Kllerbt la a Speedy Aatomobtle and a Visit to the Home of the Nearest Justice of the Peace." ' .ill ' MRS. Kl.VGDO.V GOl'LD, WHOSE RUNAWAY MARRIAGE WITH THE SON OF GEORGE GOULD HAS SET A NEW STANDARD FOR FASHIONABLE WEDDINGS. When Thaddeus Ardina Winter of Pasa dena, Cal., a student in the college of letters and science at the University of California and member of the Sigma Al pha Epsilon fraternity, recently upset all the plans of Mrs. Anita Baldwin by elop ing with her charming young daughter Dextra, granddaughter of "Lucky" Bald win, he was merely following the new style in fashionable weddings. Instead of formal announcements, custo mary congratulations, printed invitations, rehearsals, fittings, a church wedding and a tiresome reception, all of which entailed an enormous expenditure of energy, time and money, today we have a pre-arranged elopement, a quick flight in a speedy auto mobile, a visit to a rural county clerk for the necessary license, followed by a visit to the home of the nearest Justice of the peace who. for a consideration, submits to being routed out of his bed at 10 P. M. to make the eloping young couple man and wife. BY NINA MARBOURG. ELOPEMENTS are much easier to arrange than society weddings. And as a general rule they seem to turn out just as happily, if ,not more so. George J. Gould's runaway wedding with Edith Kingdon may have been somewhat of a severe chock to polite society at the time when nothing less than a large church wedding was considered pro per, but that Gould elopement turned out so happily for everybody con cerned that the children of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould are following in father's and mother's footsteps one by one. And their example is being followed by the children of other wealthy parents in such num bers that a fashionable elopement is beginning to be looked upon in so ciety as quite the usual thing. In fact, elopements nave become so decidedly fashionable among mem bers of the younger set of society that in more than one family, when the young daughter happens to be out and a telegram Is delivered or the telephone rings, a fashionable mother is apt to have just a little Queer flip of the heart for a moment and wonder has it happened? Has she eloped? For it Is via these mod ern couriers that the "blushing bride" chooses to announce her wedding. One of the latest elopements, and one that has taken fashionable so ciety quite by surprise, is that of 18-year-old Edith K. Gould and 20-year-old Carroll L. Wainwright. who by the way, is a direct descendant of that sturdy old governor of New York, Peter Stuyvesant. The elope ment of this young pair must have held a great deal of romantic excite ment for them, for elopine: can be is exciting today, via the rail- just road and automobile, as it used to be by the route of the ladder placed un derneath the girl's window, young Romeo reassuringly whispering be low, a horse and carriage waiting down the road, and a fast drive.' sometimes with irate parents follow ing, toward the . house of some sym pathetic, kindly old parson. Eloped to Avert a Tragedy." The question is, why did Edith Gould and Carroll Wainwright elope when the parents of both young peo ple expressed their satisfaction at the marriage immediately upon receiving telegrams from tneir children? The heppy bridegroom declared to report ers that they eloped to avert a trage dy, and that tragedy it seems in Mr. Wainwright's words was this: "We eloped because we knew that otherwise we would be separated for the whole summer. That would have been a tragedy!" In all probability these two would have been separated for the summer. Miss Gould at Lakewood at beautiful Georgian Court, the home of her par ents, and Carroll Wainwright at East Hampton: for you see the then Miss Gould was but 18 and Mr. Wainwright 20 and a Yale undergraduate, so It is probable that the parents of each would have advised and perhaps in sisted upon that sentence that seems so cruel to young and ardent hearts: "Wait a while to marry. Neither of you is quite old enough, wait a couple of years." And so it is that In fear of such a climax the young people decided to elope. Little did George J. Gould, the father of Edith Gould, know the plans in his daughter's mind as she seated herself beside him in their smart town runabout, and drove with him down Fifth avenue," New York, on a recent bright morning. Little did he think that the next time he heard from his little daughter she would be Mrs. Carroll Wainwright, but Edith Gould knew all about it as did the young, blond man who waited for her on the corner of Fifty-fourth street and Sixth avenue. From there the young people went to the Pennsylvania station and doubling on. their tracks, to throw any possible observer off the scent, they took the train to Philadelphia There they were refused a license on accounts the youth of the bride, so engaging an automobile they drove 70 miles to Elkton, Md., the Gretna Green of that state, and were there married by the good Dr. McElmoyle. who has tied the knot for manj an eloping pair. It would seem that this style of marriage is very popular In the fam ily of George J. Gould, for the father and mother set the example when George J. Gould married the beautiful Edith Kingdon. It came as a great surprise to the smart set, for the mar riage was as secret as their children's weddings The first three weddings of Gould children took place in accordance with the fashionable standards of weddings. Marjorie Gwynnc Gould was the first to marry and became the wife of Anthony J. Drexel Jr. of Philadelphia. Then Jay Gould mar ried Miss Annie Douglas Graham, and his sister. Helen Vivian Gould, be came Lady Decies. But with the runaway marriage of Kingdon Gould the other Gould chil dren began to follow the romantic example set by their Another and father. Kingdon married quietly Miss I Annunciata C. M. Lucci, an artist. A few days later George J. Gould Jr. married Miss Laura M. Carter of Ar den, N. J., these two eloping to Phil adelphia. Then another elopement that caused all sorts of excitement in society was that of Miss' Josephine Widener and Carter Leidy of Philadelphia. Among her society friends Josephine Wide ner, daughter of Joseph E. Widener, the multi-millionaire, has long been known as Fifi,. and this young wo man has all the spirit and animation that would, well go with such an af fectionate and expressive little nick name. During the summer when Fifi was 16 years old there were rumors of a romantic attachment' that neces sitated the careful guarding of this high-spirited young girl. But such rumors were denied by her parents. If there was really any truth in them and if it was young Carter Leidy who was then the attraction surely the attachment was most sincere, for very recently society was set agog by the elopement of this young par, who dutifully sent Tiome telegrams announcing .heir marriage. Please Don't Walt Dinner." And then there was the pretty ro mance of Miss Madeline Reece and Vasil Soldatenkov, a young Russian of high family. Madeline is the niece of Mrs. Martin Vogel, wife of the as sistant secretary of the treasury. She was exceedingly poonlar and much in demand last winter whenever pag eants and performances were given for social benefits. The last enter- m Miss Madeline Recce, Niece of Assis tant Secretary VogcI of the U. S. Treasury, Has Followed the Style by Eloping; With Vasil Soldatenkov, a Young: Russian Noble. tainment for charity in which she took part, when she was still Miss' Reece, was that of the National PlaiTt. Flower and Fruit guild. It was at this entertainment that she acted, and after the performance was seen danc ing with Mr. Soldatenkov, but no hint had been given her relatives or friends of the Intended romantic elopement. A couple of days after this the young people ran away to New Jer sey and were there married. And per haps of all the calm little messages and self-possessed announcements of an elopement and marriage. Miss Reece's was the coolest. The couple were- married rather late in the afternoon, and the young woman was expected to dine that eve. r CARROLL L. WAINWRIGHT AND HIS RUNAWAY BRIDE, WHO WAS MISS EDITH GOULD. ning with her relatives, but this is what happened instead: ' Miss Reece remembered this ap pointment, and dropping a nickel into a very prosaic telephone machine called the Rita hotel in New York. When the connection was made her pretty voice came over the phone something after this fashion: "Is that you, auntie, dear?" Where upon Mrs. Vogel undoubtedly replied that it was. "Well, please don't wait dinner for me this evening, because well, be cause you see Vasil and I were mar ried this afternoon, and we want to take a little trip." Now, just what reply Mrs. Vogel made to her niece one does not know, but the reports have come out that the pair of elopers-were instantly for given, and not only forgiven but con gratulated. That seems, after all, just he prop- er thing for relatives to do nowadays, for In none of the instances of elope ment in high society has there seemed to be the slightest doubt of the pa rents' approval. And, after all, who knows but the parents are rather re lieved, for a wedding of the fashion able sort, when all is said and done. Is pretty nearly as complicated a mat ter as the staging of an up-to-date and very elaborate stage performance. I FOREIGN MAIL SERVICE OF UNCLE SAM GROWS TREMENDOUSLY IN FEW YEARS In 1909 Parcel Post Packages Sent Over World Total 246,545 Pieces and in 1919 Total Is 1,6,36,707, or an Increase of 563 Per Cent. TWENTY years ago a two-story building, with a hand elevator running between the first and second floors, wa3 opened on the south side of Morton street, running from Washington to West street. New York city. Outwardly it was unas suming and unimpressive, but it was there for business, as was evident when the superintendent unlocked the doors and threw away the key. And unlocked they have been since. New York Foreign, that was the name by which the sedate little two story dwelling was known to every postal clerk throughout the United State. In the years that have since passed, especially since the war, and with the influx of foreign trade be tween this country and Europe, the great increase of its business necessi tated the adding of two stories and the installation of modern' elevators. The four-story building now houses the most important and busiest branch of Uncle Sam's pestoffice. As the home of the New York foreign station it is practically the home of the foreign mail matter of the whole United States, from Maine to Texas and from New York to the Golden Gate, as through it 'passes more than V0 per cent of the foreign mail mat ter of the United States. 94M) Are Employed. More than 900 men and women work day and night in the building, separating, weighing, recording and dispatching to their proper destina tions the letters and packages in 3000 pouches which pass through the hands every 24 hours, seven days every week and 365 days a year. But the old and time-worn building 1 has probably seen its best days. So great has the foreign mail of this country grown that the old red brick building cannot offer the desired fa cilities for handling it. It is proposed to erect a buildirfg in New York, near the Pennsylvania station, for handling foreign mails, at a cost of 6.000,000. An amendment making this plan ef fective has been offered to the sundry civil appropriation bill, with it a let ter from Postmaster-General Burle son being submitted in which he said in part: "The quarters occupied at present by the foreign branch station are to tally inadequate for the needs of the service. The space consists of two old buildings constructed on different grades and providing approximately 66,000 square feet of floor space. The number of pieces of mail matter ban died for foreign countries in 1901 was 76.357.083. and in 1919 there was total of 272.859,244 pieces handled, or an increase in business in IS years of 2i7 per vent. "The records show that the total parcel post mail dispatched to for eign countries in 1909 was. 246,545 pieces, while in lais the total was 1,636.707. or an increase of 563 per cont. ... "An unprecedented and abnormal increase of mail to all foreign coun tries, particularly parcel post, both ordinary and registered, is anticipat ed within the next few years. A great drive is being made on the business circles throughout the United States for increased trade with South Amer ica and other foreign countries. Be fore the war there were only 47 coun tries and colonies .reached by our parcel post service, whereas 177 coun tries are now reached. "If the rate of increase that ob tained duriiTg the last 20 years is maintained but not exceeded in the next 20 years, at least 190,000 square feet of floor space will be needed for the foreign branch station." With the passing of the old ceiT ter for foreign mail. New York will witness the passing of . another fa mous landmark. The Morton street red brick building was different from others in many respects, chiefly in that practically all of the machinery which it entails is the mechanism of the human brain. The lighting plant, which also supplies' the power for the elevators, has the only piece of ma terial machinery in the building. No other machines are necessary to do the work, because machines have -not the happj faculty of being able to think, ana It is necessary that those who toil within the four walls possess a considerable amount of cog' ltating ability and active gray matter. The female of the species as well as their fellow workers In trousers must be acquainted with- various things. They must know the physical geog raphy of multifarious countries from one end of the alphabet to the other and then back again. They must have a thorough knowledge of the move ment and speed of railroads, steam ships and other means of transit that have to be used in distributing the mails. Speed, distinctness, directness and economy are. in short, the -fundamental principles which govern New York Foreign. .The mails must be dispatched to their destination as quickly as possible, by the most direct medium, and at the least expense. Efficiency is the watchword of the battalion of clerks and directors. If any sacrifice is to be made it must be made in expense. What officials of the postoffice call "ordinary mail," which is none other than first-class mail, causes them the least amount of trouble. First-class mail has the right of way through every foreign country man has penetrated at the postal rate established bv interna tional agreements. But such is not the case with parcel post. The parcel post rate depends en tirely on' the route the parcel will have to take in reaching its destina tion, as the United States has agree ments with this class of mail with but few countries. If it is necessary that the parcel pass through a cou try with which Uncle Sam has no par cel post treaty a "transit" charge has to be maae. It is this latter consideration that makes New York Foreign the most important and busiest post office sta tion in the country, if not in the world. There the problem of how to get a certain piece of .mail to a dis tant point as speedily as possible and in the most economical way has to be solved, and solved quickly. The lo cal postmaster of a western town o city may err. . but the clerk- at- New i York Foreign must not. BURGLARY AID GIVEN TO KEEP SON FROM PRISON, WOMAN AVERS IN CONFESSION Servant in Peter Cook Home at Time of Robbery Appeals for Probation After Relating Strange Story in Courtroom, Giving Details of Crime. FAIRFIELD. Cal., July 81. An other of the strange stories which have come out in connec tion with . the robbery of the home of Peter Cook at Rio Vista was brought to light following the action of Mrs. Flora Richards in changing her plea of not guilty to guilty, and appealing to the superior court for probation. This is the second time she has confessed. She was a servant in the Peter Cook home at the time of the robbery in which jeyelry and clothing valued at $3000 disappeared. . In appealing for probation, the de fendant, who is 68 years old. claims that she became a party to the bur glary because she believed such ac tion was necessary to save her son from going to the penitentiary. The aged woman saeys that" she came from South Dakota to visit her son and his wife in Rio Vlsts. arriv ing a short time before they moved away and her son went to work on a river boat. In order to earn her living, she says, she went to work for Peter Cook at a meager salary. One da, while the Cook family was absent, she says two young men in uniform came to the door and asked for something to eat. In the conversation which followed, one of the strangers said he knew her son in South Dakota- Later, one of the two strangers returned with the story that the son was -working on. the .river, boat near Rio Vista, had killed a man. and had thrown his body overboard. He told her the son was a member of an or ganized band of thieves and that they would expose him unless she helped them to rob the Cook home. She says that this story caused her to agree to be a party to the crime, as she felt she had the safety of her son at stake. She says that to show her good faith, she was caused to make several touches" of jewelry and other valu ables and mail them at the postoffice at Rio Vista. After this, she says, she was caused to ioin a secret society, in which she knelt down and swore on a small cof fin, skull and cross-bones and other weird symbols htat she would be faithful, with death as the penalty for violation of her oath. Subsequently, she says, a certain night was set for the robbery, and she was ordered to have everything in readiness for carting away. Before the robbery occurred, she says, the two strangers admitted her son had killed nobody and that the story was used by them to cause her to partici pate with them in the robbery. She says that after she sacked up all the rugs and other valuables, she became conscience stricken and sat up all night waiting for the men to come and carry the goods away. About 3 o'clock In the morning, when she heard them coming, she says she switched the lights off and on about six. tiroes .and scared them away, be cause she became braver when she found she did not nave to commit crime to save her son. July 6 was set by the court as the date for hearing the motion of the woman for probation. The charge she admitted is grand larceny. Officers who investigated the Rio Vista robbery were not long in decid ing that some woman had a leading part, because of the judgment exer cised in the selection of jewelry, laces, lingerie and gowns. Every room was visited and the finer garments were taken, while the less valuable were tossed aside. Subsequently, came the arrest and. closely following, the confession of Mrs. Richards. In this confession she is said by City Marshal Adcock of Rio Vista to have told him that during the ab sence of the family two masked men called at the home and told her they would kill Mrs. Cook unless they were permitted to steal the valuables. In this confession she admitted mailing some of the loot to two daughters in North Dakota, whereas South Dakota is mentioned in the second confession. After she was placed in jail the servant repudiated her confession after the court had appointed an at torney to represent her. Alberta Has Gasoline. CALGARY. Alta. That there will not be a rationing of gasoline in Al berta Is the statement of M. B. Green, manager of "the Imperial Oils, limited.
