The Wichita Daily Eagle

HEIRESSES AT LAW.

Helen and Anna Gould Are Now Modest Disciples of Blackstone.

The young ladies Gould are certainly progressive. For many years people knew that Jay Gould lived on Fifth avenue, had a big family and was a very good, domestic, sleepless little man who boiled milk on a gas stove for insomnia and made enough money to keep the wolf from coming in the oak front door. The public knew nothing further about the domestic life of the Goulds. Then George married an actress. She was good, beautiful, young, and old Jay Gould was very fond of her. That was all the public knew about it, says the New York Recorder. Then Jay Gould died. Helen made her debut and George bought a yacht. Helen was philanthropic and entertained little. She preferred poor boys and mission houses to society people and dances. She soon left the world for home and charitable works. Then it was reported that Anna was going to marry an actor-a schoolgirl attachment for a curly head and a rose-leaf complexion. But George would have none of it. Then came the story of Howard's engagement to Odetta Tyler. The public was determined to marry some member of the family to a professional. George raced the Vigilant against the prince of Wales and got badly beaten.

Now Helen and Anna, two of the wealthiest young women in the country, are about to take up a law course. They are both said to have inherited their father's business instincts and are devoting their time to spending in ways wise, judicious and charitable the fortunes which were left to them. Helen is interested in the building of houses for the poor and has much property as well as countless philanthropic schemes which she attends to herself. Anna has been seriously thinking of making a princess of herself, and wants to know how to keep her royal husband within bounds. They are going to take a full law course under the tuition of Prof. Russell. Of course, in a very short time they will know the difference between American and Roman law, the rights of property holders and how to creep out as well as into a lawsuit, and these fair women will not force Howard to pay out $10,000, or wicked lawyers will not impose on the young millionairesses and foreign noblemen demand their purchase price down, or the young ladies will "know the reason why."