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Show Priocely Present to Baby Bell Miss Helen Gould Sends Handsome Dinner Service to Colorado Namesake. Special to This Tribune. DENVER, Dec. 11. Miss Helen Miller Gould's gift to her namesake, Miss Helen Gould Bell, the baby daughter of Adjt.-Gen. Bell of Colorado, is a massive, solid-silver dinner service with gold-lined cups. Every piece, and there arc over 100 pieces, contains the initials of the little recipient of the princely gift. One plate bears the inscription, "Helen G. Bell from Helen Miller Gould, 1901." The gift nrrlved at the Bell home last night, ln a massive rosewood chest, and Is probably finer than any silver service owned in the West. Mrs. Bell and the baby are ln Colorado Springs, where Mrs. Bell is visiting a sister. Gen. Bell received the gift and Is delignted. In company with the soldiers who served with him In the Cuban campaign cam-paign and who learned much of Miss Gould's philanthropic undertakings, Gen. Bell almost Idolizes the daughter of the late financier. The service was sent from New York city, but the card which nccomp'anled it bore the inscription, "With love and best wishes for dear little Helen Gould Bell, from Helen Miller Gould, Lynd-hurst, Lynd-hurst, Irvlngton-on-Hudson." Miss Gould's namesake was 3 months old Tuesday, so the iylft is a sort of birthday present. Gen. Bell says it will be the one highly prised heirloom In the Bell family. |