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Show THOUSANDS ! INTERESTED I Rich and Poor Alike Focus Thoughts on Helen Hel-en Gould Wedding New York, Jan. 22 The Bowery and Fifth avenue found a common focus fo-cus for their interest today in the. wedding of Helen Miller f.ouid. daughter daugh-ter ot the late lay Gould, to Finiey J. Sheparrl of St Ixmla. the son of a New England clergyman Society was Interested because the wealthy Gould party has been considered part of it. the Bowery poor and thousand! of others in seed circumstances ft lid have been benefited by Mihs Goulu s lone continued philanthropies wcro interested because they considered! Helen Gould as their friend. Neither Fifth avenue nor the Bowery can be snid to bo represented at the wedding, however, sa In llns with Miss Gould's other endeavors to avoid the ostentatious, ostenta-tious, the guests were confined to close relatives The seene for the ceremony was the southwest parlor of Lyndnurst, the bride's conntr home at Tarrv town, overlooking the Hudson river, whefe the principals rehearsed their parts last evenlnc During the forenoon fore-noon Miss Gould was busy supervls-1 Ing the final setting in which the 45 employes of the estate seemed to vie with each other in carrying out her wishes to the heat effect Often Miss Gould took complete charge of things herself, as in the case when some relatives arrived She handled their belongings notwithstanding the pro tesl of a servant She was in the best of spirits with the shower of Klitu and congratulatory telegrams descending de-scending upon her up to Hie very hour of the Wedding a noon Many Gifts Guarded. The main consignment of presents was received at Miss Gould's NVtv York house, however, and these .vere i iken to Tarrytown Lo an automobllS vnnguarded by defectives Nearly a score of these men were Stationed about the house and Tarrytown Tillage, Til-lage, as the crowd of curious folks, Including many strangers here, was expected to be large Marriage Certificate The marriage certificate which the Rev Daniel Russell, pastor of the lr-vlngton lr-vlngton Presbyterian church had prepared pre-pared to present to the bride after the wedding, wns unusually elaborate and interesting The certificate is of sheepskin, illuminated and lettered by MiSI LuCllle ToWnSend, librarian Si Irvlngton. after a special design made in New York The certificate bears ibis verse from the fifth chapter of EEphesiana : "Let everyone of you in particular lovv his wife, even as himself, and his wife see that she reverences her husband " Neither Miss Gould nor Mr Shep-urd Shep-urd had satisfied up to the time of tue wedding the curiosity of man ol their friends as to where they would 'spend their honeymoon. It was Intimated Inti-mated that the first week thev would remain at Lyndhurst, however and that they might make a long tour abroad in February Philantbropics to Continue In various ways It has been inti eiated that the philanthropic work ln which Mis? .' i n 1 1 I has been prominent snnce she came Into millions left by her father is not in the least to be aftectcd by her marriage. The for-tune for-tune which she inherited was about $1 ),o0o and notwithstanding her large gifts to tho Young Mens Christian Chris-tian association, which she has uro-tnoted uro-tnoted in arm and navy and railroad rail-road circles, and man other various lM?nefactlons it has been estimated that she hi'.i nearlv trebled her w?alth by investment mainly in railroads rail-roads in which the family has been prominent Miss Gould Is now 44 years old. She was IM when her father died and when she was called upon to decide whether It should be society for her. or business, philanthropy and a QJllol life she chose the latter combination One Year Older Than Bride. Mr. Shepard is one year older than I his bride While making his way steadily upward in responsible rati road executive offices, he has given much of his time to books and music, as well as tennis, golf and rowing His father, the Rev F. P Shepard died recently In his 8Sth year Mi.s mother Is still living In Connecticut and Is 83 years old |