A WEEK'S REQUESTS OF HELEN GOULD.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 20, 18 October 1907, Page 3

A WEEK'S REQUESTS OF HELEN GOULD.

Miss Helen Gould, of the Now York family, was recently requested to subscribe to tho permanent installation in New York of Franz Italtenborn's orchestra. After encouraging Mr. Kaltenborn, slio gave him an itemised list of a week's requests that she had received. The petitions, if satisfied, woudl require £20,000,000 annually, or about £400,000 a week; thoy range from a modest plea for some false teeth at £3 a set.to an imperious demand for £200,000 to start a Cuban colony. Wo road in the "New York Times":—ln the week referred to Miss Gould received two hundred and thirty-one requests for morioy outright; for these, one-hundred and forty left the amount to her goodwill and discretion. Thoy weren't particular. ■ More than ninety wanted cash loans. Sixteen ■didn't'specify' any specific amount; thoy just v,-anted to borrow. One man proposed to sell Miss Gould his farm for £520, which ho said lie thought was a pretty good bargain—for her. Four persons,'presumably young women, wanted' Miss Gould to help them to buy trousseaux. Only one named the sum'she expected, tho others loft that to Miss .Gould. A son, filled with filial love, wanted to erect a monument to his father. He suggested that Miss Gould contribute £100 'towards that worthy end. In tho long list thero was only ono request for a musical instrument.' Somebody wanted an organ, but another person wanted .mousy with which to print 2,000 hymnals. Following are some of tho other wants: fiibles. bicycles, a farm and three cows, one invalid's chair, .enough air pillows to supply a regiment of soldiers, ono set of teeth, five, sew-' in" machines and fifteen railway tickets. \