The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-06-21
NEW KINGS HOME LIFE
BY ONE WHO KNEW HIM,
Mrs. Giassford of BROOKLYN. Once COM
panion to Sistcr-in-Lnw of Ser
Was Ruler.

REPU BLIC SPECIAL.
New York, June 20-Ars. James Glassford
Of Brooklyn was useful companion" to two
sisters Of King Peters wife, daughters of
the Prince of Montenegro. King Peter.
then Prince Kara-Georgevitch. lived across
the street from his father-in-law, at Get
TIME, the tiny capital of the tiny State over
which the Prince OF Montenegro rules.
Mrs. Glassford lived in the center of the
intimate domestic life of the two families.
and was in position to observe the Pre-
tender, as he was then called. as a husband
and father. She is his profound admirer:
indeed. she worships both the Kara George
witch and Montenegro families, and declares
that 1t Is lucky day for Servia when the
rightful owner" of the throne again sits
Mrs. Glassford exhibited to a reporter sew
eral photographs of the members of the
Two families One. family group. was
taken by Kara-Georgevitch himself. who
was fine amateur Photographic. and bears
the impress of .'P. Cara the sobri1uet un-
der which he did some literary work
known that George, the son Of Peter, would
be the heir apparent to the Servian throne.
Tor then | should have had him and his
der a year old, and was at the moment out
driving with his nurse His brother Alex
ander was not yet born.
'MCe hdId-1eol SeVltCh called every one
about him one day on the lawn of the pal
ace and said he wanted to take a group
picture; This is the result. He printed
there was none for me his wife asked him
to mare one for me. He did 1t cheerfully
as he did everything else, for he was one Of
the loveliest men in his home life that
have ever known.
KINDLY AND DEMOCRATIC.
Both families lived in the simplest man
ner and were most kindly and democratic.
would call the Prince of Montenegro a
self-made man. for the family was original
ly very poor. and the Prince had to build
up his estates. Cettinje is small place
The families never dressed much there be-
cause there was no need of it. but when
they they we went to court or entertained the la
dies mad beautiful and fashionable gowns
CT the period. They were a sweet people
to live with. and their family relations were
my position in the household can be
only described as useful companion since
there is no equivalent in English for the
term MY especial charges were the Prin-
cess Melitza. now the wife of the Grand
Duke Peter of Russia, and her sister. Prin-
cess Anastasia, who married member of
the Romanqff family. which rules Russia,
the latter who is standing up at the back
The, wife of the now King of servia,
and who was the Princess Zorka. eldest
daughter Of the Prince of Montenegro, is
seated, holding in her arms the Princess
Vera. the youngest of all the children of
Princess Helene Kara-Georgevitch. who sat
between Melitza and the young Prince
Mirko of Montenegro, was then only
of the three children of the new King Her
father always called her Jabuka PeachJ
4 because OF her peachy complexion.
In the background is the Princess Helene
| now the Queen of Italy and sister of the
new queen or the Servians. Then comes
the Princess Henia. and last the Princess
Anna, who married a brother CT Prince
Henry of Battenberg
was very much attached to the two
/ and think they were fond of me. fo,
when they were married. within two weeks
/ Oh each other, there was pleasant contro-