The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-28
MRS. PETER CHANGE
THE VIOLET QUEEN "

The following story of Mrs. Maude
Robinson King-Chance who was re-
Gently in Honolulu, n guest at the
Young Hotel, appeared in the Los An
geles Times:
The "violet King is dead: Long
live the new husband of his widow.
The picturesque young woman, Maude
Robinson King Chance, the protege,
wife, then widow of the enormously
rich old man, James c. King, whose
mild passion was to give violets away,
has returned to Southern California.
But not as the queen of the dead "Vio-
let King" of Pasadena.
She has brought with her a new hus.
band to share her paltry million or SO
from the King estate; and her name is
now Mrs. I. r. Chance.
Her husband is a dentist we'll known
in the fashionable "American colony"
of Paris. They are at the Hotel Vir-
ginia, Long Beach.
1t seems that after the death of the
"Violet King" the executors had the
audacity to offer the young widow
mere 100000 us her share, and her in
dgnation occasioned by the necessity
of making stern demanded for about
81 100000 more (and getting it) re.
quired that she travel to relieve her
nerves.
She had been, as a young girl, of
Morrison, H., and old James c. King
had taken a platonic and fatherly in
terest in her musical education, send
ing her abroad.
As she grew up, he ceased sending
| violets impartially to all the young la
dies about the hotels in Pasadena, and
sent them only to her.
She became the "Violet Queen,
with an agreement that she was to have
100000 at his death-which agreement
she afterward repudiated and sailed
away for Europe few years ago with
a few million to remind her of her
romantic marriage. The estate settled
her claim, giving her half the fortune.
In Paris she met very handsome
young dentist who had torn himself
away from the bucolic fascinations Of
Canton, o., for the larger fields and
the richer teeth of the principal Amer
lean colony Of France.
They were evidently married there
at n recent date and started on voy-
| age around the world, arriving seven
| days ago in San Francisco, to the as
| constituent of the late "ViOlet
King 8" friends.
They both seemed to be singularly
diflident about making known their de-
but in Southern California.
They were preceded to the Hotel
Virginia by the brides mother, Mrs.
Robinson-and much mystery.
Some Of the trained hotel servants
at the Virginia are from Pasadena
hotels where the "Violet King" figured
as "A famous character.
1t is said that demand was made
on the management at the beach hotel
| that none of these old familiar faces
| should be allowed to remain and that
n general Encouragement was made Z
as to assure Mrs. King Chance that 81
would see no serving people who had
known her before.
On arrived, Dr. and Mrs. Chance went
at once to their rooms, and have scarce
ly been seen since. They dine in pri-
vate and preserve the strictest seclu-
sion.
DR.. Chance is regarded by some about
the hotel as very handsome, but very
eccentric, person who rings furiously for
messenger boys and then is unable to
remember why he wanted them. On
his few public appearances he has been
/ elegance and affability personifed.
| Mrs. Chance was called up yesterday
afternoon by one of the newspapers,
which offered her hearty welcome
home.
"My name in the paper1" she cried
| in a voice of horror. Heavens mol
Not world I don't want anything
said. No, / don't want even a men.
ton that we have arrived. I don't
want my name in there at ALL"
Millionairesses are cold,- just like
that, sometimes.