Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-12
ROMANCE OF GYPSY CAMP
Former Southern Belle Queen of a
Rowing Band,
LINE OF NOTED ANCESTORS
Missouri Law Menaces the Liberty OF
Her KinE--Tells Fortunes at the
Usual Rates-Curtosities
of the Camp.

Jessie Mitchell tnee Habershem), beau
tiful. intellectual and highly accomplished
! southern girl Of Baltimore, Nd, is living
in the camp Of the Ludare tribe of Rou-
manian gypsies at Hoehn's Grove, No. $500
South Broadway. st. Louis. queen of the
tribe and wife OF Gorge Mitchell, king OF
the company, loving him so much that she
says she could not be parted from him for
even one day and live.
| Queen Jessie. is "a years old. refined
delicate features, nght-brown hair, blue
eyes, OF high literary attachments and
musical accomplishments. Her husband is
fascinating and charming in a way, but
totally illiterate He was born in servia.
They were married by Roman Catholic
ceremony five years ago. Since that time
| they have not been separated even for one
day. Queen Jessie could not endure a sep
aration. Last week tribal quarrel,
wherein the men fought bitterly, was, con-
trsry to Romany usage, taken into the
courts Now George Mitchell stands in
danger of the law and OF the Jail
| ''lf he should be sent to jail shall die
| says his beautiful young American queen,
az cannot live without him even for a
day" And she is worrying herself i'll with
the remote fear that there may be a sep
aration between them.
| This is no Rigo-Princess de Chimay at
fair. There is no animal attraction be-
tween the gypsy and his American queen.
Nine Of ten persons asked VIII tell you
that when an educated and beautiful Amer
lean girl marries an iliterate gypsy that
she must have been attracted by the animal
in him. Yet there is little animal in the
lean and slender Gorge, and still less of it
in his pale and pretty aesthetic looking
wife, who loves him 50 terribly that not
even for a day can she bear to be parted
from him.
/ Queen Jessie is a typical Baltimore girl.
Baltimore, more than any city in the south,
is famed for the refined aesthetic beauty
of its women. She is tai! and slender,
with a small wel-shaped head that is
beautifully poised upon her slender, we'll
bred neck. The broad, low forehead, the
even arched eyebrows, the perfectly shaped
eyes, the sharp aquilin nose, the thin refined
lips, the perfect and beautifully kept white
teeth, the round, soft chin, the warm, white
pallor of her skin. the small foot, with its
high instep, all denote the fine breeding
and the lady born. Nowhere about her
, Is the faintest touch of animalsm or any
thing that would be attracted by animal
ism.
Boasts of Her Ancestry.
Queen Jessie boasts proud ancestry, but
= her appearances more than her claims at
J tests her fine breeding. Among her for
bears and relatives are Francis Scott Key
the author of THE Star-Spangled Ban
nsr'; Ex-Governor Lowndes of Maryland
, Joseph Habersham, the first postmaster
general in Washington's first admnlstra
ton; Justice fancy of bred Scott decision
fame; Marie Lloyd Key, a famous Oriol,
beauty, and Commander Habersham of tn,
United States navy. These may or may no
: be the relatives of the Gypsy queen. Sh,
: will not deny or affirm that they are. Sh,
does not need the confirmation of hei
tongue to attest her good breeding Her ap
s pearance attests that.
She was educated in famous Noun
, ! Washington convent at Baltimore will
the elite Of the aristocracy of the south
: Afer she left school she Travelled abroa,
4 for two years with Miss Cecilia Hodges O
: Baltimore. Queen Jessie speaks five Ian
= guages-English, French, Spanish Rou
manian and German. She writes very well
J.; many Of her stories having been publishe
n in the magazines. Her artistic taste /
:, excellent. She has never lived like til
!. Princess De Chimay, a fast or excitin
+ life.
When she returned from Europe fiy
years ago she became interested in Beer
beera Mitchell, sister of King Gorge. Wit
: her gypsy friend she visited the camt
. Life in the open air appealed to Jessi
~ Mitchell as life in the woods appeals t
captive bird. Slight anaemic, nervous
highly strung, the open air was what sh
- needed. She did not know it then, sh
does not know it now, but had she con
tinued to live indoors she would have die
Of nervousness.
Met King Gorge.
So unconsciously She like Hilda Wan
!, gel, followed her troll" She lived in III
n. gypsy camp for some time with Beer
n beera Mitchell. The life quoted her strun
n nerves. She was restful and happy. The
n. at this most opportune moment Gors
n Mitchell, lean, swarthy smiling, huma
n and natural came on the scene. His gent
n. ways and straightforward manner won IN
- young daughter of the south. And the
were married and have lived deliriousl
m happy ever since.
III I'VE gypsies do not marry in haste
m said King Gorge, who, unable to rca,
m speaks his five languages, too. Il oil
served for a long time before 1 marie
her. | saw that she was a natural gyps
m natural bird of the forest and of ii
m fields. l wished TO liberate this bird and
I'M restore her to the life that civilzatic
IN had doomed her. 1 married her and
m have never had reason to regret it. 81
m tells me she has had none, either"
I'M King Gorge is very swarthy, a typic