Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-07
SOUGHT STRANGE TITLE.
A Baltimore Society Belle Queen Of
a Gypsy Tribe. -

| In the October Wide World Maya
zine the story is told of how the fas-
clnauon of gipsy's lffe oyercame "A
young lady who was q member of one
OF the most aristocratic families. and
induced her to sacrifice her position
IN society to throw in her lot with a
gypsy tribe. =, :,
| Six. years ago Miss Jessie KEY Hab-
ersfam was the mistress of one of the
stately home of the city of Baltimore,
MISS Habersham was one of the most
beautiful girls in the city and an ac-
kno"ledged leader of Baltimore So
ciety. -
MANY American girls obtain a title
by marrying a duke or lord, Miss
Habelsham preferred to be a Queen
or the gipsieS. Today she is. Queen
Jessie Michele, the head of one of Tho
largest and most aristocratic clans OF
Slpsies west of the Mississippi river.
a trite that comprises over a thousand
families. T
One day Miss Habersham suddenly
disappeared from her Baltimore home.
to the alarm and ainazemert of her
family and frineds aid all efforts to
trace her whereaboutsF failed. -Four
years passed before anyone knew what
had become of her, ard then the facts
, caused a sensation. Sc. W. Va.
When Miss Understands mother
died the child was sent To private
school at the famous New York
Springs One day, while out walking
with two school companions, they met
a gypsy caravan camped beside the
road. The gypsy women. were kind to
the school girls. and told them strange
and weirdly interesting stories. After
that the girls went out frequently.
visiting the camp at various times.
When II years old Miss Habershan1
came home t6 her father. She told
him IF the gipsies and of the attrac-
tiyeness OF their life, and began at
once 10 study all the literature upon
the subject that she could get hold Of:
she also mastered the Roman Ian
guage. Before long she was. sent to
college, whore she sought the oppor-
tunity Of learning Romany ways and
manners. During this time the girl
told her friends that she sighed con-
tinually for the open fields, tho open
road, and the gypsy life. Society
stifted her, she said, with it's conven-
tions and shallowness. Once she ran
away and was gone several days; but
when she returned she would never
tell where she had BEEN AS q matter
OF fact. she had been to see the Sipsies
with whom, in some mysterious way.
she seemed to be in touch. A. second
tine she left home suddenly, and her
father found that she had gone to
Europe with a family who desired a
companion for their children. On the
beat coming home she met a Hindu
who taught her to tell fortunes and in
terested her in the occult
When Miss Habershsm made her
debut some six years ago. she said
frankly that she cared little for So
ciety and thought il a sham. She
wanted TO he free to roam. Two years
after her debut she again disappeared.
For, weeks and months anxious search
was made for her, but without result.
Slowly the time heightened into four
years. Then came a letter from the
missing girl, in which she told her
father that she had Joined the gipsies
and had married the chief Of the tribe.
After this letters came frequently. from
the various cities she reached during
her wanderings. In her letters the
gipsy queen described the tents In
which they lived while camping, and
the house wagons which they used
while traveiing.-Manchester Union,