The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-18
NC SEATTLE STAR BUSINESS GUIDE
GYPSY KING
QUITS THE
Open ROAD
Patriarch Of English Gyp-
sizes "Anchors" in Win
ter Quarters

lynn. Mass. nsec. is--i<ings and
crowns have heon going fast In re.
cent years Yet ~Old Rili- Stanley,
-, WEARS moro firmly than ever the
invisible crown Of gypsy majesty.
-pld Bit Is patriarch OF the stan.
ley clan Of English gs'psics who roam
New England from May day I'M
early November. Like the cirrus. Rill
has folded his tent and gono into
winter qu9rtcrs--a pretty white cot.
tsge on Lynnficld ST In the outskirts
of Lynn.
When n reporter called there was
quito fiuttcr. A haif.d dozen babies,
Biirs great grandchildren. tumhled
from the kitchen door TO greet me.
And tho old kings son. James. a
handsome fellow OF 40. went aunlably
IN search OF his AGED psrent
BENT old FIGURE
But STILL WHY
lie found him In the c-i,ar. stow
Ing wood. Old Biil emerged. a little.
bent old figure. thin and wiry. with
.pccring rycS
He chuckicd tpothiossiy when
'sssi<rd how tho king business WAS do
1nx.
well. nov. perhaps I'm iihs tho
king OF Engiand--more OF demo
.<crat than ! am n kingF' he said
TT always makes me mad for foiks
20 give gypsscs had name. II aln't
right TO think because we're wan
dercrs we'ro shiftless or dishonest
CAST OFF BECAISE
SHE MARRIED GYPSY
The Stanleys-" He drew him.
ssf up with a regal pride that blind
s>d one TO hts tattercd ciothes--thc
Stanleys have family. My mother
WAS n sQuirc's daughter frum tho
north OF England
.-They cast her OF becausc ste
married one OF a wandering clan.
But why7 We dealt In horses. We
loved the woods and the open road
and Gods purc air and tho simple
fffe. Is that any disrraee7 MOI !
tel You that IL tho best life-
Old Bin and hts wife. MARTHA. camc
hcre from England nearly 90
years ago. They lived In n gay-psint.
I'd waeun--and often IN n tent. Papa
Stanley kept MP his horse trading.
TIMES HAVE CHANGED
SAYS THE MONARCH
Mama Stanley wove beanfffui bas-
fets and told fortunes and Sometimes
.dAnccd Tho healthy Stanley babies
grrw Up ana married and had babies
of their own Tho Stanley clan In
ermsed There arc close TO 200 now.
Times have changed says the IN.
20 bent king. my wife has zone
Yes. ! suppose you may CAN her
rQueen n you wunt 20. $40 was a
tQusen IN brains and heart
Tho stanlcys have never been the
sazns sfpce. We don't 60 far AWAY
rnow. Nothing In ifkc n uscd to Be.
tEv9yt1hfng costs - nuch. People
hurry %. And they duurt buy horsez.
why. one % my sruss even travels In
sa--tn a autyf
ROO MUCH WORTHY
IN THESE FAST DAYS
THAT'S the truubte with living
zp~adays-evcrythins's hurry. Folks
-w.nr themselves out They ought
10 copy us gypsies. Look how long
10 ffves And our kind have sur.
~vfved from the time of tho first wan.
S1rrfng tribes OF Egyptians. That's
how the name gypsy como
I'll probably live years yct--sherc
Gfnt nothin' much tho matter with
1De. I've always at. and drank what
I wanted and smoked. IL aint food
1nd drink and smoking that hurts n
unzu,-tt's worry, We DON'T worry
Old BIZ stopped talking and pulled
sflens1y at his pfpe-
There are certain szxtprfsi esnbci-
rishments that would improve him
But sound in heart and clean In mind
is this sovereign Stanley of the open
road, this surviving king in n world
Of lettering throncs-