Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-20
CLEVELAND GIRL FIRST
REAL ROYAL PRINCESS
Mrs. w. 3. Leeds, With Marriage
to Greek, Takes the Title
Of Highness.

The marriage of Hrs. " p. D~eds
widow ~ the Tin Plate King" and
Prince Christopher Of GrTere, yo'rngfT'
brother Of former King Constantine took
place IN S~itserlsnd. Tho civli Ceremony
vas held IN Geneva and the reng1o''s
rites which were solernnizs-d AZ the h'is-
sian church, Vev,y, we're attended, by tne
c1.een-nother of Grrcoe, the Duke %
Suarta and other members ot the royal
family. IL Is stated that the nayrIage =
nox a uoorranatic one and that the BRIDE
nov ranks as hIghne~-
Princess Anastasia oi Greer now =
the title of the Cleveland grrf, HonnIe
May Stewart. whose rise 70 social dis
tInction was fully as spectac'iiar AZ =
her elevation 10 royalty. Her lIie story
reads ike the faIry ts1e of oeautau4
princess
She wAs born in Zanesv1ile- III Her
first h1rxs And was George e Sorrhna-
ton. of Cleveland But Il vss rot ion2
he.orr Cleveland society rn-w thsy were
not living happily toze-n<z- Annnng those
VINO first noticed TIM iaos Eas Wfiiram p
Leeds.
william B. Leeds began ms earcr ss
a s4O-a-month raliway clerk de nam
nered his way 70 the head OF a Eress
railway system and launched the Anser1-
can Tin Plate Company. The steel trust
paid a handsome hgure for ne string
Of small TIN plate plants Snscn MI Leeds
formed into n trust Deo1s nec7ne :
rn,Ilt,rniIlr,n was an old NAN 80 40
wears old and died before he r-~cnen -
But at the time the pretty hraL WORTH
inston was unhappy with mATr-d lIie
Leeds was N ms prime Ana married. TOO.
The fist Mrs Leros, reaA1Ing hist
Mrs. Worthiugton had Eon her husband
heart. asreed 70 give MN up And sfre
drove her bsrg..ua. IL cost Beeds u, l,oto,Uco
20 get his freedom Then Mrs. No<th-ng-
ton got a divorce and three days later sle
and Leeds were naErsed. Ars- Leeos NO
, was q three-mllllon-dousr hrs1e- oar-
Leeds wedding budget read:
To Mrs. Leeds No. ! for a divoroe,
q 900 600: 70 Mis-. Leeds No. 2, bridal
zift. 81 .oDO, COO honeymoon on new ssean
yscht, 81, ,000,0 900.
Mr. Leeds died IN 1908, leaving be
his millions. She vent 10 i've aorosa snG
in the next few years the list OF ner ssutors
included such names as LOUIS Napoleon
Bonaparte, Prince Aurst, 3 general OF
cavalry IN the Russian Amy and descsn-
dent of King Joachim OF Naples, Count
Heile de Talleyrand-Pengord, LORD
ALEXANDER nfLiAIGs AfCA0 a%Nol&S+ @A-~
the Prince Of Faucigny-Lucinge. Her only
son. William Leeds, Jr., WAS educated at
Eton.
The possibility Of marriage OF the
wealthy and beautiful American ~ldos,
who, the French painter, helleu, once
declared possessed 9S out OF the lOD pom q
constituting feminine perfection, and
Prince Christopher first broke into the
newspapers in June, 1916, when London
society was much int rested u runoEs OF
their prospective engagement At the TINE
i was indicated hy Mrs. Leeds friends
that the report vas entirely without
foundation.
Be fore her recent marriage % the
Prince Mrs. Leeds wss baptized seeorc1ng
10 the rites Of the GTPek Orthodox I ShSrSh ~
sD6 rsceived tbe name AnaStSSia. The
title. Prince of Greece, With the qus-it-
cation royal highuess, was bestowed on
her bv the King Of che Helleness who rs
/ the head Of the royal family.