The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1921-09-29


: - OOayn ~ NJ. Leodas I,
Y II was June q. 1905, IN France. fhas
the stin plate king" died. Tho VIII
was flied at Mineola. u. /. Sertem.
Der 8, 1908.
Stripped Of legal phraseology, here
s. the paragraph that gives to royalty
Of Greece (by marriage) the bulk Or
the 'tin plate" millions:
..If the son, William b. leeds, Jr
or issue OF his shall survive the widow
(Mrs Leeds No. 2, now Princess An
astasia) three-f ourths Of the residuary
estate is to be get aside for William
B. Leeds, Jr., or his issue"
In other words, If Princess Anasta-
sia dies, her husband, Prince Chris
TOPPER, brother OF King Constantine,
gets about $1O,o00.OOO, and young
Leeds about $3O,Oo0,OO0. Then when
young Leeds dies. his royal widow or
their children, If any. Will get the
$4,000, 900 or more Of good American
money.
After the death Of Mr.. Leeds and
IN the years before his widow was
captured by the Greeks, she broke into
European society right and left-real
royalty's private grounds-because Of
the Leeds millions at her command.
Many denied title sought her hand
In marriage. Her marriage to Prince
Christopher occurred at Geneva on
January 81, 1920. and made her q
cousin Of most Of the ROYALTY Of Eu-
rome and gave her such exalted rank
as had not been held by an American
woman In many years. That's how
she got the title "the Dollar Prin-
cess"
Bringing Up Golden Child.
While Mrs. Leeds was carrying on
her conquest of royalty at their home
towns, young Leeds was being kept
under the care Of small crew OF sery-
ants. instructors, and others afforded
only by mean millions. Here is an
account Of how the youth grew up:
"Young Leeds had every imaginable
safeguard placed about him to prevent
his being kidnapped and to shield him
from other harm. His mother in
stalled him in her former home IN
Montclair, N. J. When he stepped
from the carriage or automobile each
morning at the Montclair' academy. he
seemed to breathe freely. For most
OF the time he attended school theirs
his mother was in Europe and he lived
alone with the servants to minister
to his wants and detectives to protect
him-but all to keep him from enjoy
ing the pleasures Of other BAYS OF
his age" @ ast..
Ex,1,f1 oh
cabled reports on his health. Then.
later, she took him to England to "om-
plete his education, giving as the ex'
cuse that .'he might not become dis.
slpated like so many rich American
boys" ~
Recently in America.
Young Leeds, around whom the
Leeds millions really center, was in
this country only a few weeks ago.
He arrived In Los Angeles late IN
February on his return from an ad.
venturous trip into tho wilds Of the
Sumatra jungles, where he hunted
tigers. He had been bitten in the Sfm
by poisonous insect. He went 10 a
sanitarium in Shanghai, but did not
recover wholly from the Infection and
hurried to this country to undergo an
operation In New York.
While he was crossing the continent
his mother. believed to be dangerous
" Ill, was preparing for an operation
In Athens for an intestinal trouble.
He went to the Rite Carlton, intending
to arrange for his own surgical treat
ment, but news Of his mothers con-
dition led him to abandon that project
ana sail for Europe.