The log cabin Democrat., 1921-05-09


 second Mrs. Leeds As a wedding present Mir. Leeds gave his new bride jewelry valued at more than a mill lion dollars. a mansion on Fifth ave nue estimated to be worth S2,OOO,0OO, and an ocean-gOing steam yacht. It was on one of their visits to Paris that Leeds bought Mrs. Leeds No. 2 a $340,000 pearl necklace.
 About that time a son was born to the happy pair-the present W. B. Leeds, Jr. This youth gained the title poor richest boy because of the great care his mother and father pro- vided and the fortune spent on guard ing his footsteps.
 A Royal sringing-Up.
 When this child was two and one half years old he went with his father and mother to London. And here, in part, is a cabled newspaper dispatch of how the once humble florist and railroad worker provided for his heir by second marriage:
 Not even an heir to royalty could have more elaborate care nor more luxurious service than this little American is now receiving It is the wonder of the whole hotel (the ex- elusive Claridge).
 Altogether Baby Leeds has two drawing rooms, two bedrooms in case one bores him, a sitting room, and a bathroom, the whole strictly reserved for him and no one else.
 1.-Two nurses are in constant attend ance and maid, valet. and extra servants are devoted to chasing away dull care"
 Death of Mr. Leeds.
 It was June 23, 1908, in France, that the "tin plate king died. The will was filed at Mineola, L. l., Septem- Der 8, 1908.
 Stripped of legal phraseology, here is the paragraph that gives to royalty of Greece (by marriage) the bulk of 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-fourths of the residuary estate is to be set aside for William B. Leeds, Jr., or his issue"
 In other words, if Princess Anasta- sia dies. her husband. Prince Chris topher, brother of King Constantine, gets about S1O,OOO,OOO, and young Leeds about S3O,OOO,OOO. Then when young Leeds dies, his royal widow or their children. if any. will get the s30,OOOOOO or more of good American money.
 After the death of Mir. 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 a dented title sought her hand in marriage. Her marriage to Prince Christopher occurred at Geneva on January 31, 1920, and made her a cousin of most of the royalty of Flu rope 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 a small crew of serv- 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 at the MOntclair academy, he seemed to breathe freely. For most of the time he attended school there 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 boys of his age"
 His mother, while abroad. got daily cabled reports on his health. Then. later, she took him to England to com plete his education, giving as the ex- cuse that "he might not become dis sipated like so many rich American boys"
 Recently in America.
 Young Leeds, around whom the Leeds millions really center, was in this country only q few weeks ago. He arrived in Los Angeles late in February on his return from an ad- venturous trip into the wilds of the Sumatra jungles, where he hunted tigers. He had been bitten in the arm by poisonous insect. He went to sanitarium in Shanghai, but did not recover wholly from the infection and hurried to this country to undergo an operation in New York.