The Daily Alaska empire., 1932-02-10
l. $. MARINES GUARD LONG FRONT IN FIGHTING ZONE
She's StiI Nancy Ann, Not Maharmree, to Seattle
Wife of Indian Prince Has Changed Little,
 Home Town Finds
Her Life No Different from Other Folks,
 She Claims
By HAROLD TuRNBLAD

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 10.-Ihe Maharanee of Indore, mistress of palaces in India and France, still is just plain Nancy Ann to her home town.
 Four years as the wife of one of the wealthiest princes of the Far East has made little appar< nt change in the young woman wll5m Seattle knew not so long ago as Nancy Ann Miller, high school girl.
 Queenly tall. dressed simply in black, and retiring and modest in manner, the Maharanee Sharmi9a- thabai Holkar exhibited none of the finery and trappings usually associated with royalty when Sue returned to Seattle for a two weeks visit with her mother, sis- ter and grandmother.
 Nice To Be Home
 Its nice to be back home" she said, although she added as an fter-thought that her real heme" now was in Indor, where she lives in the mommoth and magnificent palace of the Maharajahs, or in the historic chateau of kings at St. Germaine-en-Laye, near Paris,
 I'm afraid people don't under stand I lead very normal life, !" she said. Being a Maharanee doesn't make any difference in any way Everything goes on just about as if you were someone else.
 T often take care of my babies-- bathe them, you know, and put them to bed.
 "I'm very keen about bridge. They play lot of contract in Eu- rope. By the way, who won that tournament between Mir. Culoert- son and MT. Lenz? We were trav- cling at Gle time and tna rsigs Os were awfully late in getting to us"
 Chew Gum!-Yes,
 Aaharanees chew gum? Of course she laughed. eIn the sum- mer when things are quiet in Paris we often take our guests to Luna Park. It is like Coney Island.
 Everyone does the most undig- nified things-like riding on the roller coaster or throwing for dolls If I wanted to chew gum or eat hot dogs-or whistle, I would do it. Why shouldn't F"
 Although reluctant to talk of her reputation as a. charming hostess, the Maharanee observed that her chateau near Paris always" has a number of guests.
 Treasure hunts" with diamond brooches and wrist watches as prizes and garden parties in the summer time keep her busy.
 Tt is rather hard thinking up up something differtnt for your guests, isn't it? she asked, adding that just at the present, Parisians are quite mad" over cocktail par ties.
 Want A Good Time
 Rajas and princes and other ti- tied guests at parties are just as easy to entertain as other folk, she said. They are all alike. They all want a good time"
 Nancy Ann and her husband, the former Maharajah of Indore, travel a great deal, she explained nat urally one prefers living at home, wherever that may be. Our real home is in Indore, but we go to St. Germaine in the summer because it is so dreadfully hot"
 When Indian royal parties travel they stay in hotels, just like any one else" the former Seattle girl said. Its so much simpler than engaging a palace and taking so many servants along"
 The reports about the number Of servants at the chateau near Paris are greatly exaggerated, she said. We only have g or 24"
 The Maharanee's mother, Mrs. Jennie Mile, is the widow of Jack Miller, who struck it rich" in an A la cxan rf1if1ifey claim