Show WO WOMAN MAN WHO COST A MILLION MILLIO the series erles r of exquisite gowns worn by Y mrs amrai william B leeds of new york newport and london has been the feature of the season at the ultrafashionable ultra fashionable watering place of De denuville luville france she Is reported as having had great soa so 1 cial success and ana has given a succession of delightful entertainments mrs william B D leeds it will be remembered Is the woman who cos her husband one ona million dollars and who refused the importunities of royal and noble suitors who were after her fortune estimated at thirty times that amount her maiden name was nannie stewart sh shea I 1 was the daughter of a wealthy cleveland banker ln and was said to be the handsomest girl in I 1 she married george E worthington they disi als agreed and leeds also a married man became i infatuated with her it Is said that leeds paid his wife one million dollars for a divorce mrs worthington also secured a legal separation from her heo husband and three days later the wedding took place leeds made his new bride the present of jewelry worth over a milli oilA a steam yacht and a two million dollar palace in new york city while oai a visit to paris leeds beu bt his wife a pearl necklace she woral wore this on several occasions load lad them unstrung and they were exported in ii n bag to the united states and entered at the custom house as loose pearls then began her battle with the treasury which has become celebrated celebrate di although the pearls were apparently imported by a paris jeweler the customs authorities considered the action a subterfuge and demanded the cd W per cent customary duty on a necklace mrs airs leeds insisted that they fercl dutiable at 11 per cent as indiscriminate pearls and won the day and in ciden den tally some would have gone to the government |