Show 'n Mardi 31 1910 t alt gake Zribune Sunday Morning 3 - - II A i Li LI 14) - 1 W1- ri IA 1 --) 6 (roi r--- ! i ' ' 1 L An k : -1 ‘ I 1 'I 1 1 11 La "'"t ' 't 't '44r k ' I' l t 1 0" 4' e 4 - '':- - " '- - t 't - 1 i I ' - "1 i 4 I 4 - s '' t ' '' - - I : t ' '1 11 ' i "— k 1' s ' I 0 Li I Li Li I I 1 L i 1 A 0 (1 7 e 4 1ill k 7 I - 1 C ' t ' li 1 'I' L'""r 1 - '' 11 I ' - ' ' ) - - A 4- Y11 “' S f: ' !1 - '' S' tr 1 $t" t- e ' : A - 40 :1 :: r4 ex 4 ' 1 t r l'A 14 '''' i t t ' I A 4 ' nt ' -- ‘ The Tinplate Heir William B Leeds and His Wife Olive Former Telephone Operator Are Hosts to Small Party on Expedition to the South Seas —il ' - 1 - 1 1 botany? 's 4 Billy is headed for the South Seas grimly determined or' to secure rare specimens of tropical fish plus any unique t flora and fauna he may encounter in the lands of waving and skirtse palms grass Ile's taking his Science very seriously Encouraged- by the success of a previous expedition which netted t d ' -' w ''''''' ''''' him in a New t 3 York museum—he plans to do things in a bigger and t 6etter way this time spending several months on the venture In addition to the South Sea islands which he visited before he's going to see Samoa t His present journey is being made on a bigger and better yacht than the one he used the first time The Moana II (he names all his yachts Moana) was a mere io — F The Moana III purchased by the heir to the $40000000 tinplate fortuneCs measures 279 feet from stem to stern weighs 2000 tons and travels at the speed of fifteen and a half knots an hour How much Leeds paid for her no one knows except Master Suite of Moana III Which Leeds Occupies with His Beautiful Wife himself—and he isn't telling But the records show that Ilas 'Walls Paneled and Painted in Soft Green Furniture of SatinWooda she cost $1900000 to build and equip back in 1931 She — was the Caroline II in her former incarnation Henry J Gielow Inc firm of naval architects designed her for E R Johnson of Moorestown N J When she lay at the docks of the Fairway Yacht Club in New York's East River while her new owner com- - pleted preparations for his departure even blase Mani ' I hattanites paused to gaze and whistle Some had the f f impression she was a small ocean liner which had somehow wandered into the wrong place She is one of the largest and most magnificent yachts in the world And today instead of lolling idly in his penthouse duplex apartment Leeds briskly walks her decks of course he doesn't suffer from any dearth of vim- fortable and attractive surroundings should he desire to relax in the midst of his scientific quests The suite which he occupies with his beautiful wife Olive former "hello girl" in an Atlantic City hotel extends the entire width of the ship The furniture is satinwood and the bedspreads are gold quilted taffeta edged d with a band of taffeta to match the drapes 4 Then there's the living-roowith its walnut furnit ture in Queen Anne and William and Mary styles a few delicate Chippendale pieces interspersed On the floor is a single speciallymaile Aubusson rug said to have cost ' $10000 Ile eats his meals in a dining-roopaneled and beamed in oak with another expensive rug underfoot The table seats twenty-tw- o persons (though only six are on board The Cheerful Dining Salon with a Seating Capacity of 22 Is Paneled aside from the crew) and Beamed in Oak with Furniture in Chippendale and Georgian Styles Equally ornate are the staterooms of the guests: Mr and Mrs Ben Finney Billy's friends and his cousins ---- "'""7--'' Nancy Green and Stanton Leeds They're colorful with ' --- brocades taffeta and chenille floor coverings t f The expedition might be called in fact "roughing it— t t - f i t ''P g -- "' - ''''"- nt '”' 4t ' i' k -- 1 4 4 4 4'4 t t I I J '' ef 4 10 - - s1 V yet 1 e ' - :'1 :: ' ' -- rt e e '"1 4 4 L'''1' " 1 os- 4 A 3 Z - '' -- ' " T 4 i t 44 i I Fir: i B - 4 ' ! I it ' ‘o 7 : " i Lit I '' ILLY LEEDS doesn't mind roughing it—honestiy he doesn't mind in the least For what do hardships matter when the interests of Science are at stake? What discomforts can daunt an is also a student of zoology and intrepid w ' i li k explho ' N " 1 ' ri 17 1 I By Jeanette Smits - - ' 1 - 1 1 ' I 4 k ' iv r 3 -- - - : e? - ! f 1 ‘ c'-- "- t -- - 1 i I vt i ' 14 i- ks V I I I t 4 flame-colore- 4 - 4 - - ' - t '4 i e — ----4- - - -- Beneath the Awnings of the Mterdeek of the Moana III the Guests Can Lounge in Comfort While Billy Plays the Role of Intrepid Explorer - -- 0 - 4 -- Is ' - ----- - - '" t 4 de ' ' ' 1 ' 4 -' - - 4 I i f 4r-- C' 'C - ' - t ii ' - r t g -- tti t-- ''-'- 7- i - ''''''' l''k- - - ' t ' 1 - - -- - -- - - - ' -- t1 ' - 1 ' -- '4- "! - 1 ' : '' -' 4i- --- " k ' ' - - -- ' ' ' : - 1 4 4A :1 d e - 1 I ' ::' ti 4 t ' o4iaidiadEMtekgA42P” Range and In a Gay Galley with White Tiled Walls with an Be Will the for Food Prepared the Expedition Electric Refrigeration g ' t : s- -e tr '4' 4 '0 it ' ' Vi iir11 lti - - - - ' ' ::-: ' - ' : i - r ''' g ! 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'' ' 4 ' i - ' ) r: f ' - 5 t ' -' 4 ' ' - -' i - H - - - i '''t - ' - ' i t 1 ' Guests This Is but One of the Many Quarters for Billy Leeds' irrtio wrialliiaakJ Yacht on Which Leeds Cabins Aboard the ' 'filen'All'here's the living Room with Furniture In Quern Anne and William Irs and Floored with a Rug Said to Have Coat $101(()() and i No Cramped Curet ' 7' ' 7"------'' -- - - tt - - - -'" ' ' t - - -' t- ' of 51 Mans the Molina III Below Headed for Adventure Below the Equator :'''2 - ' I I '"' ' : ' - - 4-- ' ' " A Crew 7 E0''' ' - 4 I v) - - - ' - ' ' ' ' "- ' ' ' '' 1 1' ''''-- ' - - - - "I 0- : ti it 3 ' ' N" 4 2' -- f i ' R - 1 - ' f :4 - $ i l''" - 1 - t - ---- e i I oi - : :l:-- i '- :7 ' - ' - ' - ' S i 1 ' 'Jr ' f 7 - - t ' i - luxe" For while Leeds and his party must forego the pleasures of night clubs theatres and operas they have other compensations They have only to press a button almost anywhere in the ship to tune in on the radio And there's a telephone system which enables them to chat with pals in Borneo or Bali or Timbuctoo And while they have left the hospitals of great cities far behind they needn't lack medical attention in the event of snake-bit- e or any other emergency The Moana III boasts a completely equipped modern hospital presided over by Surgeon Charles Bilodeau There's also a scientificlaboratory in which Billy may toil to his heart's content and a liminess-likoffice in which a pretty secretary has been installed to take notes on his experiments and discoveries As for the important matter of food Even if truffles can't be flown over from France or sole from the English channel the adventurer and his friends are sure not to go hungry Included in the crew of 64 which man the ship are an expert chef three assistants and a number of waiters Exciting adventufes should befall Leeds before he returns to New York next August with his fish flora and fauna If he runs true to form he'll be involved in some sort of dramatic episode His life has been studded with narrow escapes from death rescues at sea and romantic Interludes Billy is the son of the late William B Leeds who built up his vast fostune on tin plates His mother was the Princess Anastasia of Greece At a tender age young Leeds married lovely Princess Xenia of Russia after flying from France to Greece at a time when such a He was flight was not only perilous but unheard-o- f divorced from her in 1930 Shortly afterward he met his present wife by saving her from drowning at Atlantic City They were married in 1936 At one time rumored lost at sea Leeds was sought for hours by Coast Guard amphibians cutters and Federal border patrolmen acting under orders of President Roosevelt On another occasion he created a stir by being reported Shanghaied aboard the Aquitania—a're- port he promptly denied explaining that he had decided just ten minutes before the ship sailed to trayel to Europe and had done so even though he had no passport and no luggage In addition to his devotion to science and his desire to rough it de luxe Ildly has a very cogent reason for his present maritime expedition friends confide The glamorous heir to a fabulous fortune suffers from hay fever they claim And as long as he remains out of treacherouCtiollen can't possibly reach sight of land-thbis sensitive nostrils - ' t - 4 - 1 ti Luxury i 1 t 1 I 1 I r--- ‘ A tri S 4 r r- - Nitt - C i i '' ' i'17:- - W4 - -- 4 if - CI rf r L ' 4 PA ' el' : '- 4 r : r ' I ii:r4 - -' r ? 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