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Show WOMAN WHO COST A MILLION t1 I Tho series of exquisite gowns worn by MrsM William B. Leeds of New York, Newport and London, Lon-don, has been tho feature of tho season at tho) ultra-fashlonablo watering place of Dcauvlllo, Franco. She Is reported as having had great so-t clal success and has given a, succession of delightful de-lightful entertainments. Mrs. William B. Leodsj It will bo remembered, is tho woman who cost! her husband ono million dollars, and who refused tho Importunities of royal and noblo suitorB whoi wero after her fortune, estimated at thirty times that amount. Her maiden name was Nannlo Stewart. Shej was tho daughter of a wealthy Cleveland banker) and was said to bo tho handsomest girl In Ohloj v, I She married Georgo E. Worthlngton. Thoy dlsj agreed, and Leeds, also a married man, became! Infatuated with her. It is said that Leeds paid his wlfo ono million dollstH for a divorce. Mrs. Worthlngton also secured a legal separation from her husband, and threo days later tho wedding took place. Leeds mado his now bride the present of Jowelry worth over a million a steam yacht, nnd n two million dollar palaco in Now York city. Whllo ou a visit to Paris, Leeds boupht his wlfo a $200,000 pearl necklace. Sho wore; this on several occasions, Lad them unstrung and thoy wero exported In ni bag to tho United States and entered at tho custom houso ns looso pcarlsj Then began her battlo with the treasury, which has become celebrated, Although tho pearls wero apparently Imported by a Paris Jeweler, tho cus tbms authorities considered tho action n subterfuge and demnnded tho CfJ per cent, customary duty on a necklace. Mrs. Leeds insisted that thoy wcrq, dutlablo at 11 per cent, as lndlscrlmlnato pearls and won tho day and lncldon' tally somo $50,000 which otherwli-0 would have gono to tho government |