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Show IT IS NICE TO BE EICHi PRINCELY C1FTS OIVEN TO A, BRIDS. ft I Kin lod GItob Mrt- WrthiJtt 500,000 la Tmt BpLndor tai Dlamoadr A Prl iMtlm Tkt Co es.ooo. The Vanderbtlta, Gould and Astors have all been outstripped in one of the most lavish display, on record. WiB-iam WiB-iam Bateman Leeds, the Steel King of New York, ha beaten all records by the bestowal on his bride. Mrs. Nannie Stewart Washingtdn.whom he married in Cleveland the other day, of half million dollars in wedding presents. Mr. Leeds Is chairman of the American Ameri-can Tin Plate company, and one of the , executive officers of the National Steel company and the American Steel Hoop -company. He lives in New York ana . the couple will reside there upon their , return. ' Articles of jewelry were the principal princi-pal gifts of the .-room.. Perhaps the .,- WILLIAM B. LEEDS, most striking of all was a pearl necklace neck-lace worth $65,000. It contained five heavy ropes of pearls and was by fax the most dazsling ornament ever dls- played in the city. Then there waB an. 118,000 painting purchased in Europe-There Europe-There were other paintings which cost all together $75,000. The wedding ring was a simple affair, costing but $1,000. A diamond necklace and a ruby pennant bought at Tiffany's cost $5,000. Another gift was an ermine coat for which the steel king paid $10,-C00. $10,-C00. The bride's trousseau cost $6,06. On her cape and yachting cap are diamond dia-mond buttons, i One year ago Mr. Leeds met Mrs. t Stewart. The friendship ripened into love which culminated in the wedding, i Mr. Leeds is 38 years old and his bridals brida-ls 23.- Her father is treasurer and general gen-eral manager of the Forest City Stone 1 company. - i Mrs. Nannie May Stewart Worthtag-i Worthtag-i ton was -the divorced wife of George i E. Worthington and the daughter-in-l law of Ralph Worthington. They were I married Oct 1, 1894. I . PORTUGAL'S QUEEN. . . Portugal's dowager queen is a sister"'"-l sister"'"-l of King Humbert of Italy, recently as- i sasslnated, and Is' one of two royal women left penniless by his death, l Duchess Letltla bf 'Aosta, his niece l and sister-in-law, is the other. The extravagance of Queen Pia is such that her annuity from the Portuguese , . crown is not sufficient to pay her bills, ' DOWAGER QUEEN OF PORTUGAL, and she was on her way to Monza to ask her brother, Humbert, to replenish replen-ish her purse when he was killed. PeenUitr Concert. In the .depths of an Arctic winter the Eskimo keep up their spirits by holding a concert every night . Their program is not very varied, although both vocal and instrumental music are indulged in. The single Instrument used is a kind of tambourine, made of a wooden hoop, some 30 Inches in diameter, di-ameter, across which wet deerskin is stretched.' But instead of thumping the skin it is the hoop that is beaten Standing in the middle of the tent, the performer strikes the tambourine turning slowly round all the tim' whilst four or five women raise their voices in what they believe to be song. The whole performance Is the most atrocious discord, but pleases where ignorance is bliss. Each man in tha company Is expected to take his torn with the drum, whleh fa, whacks Ml he Is tired. |