Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-08-22
walEs. KINGDOM AND couL D.
The Prince Was Smitten with the Actress
hut She Cut Him on.

hut she Cut Him on.
New York Letter.
The Prince of Wales attended the third
performance of the Drury Lane company
at the Standard theater and was smitten on
sight with the beauty of Miss Kingdom.
The cOQuetry of Miss Rehan and the black
eyes of Miss Dreher charmed him not, and
at the end of the second act he exercised
! his royal prerogative of sending for Miss
| Kingdom TO come into his box. Miss King
don, however, declined the honor unless il
was also extended to the other ladies' of the
company. At the close of the next act
the royal command was extended
to the ladies of the company,
and they formally assembled at the
door, chaperoned by Mrs. Gilbert with Miss
Rehan on her right. Miss Kingdom mod
estly kept in the background, with evident
thoughts of the absent youth whom she had
left in New York, and who, no doubt, was,
! in her mind. a much handSOmer man, with
his swarthy, poetic features, giStening black
| eyes and tiny mOuStaChe than the busIy,
heavy, bold. rcd-faced. bearded prince,
feasting his coveting eyes upon her. Much
to the surprise of all and the indignation of
Miss Rehan. the prince brushed past her
after a bow, and, addressing Miss Kingdom
self if | had not seen you play"
The interview was ended by the
call boys summons, "All ready for
the curtain" The next day the prince sent
Miss Kingdom some flowers, and invited her
to supper. She accepted the flowers, but
declined the invitation, much to his royal
highneSs' disappointment. Miss Kingdom
telegraphed an account of her meeting with
the prince 10 her Youthful betrOthed, and
George Immediately decided that his pres
ence in London was needed, and hence his
hasty departure the next day in the Etruria.
Until Mr.. Gould arrived on the scene Miss
Kingdom withdrew entirely from all sight
SeeingOr social intercourse. only going TO
the theater in the evening: but he and she
from the day of his arrival until his de
partuTe were necessarily out together.
Ii is said that when the prince OF wales
was informed that Miss Kingdom was the
prisoner of Young Gould he desiSted from
any further attentions in that direction. and
devoted himself to Miss Lily Grubb, of the
DiXey company. II is also said that once.
while Miss Kingdom and Mr. Gould were
bowling along the strand in a twO-whepler,
the Prince of Wales passed them. but the
| frOwn that came over Georges face at the
moment prevented the lady and his royal
highneSS from exchanging bows of rCcogni-
ton; and it 81 highly amused the latter that
he spoke about j; that night at the New
club, wh"re DiXcy, by the way, was pre-
Sented to him.
The members of the DAILY company be
lieve that George and Miss Kingdom were
privately married in London. hut the young
lady stOutly denies the soft Impeachment
though admitting that Mr.. Gould would
join her in Paris. IntimateS of Mr.. Gould
pen over that he left so suddenly on his
yachting trip down the coast to Europe that
the reporters who sought to interview him
ON the subject of his sons reported mar
riage were met by the evasiye reply that
none Of his sons dispatches informed him
OF the fact