The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-11-03
BEHIND THE SCENES.
How Miss Milward Entertained the
Prince of Wales on Borrowed Hos

How Miss Milward Entertained the
Prince of Wales on Borrowed Hos
pitality.
Interview in Saturday Revie,r.
YES" she added in a retrospective man =
ner, ''the life of a professional affords an
infinite variety of incidents. One of the
most humorous that ever occurred to me
was one evening shortly before the termin-
alton of the run of THE Silver Falls at the
Adelphi. Having wait of half an hour.
was seated in my dressing room snatching
hasty repast of oysters and stout which
my maid had just brought from Maiden
lane. l was running through my original
part OF Dora Vane' in the 'Harbor Lights, ,
as the manager had decided to revive the
drama for few weeks. l had Just left Mr..
Terriss on the stage to finish the act, when
heard knock on my room door.
g Entrezp | exclaimed, when the door
was pushed open, and you may imagine my
astonishment and trepidation when / saw
the Prince of Wales quietly enter, smoking
a cigarette and quiet unattended.
'Ah, Miss Milward, he said, Il hope you
will pardon this intrusion on your privacy.
l was on my way to Mr. Terriss's room,
| as thought, but must have made mis-
take
"'Mr. Terriss is on the stage at present
| minutes when the act is over. May offer
you chair9
MANY thanks he added, but perhaps
you object to nokingF
Not at all, SIR
"Whereupon he seated himself quite
| atfably. l was all in fiutter, for it had
| just occurred to me that the prince had
| dropped in for drink
II mad nothing to offer him, although
aInDtV N fha toh &Oll
its own tale. Suddenly remembered that
Terris always kept private decanter in
his room. So | made a move toward the
door, and asked the prince if he would
kindly excuse my absence for a few mo-
| ments. He politely opened the door for
me. and | darted into Terriss's room.
Quick said to his man Give me the
| brandy, two glasses. and bottles of Soda
The startled dresser at once complied
with my request, and then hastened back
with my loot. l thought noticed merry
| twinkle In the eyes of my visitor as | de
posted my drinkables upon the table.
| IF Mr.. Terriss had been present.
said, he would have asked you take drink
| May take that stupendous libertYP
My future sovereign who was shaking
| with laughter, promptly replied:
| Why, that is exactly what have come
| for
| He then insisted on helping both of us
and he opened the bottles Of soda quite
cleverly.
Just as he was in the full enjoyment o;
the split great roar of applause was
heard from the front of the house.
What is thatP queried the prince
was an explosion. The act is Just over
SIR, and MIR. Terriss is taking his usual cal
before the curtain explained.
when heard Terriss ascending the
stairs and saying to some one who wa,
with him, Come along, old man. and
have drink in my den,' felt unco nnonly
queer. The prince beard all, aud was en-
loying the scene intensely. Presently we
heard our friend ordering his man to pre-
pare the drinks, and when the poor fellow
had told him all about nv fell
onious visit he burst into my
room, shouting quite savagelv
Jessie, what the deuce have you done
with my brandy and sodasP | will not at
tempt to describe the Mortified Look of the
popular actor when he recognized the il
lustrious parsonage who was emptying his
glass with evident enjoyment. Ii ever
| Terriss's knees sh )ok, they shook then.
thought the see 10 very funny, however.
The prince was now fairly convulsed with
laughter
"'Miss Millward is delightful hostess.
he said, and have enjoyed my visit
with profuse apologies. which only In
creased the princes merriment, ferris,
then escorted our visitor back to the roya
box. l feared that l had got into an aw
full scrape, but l was not banished OF
otherwise punished because | took the
daring liberty of inviting the best friend
and patron our profession ever had to take
| a stolen drink
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NJ VIcToRIEN SARDoU and NJ. Jules Massenet