St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-09
WALES Al lHE PLAT.
How the Future King OF Eng
land Takes in the
: SHOW
He Expressly Forbids Any
Demonstration in His
Honor.
lie Is Very Democratic in His
Entrances and EX-
its.
And He Battles Managerial
Efforts to Fence Him
Off.

its of the Prince OF w dltS anu otLeI
members of the royal family to the
theater." The informant said. among
other things:
The royal box is booked in the usual
way of business, and charged TO the
Marlborough house account. The price
is not increased from the ordinary
library tariff, and the stories about
nominal price or a larger one being paid
by ROYALTY only exist il the Imagination
of the papers who invent such tara
didd!es. Sometimes it happens that
box cannot be got at the particular the
alter decided upon. When this is the
case, 1T is put nicely to the party who
has booked the royal box ii they could
see their way to obllging his royal hlgh-
ness, and the result is OF course ihVarla-
bly, in the affirmative. The prince, now
ever, is very reluctant to nave thiS
done, and always wishes that Tue
party obliging shall be as little neon
yenienced as possible, so much so that
when told that the box had Deen con-
coded he generally remarks:
"Whv did YOU disturb anybody on my
account? | could have come here an
other evening. Please see that they are
thanked in my name" zoe,
elias there ever been a refusalr"
:'Well, yes, once or twice, but IL mas
ALWAYS been done graciOuSly. In that
case a representation is made to his
roval highness, and they try for box at
another theater. When he goes to
theater it is his earnestly eX-
pressed desire TO be treated ex-
actly the same as one OF the Or
binary audience. Little displays of flow
ers, bouquets, satin programmes, etc,
are all very nice, but the prince does
not care for them, and would much
rather do without them. Another thing
which annoys him is that he should
be drawn attention to by, the
performance on his arrival or
the National Anthem" or "God
Bless the Prince OF wales"
AS ne said on one OCCASION. "Why must
the amusement of every member or TINS
audience be disturbed for my sake q
This was at the Olympic Uheater during
the run of Fun on the Bristol" AS
soon as the royal box became occupied
everybody was astonished to see the Or
chestra suddenly stand up III the middle
ct the performance and begin playing
''God Bless the Prince of Wales" Of
course the whole house rose en- maSSe,
every eve was directed to the royal box,
and the applause was deafening. The
prince Immediately left the box and de-
handed an explanation. Mr.. Jarratt ar
rived and explained that it was only the
oyerZealousnesS of a too patriotic band
conductor. This concluded the Incl
dent, but it was accepted as precedent
and the same animated to the managers
generally.
A Tunnel for the Prince
The prince had never visited the En-
Dire theater in its old opera ola VS.. 1T
was represented to him that he would
be pleased with 1.-The Lady of the
Locket.'' then running at the house: 1t
was written by the son OF an American
nudge, Willie Fullerton. The manage
ment assumed that the prince would not
care to pass through the general public
to the royal box, and actually built a
wooden baize-lined tunnel from the
Leicester square entrance to the stage
box. At the end OF the entr' acte, When
some of the party returned TO the royal
box, they found it empty, ond could not
for the moment account for the fact.
What was their surprise to ind
his royal highness walking round
admlring the beauties of, at that time.
London's latest opera house, slowly
ence. obliyous of royal dignity, wooden
tunnels and other managerial precau-
tionsI In fact. consideration for the
comfort of the audience seems to oc-
cupy the mind of his royal hIghneSS
much more than his own amusement.
At ono time managers used to keep the
curtain down until the royal party ar
rived. This, of course, caused shouting
and stamping among the popular parts,
who were ignorant of the real facts OF
the case. The prince heard some of
this once and was so annoyed that
he gave orders that on 10 account
were he ever Iate-was the curtain to
be kept down beyond the advertised
time. s'TheSe people," he once re-
marked. "have to catch their 'busses
and trains. and in order to do so they
depend on the performance beginning,
and have a right to expect its doing so
at the advertised time, so Ill future
please see that their arrangements
are not upset for me-" Then
again, you will always notice that NJ
waits till the final curtain mas descend
ed before rising to leave. This IS his
inyariabIe rule, so much so that L have
known him to sit out the entire harle-
quinade of Drury lane pantonIme.
There are three or four thea
tiers 0nly where he ever breaks this
rule. They are those houses which have
no roval entrance. and mere the prince
anticipates the final curtain by two or
three minutes so that his departure will
not disturb the carriage traffic OF the re-
mainder of the audience.
Value of Royal Visit.
Immediately the prince is announced
to have visited a tlieater the booking
rises. baremeter-liIe, to good heat.
Thisis in reference to the booking pub
lie. but beyond this may tell you that
when his royal highness likes play he
invariably recommends 1t to all his
friends. In many other ways the prince
is always thinking of the drama. When
ever he sees benefit announced for
some wel-known artist who has often
mnisterpd to his amusement, or
some poor player who has fallen Oh.
bad times. he Immediately puts his
name down for stalls or boxes to Il sub
stantial amount. The police arrange
ments are very simple, and are gem
orally in the hands Of one particular
officer attached to Marlborough house..
There are always one or two c0nstableS
to assist, but their duty is more to pro-
teet the little crowd of women and chill
OfeH WtiO CINWu lVuH'l ttiitl iOtlOW llC
aide-de-camp'S carriage, which goes
| first When any one OF the young
prnceSSsS goes TO the tileater. or OH wet
| nights. we have all awning put up and
carpeting laii. but, eNceitt for these rea-
sons, We never trouble about the mat
ter. remember rather good story
| abort al awning and the prince. which
| occurred ut Iarmuutii some wears; asso
| His royal ltighneSS was oh Il visit TO
| Lord SGtffeld 10 open the new town
| hall. iiad IL "M;i.icoltp' company WAS
| tIulng very poor ilJlsiress at the local
thea or. Suddenly u runr9r was iloned
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