Arizona republican., 1893-01-27
THE PRINCE AT THE PLAY.
How His Royal HiGhnCss Attends the
 English TheHtcrs.

How His Royal HichnCss Attends the l English Thentcrs.
 l The royal box is booked in the usual way of business and charged to the Marlborough house accuunt. The price is not increased from the ordinary library tariff, and the stories told about a nomi- nll price or q larger one being paid by royalty only exist in the imagination of the papers who invent such tarradlddles. 1 Sometimes it happens that a box can not be got at the particular theater de- cided upon. When this is the case it is put nicely to the party who has booked
 the royal box if they could see their way to Obliging his royal highness, and the result is of course invariably in the af-
 frmative. The prince, however, is very reluctant to have this done, and always wishes that the party obliging shall be as little inCOnvenieCed as possible-sO much so that when told that the box has been conceded he generally remarks: Why did you disturb anybody on my account? l could have come here an other evening" Please see they are thanked in my name." In the rare case of a refusal representation is made to his royal highness, and they try for box at another theater.
 1 When he goes to thedter it Is his ex- pressed desire to be treated exactly the same as one of the ordinary audience. Little displays of flowers, bouquets, satin programmes, etc, are all very nice, but the prince does not care for them, and would much rather do with out them. Another thing which anuoys him is that he should be drawn atten- ton to by the performance on his arrival of the national anthem or "God Bless 1 the Prince Of Wales"
 As he sad on one occasion, "Why should the amusement of every member of this audience be djsJw bed for my sakey" This was at the Olympia theater during the run of Elm on the Bristol 1 As soon as the royal box became OcCu- i pied everybody was astOnished to see the orchestra suddenly stand up in the mid 1 de of the performance and begin play l ing God Bless the Prince of Wales .' 1 Of course the whole house rose eu masse. every eye was directed to the royal box and the applause was deafen- 1 ing. The prince immediately left the box and demanded an explanation. Mir, Jarritt arrived and explained that it was only the overlcalOusurss of too patriotic band conductor. This con cluded the incident, but it vas accepted | Rs precedent, and the sane intimated | to the managers generally. This is why you often hear people Say in theater l toward the close Uf the performance: "Why, there is the Prince of Wales over | there in a box, aIrl they never played l God Save the Queen What a shame| 1 The prince always waits uItil the . final curtain has descended before rising to leave. This is his iuvariabie rule. So much SO that he has sat out the entire 1. harltquinade of a Drury lane panto- mime. There are three or four theaters only where he ever breaks this rule. They are those houses which have no royal entrance, and here the prince an | ticipates 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.
 Immediately the prince is announced to have visited a theater the booking rises, baromcterike, to 6 good heat. This is in reference to the booking pub lie, but beyond this when lis royal highness likes play he invariably rec ommends it to all his friends. In many other ways the prince is always think ing of the drama. When he sees bene- fit announced for some we'll known artst who has often ministered to his amusement, or some poor player who has fallen on bad times, he immediately puts his name down for stalls or boxes to substantial amount.-London Morn ing.