The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-06
WOULD MEET THE PRINCE.
American Girls Antics During
Wales Visit to New York.

Wales visit to New York.
Paris Gable Chicago Chronicle.
The gossips this week have been dis
GUESSING a story which the recent death
in this city of an American woman has
brought out 1t relates to the conduct
of the lady during the visit to New York
of the Prince of Wales and should be
taken with liberal allowance of salt by
American readers. 1t seems that the
young woman-she was then a young girl
of IS, very pretty and rather inclined to
be literary-had made up her mind that
she would go to the ball given to the
Prince of Wales at the New York Acad-
envy of Music at any cost, and, as she did
not belong to an influential coterie in
Gothamite society, she set out to accom-
plish her object in her own way.
First of all she wrote a most extra
ordinary Hymn of Welcome" had it
printed signed it and sent copies to the
prince and every member of his suite
kit Teesdale carefully cherished his
up to the day of his death. The verses
were caloric in quality, not to say erOtlc,
and the horror of poor old Bruce, the
princes governor, the Duke of Newcastle
and the Earl of St. Germans may be imag-
ined. The princes governor had refused
to accept for him the New Workers in
vitation to a big dinner, alleging that his
royal highness was too young to reply to
toasts, and had minated that If a ball
could be substituted the prince would be
allowed to attend Now. 10, and behold.
this ball seemed likely to become, thanks
20 the enfevered American girl. an even
more compromising entertainment than
a dinner.
OF course, no attention was paid to the
poetry, although the young prince was all
lie, -Nyn.fsr
verses, and so the enterprising young dam
sci herself called at the Fifth Avenue no
tel and. evading the watchful eyes of Mrs.
Paran Stevens, who kept a jealous guard
over her royal guest and his suite sue
ceeded in penetrating into the apartments
occupied by the distinguished visitor and
there made a terrible scene. She did not
reach the prince, but got hold of the Duke
of Newcastle, threw herself at his feet in
Mysteries and besought his grace to prom
Use that he would have an invitation sent
to her. The duke pointed out that he
could not act in the matter and advised
her to apply to some members of the COM
mittee of management, which had COM
plete control of everything connected with
the approaching entertainment.
The young lady withdrew, anything but
satisfied, and the next heard of her was
that she had found her way into the Office
of old Mr.. Havemeyer Zone Of the commit
tee) and had frightened the poor old gem
tleman nearly out OF his senses by acting
as she had done before the Duke Of New
castle. lie, greatly alarmed, to pacify her,
promised he would do what he could but
in two days, no invitation having been
sent her every member Of the committee
and the prince and every member of his
suite, received a letter from the lady, SOL
EMMY assuring them that II. az a certain
hour and on certain day she had not
received an Invitation. she would commit
suicide. Theterror OF every one may be
well imagined, and Teesdale was sent TO
see the lady.
He found her very pretty and charming.
and the reverse OF vulgar, but evidently
quite In earnest, for she showed him her
Will. In which she had left everything TO
the prince, and also the weapon a revoly-
er, with which she intended fulfilling her
threat, In the event Of no invitation COM
ing. Teesdale extracted solemn promise
from her that she would behave herself N
she should be Invited Ga promise which she
kepO, and then used his influence to have
her hearts desire gratiiled
rms is said to be one OF the Prince Of
wales favorite yarns. The lady married
ana went TO Paris, where she Continued
20 live until her death