Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-02

with a telling breast knot or bow OF
the favorite colored silk.
Inquiring the cause of such commo-
ton was informed that Fl. NJ. S. Gala
tea was steaming up the bay, COM
manded by his royal highness,. the
duke of Edinburgh, who was next in
succession to the throne of England,
after his royal brother, the present
King Edward VII.
Demonstration of Loyalty
"The enthusiasm was immense. and
I mentally concluded in witnessing
such a demonstration of loyalty that
no such tea party as was given in
Boston harbor would occur during my
day and generation in Melbourne
harbor OF course there was the usual
official routine of balls, receptions,
parades, etc, and it was only little
time before every little dinky shop
keeper had painted on his door sign,
'Patronized by His Royal Highness,
the Duke of Edinburgh
among the suite of his highness,
the duke, were two most notable
young men; one was Sir Elliot Yorke,
now the duke of Devonshire, and the
other Lord Newry, grandson of Lord
Castlereagh, of infamous memory, who
after numbering his country Judas
like, committed suicide. These gem
tlemen We're regular attendants at the
theater, as was Edinburgh and of
course with the governor of Victoria,
all with their respective staffs and at
taches, military and civil, making q
grand gala night at every attendance
AT this time the greatest favorites
of the Melbourne stage were DOGGY
and Maggie Stewart, daughters OF
Dick Stewart, beautiful in looks, eX-
ceptionally talented, thoroughly ed
ucated and lacking nothing in accom-
plishments which add grace and cul-
ture to other requirements; a patent
right indeed was theirs to the oft
abused word lady" Being in their
early teens they had all that youthful
magnetism that commanded fervent
admiration. 1t was no wonder they
attracted the special attention of the
distinguished marines. L would here
mention by way of parenthesis that
the Stewarts were of the highest So
cial standing in Melbourne, and es-
teemed as Mary Anderson and Maud
Adams are here.
Arranged Amateur Performance
"a new and enlarged sailors home
was then in course of erection, and
it was suggested that an amateur
theatrical performance should be
given by his royal highness and COM
panions. it being discovered that in
their long voyages the monotony of
ship life was frequently broken by
such pleasant Interruptions. 1t was
finally arranged that Robinsons COM
edy of Caste should be given, of
which the following was the cast of
characters:
Papa Eccles, his royal highess the
Duke Of Edinburgh; George D'Abroy,
Hon. Elliot Yorke; Captain Hautree,
Hon. Lord Newry; servant, John Ma
quire; Esther Eccles, Miss DOGGY Stew
art; Polly Eccles, Miss Maggie Stew
art; Marquise D'Alroy, Mrs. Walter
Hill.
Such was the cast Of performers
who were honored by the presence of
the most distinguished audience that
ever appeared within the walls of any
theater in Australia before or since
that memorable night. 1t is but proper
to state here that the servant, or foot
man, who had attended merely the
goings and comings OF the marquise,
had no lines to speak, and that was
the only occasion when, 1 hope with
satisfaction to all, L appeared in the
inconsequential but often important
role of a super.
OlllS TIOHl Liz DhNC
"a few days later each of the ladies
received a valuable gold locket with
the dukes monogram in diamonds. The
writer received q diamond pin, which
afterwards became the property of an
enterprising burglar Dick Stuart,
being complimented by the distinction
bestowed on the young ladies i'll taking
part with member of the royal FAM
lily of England in the performance Of
a play hesitated for moment, and
with a kind of far-away look said,
'honored, certainly, but whether the
honor is not even is the question:
Turning around to me, he said
Mcguire, come and lunch with us to-
morrow. You also Hennings (his
partner and one of the worlds famous
appealing to DR.. Neale, the abest
critic in the colonies, and then writing
for the Australasian.
"All accepted, and all were participa-
tors of Stuart's hospitality the follow
ing day, and when the ladies had re-
tired from the dining room he brought
from another room a peculiarly made
box, brass bound and with heavy brass
clamps and odd-loolling old iron pad
locks.
Boys he said, in showing you the
contents Of this box 1 request of you
never to speak of it to any other per-
son, because it would only breed ridi-
cule, and I so suffered from that in
my childhood days that 1 have deter
mined my children shall never be sub
ject to such an ordeal, because if ever
they know the contents of what you
see is so safely secured it will be only
when they are advanced in years,
when they are not so susceptible to
resentments, and are sufficiently Sc
cured in mentality as to permit no in
trusion of foolish fancies into their
lives, which these documents may in
spire.'
fHere Stewart brought forth a num-
ber Of parchments, Yeperably gray with