The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-13
KING ATTENDS MUSIC
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ment. the bulk Indeed of their Glen
telc. resents anything directly improper,
and they have been gradually elimin-
atinS the former grossly obJecti enable
features OF their program. To-day, in
deed, there Is no doubt VIVA tsoever.
that the entertainment at ths various
music halls In London and in the pro-
vinces Is. though not specially refined,
infinitely more moral and wholes 1mc
than nine-tenths OF the filthy plays
that are given in the most popular
London theatres: plays largely adapted
from the French, with this difference,
that tho indelicacies which are CLOSED
over 30 lightly in French as 10 give
no olfense are emphasized in the most
coarse and revolving manner when
rendered in English.
The other day benefit entertain
incnt was given at the Palace Music
Hall In London, for the benent of the
employees and victims OF the music
hall that had been destroyed by fire in
Edinburgh last year. To the amaze
ment of everybody, the King and Queen
announced their intentions OF beiny
present and attended the performances
With Just tritie more state and royal
pomp than when they visit tho opera
King Edward. even as Prince of Waiss,
never yentured TO visit q music hall,
save with the utmost secrecy. conceai-
ing himself behind the curtain of a
box, SO as not to be seen by tho public,
fearing newspaper criticism. But King
George and Queen Mary have gone
there openly. with no concealrnent of
their royal state, with n> attempt at
incognito. and have thereby reliev ID
the music hall of the stigma under
which 1t has always suffered until now.
and have given 1t the stamp OF their
approval as respectable and repu-
table form of evening entertainment.
1t seems little thing for them to
nave done, and yet 1t will accomplish
popularity. 1t Will Undue the lower mid
Ole classes, - whom the music hall
mas been the principal form of musical
and theatrical entertainment, with the
assurance that it is thoroughly repu-
table. since 1t has received the appro-
val OF sovereigns who are already noted
for their strict sense OF tho proprie-
ties of life, and from henceforth tho
people Will no longer feel that in spend
ing their evening at the music hall
they arc doing something that is lack
Ing in respect, either to themselves or
to their wiyea. children, or sweet
hearts.
OF course. It VIII enormously increase
me music hall business throughout tho
land and the management WILL from
motives Of policy, If for nothing els,
feel themselves compelled to keep their
SHOWS up to the standard of respectable
ny, which won for them the approval
OIL the sovereign and mis- consort.
The Sir Thomas Meyrick. of Aplcy
Castle. in Shropshire, who has iust been
indulging In his favorite pastimc Of
litsation' this time with a firm of gas
plant engineers. of Bradford on Avon
ana whose baronetcy dates from 1885,,
must not be confound I'd with Sir George
Mcyrick, OF Bordorgau, Anglesea, and
or Christchurch. Hants. Sir George is
the owner Of almost the whole of
Bournernouth. the growth Of which
has made him very rich indeed, and he
is also one of tn, collateral descend
ants of the great Sir Francis Drake.
II Is only On tho distan side that he
belongs to the MeyriclS family which
mas been in the possession of Bordor-
gan. In Anglesea, for over thousand
until authorized by the crown TO as
sumo both the arms and the name of
MAeyrtck OF Bordorgan. This ancient
i lianai.y became extinct in the. male
fury. when BordorGan passed from
oven rutland Meyrick, the last OF his
line, to the only son Of his eldest
n ,H nter. by her marriage with Angus
TVS RULER, of Rosehill Park, Sussex.
He assumed the name of Meyrlck, by
warrant OF the crown, In addition TO
his patronymic of Fuller, and also the
armorial bearings of the Meyricks Dy-
his nephew. Sir George Jervis. who
thereupon became Sir George Mcyrick
owen Putland MTcyrick. last OF the
Meyricks Of Bordorgan in the male
line, had two younger brothers, Ricn-
ard and Purs. The former was en-
gagged to Lady Lucy Pitt and the other
10 Lady Janc Cholmondeley. They re-
solved to DO married by tho parson OF
the Fleet prison. which of course an
abied them to dispense with tho pre-
iiininary bannS. On their way to the
prison. tho young ladies proposed an
exchange of bridegrooms. The latter
agreed, and Lady Jane Cholmondcley
became the wife of Richard Mcyrick
ana Lady Lucy Pitt. tho wife of PIERS
MeSriek; The marriages, amazing TO
relate, turned out very happily, thong
they remained without issue.
Copyright, 1912, by the Brentwood
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