The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-11-26
Theatre Manager Elected
 the Wrong Young Woman
British Officer and His Fiancee Refused Admis sion-ROw in Foyer Resulted-Case of Mis- taken Identity-Judge in Law Courts Will
 Preside Over Next Development
RrLAnY MARY.

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 vided the sensation. A week after tn, events that have mentioned, a subalterl in a well known regiment, home on leave rom the front took his ftancee, a we. known and charming girl whose father |. a man or title, to dine at a restauran and then they wont on to a music hall which happened to be the same as that O. which have been speaking The officer went to the box office and asked fo. box, but they were all engaged TheI he asked for two stalls, when to hl. amazement, he was told that he coult purchase seat for himself. but that hl. companion would not be admitted to tn, theatre. The situation can be better i'm Agined than described, and an explana ton of tho ticket sellers extraordinars action was demanded as well as the presence of the manager to give some account of such a proceeding.
 MANAGER WAS RUDE
 The manager and the box offic, keeper were both extremely rude il their manner, but also explicit. The. stated that the young woman had beer ordered to leave the theatre on a pre- vious evening on account of her con. duct, and that strict orders had beei given by the proprietor that she shoul, not again be provided with a seat
 The fat was then in the fire and tn, most terrific scene occurred, for i. seems that both manager and ticke, seller acted In quite good faith as tn, young lady bore a most remarkable re. sebmlance to the person who had bee elected. When the mistake was dis covered abject apologies were rendered. But all to no purpose The father O. the young lady, as well as her fiance. who had accompanied her on this oc casion, demanded that the case shoul, be brought into the courts. The alter cation that took place In the lobby O. the theatre had been sufficiently sen sational to draw a large crowd am during the final stages of the disput, when the justly outraged officer an his fiancee retired from the scene the rabble, not understanding the right and the wrongs of the occurrence, ral after their taxi, hooting and scream ing to such an extent that the few DO. licemen on the scene had quite a. bus time of 1t.
 AS the law courts are now open and the case is to be pushed on as quickl, as possible owing to the influentia pressure brought to bear, by the fath- CT of the heroine, we can look forward to something besides the surprises oi war news" to gladden. our eyes in the near future.
 SCHOOL NOW HOSPITAL
 went down to Aldershot recently to see a hospital that has recently been opened and on my return journey in motor passed through tho charm ing little town of Marlborough. It is specially celebrated for being the place in which the exEmpress Eugenie built the Benedictine monastery and the ab- bey of St. Michael, in which repose the mortal remains of her son. the Prince Emperial, who was killed when fight ing for the British in the Zulu war, and also the tomb raised to the mem ory Of Napoleon III. Also at Earn borough there used to be a beautiful school for girls called Hillside Con vent which the aged empress of the French had been instrumental in founding. The history of Hillside con- vent dates from the time of Eugenie's $ first flight to England during the reyo- lution. With her in that sad pilgrima ge came several French nuns of the Or der of the Sacred Heart As these ladies are often trained as teachers the empress started them with classes close to her own English home a' Chtslehurst, which is near to Earn borough. The fame of their teachinr r' increased and 1t was found necessarv to erect a building to accommodate their pupils Out of this nucleus therr grew stately edifice on the main read which slopes from Aldershot to- ward London. and over it's success fo: many years the empress. who was once upon a time so beautiful and so powerful. exerted an interest and fn- f1uence that newer fa'+e-ea
 SCENES WERE CHANGED
 As. passed along by the side of the big red brick building with its pri- vate chapel attached, and the beauti- ful grounds frinEed by a pine forest 1t was curious to notice out of the win dows that formerly framed girls heads and the formal outline of tho sisters black veils and snow white caps there were grey shirts and mems boots and various articles of militarz equipment that showed that this build- ing also had passed over to war uses. Once more does the Empress Eugenie rule in this tiny empire of her own building. for the school has been dis banded until the close of the war, anf' in it's place hospital beds have beer set up in the dormitories where school girls once slept. There soldiers are brought to die or to be cured. As ir the days when Hillside convent was full of wholesome, hearty girlish stu dents the wonderful old empress, who has passed her ninetieth year, maker re~r'a~ visits to the buildine and ! am told, has her own fayorites among
 le n whom she comes to see and is always bringing flowers and com forts of various kinds to cheer them caught a glimpse of her in thu grounds as we passed one of the gates. She was seated in the autumn sun shine beside soldier stretched in an invalid chair. The old lady was lean ing forward talking in most animated fashion. She had a cloak of beautiful sables around her shoulders and her bonnet of quaint, yet not inelegant style had long black lace veil fall ing from it over her ivory white face, from which the silver hair was brushed in somewhat severe fashion, It was a curious and interesting pie ture-a queen who had no longer a throne seated beside q broken man who had been fighting side by side with men of race that once called her empress
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