Show THE PRINCE AT THE PLAY 0 now ow nal RORI kness ib atten attend t tbt theaters nie the royal box is booked in the tho usual a ot of business and charged to the tile h house account the price not increased from the ordinary library N tariff and the stories told about a 3 nomi lial 1 price or a larger one being paid by I 1 balty royalty only exist in the imagination of ahe papers who invent such F sometimes it happens that a box cani lot ho be got at the particular theater deeded decided I 1 1 when this is the tile case cas oitis it 13 put alij cicily ii to tuo pari patt y who 0 11 ll LU aked alio royal 1 if they could their see way to obliging hie his royal highness li and tho the result is iso 0 course invariably in the affirmative firma firina tive tivo the prince however is very reluctant to leavo lave this done and alwa always Ys wishes that tho tile party obliging shall be as little inconvenienced as possible so much so that when villen told that the box has as been conceded he be generally remarks why V did you disturb t aby anybody on oil my account a c 0 nt I 1 could have como come liero here aa an other evening please see they are thanked in III in my y name in the rare case of a refusal representation is made to ins his royal highness and they try for a box at another theater when he be goes to a theater it is his ex pressed desiro desire to be treated exactly the came same as one of the ordinary 7 audience little displays of flowers flow ers bouquets satin programmed pro grammes etc are all very nice but the prince does not care for them and would much rather do without them licin another thing which annoys him is that he lie should bo be drawn attention to b by y tho the performance on his arrival of the national anthem or god bless the prince of wales As on one occasion why by should the amusement of every member of this audience be disturbed for my sake this was at the olympia theater daring during the run of fun on tile bristol I 1 As soon as the royal box became occupied I 1 everybody was astonished to seo see the orchestra suddenly stand up in the middle i of the performance and begin be in playing god bless the prince of wales I 1 of course the whole house rose en masse every eye was directed to the royal box and the applause was deafening the prince immediately left the I 1 box and demanded an ail explanation mr jarritt arrived and explained that it was only the of a too patriotic band conductor this concluded the incident but it was accepted as n precedent ece drent and the same intimated to the managers generally this is why you often hear bear people say in a theater tb eater toward the close of the performance why there is the prince of wales over there in a box and they never played god save the queen what a shame the always waits until the tile final curtain has descended before rising to leave this is his invariable rule so much so that he lie has eat sat out the entire harlequinade of a drury lane panto myne name there are three or four theaters only where ho lie ever breaks this rule they are those houses which have n no royal entrance and here the prince anticipates the final curtain by two or three minutes so that his departure will not disturb the carriage traffic of tho the remainder ina inder of the audience immediately the prince is announced announce ed lo 10 have visited a theater the booking looking aises barometer like to a good beat tills this is in reference to the booking looking public lic but beyond this when his royal hi liapas likes a play he be invariably recommends oi lehds it to all bis ills friends in many other the prince Is always thinking of the drama draina when lie sees a benefit announced for some well known artist who has often ministered to his amusement or some poor player who lias has fallen on bad times lie immediately puts his name down for stalls or boxes to a substantial amount london morn I 1 ng |