PRINCE AND ACTRESS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1989, 2 January 1890, Page 4

PRINCE AND ACTRESS.

Miss Jessie Millward is starring with M. Terriss in Now York. She has been telling a story to one of the reporters, which a Home paper repeats, as showing how readily the Prince of Wales adapts himself to circumstances. " Having a ' wait' of halfan-hour, I was seated in my dressing-room," says Misa Millward, " snatching a hasty repast of oysters and stout. I had just left Mr Terriss on the stage to finish the act when I heard a knock on my room door. 'Entrez ! ' I exclaimed, when the door was pushed open, and you may imagine my astonishment and trepidation when I saw the Prince of Wales quietly enter, smoking a cigarette, and quite unattended. ' Ah, Miss Millward,' he said, ' I hope you will pardon this intrusion on your privacy. I was on my way to Mr Terriss' room, as I thought, but must hare mada a mistake.' However, Mr Terriss was on the stage. ' May I offer you a chair ? ' exclaimed Miss Millward, all in a flatter, for it had just occurred to her ' that the Prince of Wales had dropped m for a drink.' " What a human touch this! ! ! However, the hospitable Millward had nothing te offer hina, and she blushed at her own empty pewtar, which told its own tale. Suddenly Miss Millward remembered that Mr Terriss always kept brandies and sodas in his dressing-room, and she sent for them. " If Mr Terriss had been present," I said, " he would hayo asked you to take a drink. May

I take that stupendous liberty." My; future sovereign, who was shaking! with laughter, promptly replied, " Why, that is exactly what I came for." He then insisted upon helping both of us, and he opened the bottles of soda quite cleverly. Miss Millward goes on —" Just as I was in the fall eujoyment of the ' split' a great roar of applause was heard from the front of the house. 'What is that?'

queried the Prince, somewkat alarmed. Perhaps he feared it was an explosion; ' The act is just over, air, and Mr Terrias is taking his usual call before the curtain,' I explained. "When I heard Terriss ascending the stairs, and saying to some ©no who was with him, 1 Come along, old man, and have a driak in my den,' I felt uncommonly queer. The Prince heard all, and was enjoying the scene intensely, Presently we heard our friend ordering

his man to prepare the drinks, and when the poor fellow had told him all about my felonious visit ho burst into my room, shouting quite savagely, ' Jessie, what the deuce have you done with n?y brandy and sodas ? ' "