SOCIAL FLASCOS.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2928, 4 July 1878, Page 2

SOCIAL FLASCOS.

That the wives of some of our London, merchants are not always .right in supposing that their husbands are in their counting houses when they do not come home to dinner the following, tale will show:—Some few nights back the Prince of Wales, without giving previous notice of his intention, arrived at a West End .Theatre. He ordered a box, but the Manager had to inform his Royal Highness that every box in the house.had been engaged for some time. The Prince expressed his great anxiety for some time arrangements made -to accommodate him, and the manager said he would drive off to the residence of a gentleman who lived near, and who had a box, to request him to surrender it to H.R.H. The manager on arriving at the house of the gentleman, found that he was not at home. Bat he saw the gentleman's wiie. She had heard nothing about her husband's haying a box at the theatre. However, she added, tnaf of course the Prince might have it, bsflr'l that the manager should let her have two stalls. The manager gladly consented, and returned with the good news to H.R.H., who duly took possession of thß box. Meanwhile the lady, having waited some time for the arrival of her husband, and he not coming home, she took one of her little children with her to the stalls. Soon her husband arrived at the' theatre with a " fashionably " dressed young "lady." He proceeded to his box, and was informed that it bad been given to the Prince of Wales'. He replied, "No matter, let us have two stalls instead." The stalls were placed at his service, and he and his " lady " friend were handed to two seats side by side with those occupied^ by his wife and child!—Agef