PRINCE AND THE DANCERS

NZ Truth, Issue 882, 21 October 1922, Page 6

PRINCE AND THE DANCERS

Duncan Sisters Denj a Silly Story

The Duncan Sisters, who are return-: ing to London from America, were prominent figures m an article which , recently appeared ,< m the Hearst dailies headed, "What the Prince Did at Mrs. 's Dinner." The name of a well-known American hostess m London was given. Denying the story m a telegTam to Mr. Hearst, the Duncan' Sisters said: The stories published m "The American" are m error m almost every detail. We are both deeply hurt by the manner m 'which our ■description of the glorious times given us m England has been mis- . quoted, and wish we could blot out the offending words that have been used about those who were so • kind to us- „ . Wishing you were here, so we could explain it to you, and you would understand. Your little friends, Duncan Sisters. The offending story ■concerned a party given by Mrs. — — , and was said to have been attended by the Prince of Wales and the. King of. Spain. It stated: "y_o the horror of Mrs. — '■ — , she beheld the Prince pass an arm through the arm of one of the ■ dancers and guide her to a little room under the staircase, while the King of Spain, removing the wrap from the other Duncan girl, led her along behind the Prince and his companion to this same private room. . . , . "Word flashed' among the guests that the. Prince and the King had arrived. Everybody waited m expectancy for their grand entrance to the reception room. ... * "Arid now a full hour had gone by , since the dancing girls had arrived, and the Royal guests had disappeared' m the seclusion of that room downstairs. Of course, it is not. good form to .intrude upon the presence of Royalty under any circumstances. . . , "Finally, when supper had been delayed two hours, Mrs. conceived the bright idea of sending the Duke of York as a scout to find out the situation. The Duke, being a brother of the Prince of Wales, ventured to m on the two v couples m the room downstairs, and came back with -;;•••■• 'hat Mrs. and the guests had Setter go right ahead with the dinner and forget the Prince and the King.- : • SUPPER FOR FOUR. /The truth was, the young Duke of York ' said, cheerily, his Majesty and his Highness had forgotten all about the people upstairs — they had been dancing and frolicking and getting along very nicely all by themselves with their little American friends. "But Mrs. nearly died when ■■■} the Duke of York wound up his little message by saying that they would be obliged if the hostess would send down supper for four, .to the little room under the staircase, and — cr — just fill their places at the table with some of the other guests. ... "When the party broke up Alfonso and Wales said a brief good-bye to Mrs. — — , and. pushing the two Duncan sisters into an ordinary London Taxi-cab, drove off with them. " 'Charming evening-.' 'Such a wonderful time,' were the words that echoed m Mrs. 's ears as her departing guests said good-night." Such is the "wonderful" story that 'is denied by the Duncan Sisters. It is typical of a section of the American press. .