The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-07-19

He was there when the lover came, and
was there Went he went. Everything was
marked Miss Adelaide Nelson. The flow
ers all came to Miss Nelson. Her pictures
We're labeled Miss Nelson, and the lover
had never heard of Mrs. Lee. One day,
when he had spent enough on flowers and
presents TO pay II Winters board, he impa-
tiently said to his ad0red actress, O. Miss
Nelson, who is that stupid FELLOW who is
always hanging about You? Why don't
you send him OFF, ooh, never mind
him" answered the actress: che is only
| my husband.' The ipve-lorn Young man
showed the top of his opera hat out, bowed
himself as gracously as he could under the
circumstances, and shot ont of the room.
| Probably he wrote Mrs. Adelaide Lee over
all of the pictures Of her he had purchased,
if he took the pains to preserve them
Mrs. Scott SiddonS is another pretty Eng
lish woman, with big, gool-natured huS-
| band, who travels rs her protector. She is
lady whose society is sought by the best
families, and she honorably sustains the
prestige Of her family name. In her recent
trip to Australia She passed through the
Sandwich Islands. \ native became so ell
amorcd of her beauty that he offered her
husband Il big bunch of bananas for her,
and seemed surprised that he could not
make Il bargain.
THE QUESTION OF BEATTY.
We have, however, never had beauty
who made her own charms subject of COM
mon discussion i'll her presence Yet the
European correspondence, SO fulsomc as not
to warrant the least suspicion of insincerity |
tells that compliments to Mrs. Langtry's |
charms are not only we'll received by her
hut her beauty SIS Il safe, if not an indis- |
pensahle, topic of conversation with Mrs. |
Langtry herself" Mr.. George W. Smallcy |
dwells upon the delicacy of her loneliness |
Travelling Britons,' he writes, ''Say that
this delicate is more common in the United |
States than here. Mrs. L1ngtry'S complex |
ION has stood the Wear and tear of London |
life, and late hours and overheated rooms. |
ami the peach bloom on her cheeks does not |
fade, nor will it rub off. She once offered |
her handkerchief to a gentemas who was |
The modelling of the temples is SingIllarlv |
fine; the arch of the brow is delicate: the
eyes are sapphire blue set in an orb of ten
der curve: the hair which is soft brown, is
worn low enough over the forehead to make
the contrast of color with the eyes, and when
this lady is amused her laughter gives an
animation to her countenance that is some
it is easy to criticisr, but the beauty of it as
a whole is beyond denial"
\ BEAUTY CONTEST PROPOSED.
Mrs Langtry will, no doubt, make a stir
i'll New York. Gentlemen will vie with each
other seeking her company for II ride in the
park or drive up the bouevardS Boxes
will he placed ut her disposal ut the theatres
and at the opera, and her presence at such
and such Il house will be hcral,led in adj
vance. She will probably figure at the
charity ball, give drums and soirecs in her
hotel parorS and be petted by a set in New
Gork-the Polo ana Coaching Club set
But here, it is predicted, her conquest will
end. She may do more in Chicago or in
Cincinnati, which, believe, is called "our
Paris, though can never tell WHY She
will doubtless make what is called here as
i'll London, the tour of the provinces"
As long us the beauty Of American girls is
thus challenged there should be Il belt
offered and Il contest arranged. Baltimore,
st. Louis, Louisville, Brooklyn and Hart
ford can think, make entries which will
lead to one more victory for our side of the
water. Then, with Parole rs her patrcy our
Beauty might ride the length of broadway,
led by Weston, in his velvet jackct. and
attended by Ianan, with the ride team,
B57s,9rdHS, Carver and the Shoe-wae-cae-
MATES in carriages. following, with Gil
more's Band playing Yalikc--Doodlc, and
God Save the Queen " (tunc America.
TALMAGE AND HIS CoHHET
Europe beats Us i'll cornct players, but we
capture them after they become skilled,
even though they have to desert 10
come lither. Neuendorf, who went to
Europe with carte blanche to get IL cornct
player who could rival Levy and .irhuckle.
returned last week without one saving
there was not one across the water worth
importation, ana accordingly his orchestra
ut brighton Beach is made NJ without
soloiSt of note Talmage has for u wear or
two been taking lessons fruan Arbucislc
and accordingly we may still have hopes Of
doing something for our country in this