The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-10-23
6simpsss Of tie Two Celebrated London
Relies.

Glimpse OF tie Two Celebrated London
Relies.
The fierce light that beats about
beauty's throne has suddenly been To-
cussed, through the means of a sour
ri!l0us London paper, upon the two
reigning bells of the metropolis. Mrs.
I.angtry is the daughter of the Dean
OF jersey, an island which is famous
for pretty people. although it had not
before attained the distinction of fur
nishing London with the beauty Off
cially accepted rs such. Her early life
was passed entirely in the isle of her
birth, and there seemed no reason why
she should ever have left il, until one
day an adventurous widower, who had
already taken one wife from Jersey.
came.thitheragain and carried off Miss
LIE Breton as his second. They came
to London without exciting any great
enthusiasm or becoming known to
many members of society until 1877.
then through the concurrence of for
tuitOus circumstances Mrs. Eangtry
was seen, admired and invented as a
beauty by certain amateurs, who inn
mediately sounded her praises through
out the town. When the town came
to look at her it found she was indeed
beautiful. She possessed wonderful
eyes Of q limpid, transparent blue.
which always wore . winning express
sion. Shew observed to be extreme
ly modest in her dress, very quiet and
unaSsumfng in her manner and dis
Greet in all her actions. Jealousy Wa,
disarmed, admiration increased and
Mrs Langtry became one of those
oSsvTpts r,f fk,<f nx ~.,1; 81,
Captain" yearns to see, and for which
country cousins make long pilgrimages
by railway. ut seems but yesterday"
saysa recent number Of Vanity Fair"
when as bride she appeared i'm the
wagging. Since then she has played
and this bravely and well. You are
spell-bOund BY her inefiable sweetness
before you have exchanged hardly u
dozen words with her. Every well
bred woman is Of course free from
gene, but this one is gifted with de-
licious manner, simple and sympathet-
ic a. that wherewith mentally we ell
dow MignOn, and she talks ut once so
prettily and SO musically that you are
insensibly impressed with the idea of
her absolute sincerity. The bright,
ringing treble; the light, springy step;
the happy halcyOn view of life charac-
teristic Of girlhOod, are still hers.
Above all, she il kindness itself incar-
nate. At Glasgow, where-that goes
without thesaying-sle was the cynOs-
ure, she astOnished the canny Scotch
by her generous impartiality. The
plain and unattractive partner claimed
her hand In the ball-rOOal, and he was
not refused, though AdOnis stood at
her elbow awaiting his chance. Lily
like In every fibre, she has preserved
an exalted reputation for wOmanly
virtue, and this although she has been
fiattered and followed, caressed and
made much Of, however, the same,
true to the gentle emblem forever hers,
the Jersey Lily"
Lady Virginia Sanders is entitled to
the gratitude of London society for in
Producing to 1t her neice, Miss Fitzpat-
rick, who subsequently married Mr..
CORVALLIS West, Of Ruthin Castle.
Ruthin Castle is somewhere in Wales,
and therefore evidently not fitting
place for D beauty whose duty it is to
be everywhere in London. To Lon
don, accordingly, Mrs CORVALLIS West
went, and She was greeted by an adj
miratioE almost sufficient to console
her for the most prolonged absence
from her Welsh Castle. Her face is
that charming and peculiar style of
beauty that has always moved man.
kind more than the most regular fea-
lures. She has very rich complex
ion, on which an occasional freckle
stamps certificate Of fineness and
thereby adds to the charm of the gem
eral effect. A splendid head Of rip
ping hair which used to be very long
until she cut il into boyish curls, clus-
tiers framewise about her face, pPOduc- !
Ing an effect which many London
beauties have sought to initiate, but
which none has approached. She Is |
original, daring and SAYS |
upon occasion the sprightliest things;
and To her 1t was given, some little |
time, to throw the whole of royal
ball into dismay byan untOward faint
Ing fit, which was ut once elevated to !
the rank of social svsnt. She dresses
generally in q careless and sometimes
In startling fashion. She Is small i'm
stature. Of an admirable form, and
rides, with o certain dash, both TO
hounds and In ROttOn Row.