The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-19
WELSH ROSE AND JERSEY LILY.
Pen Pictures Of the Two Reigning Londo1
Beauties.
my Herald

Mrs. Langtry is the daughter OF the Dear
pf Jersey, an island which IL famous fol
pretty people, although II had not before
attained the distinction Of furnishing Lon
don with the beauty officially accepted as
sleh. Her early life was passed entirely ID
the Isle Of her birth, and there seemed nc
reason why she should ever have left It, until
Une day IN adventurous widower, who had
already taken one wife from Jersey came
thither and carried or Miss lie Breton as his
second. They came to London without ax-
citing any great enthusiasm or becoming
known To many members vi society until 1877,
aiInatanees Mrs. Langtry was seen, admired
and Invented az q beauty by certain anna
teurB, who Immediately sounded her praises
throughout the town. When the town came
20 look Of her II found she was indeed beauti-
ftll. She possessed wonderful eyes Of a
limpid, transparent blue, which always wore
u winning expression. She was observed to
be extremely modest IN her dress, very quiet
and unassumtnR III her manner and discreet
admiration Increased and Mrs. Langtry be-
came one of those Sights Of the town which
the "Spring Captain yearns to sec and for
which country cousins make long pilgrim
ages by railway. 1T seems but yesterday"
saya d recent number of VANITY Fatr. when
az O bride che appeared In the Park and set
ten thousand tongues awagRing. Since then
she has played q foremost part In the battle
Of HE, and this brayely and we'll. You are
you have exchanged hardly q dozen words
with her. Every well-bred woman ID. Of
course, free from gene, but this one
~ gifted with 2 delicious manner, simple
mentally We endow MlEnen, and y s h,
talks .at once 80 prettlly and 40
unsteady that you are insensibly impressed
with the idea Of her absolute sincerity. The
bright ringing treble, the light sprlngy step,
the happy halcyon view on life characteristic
of girlhood, arc still hers. Above ALL she Ia
kindness itself incarnate. AT Glasgow, where
that goes without the saying she was the
exposure. she astonlsbed the canny Scotch
by her generous impartiality. The plain aud
ballroom and he was not refused though
Adenia stood at her elbow awaiting his chance
Lily-like In every fibre, she has preserved an
exalted reputation for womanly virtue, and
lowed. caressed and made much of. more than
any living woman. She has remained, how
ever, the same, true TO the gentle emblem for
ever hers, the Jersey Lilyl"
Lady Virginia Sanders Ia entitled to the
gratitude OF London society for introducing
To 1t her niece, Maa Fitzpatrick, who subse-
Quently married Mr.. CORVALLIS West, of
Ruthin Castle. Ruthin Castle "a somewhere
Ia Wales, and therefore evidently not fitting
abiding place for a beauty whose duty ID to Be
everywhere Ia London To London accord
ingly Mrs. CORVALLIS West went, and she was
greeted by an admiration almost sufficient To
console her for the most prolonged absence
from her Welsh castle. Her face ID 81 that
charming and peculiar style Of beauty that
has always moved mankind more than the
most regular features. She has a very rich |
complexion on which an occasional freckle |
stamps q certificate Of fineness and thereby |
adds 70 the charm Of the general effect x |
splendid head OF ripping hair, which used to |
be very long until she cut Ii into boyjsh |
curla, clusters framewise about her face pro-
duoinR an effect which many London beau
Ties have sought to Initiate, but which none
have approached. She la impulsive, original,
daring, and says upon occasion the spright-
lest things; and To her 1t was given, some
little time, to throw the whole OF royal ball
into dismay by an untoward fatntinR fit.
which was at once elevated into the rank of a
social event. She dresses generally In care
less and sometimes IN startling fashion. She
ts small In stature, OF an admirable form, and
rides, with q certain dash, both to hounds
and In Rotten Row.