, 1879-07-06

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Prospects that She Will Visit This Coun
.try-The Curiosity to See Her ~ Great a
Ever in Observation-Disclosures of Her IL
Profuslon-Other Phases of Public Admi
ration.
| CorresDandenec Ne.o Tork Tribune:
LONDON, June 20.-There is q report really
cannot say at this moment whether: well or il
tounded-that Mrs. Langtry Is going to Amer
lea in the autumn. II it be true, then yor
! will be able to- test for yourself the
English standard Of beauty. For Mrs
Langtry, though subjected during two sea
Sons to the seVerest competition, remains the
acknowledged queen among those ladies to
whom society pays homage for their good looks.
| She is still at the head Of the professional
| beauties, as people choose to call them. The
name is misleading and has an odious sound,
but it is Convenient and has passed into general
| use 1t must not bo understood as converting
any reproach whatever. It is to be said Of Mrs.
LangtrY-but for the word professional it would
| not require saying-that her name has been, for
| two years or more, on everybodY's lips and in
| every gossping paper, without being associated
| with any scandal This is true, absolutely true,
| although it was the Prince Of Wales who first
| took note of her attractions, and who first
| brought her intu notice and made her the most
| famous woman In London.
don't scruple to write thus freely about a
| lady whose life ts in the proper sense OF the
word, passed wholly in private society. I don't
scruple, say, because she has herself borne q
great deal OF. publicity without objection; and
even with SOME appearance Of liking the celeb
rity to which shu has been exposed. For that
matter, / have seen her name often enough in
American papers, and if she goes to the United
States she will be sure to find that her fame
has preceded her. Nor DOES Mr.. Lapgtry seem
to dislike the renown which connects itself with
his wife's beauty. The renown has long since
spread all over the United Kingdom. I heard
striking proof Of 1t last summer. had been
staying at d country-house in Scotland, and on
my way to another part of the Scottish world
ras passing through Inverness, Mrs. Langtry
had been there the DAP befoFe, Inverness IS
pretty we'll in the extreme north of Scotland,
and is its last considerable town, in that direc-
tion. "A friend whom 1 met al the hotel told
ANNOUNCED il. tie focal paper and that she had
been met at the railway-s:ation By great COM
pauy Of curious spectators She had vcnturcd
INTO the streets little later,> and had
been mobbed in true London fashion.
4 crowd followed her wherever she
vent. She made the Journey next
.daT down the Caledonian Canal and had been
anobbed :in the boat. She had stopped, as most
ncop]e do, to see the Falls OF Towers,-if L rec
oilect tue name rightly,-and had been followed
them. / stopped there myself day later, and
the beugars who iine the road had still some
thing to say of Mrs. Laugtry. On the steam
boat itself, passengers appeared to have spent
try sbrine-to the utter neglect Of the wonder
ful scenery through which the steamboat pass
eg for uearly the whole length OF the canal.
In London itself, long as AIRS. Langtry'sreien
has lasted, the curiosity to see her has never
nevertheless, many. You may see her riding in
the Row from II to ain the morning; remarka-
BE aiwars for the faultless fitting Of her habit
and for the throng of cavaliers about her. IT
mot riding, she may be met walking in the
promenade br the side OF the Row. Later in
The day YOU may see her at q fower-show, q
picture exhibition, or bazar. Her services ara
in :renrest for charitable purposes, and
the stan over which she presides is
a. fountain Of wealth. to the poor. At
the last performance Of this kind, held in
tie Duke OF Wolinuton's Riding School, she
auneorcd as flower girl, aud flowers from her
h,nd fetcned fabulous prices. II You liked, she
would herself put them into your button-hole;
but that was boon for which you paid still
elderly ornament OF the social world enhanced
the pro1ts Of this particular charity By the sale
Of iptroductious (good for five seconds) to Mrs,
Langtry, But this ts probably no more true than
that the Church of Rome in former ages sold
indulgences. And yet there have been eye
witnesses to poth and the price va. known,
md even the names of those who paid for the
privilege, II it be Sunday you have chance
Of finding her in the afternoon at the Zoolog-
icul Gardens. From $ to it is possibls to con-
alone lie drive from Hyde Park Corner to the
Albert Memorial If all these taIl you there
are still tie stationers' and photographers win
dows. where pictures Of Mrs. Langtry in every
conceivable costume and attitude abound: l
dare say some Of them may be had in New
York, Mrs. Langtry With quill thrust through
her hat; Mrs. Lan.tr1 with q dove in
her hand which she is tenderly regard