Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-10-24
WELSH ROSE AND JERSEY LILY.
Pen Pictures Of the Two Reigning Lon.
don Beauties.
From The New York Herald.


From the New York Hersld,
Mrs. Langtry is the daughter OF the
Dean OF Jersey, an island which is fam
Gus for pretty people although 1t had
not before attained the distinction OF
furnishing London with beauty official
ly accepted as such. Her early life was
passed entirely in the isle of her birth,
and there seemed no reason why she
should ever have left, until one day an
adventurous widower who had already
taken one wife from Jersey, came thith-
er again and carried otf 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 u
concurrence of fortuitous circumstances
Mrs. Laugtry was seen, admired and in
vented rs beauty by certain amateurs
who Immediately sounded her praises
throughout the town. When the town
came to look at her it found that she
was indeed beautiful. She possessed
wonderfu eyes of a hmpid transparent
blue, which always wore winning ex-
preston. She was observed 70 he ex.
tremely modest in her dress
very quite and unassuming i'll her man
ner and discreet in all her actions.
Jealousy WAS 6isarmed, admiration in.
creased and Mrs. Langtry became one
of those sights of the town which the
"Spring Captain" yearnS to see and for
which country cousins nj Ike long nil.
grimages by railway. 1T seems but
yesterday says recent number OF
Vanity Far, when as 4 bride she APP
peared in the Park and set ten thousand
tongues u wagging. Since then she has
played Il foremost part i'll the battle OF
life, and this hravely and well. You
are spellbound by her inatablc sweet
ness before you have exchanged hardly
a dozen words with her. Every we'll
bred woman is, of course, free from
gene, but this one is gifted with with a
delicious manner simple and svmpa-
thetic as that wherewith mentally we
endow Mignou, and she talks at once
so PRETTY and SO unsteady that You
are inseusibly 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 is kindness itself incarnate. At
Glasgow, where-that goes without the
saying-she was the cynosure, she aston
ished the canny Scot by her generous
impartiality. The plain and unattrac-
tive partner claimed her hand in the
ball room and he was not refused,
though Adonis stood near her elbow
awaiting his chance. Lilly-like in every
fibre she has preserved nm exalted rep.
utation for womanlv virtue, and this
although she has been battered and
caressed and made much OF, more than
any living woman. She has remained
however, the same, true to the gentle
emblem forever hers, the Jersey Lillyr
Lady Virginia Sanders is entitled e
the gratitude of London society for in
Producing to il her niece Miss Fitzpat
rick, who subsequently married Mr.
CORVALLIS West, of Ruthin Castle
Ruthin Castle is somewhere in Wales
and therefore evidently not tittins
abiding place for beauty whose duty
is to be everywhere in London. TC
London accordingly Mrs. CORNWALL,
| WeSI went, ana sne WIS greeted Dy al
admiration almost sutliciet to consol,
her for the most prolonged absenc,
from her Welsh castle. Her face is o
that charming and peculiar beauty
that has always moved mankind NOR,
than the most regular features. Sh,
has very itch complexion, on which
an occasional freckle stamps a certif
cate OF fineness and splendid head o
ripping hair, which used to be very
long until she cut it into boyish curls
clusters framewise about her face, pro
ducing an effect which many Londor
beauties have sought &c initiate, bu
which none have approached. She il
impusive, original, daring and says up
on occasion the sprightliest things; anc
TO her il was given, some little time, u
throw the whole of royal ball into dis
may by an untoward fainting fiji, which
was at once elevated ts the rank of {
social event. She dresses generally il
a careless and in sometimes in STARTLING
fashion. She is small in stature, of NJ
admirable form and rides with certain
dash both to hounds and in Rotten row