The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-10-13
WELSH ROSE AND JERSEY LILY.

GLIMpsEs OF TWO CELEBRATED LONDON
BELLFs-rHE DEAN OF JERSEYS DAUGHTER
| AND THE MARIANA OF MoArED GRANGE IN
| WALES
The fierce light that beats about beautys throne
! has suddenly been focused. through the means Of
| q scurrilous London paper, upon the two reigning
! bellies Of the metropolis. Mrs. Langtry is the
daughter Of the Dean of Jersey. island which is
famous for pretty people. although it had
| not before attained the distinction of fur
| nishing London with the beauty officially
| accepted as such. Her early life passed
entirely in the Of her BIRTH and there seemed
why she should ever have left 1t. until one
day adventurous widower. who had already taken
wife from Jersey. came thither again and car
ried of Miss Le Breton his second. They came to
London without exciting any great enthusiasm
or becoming known to many members of society
until 1877, then through concurrence of fortuitous
circumstances Mrs. Langtry was seeu, admired and
invented q beauty by certain amateurs. who i'm
mediately sounded her praises throughout the town.
When the tow came to look ut her 1t found she
indeed beautiful. She possessed wonderful eyes
of q limpid, transparent blue which always wore
a winning expression. She observed to DO
extremely modest in her dress, very quiet and un-
Assuming in her manner and discreet in all her
tons. jealousy was disarmed. admiration increased
and Mrs. Langtry became one Of those sights
Of the town which the 'Spring Captain" yearns
to see, and for which country cousins make
long pilgrimages by railway. ut seems but yester
day." says q recent number of Vanity Fair, ''when
q bride she appeared in the Park and set ten thou
sand tongues wagging Since then she has played
foremost part the battle of life. and this bravely
and we'll You are spelbound by cher ineflable
sweetness before you have exchanged hardly q
rda Wit har brad ian
is Of course free from gene. but this is gifted
with o delicious manner. simple and sympathetic
as that wherewith mentally endow Mignon and
she talks at once so pretty and so unsteady that
of her absolute sincerity. The bright. ringing
treble; the light, springy step; the happy hacyon
view of life characteristic OF girihood. are still hers
Above ALL she is Kindness itself incarnate. At Gas-
gov. where-that goes without the saying-she was
the exposure. she astonished tho canny Scotch by
her generous impartiality. The plain and unat-
tractive partner claimed her hand in the
ballroom. and he not refused. though
Adonis stood at her elbow awaiting his chance Lily
like in every fibre. she has preserved exalted
tation tor womanly virtue, and this although she
has been battered and followed, caressed and made
much Of more than any living woman. She has
manned. however. the same. true to the gentle en-
blem forever hers, the Jersey Lily!
CoRNwALLIs WEST.
Lady Virginia Sanders is entitled to the gratitude
Of London society for introducing to it her niece
CORVALLIS West. Of Ruthin Castle. Ruthin
Castle is somewhere in Wales. and therefore
evidently not fitting abiding place for a
beauty whose duty 1t Is to be everywhere
in London. To London. accordingly. Mrs. Cornwall
lis West went, and she greeted by an admiration
almost sufficient to console her for the most pro-
longed absence from her Welsh castle. Her face is
of that charming and peculiar style of beauty
that has always moved mankind more than
the most regular features. She has very
rich complexion. on which an occasional
and thereby adds to the charm Of the general effect
A splendid head of ripping hair which used to be
very long until she cut it into boyish curs, clusters
hos afta lrt
many London beauties have sought to initiate.
but which has approached. She is i'm
pulsive 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 by an untoward ainting t which was at
once elevated to the rank of social event. She
dresses generally in careless aud sometimes IN
startling fashion. She is small IN stature, of an adj
mirabe form, and rides, with a certain DASH both
to hounds and in Rotton row.