New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-12
Observation-Disclosures.
LATEST PHASES OF THE QUARREL.
JOHN sTErsoN CONFIRMS THE REPORTS FROM


| BOSTON.
| An interview with Mrs Labouchere has been pub
Ilshed in which she tells the story of the late
trouble between herself and Mrs. Langtry. HeI
story is in substance follows; Mrs. Langtry re-
ceived many attentions while in this city. and Mrs
Labouchere expressed her disapprobation OF
some of them. Just before the end OF
the engagement at Walack's Theatre Mrs.
Labouchere learned that Frederick Geb-
hard, young man whose constant and assiduous
| devotion to Mrs. Langtry had been the cause OF
much talk, intended to send his horses and carriage
TO Boston for her USE and also to go there himself
| Mrs. LabOuchere again demonstrated. but to no
| purpose. Then she declared that if Gerhard went
to Boston she would not go. Then arose the trouble
| of which an account was published in The TRIBUNE
on the day following its occurrence. The story oil
the difficulties sent to England, and Mr. La
bouchere teegraphed for his wife to return homo.
Mrs Langtry, according to the interview, lost her
social standing in London through similar gossip.
She had promised to be moro circumspect while in
America llr. Langtry has taken no steps to secure
| a divorce, but there Is an understanding between
him and his wife that they shall live apart.
Such Is the substance of the story given In the
interview The facts have been matters of common
gossip In this city since the departure of Mrs.
Langtry to Boston. Yesterday q TRIBUNE
reporter called at tho Albemarle Hotel, where
Mrs. Labouchere arrived on Sunday evening
She declined to reply to any inquiries in
regard to the quarrel She will sail Tor England
tomorrow. Her husband who intended to come to
America after the holidays will probably alter his
plans.
dispatch from Boston, printed yesterday.
said that John StetsOn, the manager of
the Globe Theatre In Boston, where Mrs. Langtry is
playing, had turned Dir. Goddard out of the green
room and out of private box Mr. Stetson, when
asked about the matter SAID: "Mr. Gebhard
was not actually turned out of the house He has
been exceedingly fresh about the theatre, how
ever. He walked through the stage entrance-the
stage dOOrkeeper admitting HIM because he was q
friend OF Mrs Langtry-Went INTO Inc green-room
and then passed into box which / had reserved
for Mrs. Langtrys use The box arranged so
that she could get INTO it from the stage while the
performance was going on, and sit there unseen by
the audience saw Gebhard in the box after having
previously seen him into the front of the house
fifty-cent admission ticket. asked the usher how
Gebhard came TO be in the box, and found
that he had simply helped, himself to it. ordered
seats in boxes unless he paid for them. | also
ordered the back dOOrkeeper not TO admit any more
persons behind the scenes who did not have any
business there. That is rule the breaking of which
always leads TO trouble did not have Mr.. Geb-
hard turned out of the box, although my stage door
keeper was anxious to give him the bounce |
will not answer for that mans actions If Gerhard
goes around there again. ventured to give Mrs.
Langtry little advice about her conduct but 1t
believe she's cracked It's not her sister who Is
coming over to take care OF her. may mention, but
Mr. Langtrys. She's very foolish woman TO quar-
rel with Mrs Labouchere.'
report has been circulated that owing to the
gossip about Mrs Langtry and the consequent IN
Jury to her business in Boston, Mr. Abbey in
tended to discontinue the engagement with
her. Mr.. Abbey is at present in San
Francisco with Nine Christine Nilsson, but
his business manager mt the Grand Opera
House. W. w. TIllOtsOn, and his Boston partner,
Mr. SchOetfe who was in this city yesterday, both
denied emphatically that Mr.. Abbey had any such
notion. Why" asked Mr. Schoeffe SHOULD he
give up an engagement which has proved so profit
able Mrs. LangIry opened to $1,000 in Boston;
her smallest house has been %l,oOO, aud she has
played to $2.70O. Do you think that looks If the
business had been injured by this talk 7
Mr. Abbey is not cancelhng such engagements as
thai-not to any alarming extent; She VIII I'm
ish her season IN Boston this week ana then go to
Philadelphia for two weeks. During Christmas
week she viii play in Brooklyn. Come over and
see If the business is very badly injured
gentleman who Mr.. Gebhards bill for
flowers bought for Mrs. Langtry while in this city
paid at the Hotel Brunswick, said that 1t
very well able to pay large bills Tor flowers ~ his
property brings HIM a yearly income of at least
$4,000, and up To the tlmo when his attentions to
Mrs Langtry became so conspicuous, he was not
eXtrayagaEt in his expenditures and did not live
nearly up TO ms income. 1t Is true tha5
lie had racing stable. but he 80
successful the turf, that his gains
from that source probably exceeded his losses.
la 1881 he was IN partnership with Arthur Hunter,
Park, Monmouth. Saratoga ami Sheepshead Bay,
and they raced their horses under the name OF the
Pelham Stable. BY far the best horse they had,
and perhaps the best in training at the close of tho
racing season this year, was LOle and he won many
excellent races for thon; Last summer
Mr.. Goddard bought Mr.. Hunters interest
in Eole and the horse has since been his sole prop
erty. Eoie easily the superior OF every horse |
he met IN 1882, except the renowned HIndOO Up |
&c the time OF tine for the Couey Island Cup in
June last Mr. Gebhird and Mr. Hunter thought him
better even than HndOO, and their cost them
a round sum. Mr.. Gebhard was the larger loser
the race in which HndOo-One of the |
best horses ever bred in America anquished |
Eoie without difficulty. Eole had previously won |
so much money Tor his owners that they could well |
sustain this reverse, but Nh. Gebhard was much |
Frustrated by his losses, or by something else, that
when his our-in-hand coach driven up Broad |
way in the evening he was stretched out at full |
length Oh the top OF 1t.
quarrel is we'll known at the clubs |
aud in New-York society. He IS a |
member of several clubs and spends good deal Of |
time at the Union. Ills home Is at No. 100 EIIth-
ave- where his brotner-n-aw and his sister, Mr.. |
and Mrs Frederick Nelson, also reside Dir. Geb-
daughter Of Leonard ". jerome, but the engage
Inent was broken by The young lady. lie is Il man |
OF good figure and more than average height, and |
is always attTed in extreme English style. lis |
complexion Is dark, his hair eyes and mOustachC be-
ing black, his features regular and his face hand
sOme though rather stOlld. In the fox hunts on |
Long Island he has always been conspicuous, but |
has never made any mark at polo HIS horses, |
carriages and everything pertaining 10 his stables
have always b. On models OF the best English style,
aud in nothing has he taken more pride and tonoth- |
ing up to the time of MIS-. Langrys ar |
rival in New York had he shown more devotion. |
Ile has recently made important additions TO
his racing stock, ana is expected 10 play proml- |