Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-12
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,ur. Dec. 1l.-GrS. La
P4;r - town. "Is it true that you
bocc1n lengthy have bad Q misun'
eand;nov' she was asked;
dssaanc,Hs. ..s the reply. Mrs. Lang.
snn .hs f;rst vent to London en-.
W1n. .oc;sl triumph, and was received
thsrs Her grace and beauty
svst Ssr = passport into the most re,
pune W srclusive circles. her social
tnea sas ..smed assured, when an IN
ssnnste scandal came intc S cnuula.,o, oos;.,on
rs;eI materially affecteo ess Uh. "n "a ms,
q n,Ss ~ fashionable world. one nao tns. s.
NV Americans in Europe, anu ie,. na.
- - Ia had friends to welcome a ue,
- hut with one voice society s9en
esu;ned to exclude her, the unhappy
essI having preceded her to TINS
sDxa. During her engagement IN
v1,t she has been the recipient OF
l ,,oi;ta courtesies from gentlemen,
naas ~ during the latter part OF her
~ Gn That CITY did this attention as
g snch a characteo as to induce my
,:as.rohation. Just before the close
,hs New York engagement nearo
Gahhar1t. a young man whose
n.sd nss attention to Mrs. Langtry nad
- shs cause of much pomp, intended
sS;nc his horses and carriage 70 Dos
xos her use. and continue his at
sl.;oa. " there as he had done IN New
vs.s vsnt at once TO Mrs. Langtry
"a .oId her how imprudent socn
r..s -. vonld be, that the subject was
s.sit of every club in New York, and
vould prediudics her interests as sS" wen ,ar aa
compromise her name, snouia sue 20.
M hee admirer to continue ms aIesn
sons beyond New York. MRS: LanR!ly
sssmed 10 regard this suggestion az III
,olyiuc unnecessary sen,aDnes't,on.
Yelling assured that / acted In the pest
intsreet of my friend l SAID: MIS-.
iSnCtry. il Mr.. Gebhsrdt goes to bos,
IN 7 s6aIl not" Every WE'LL" replied
m Ianotry, and thus briefly tho dis
snssion ended. An account OF the
ss.ndal in some form reached England.
N husband called for me to return
hcme At once. am panied as well as
mrurissd that Mrs. Langtry, woman
81 the world. whose social experience
should guard her from the errors OF tho
school girl, should crafty caprice at
he sxpenee of her interest and reputa-
ton, and after years of homage that her
beaaty has inspired she should now
mar the promise of career by yielding
% the adulation of butterfly. Mrs.
LnQtry has become such factor in the
public eye that the most vigilant cir
sumspection should mould her conduct
n private. ! believe her sincere IN her
issuance that she has done with the
frivalitiss which injured her IN Eng
land, but now after few months tho
good resolutions are ignored and she
has rslapssd into the Same dangerous
esities az before"
When asked whether Mrs. Langtry
had taken any steps toward procuring a
divorce, Mrs. LabOuchre said: "Oh, no;
It's not a judicial separation, merely an
understanding that they shall live apart.
Nj. Langtry is in reduced state Of
Rentsel poverty in England, and utterly
unable TO find employment. He is
forced to live upon the empty, proftless
title Of Mrs. Langtry's husband.
Moro Langtry Talk.
BosroN, Dee. 1.-THE journals of the
city, with the exception of the afternoon
penny paper, confined their criticisms
Of Mrs. Langtry entirely to her dra-
matio performances. The penny paper
In question dweIls persistently on the
0ebhardt phase of the subject, and
6tsts0n d Schafiel have in consequence
Withdrawn their advertisement. Stet-
son is reported by friend to have said
within a few hours that he would not
have taken this action had he known
how much basis there was for the gos-
mp which the paper in question daily
rstailed. As far as Mrs. Langtry's dra-
matic abilities are concerned, it may be
Mid, by way Of illugtratiOn, that the
theater was only twO-thirds full last
night to see her "Rosalind," and that
neatly, II not quite, a third of the au-
dienee left before the performance
closed. Saturday is o good night for
theaters here.
LanGtry's Friend.
NV YoRx, Dec. 11.-Gebhardt gave
club dinner this evening to friends
hs will undoubtedly return to Boston
tomorrow.
End Of an Unhappy woman.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Mrs. Dora Wen-
0ell, heart-br0ken at the death of her
husband and child, shot herself through
ne heart this afternoon, at the resi-
oence Of her mother, 333 Wabash ave-
nne. This was her 2fith birthday. Mr..
wendell died in Colorado two months
aeo and Mrs. Wendell has never been
Ieoonciled.
Drank and Fought to Death.
NHw YORK, Dec. 1l.-John McAllister
end Michael Gallagher fought in the sa-
losn OF the latter in Brooklyn. Both
vsre arrested, NcAllister dying in tho
hospital. Gallagher died in jail Of de-
nrium tremens.
Application to vacate.
In reply to the request Of DIR. Norvin
9feen, President Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company. for an early hear
mg in the matter Of the application Of
:. r. Greaves, for vacation of the char
~ Of the company, the Attorney Gene
al liked Friday, the 18th inst.
Federal Nominations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE President
mas nominated John p. Banter. Of llli-
!ar b. Watson as Collector of Customs
sos the Southern District of Oregon.
New Railway Project.
Foar WoRTH, Dec. ia party of Yer
mont capitalists have undertaken to con-
yeruct the Fort Worth and Rio Grande
Marrow Gage Railway, IL the city will
the ground for terminal facil-
tiles.
rurned Cat.
WAsHm0roN, Dec. 1l.-Capt. Fl. A.
Crews, Of the 4th Cavalry, has been
found guilty Of defalcation, disobsdi-
moe Of orders and neglect of duty. The
Secretary Of War informed him his re-
donation would be accepted. Capt.
Crews was ordered here about month
10 from Chicago, where he was at
oehed to the recruiting Office.
4 Paciac Coaster Heard From.
Nxw YoRK. Dec. u.--H. w. A. Nahl.
g San Francisco, artist, denies In the
asvutd the statement of the New York
lapsrs that the only painting Of Raphael
e America is possessed by Munroe But
= Johnstone. Nahl says his Raphael
I 4 nov on exhibition In San Francisco,
eot probably will be exhibited in east
"a cities next spring.
MAARIKD.
Z. Aarten Bohlksn, of San z Francisco.
married here yesterday to Dora
omming, Of Charleston.
Dead.
. naapusxY, Dec. ll.-State Senator II.
AVdARen is dead.
Absus Pcasisas.
: WAMlNoroN, Dec, 1.-The report Of
massioner Of Pensions for the fiscal