Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-13

JOHN sTErsON CONFIRMS THE REPORTS FROM
BOSTON

JOHN sTErsON CONFIRMS THE REPORTS FROM
| BOSTON.
From the New York Tribune
| An Interview with Mrs Iabouchere has beea
punished In which she tells the story of the
/ late trouble between herself and Mrs. Langtrv.
Her story is in substance as follows: Mrs
Lahgtry received many attentions while In this
| city. and Mrs La5ouchere expressed her disap-
PROBATION OF some of them. Just before the end
OF the engagement at Wallack's Theatre Mrs
Laoouchere learned that Frederick Gerhard. a
young man whose constant and assiduous deyo-
ton TO Mrs Langtry had been the cause OF
muck talk intended to send his horses and car
| riage TO Boston tor her use and also to 20
there himself. Mrs Lahouchere again remon-
| strated but to no purpose. Then she de-
| clared that if Gerhard went to Boston She
would not go. Then arose the trouble
Of which an account was published In the Tn
Dune on the day following its occurrence The
story of the difficulties was sent to England, and
Mr.. Labouchere telegraphed for his wife to re-
| turn home. Mrs. Langtry. according TO the in
| terview, lost her social standing In London
| through similar gossip. She had promised to be
more circumspect while in America. Mrs. Lang
try has taken no steps to secure divorce but
| wife that they shall live apart
Such is the substance OF the story given in the
| interview. The facts have been matters of COM
mon gossip in this city since the departure of
Mrs Langtry to Boston Yesterday Tribune
| reporter called at the Albemarle hotel, where
| Mrs. Lahouchere arrived on SUNDAY evening
| She declined to reply to any inquiries I'm regard
to the quarrel She viii sail for England to-
morrow. 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 tie
Globe Theater in Boston, where Ms Iangtryis
| playing had turned Mr. Gebhard out OF the
greenroom and out OF private box. Mr.. Stet-
son. when asked about the matter said: Mr.
Geohard was not actually turned out Of the
house. He has been exceedingly fresh ahont
the theater. however. He walked through the
stage entrance-the stage doorkeeper admitting
him because he was a friend of Mrs Langtr y-
went into the greenroom. and then passed into
a box which had reserved for Mrs Langtry's
use. The box was arranged SO that she could
get into it from the stage while the performance
was going on. ami sit there unseen by
| the audience. l Gebhard i'm the box
after having previously seen him 90 into
the front of the house Oh a fifty-cent admis-
sion ticket. l asked the usher how Geb-
hard came to be In the box. and found
that he had simply helped himself to it, |
ordered the ushers to give Mr.. Gerhard no more
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
breaking of which always leads to trouble I
did not have Mr.. Gerhard turned out of the box
although my stage doorkeeper was anxious TO
give nm the bounce will not answer for that
mans actions If Gebhard goes around there
again. venturcd to give Mrs. Langtry little
advice about her conduct, but it was not well
received. She is headstrong: in fact | believe
she Is cracked It's not her sister who is
coming over to take care OF her NAV mention
but Mr.. Langtry's She's very foolish woman
to quarrel with Mrs Lahouchere"
report has been circulated that owing to
the gossip about Mrs. Langtry and the ccnse-
qGent injury to her business in Boston. Mr.
Abbey intended to discontinue the engagement
with her. Mr.. Abbey is at present in San Fran
cisco with Nine. Christine Nilsson. but his bust
ness manager at the Grand Opera House. w W.
Iillotson, and his Boston partner, Mr.. Schoeffel.
who was in this city yesterday. both denied en-
phatcally that Mr.. Abbey had any such notion.
''Why, asked Mr.. Schoefel, should he give up
an engagement which has proved so profitable?
Mrs. Langtry opened to $1,000 in Boston: her
smallest house has been 81 500 and she has
played to 20, 700. Do you think that looks as If
the business had been injured by this talk! Mr..
Abbey is not cancelling such engagements as
! that-not to any alarming extent. She will
finish her season in Boston this week and then
| go to Philadelphia for two weeks During
Christmas week she will play in BROOKLYN.
| Come over and see if the business is very badly
| injured"
gentleman who saw Mr.. Gebhard's bill for
mowers bought for Mrs: l.angtry while in this
city. paid at the Hotel Brunswick said that il
amounted to $3.50. The young man. however.
is very well able to pay large bills for flowers.
as his property brings him yearly income of at
least $4,000. and up to the time when his at
tentiOns to Mrs. Laagtry became so conspicu- !
Gus, he was not extravagant i'm his expendi- |
lures and did not live nearly up to his income |
Ii Is true that he had racing stable, but he was
so successful on tie turf. that his gains from
that source probably exceeded his losses. In
1881 he was in partnership with Arthur Hunter. |
the sklifui and successful amateur rider at Je- |
rome Park, Monmouth, Saratoga and Sheeps- |
head bay, and they raced their horses
under the name Of the Pelham Stable |
haps the best in training at the close of the rae
ing season this year was EOe. and he won many |
excellent races for them. Last summer Mr. |
Gebhard bought Mr.. Hunters interest in Eole. |
ana the horse has since ueen his sole property |
Eole was easily the superior of every horse he /
met IN lSS2, except the renowned Hindoo Up |
to the time Of the race for the Coney Island Gun
in June last Mr.. Gerhard and Mr. Hunter |
thought him better even than Hindoo and their !
error cost them a round sum- Mr. Gerhard was |
the larger loser on the race, in which Hindoo-
one of the best horses ever bred in America
vanquished EOle without difficulty Eole had |
previously won SO much money for his owners |
tnat they could well sustain this reverse: but /
losses, or by something else, that when his four
finland coach was driven up Broadway i'm the !
evening ne was stretched out at full length on |
the top of it,
The hero of the Langtry-L abouchere quarrel |
Is we'll known at the clubs and in New York
society. He is member of several clubs and |
spends good deal of time at the Union His
home is at No. 100 Fifth avenue. where his
brother-in-law and his sister, Mr. and Mrs
Frederick Nelson. also reside. Mr.. Gebhard
was betrothed last winter to Miss Jerome.
daughter of Leonard w. Jerome but the eu-
gagement was broken by the young lady. He
Is man of good figure and more than average |
height, and is always attired in extreme English
style. His complexion is dark his hair ewes |
and mOustache being black, his features regular.
and his face handsome, though rather stolid.
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 to his stables, have always been mod
els of the best English style, and in nothing has
ne taken more pride, and to nothing up to the |
time of Mrs. Langtry's arrival In New York.
had he shown more devotion He has recently
made some important additions to his racing
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