New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-17
rHE SUCCESS or MRS. LANCTRY
From ne Lond.n Spectator.

From ne Lond.n Spectator.
The suCC9S3 Of Mira Lanptry ~ attracting audi
cnccs in NewYOrl, does not sttIke Us surprising
it is the English interest IN that success which
gliitcs TO be accounted for. By a consent which
might 10 termed unanimous, but that Mr.. Oscar
Wilde thinks himself n critic Of dramatic rep
rosPutstiOn, and ilbCs to stand alone III opinion,
Mira. Langtry Is not great actress, or even good
one and is not likely eyer 10 establish reputation
n. un artist but the Americans are naturally
5acer TO SOC a veIy ladylike woman, who Is pr0-
uuunced hy the highest society IN England ana by
inauy artists exceptionally beautiful. The prOvia-
clHl desire TO know what ITO mother country al
,rIres minges in Mrs LangtIys case " th the
usinctiye wish to see if not the mist beautiful
thing in nature for women, however fair. have
st rivals ~ trees and lakes. aud, rs some artists
pretend, in horses aud blTds-at lenst tllat ObJet
IN nature about the beauty OF which human consent
has been most universal aud longest-ilYed. heen
was admired before mountain scenery was. The
audiences therefore, are large, and as the Amerl-
cans, who have among them some OF the most
beautiful faces III tire world Though the special
beauty of American wOmens faces Is not OF blIs.
L8uCirY's kind, being dependent on their charm
when IN movement. and not on their charm III i'm
mUb'lity-have indOfscd the English verdict, we
should not wonder II appreciation gradually rose,
as the actress moves westward. into fiery eni hui
siasn. such as followed Jenny Lind. Americans
have "a capacity Tor admiration which Is very often
rld.culed, but which is, perhaps OF all igns of the
freshness Of nat Ons one OF the very strongest.
Men who can admire arc young, and that sort of
recePtIyeness marks peoples who have future be-
lore tucm, and are not experienced" until alt
their faculty of emotion is dead. All that is nat
ulal. and far sec. unubjec tonablr adinira-
tiOu for beautiful work of God being at least as
innocent 40 admiration for a beautiful work OF
man; but what is the cause of English interest in
il Az allf Why does i pay the journals TO send
long telegrams about Mfs. Langtry, ana the audi
ences bhe attracts and the prices paid for stalls in
her theatre when they aro pdt up to auction, in
that American way which Is surely of all ways the
Oh 6 least crcditable TO the land OF Equality! The
French give blOnse his chance. if only he will
stand en- queue long enough but the Americans
openly declare that eartl including the pew near
est the preacher belongs to the mOneyed man
These kilograms not forwarded for the actIesss
friends only for did they include all eocietv theiI
pennies would hardly repay the pTCpfictors' eX
peDse. They must he intended to interest tue pub
lie at large the whole cIrcle Of newspaper buyers
and whom do they interest We suspect that they
interest great many no do not say So that they
| are read quite much as teleg ans about Mr. Sec
| rotary FOlgers gold operat0ns and that they arC
| much longer remembered.
great many people interested in gossip. (,
begin WITH gossip of any sort, II ~ is only ab0u
people OF whom they have ever heard, and nearl,
| as many " like 10 know" how Americans depoT