The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-11-18
THE LANGTRY BOOM.

The BornAarQG boom was never
so great as the excitement over
Langtry's arrival. Everything about
town is indicative of the presence
of the Jersey Lily, and she is the
one subject Of conversation. Her
pictures are for sale in all the shop
windows, in the elevated railway
stations, and on vendors carts in
the streets. Some Of the photo
graphs are highly c0lored, and not
in the least like the original. Her
beautiful face is now so we'll known
that when she ventures forth in the
street people stare at her with
abominable persistency, and even
follow her about. She is a start
lingly beautiful woman, and de-
serves every word of adulation that
has been written about her. / had
a chat with her yesterday morning.
I stood talking with Abbey, the
manager, at the door of his office, in
the Park theatre, when Mrs.
Langtry arrived for the usual
morning rehearsal. l was pre-
scented, and chatted for half an hour
before the janitor announced that
the stage manager was ready. She
is as charmingly frank and cordial
as she is beautiful, and possesses a
voice of singular depth and sweet
ness. She talked almost entirely
her stage life, and said that she
hoped always to be in the profess
sion. [ asked her what she would
consider her browning point, and
she said that she would be satisfied
Iif she could some day own and
manage theater. Rather singular
lit struck me that the woman whose
charms had made her famous al
over the world should be satisfied tt
settle down and manage a theater
One rather pictured her as going OF
in her triumphant career, con
querlng all the worlds in Christen
dom and heathendOm and ascending
into transcendentalism at last annie
a shower Of golden light. How
ever, her own forecast looks thu
surest. A remarkable quality abou
y 1.-THE beautiful EnglishWoman is he
strong common sense. She ha
already half won her way into thu
hearts of our people by her warm
hearted praise of people and thing
American, and she strengthens TIT
impression by modest and earnes
desire to please every one will
whom she comes in contact. He
eloquent praise Of our native ae-
tresses, won her the good will o.
theatrical people, and her graceful
compliments to the beauty of Amer
lean women, all had their effect
mo wonder the woman is popular
who is at once SO beautiful anC
clever. There can be no question o.
her beauty. A prominent fea
Iture of it is her superb com
Iplexion. Millais deserves M
credit for clubbing her thu
Jersey Lily, for the lily is the first
thing that suggests itself when one
meets her. l would like to describe
this famous completion, but ]
don't know how. Can any man de
scribe the color of the lily? pause
for a reply. A lady in speaking O
the beauty to-day said she was sur
prised, not at the Smallness of he
Waist-though the waist is uncom
monty small-but at its peculiarly
attractive shape. She said that Mrs
Langtry's belt encircled a perfec
oval. The waist is deep but no
broad. In fact, 1. gathered that ;
| line running fore and aft would indi
cate considerable depth thGt went to
wards making her profile view grace
full and well curved, while lin
running acsoss would show charm
ing narrowness which in turn wen
far towards throwing her magnifi
cent bust and shoulders out into tn
prominence they deserve. Mrs
Langtry would be remarked any
where as that phenomenon = al
English woman with small feet
She will be a success. L say thi
without having seen her act, for
never saw her in London; but
Judge from the universal desire t
see her. When men will pay $18 an
$40 for single chairs at q single pei
Torrance, and 1920 for boxes it look
: like a success indeed.-N. Y. E0e75
ing Star.