New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-27
MRS. LANGTRY.
The AUTHOR Of The Mghfy Dollar" IN The Boston
Saturday Dreitdg Gazette.

Saturday renting Gazette.
NEw-YORK, Nov. II, 1SS2.-My mission to
New York to see Mrs. LanstIy has been accom- i
here to my original intention TO see her IL
Hester q d-cbroot; but the temptation 70 make ac-
quaintance with her under Shakespearean te7I Wa
TOO great be- resisted Besides. Thought II put Just
10 give her opportunity OF her first anxiety
and nervousness IN appearing before 7lI.n-e piDA,'
and 10 become accustomed 10 her new surroundings,
30 Infer with the unayorable judgments pro-
nounccd upon her by the press and experienced
As beauty she j. not astonishing "allacks, never
thcc--, l. crowded nightly. and as passed rs doors
early yesterday morning here was long Line OF pe'pe
filling the Nc9uDll1' und eAleH'hE IaI OlI ln.o NV
street. waiting 10 purchase tickets TO the Lansry per
night before IN order 10 be IN favorable position when
the box office opened next morning. Account for the
caprices OF the public, II you cant
An ngsh professional beauty comes TO this country
I'm order make money by acting. II Il conceded IN
only an amateur OF small experience ana thaC n1i
talents FOR the stage are by no means pronounced
or capacity artist far from being c1aggeraItu
had been undersated Why, then should she acti be
band has suffered n fortune. and she takessn
honorable means " increasing her bank account she
will accomplish what she set ont to do with entire
she has been treated with great consideration by both
press AID pubic. That l. alike fair and proper But
kad she baen onlv beautiful Mary smith. Jones or
Robinson. uuucc TAINTED with the Prince or Wales and
without the gaor that has been thrown about her ~
socey ayOrte Ia the upper circles OIL IAe Ehgsn aIls
Nv following M Art of which she knows 20 little would
I,t t-b tiera-i5n IL is difficult 10 discuss the
subject without seeming 10 be ungiuunt ana unklnd
toward very estimabe woman; but let Justice De DONE
Whj. Witnessing her performance OF Rosali,d, in As
You Like IT," last night astonshed at its utter
want OF merit A more wooden, unmeauing aud unin-
arstin pprehen,ion OF Shah spcarean character
never saw I could not avoid Ieu'cun-, as viewed
her scrlmDiug ami school girlinS through the part;
upon the number % excellent. thoroughly trained and
talented artists whom the greatness thrust upon TINS
lovely Incapable would have been sodseud,-a lifting
"A lfr
aims in art:-a happy and deserved realization or nope
Ou deferred Tie Miss smith, Jones or Robinson aOre-
NAMED, would be laughed Kissed from the stage were
,e To cuac ROsniiud In such automatic or incapable
manner 1t il only IL the theatre that such things
cnI, and countcuauce. We're "A beautiful woman to come
into the concert roOmt0 scTeech through 5ccna or 10
fbaI She vn. Dhvav attractive. moved in good society
and had suffered fortune, she would display
her charms and her mcupacly 10 empty O1AcHes' Out
On the stage / would seen To be Otherwise
10 crtc.se Mrs Langtiy's performance Would De 20
chronicle nothing bat faults There was mol single
merit to relieve the long and weaIsone 0-anH OF Grass
incapactv Bat criticism disarmed In advance by the
M her: and that She rests her demand for present con-
-ieraon upon her nexperence ana t' mop she enter
tain- OF achieving better results IL me IHuTe. some
idea OF her shortcomings may Dee formed "H' adu lH't
she dd not shine even I'D lI' Ntl3 too ',iia'y -
Mr. Abbey with admirable ni,lH7 ".,l ''-i,l az
ION 10 support her. hat is H. thcn mat Justnes her
appearance n an actre,si Innrt o.ilnaI gi,EIih
stances criticism has nothing Whatever To 90 WIN te
personal attributes OF an artist Du1 When tr,e arc tle
only grounds which she bases AeE Tsut TO appear
upon stage may not De 50 very lai aniss 10 con-
.i,i.r her merits from that point OF view.
ne "a
ton and l. Unquesuonaby WeL-urel Womdh' BuJ
these are not exceptional qualities on the stage her
eyes are steel -ay GIN color ana are by no Hrs
Ing or capable OF variety IN eApteS'io' iier Mol'n :
orsa and not particularly slapely While heI ups do not
follow the line OF beauty IL their forms Ter nose IL
Inn ur,efu in ts lines. and ont OF proportion 10 the
length face. Her chiu ulI ana heFy as - the
whole lower pait Of her face which, tlongh ana9ie IN
or lnck OF ncXbnity Her neck Is very beautiful and
l. ;mrby set upon her shoulders. which are shapey
badlv formed but her ugly and her arm non
& r ne to tn' From the elbow t. the soudtr It Is
uu proportion to the flness 81 hci figure HeE Iee5
are large aud not well shaped. Her legs are thlu ana
far from abundant IN lines ot grace ana her knees pro-
rudr. Perhaps tie nnIi-c MANNER lh Nhch thtl were
padded may have had some thing to do with the uhavor
able effect IroaucrL iier s'-C T.A ~ KIN flr
from becoming Ia fact t. De- hrci. We have seen many
To,tr n, ,'' Ia, nt been ercd 81 vital Necessity
for either the press or the public 20 rave. 81,
, aya,i,e NJ Mrs Taurfrv IL 10 be- repeated 10 any
tine performer nnt the writing, OF the be5t cTlt IN te
past, will have to prepare lmseh 20 Iill ~, ~ on
by pOring over the principles OF anhtoh9 anu 10 ~
t6r6ugn a course of Hunter. Rau, Walker and other
ansionicl snfs Instead of demanding capacity gifts
INA ,,,.,,.'. poyer iufclli- cnce ne viii be
compelled Judge actress by hel Dust lnea ~
her height her teeth her hips aud the general rhapel-
,.- Il. nf her leo. and other limbs lie VIII not have to
consider whether not she reads net aunS no M St
sori.y whether she Is well. bred, generous IN spirit
knd-hcared tTue-wOmanly ana e7ilnalo III w 49,
circle whether she Is the TREND OF princes VI u co
In the meanwhile the professional actress viii have to
stand aside and look on with arOni-hinrl envy anu
perhaps Indignation. the success OF me
beauty, who leaps at once to podlatty AM tb nre
without having taken the trouble u 90 through tue
mnary stages OF the in which they nave hOVtI lo
years and years without attaining lhe posion
amateur has grasped In the very homage oI Hei
10 the theatre IL has been often asked Oh alo VIM
our next generation OF actors arc 20 cOC h cboos
that the prevailing system has done away VIII 7or NUS
for the stage. That question Is answered now 4ney
Will come from fashionable salons uEa % 81 Son
eioual beauties The viii be supplied lrODhDJ LIOh
| the ranks OF fashionable goOd-ooklns danules