The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-14

IN, IA1U9vis yAst Auuoasonl
a - lo0hoD o1n9o.


q - LooAoa 01aOe.
OssspsoAs.ss = ~ Nv Yea Tsibsns.
| Loupon, De-. M-Never, I sup
pcos. IA . Loodoa theatre In tie
mouth a Decembef witness such an 90.
0io0Oe - t6at which assembled yootes-
DIV slteenooa IN The Haymarkef. d.
cesnboe = one Of those months when
London meaning Mayfair and Bel
gIsvia-b most empty. Country
hosases are fun, there h still plenty of
shooting, the hunting season IL at its
height, the Christmas holidays arr
near. Nobody IL in town, and yet
everybody was at the Newmarket yes
teFday afternoon. Az you looked about
you might have supposed yourself pres
ent on . first night Of PATHS reappear-
ance ct Convent Garden in April, or Of
Nile. Sarah Bernhardt's at the Gaiety
I'm June. The Prince and Princess Of
Wales with their suite-the Princess
looking more like II than 37-occupied
the royal box. The countess Of Ions
dale sat, radiant, in the centre stall of
the front row, Lord Lon(lesb0r0ugh
had the box over the Princes, and
Baron Ferdinand de ROthchild the one
opposite, another Rothschild, Baron Ma
thaniel Of Vienna, contenting himself
with q stall below The Earl of Fife
and Col. Farquharson. Sir AlgernOn
BOthwick and Col. Finch, and scores
1T social celebrities were tn Ike seen in
stalls Or dress-circle, or even in the gal
lery above, for this was q case where
people took such seats as they could get.
Pretty and fashionable women every
where; some whose names are in every
lndy's mouth and every society journal;
some Of equal pretensi''ns. happily It's
known to fame Of that sort; one ut least
whose lOveliness is the ornament Of the
most brilliant society. Of when, the
general public has. hardly heard the
name. Tlle worlds of art and letters
representatives.
The bills announced for performance
(sOl(lsnith's comedy, ''Sl,e StUO.~ tn
Conquer" for the benefit Of the Royal
and General Theatrical fund. The COM
etly il popular one, and the Theatre
raj fund 4 charity deserving of support:
hut neither one nor the other was the |
real attraction of the day. The allure. |
ment which drew this shining company !
together was the appearance ot Mrs. |
.:,ngtry. suppose there was hardly |
:ny:nNly in the house who had not often |
net tn. famous beauty in private. \
CIV had seen her in the private theatre
ais at Twickenl,am the other day.
But the certainty that she was t. app ear
~ public stage excited the kCVncst
more so rs ii was known
hat success or failure would settle the
question whether she should :,!tcnnpt
he stage us Il profession. This it VII:
hat broke up parties in the country
nd brought ~ ,pll from Duckn::l:,,E
hire and Yorkshire. ami even from
t,'tland, to witne>s her debut. I Im-
eve | mentioned the other day tina,
tails were tluOtcs! ut So. For the or.
r two that had been rrturusd--thcr
r. always IN" or lW1-iMlsht original
) 1T -. as much ;,s -, w:,@ paid ut tlu
lst moment before the curtain went
y. This WAS all Very fatlcrin" to Mrs.
angtry. but, ii il added to the prestige
her debut. it added immensely also t.
H. difficulties OF it. An audience conf
'ssc.l OF personal acquaintance OF ~
lib L. that has paid enormous prices fer
ntry, and Of ail the most critical jMorI.
London, might ,l;;umt II veteran.
Ii did not seem to disturb Mrs Lang.
US cOnlpo@urc for IL moment. i'erllnn.
ie found it no more trying to walk Un
~ Haynmrkct stage from the from:
lnGs than IT, walk into the drawing
'"n' ut Marlborough h",.>c. There was
ut 81 gn Of emotion on her lr:.cl,-,.ui.
cd cheek, which, it may lm said IN
aSsing, lore no trace Of havi,s:: been
made up, but which i,y and i.y ,nsle,!
nj flushed with excitement as il ustr:
in private life. She wore a br,w:.,:.
pink and pale yellow low in The neck
1t covering the shoulders, aud all
nt"r satin lrtticoat. ami ! know lloa
hat other elaborate navniiicvnc.
costume; the whole ;itttin. ,er
r'ly and suiting we'll the delicate
ir s.'Irnlor Of the wearcr's In a,,ty.
WAS always u question whether Mrs.
angtry'* lOvclint~s would cntlu tie
are OF the fNNtlights. She certain.
ins n":hin" from il. As u wonnn She
iian.tA'ncr in the ballroom or in tin
rk, hut for all that no actress has been
the stage in modern days who e,,ll..
.nd a comparison in looks with Mrs
lngtry. The purity Of her complex
Is has not been neutrality-suspicious., MOI
rlalM the SOFT full',.>~ "f her violr,
-, w''is'l, can only IT, Described b>
L clitt't which Homer bestowed on
L queen Of the gtn!s-ox-..ycsl wI,irl, j.
ted too hOnlcly in our days. The st
y vi the eye and the moulding of tlu I
liplcs, over which the dark brown
ir falls fur, are equally fine: the lines =
that part Of the heal pure Greek. ..
'>l'ig into a moro. modern iy pc below. ;;
c profile is u little. very littl.. irrx,-
, the mouth and jaw strongly sl,:,,nd n
ne'h perfect, the head elegantly SGT Il