Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23
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1 am not going to harp much on the played
out string of Langtry, Says the spicy 'Ciara
Belize in the Cincinnati IS Eaqara. and win
simply say that those wshoewere reasonable in
their expectations found her satisfactory but
those who looked for transcendent beauty were
woefulfy disappointed. I counted five women in
the audience who. beyond all question, were
great deal nearer to peEecteh than this Princes
darling. The chief charm was lady-ike aspect
and manner, quite out Of keeping with the part
she was acting in the play. Audit was observa-
BILE that when she, did unrehearsed things (as in
picking up the dumped flowers from a basket
banded to her while in front of the curtain. and
leading out her reluctant nlanager) she was even
more graceful and free than when she was fol-
lowing instructions as Hester Grazebrook 1t
was easy to comprehend how with the Prince OF
Wales to push her, she had made such a head
way in London aTistOcratic society She has
grown thin since the familiar portraits, exposing
taper arms and homeless BOSOM were made and
she made no exhibition of those things nor is
she likely to during her American tour. She is
large jointed woman, with big hands. and her
elbows are larger than the parts of her arms be-
tween them and the shoulders, as was plainly
disclosed by the tight sleeves of her costumes
No; she will bare no such arms as she now pos
sesses, believe me. Only one of her dresses was
low and that exposed only a wedge of skin
down the center of her breast. Simplicity is
her strong point. She wore no earrings or fin
ger rings, though On her wrists were bracelets
set with magnificent emeralds. In all of her
dressing she was careful to show the
outlines of her waist, which is slender
and to my mind, rather out of proper
ton with her broad shoulders and ample
hips. The idea suggested by her figure was
not of feshy roundness at the two wide parts
mentioned, but of a big boned frame not
smoothly filled out. | fanced that she was
about seven-eighths bone, and when she smiled,
with her extensive mouth and white teeth. the
unpleasant thought came to me that she was
exposing the whole front of her skull which
might any minute drop out leaving her head a
shapeleSs lot of hair and skin. Having ex-
pressed that horrid idea. must not fail to do
the woman justiceby saying that. as an entirety
she is about as wholesome, healthy clean look
ing a creature as one would wish to see She
walked with a stride that indicated a sturdy
pedestrian. and, altogether, she had more out
door breeziness than one would expect in a
dainty, drawing-rOOm pet.
Langtry was focus for every glass in the
house instantly on her appearance and when
she made her first exit there arose such a Babel
OF comment that the other actors could not be
heard at all. Bad taste, say you? Well | don't
know Here was woman who had come across
the ocean to exhibit her personal beauty for
money, and it was all right. think that the
spectators. having paid the high price of the
show, should treat her merely as show She
bore the ordeal without tremOr. l have no
doubt she liked it.
''She talks about her personal charms with
the utmost freedom said journalist who had
interviewed her several times.
well. suppose you gentlemen of the press
bored her until she talked as means of getting
rid of you quickly" remarked.
Bored herr" he retOrted: well that's funny.
There wasn't reporter who went down the
bay to meet her, and wrOteher up for his paper,
who wasn't importuned to call on her at her
hotel And, if he dig it, and wrote something
more than his managing, editor deemed worth
publishing. then he soon got a neat little note
begging him to call again. Bored by reporters
r iedse permit me TO laugh!E iGFI