Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-08-06

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| minutes at its nearest, of the enchAntin
| coast of Normandy. To reach it you eros
| The Fndish Channel and go down by raj
tbfouqfi country which is dream G
greer hedges, comedy valleys, and all tha
/ tse eve of man delights in. st. Malo, tn
medieval French watering-place, sacred I
the memory of more historical parsonage
than / have time TO enumerate, is but a
hour by the pretty steamer from the charm
ing port of st. Helen's, while Granville an
other historic entrepots are always in sigh
The island is not large, but the-,aa aoitanti
| no persist in the French tongue
/ have made it-kn Eden, and who
| ever-touches it once never rests Until h
abides in it again. Ladies, for example
| who love their lords and have never had al
i opportunity to give evidence OF that love
| retire 10 Jersey, and in due season produc
heirs and Joy 10 their houses. The air is al
incubating as well as health-givlpg one
The paralytic regains his movement, tn,
| dumb speak, the impotent become fecunr
| Here, surrounded by love and esteem, te
patriarchal father of the Lily rules the
| sacerdotal focks of the queen. 1t VS. IN
this fructifyiug and balsamic air tha the
Lily imbibed the pink which, win her
sinew, gives her the willowy seduQlveness
that the world acclaims in her mTements.
| Young Esquire Langtry was mo- regarded
/ as making a striking match whenhe welded
| the Jersey rector's daughter. t WAS long
after the marriage that she was accepted az
| the beauty of London drawi,g-rooms. IL
| was quite by accident, too. Now in London
dowager duchesses and noble old shrumps
who seek to keep the yourg and gay world
| about them are constantly on fhe qui ulUe Tor
| brilliant men and beautiful women to make
I their heavy drawing@rooms attractive. Ii
| was at a West End crash in 1877 that the
| Jersey Lily was first bought into conspicu'
| GUS notice under the patronage OF an lnf1u-
| entail duchess. Her dress, her sinewy body,
| her movement, the dreamy eve-all were so
| strikingly in harmony that it gave sort oil
| sensuous repose idst 10 follow the graceful
| beauty. When you spoke to her, her glori-
| Gus eyes, deep ana transparent as the at
mosphere, opened in bewilching candor tn al
quite captivated the interlocutor. The
prince of Wales was inspired with an instant
admiration for the lady, and henceforth
evinced the liveliest interes: in her move
ments Wherever it was known that she
was to be there was the heir to the throne to
be found.
Almost in a day Mrs. Langtry became the
sovereign mistress of London society. 1t is
of course, the ambition of the social arblterf
| to have royalty at their routs. By securing
the attendance of the Jersey Lily the princes
presence was assured, and, as may be imag
way to have her head turned. At that time
she had but two rivals in the arena of beauty
Mrs. Cornwall West and the countess Of
Dudley. With Mrs. West Mrs. Langtry
soon became warmly intimate. The two were
sure to be seen together, and the little break
fasts at Park Lane were generally made up
of the two ladies, the prince Of Wales, Lord
try, but more frequently the quartet. The
prince of Wales behaved with scrupulous
propriety. He had Nine. Langtry intro
duced at Sandringham House, where his
wife became warmly attached to her. She
was put on an equality with the highest
rank at the princes levees, and was as regu-
larry received at the court ceremonies as the
bluest-blooded of the We're de Veres. When
he breakfasted al the Park Lane villa it was
always known in the household. No mystery
was permitted, SO that scandal would have to
strike boldly if it struck at all.
Probably had the company not contained
the merry reprobate, Lord Lonsdale, the
princes caprice would have never excited
more than passing wonder. But when this
young nobeman, whose excesses were notori-
Gus, was seen in the princes company, and
the two uncom monty attentive to women so
beautiful as uesdames West and Langtry,
the society papers were filled with smirks
and grimaces, inuendoes and suggestions.
But the ladies, with the candor and artless-
ness OF country breeding, enjoyed the atten-.
ton of the prince, and the great people his
attention, of course, brought to their feet.
From breakfasts in Park Lane, lawn parties
at Ssndringhan, and parties to the theaters.
the intimancy proceeded without any appa-
rent disturbance. Photographs of the beau
ties began 10 be exposed in the shop windows,
and London laughed and shrugged its cyni-
cal shoulders. Little of pronounced sort
was written for the London presses, but En-
glishmen who did not venture TO express
their opinions or informations in London
deluged the continental presses with the most
piquant insinuations.
Rumors had been current for long time
on the continent, before they were generally
retailed in London, that Messrs. CORVALLIS
West and Laugtry had begun TO discipline
their households. The gay little breakfasts
we're broken up for time; but that was
supposed to be because the prince had gone
to Paris. In July, 1879, however, the rela-
tions eliminated in scandal. 1t was
whispered in all the clubs that Messrs. Lang
try and CORVALLIS West had instituted pro-
ceedings for divorce, the prince OF Wales and
Lord Lonsdale being cited as correspondents
Cases of this sort are involved and mysteri-
Gus in England. They are, however, still
more mysterious when a royal parsonage is
involved. Hence the army of journalists,
armed with the facts from inspired sources,
M ade frantic efforts TO get copy OF the COM
plants on file in Somerset House. One en-
terprising scribe, who knew a clerical official
who had seen and copied the document, sue
ceeded in getting the gist of the famous
plant He printed it in a London journal
called Ioun Tall, which soon had cause to
regret its enterprise. Pending the institu-
lion of proceedings and the publication, the |
parties had been brought together and the |
% after settled, as was said at the time, in |
;unera; that is to say, in private sitting of |
he lord chancellor. In London the gossip |
was that the snit was Withdrawn because I'M |
testimony was brought forward |
o show that the jealous husband had been |
grossly deceived by vulgar sharpers, who had |
loped TO fatten on domestic miseries. 1t was /
,yen claimed that no formal complaint had |
been drawn by the plaintiff, and that the |
whole affair was an attempt at blackmail. |
However this may be, when the files were /
earched the Langtry-West complaint was
,ot found.
Though the journal was made the seape-
,nat Of the scandal, there were versions pub
ished in Paris from journalists of standing,
which showed the prosecution to have been
piece of high-handed outrage. The opin-
on even in London was about equally d.
rided. The clubs held that the prince had
gain fulfilled that old law of chivalric gall
antry, and perjured himself like gentle
nan to shield in this instance a guiltless
voman; for it is a remarkable proof of the
treugth that prudence and conduct have as
shield that no one even seriously ques-
toned Mrs. Laugtry's honesty or faithfulness
o her husband. She was gratifed by the |
rince's exclusive admiration, but the prin-
ess was just as deeply enamored of her, SO
hat while the princes favorite she was not
be Nell Gywnne of the court. Times, how
4 l., Il l. ! /
utbreak and mysterious suppression OF the
candal. The pretty Park Lane house grew
lore and more lifeless. The gay breakfasts
rafre came TO an end. The beauties were
lst as potent in May Fair and the theaters,
ut royalty had become more discreet. Oae
eason was that the slender income OF Squire
,angtry had come 10 an end, and there was
ut little surprise eighteen months ago when
he couple were obliged TO sell out and part
18th residence endeared BY scenes and as
,ciatious rare in the life of couple of
entry who had neither social influence nor
reat genius 10 open the most privileged
oors that an English subject can know or
spire TO- This is substantially the history
the lady who has made greater popular |
lccess on the English stage than any recent
-tiste. Mrs. Langtry having been the means
squandering her husbands fortune has, ;
ke a woman of conscience, set TO work to |
gain it. She is aided in her attempt by |
lriosity which, though childish, is natural. :
lille she is not a discovered genius, the re-
ption she met in London is proof that she
not hopeless mediocrity of such sort as
E permit to prank on the American stage,
ithout q Recommendation but pretty face
ID unlimited means of extorting puffery.
Juvenile smoking.
London Graphic. !
We are glad to see that society has been :
rmed for the suppression of juvenile ] q
Ioking.D II is still doubtful question: