The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-02-09
THE LILY IN LOUISVILLE.
A Susceptible Reporter Writes Her Down a
Superb Woman-Freddie on Hand.
Louisville Courier-Journai, Yesterday.

louisville COURIER Journal, Yesterday
Mrs. Langtrv wore lovely and exquisitely
picturesque evening toilet and looked like
she might be ready for a grand ball or the
opera. Her costume consisted of charm
ing lace petticuat with cream-coored satin
bows, overdress of white broche silk cut
decollette and trimmed with white fox; she
wore black silk stockings with high-heeled
slippers to match, upon the toes of which
beautiful hand-painted purple butterflies
rested. necklace of large diamonds en-
circed her neck and shone in splen-
dor in a field of snowy whiteness. She
wore one bracelet of diamonds and rubies,
one porte bonheur bracelet and uncut stones,
and another of large sapphires be-
tween diamonds one ruby and diamond
ring, one sapphire (about sixteen carats) set
in diamonds, very beautiful in color. Her
HAIR is Titan auburn, darker than it looked
at the depot Her eyes are light blue, or
steel gray of softest expression. Her eve
brows are more crescent-shaped than abruptly
arched Her complexion is like marble,
with slight shade of sea-shell pink The
face is long from the eyes to the point OF the
chin the nose long and retrousse. She DIS
closes a mouthful of large sound teeth, the
upper front ones slightly apart. The lips
are full but not coarse-the lower one look
ing like it might have been stung by
Eoney-bee. Her armsare long and the bones
large but well-proportioned to the body, Her
feet are long and tapering, with not partic-
ularly high instep. Her foot cannot be called
large for her figure.
Mrs Langtry laughngly alluded to some
papers statement that her teeth were false,
an absurdity on its face. She said They
are not much false, are they?" and pulled
them with her fingers. When asked her
height she said, and she is quoted precisely,
five feet seven" Your weight, Mrs,
Langtry? Five stone and ten"-136 pounds
But she looks heavier, and must run over
into the fortys when in full weight.
In answer to question, she said her hus-
band was in London, England, at present
She says she is fond of the stage, and will
stay as long as people like her II am good
for ten years yet, until my teeth drop out"
she said, still sensitive as to the false teeth
charge.
you have French or Norman blood in
your veins, have you not?' said the reporter.
Eyes, | am quite French.
In answer to a question about her father
Mr. La Britton, she said he was the Dean of
Jersey and much beloved on the island.
Mrs. Langtry replied to her age that she
was lust eight and twenty" Her figure is
girlish, and her waist-long and small-the
most unprepossessing point of her contour.
Mrs. Langtry is wholly unaffected, frank
impulsiye in her generous nature. Her chief
expression is in her mouth. which makes the
sweetest of smiles. Her eye does not always
kndle to the warmth in her smile.
In the Honeymoon" tomorrow evening
Mrs. Langtry will wear her famous necklace,
one of the most beautiful in the world, of al
ternate sapphires and diamonds, ranging
from four to nine carats 1t cost $25, 600 and
was present.
Mrs Langtrvs parlor was as fresh and fra
grant as a meadow in the morning dew. a
beautiful banner backed with evergreens,
with lily springing from the center, arose
from bank OF variegated roses on a marble
topped table.
The scroll from the "Order of the Moon"
clubbing Mrs. Langtry Venus, queen star of
the evening, and member" was beside the
floral establishment
Mrs. Langtry, after a pleasant chat on
minor topics, invited the reporter to return,
and he withdrew. To sum her up, she is
superb woman of the English type.
FREDDIE NEAR HER SIDE.
Louisville Commercial, Yesterday.
"F. Gebhardt, New York, written on the
register of the Gait House. attracted consd-
cradle attention yesterday. The writing was
in cramped, angular hand. The writer is
an exceedingly good-looking young man, APP
parentiy twenty-four or twenty-five years
Of age, with black moustache,
black eyes and rather swarthy COM
pexion. He is about six feet in height
and well proportional. His clothes are not
so elegant as to cause him to be singled out
in a crowd, though they fit him exceedingly
we'll He wore tight pantaoons heavy
dark cloth overcoat tall, stiff English hat,
and dark clothes. He acts and talks like
well-bred man, and there is nothing ostenta-
hous in his manner or bearing. Upon arriv-
ing yesterday morning he went Immediately
to his room and to bed. He spent the morn
ing after he had arisen in lounging about
the hotel corridors, Chatting with some New
York friends.
Mrs. Langtry and party arrived at $50 in
the afternoon, and Mr.. Gebhardt promptly
called upon her. Afterisupper he spent the
evening loungng about the hotel, where he
was the cynosure of all eyes, He seemed to
bear this inspection very we'll not seeming
b notice the curians stare of The crowd