The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-25
PROFESSIONAL BEAUTIES.
Erhe laaee

The ladge.
 Well. Mrs. Langtry has left us, and the question ar,ses. was she worth all the fuss that was made abou; her: A, present are have sosA.ns "a to with her conduct or mode of procedure here. save in So far as such con6uc; may be regarded as par, of the advertisement; CT stock in trade of the regular professional beaa.y. lis certain. share of notice and comment, f,S and ,ss., while she was amongs, us the daily press devoted large share of it's valuable space to ehronicling her sayings and do- ings: she was lionised AS a woman. and in fact generally treated and looked upon much as the celebrated elephant Jumbo vas when he frs, came to this country. And there can be no doubt but that she has made great deal of money. The profits of the season have been estimated al sums ranging anywhere from one hun dred thousand ,o two hundred thousand dollars probably the figure half ~ay be- tween ihe two would be a far estimate. Now. when a Woman can come io for clgn country and make such , sum as siSo,e<Ns n a few months. Il ls worth while considering how Il IS done. Wha; eapi- ial G,d she start with Na,ot,oasly Mrs l-ansty Is ne aC,tc>s. there IS >, arceiy woman nn ihe Aweiiean stage today playlns for ,hif,y dollars week who could no; eu,aLi her She is at best nolh- ms hut iiiih-fA,e amateur Vel she ai. ttaeiea iAfsc and eal,ated auaIeat es, d siscs Ah.c advance un the regular ptsee VI sca,s bclns n many ms tnecs readily plo fer he ptNile+c et scetns her. Hauesuonabls she MAS vel man. asej. ba, there Tas; have been some thus malc. Her heAuy her mn. sIan.ea la.e, scss san ciN laf | s.id nat fes,airc scoend sians ye assure tie spectator ;aai NC may mec, psc,'lef wo- men hs ,he seoie aay 4i.esHoon n braAdway or !itih avenue. What then 1 nqae>,l 9nahly }ueaetuasly stimulated pablie curiosity WAS the factor tha, alled Ms Lans,fy's pecS cSc;s. and demonstrated once more. what is be omlHg ln old aNson n Europe, ths, Amcno ans asc the mes, esssly.ealled people on the face ei the globe. Mrs. Ltngt,y K a pr,ies- sienal beauty ~lth an average share ot good looks lack and her managers have played hci cards well io, her tha, she hAs been phenemenAly successful m her profession, and she has rcapcd tic fruits tha, IS all.
 What \ strange mode oi livelihood. after All. k that oi the professional beauty. Her stock III trade Is very small often as m the asc ai Mrs. l.aneuy including no, even an extraordinary share of good looks. She is made by the pheiogr aphefs, by the newspaper paragraphcrs. and by a cer,ain degree of dash and assur- ance. from wkiCh ! naturally modes, mlnd shnnks and reNol,S. She mus, court, and. h be successful mus, obtan the notice and eoun,enanec of some prom ineE, man er men-,he more pfominen, the better. The plnsc oi wales was Mrs. l.ang,fy'> mains,ay, and WAS the making of her m her profession She must live m ,hc pubhc eye she must in. leCt herself into pnn, on every possible and impossible oo1 aslon She must con rive io have her photograph in every window, and her name on every pne's $ tongue. For her there must be no prvaey no shrinking from the strong hsh,s ,ha, beats on pubhe plaecs She mus, nn, he loo tenacious of her rcpnta ton She must he ou,re cccentuc. cN- ,ravagani even and then. fl iusk k be an her slde, she may become secend Ms .-anstty, and make a hundred mi odd thousand dollar, lu a season
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