The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-01-12
Lsngtry's Beauty Analvssd.

"nShy poduty hndiVnous
A woman 1t was who thus relentlessly.
In letter To the Cincinnati Enquirer,
dissects the beauty of Mrs. Langtry: I
am not going to harp much on the
played-out string of Langtry, and will
simply say that those who were reason
able In their expectations found her sat-
isfactory; but those who looked for q
transcendent beauty were wofully dis
appointed. counted five women in
the audience who, beyond all question,
were great deal nearer to perfection
than this princes darling. The chief
charm was a lady-like aspect and man
ner. quite out of keeping with the part
she was acting in the play. And it was
observable that when she did unre-
hearsed things Gas in picking up the
dumped flowers from basket handed
to her while In front of the curtain, and
leading out her reluctant manager) she
was even more graceful and tree than
when she was following instructions as
Hester Grazebrook. 1t was easy to COM
prehend how, with the Prince of Wales
to push her, she had made such head-
way in Lcndon aristocratic society. She
has grown thin since the familiar por-
traits, exposing taper arms and bone
less bosom, were made. and she made
no exhibition of those things, nor is
she likely to during her American tour.
She Is a large-jointed woman, with big
hands, and her elbows are larger than
the parts of her arms between them and
the shoulders, rs was plainly disclosed
by the tight sleeves of her costumes.
No. she will bare no such arms as she
now possesses, believe me. Only one
of her dresses was low, and that ex-
posed only wedge of skin down the
center of her breast. This garment was
of rich, warm-toned yellow satin, sim
pie in style, and fitting perfectly. The
waist was heart-shaped, coming low
down on the shoulders, and beneath
the frill of point lace, which circum-
scribed the fleshy area to the narrow
limits already described, was only q
piece of lightly twisted satin following
its outlines. The corsage simply carried
the line below the waist, and in small
points. The sleeves reached below the
elbow, with piece of the satin carried
round the edge, and little puff of white
silk edged with lace in each, tying it to
the arm. The idea suggested by her
figure was not of fleshy roundness at
the two wide parts mentioned, but of q
big-boned frame not smoothly filled out.
This impression was strengthened by
the visible action of her shoulder blades
under the thin covering and above the
top of her corsets, rs well rs by the
meagerness of her bosom. l fancied
that she was about seven-eighths bone,
and when she smiled, with her extern
sive mouth and white teeth, the unpleas-
ant thought came to me that she was
exposing the whole front of her skull,
which might at any moment drop out,
leaving her head u shapeless mass Of
hair and skin. Having expressed that
horrid idea l must not fail to do the wo-
man justice b. saying that, as an en-
tirety. she is about rs wholesome,
healthy, clean-looking creature rs one
would wish to see. She walked with q
stride that indicated asturdy pedestrian,
and altogether, she had more outdoor
breeziness than one would expect in a
dainty, drawing-room pet. Langtry was
q focus for every glass in the house in
stantly on her appearance, and when
she made her first exit there arose such
q babel of comment that the other act
ors could not be heard at ALL She bore
the ordeal without tremor. have no
doubt she liked it.
''She talks about her personal charms
with the utmost freedom" said jour
nalist who had interviewed her several
times.
''Well. | suppose you gentlemen of
the press bored her until she talked rs
means of getting rid of you quickly" l
remarked.
''Bored her." he retorted, "well,
that's funny. There wasn't reporter
who went down the bay to meet her,
and wrote her up, for his paper, who
wasn't importuned to call on her at her
hotel. And, if he did it, and wrote
something more than his managing ed
itor deemed worth publishing, then he
soon got n little note begging him to
call again. Bored by reportersp Please