The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-02-03
MRS. LANGTRY IN NEW ORLEANS.

To moro than one Louisianian, Or one
thousand. it has been matter Of some anx-
iety to know whether the arrival Of the
Jersey Lilly, Mrs. Lantry, in the Crescent
CITY would be followed by the boorishness
and vulgar curiosity which charact erized
her advent in New York, Philadelphia and
other cities of the North. 1t is gratifying
to be assured by the lady herself, through
the New Orleans papers, that the contrast
HIS been most agreeable and is highly APP
preciated.. Crowds have not followed her
in New Orleans, as in the cities mentioned,
and she has been permitted, as any other
lady. to 90 and come when, where and how
she pleased.
Mrs. Langtry's acting at tho st. Charles
theatre. in ssAn Unequal Match" Monday
evening meets with fair criticism--not
extravaganza praise-from our metropolitan
cotemperaries. We append two extracts
the first, as follows, from tho Times-Demo-
crat
From across the footlights she showed to
advantage, and fprgetful of the lines she
ISa heF to os
sides Of the water. That she is quite
beautiful woman, there can be no doubt.
Her regular features, clear complexion and
been educated to beauty in our Southern
climate. and Mrs. Lantry's was not of that
astonishing character to provoke the rap
lures expected Of it. She was pleasing,
modest and showed not the slightest sell: as
sertion. AS mere novice on the stage, her
acting, of course. cannot be riticised as is
that Of an artistic. Without power to dis
she would bring out tho delicate bits of
nice study which here and there crop out
in the part, and she did not.
A little moro meaty, though evidently
well-studied, is the criticism of the City
Item:
How Langtry has succeeded in being the
success that she is claimed to be is mys-
that her face is a study, but that she is
most beautiful we deny. This city can
boast of hundreds aye more. of much
handsomer women. Not being transcen-
dent beauty, we must wonder what makes
her so conspicuous, for she is not an artistic.
Were it not for tho notoriety. she has ac-
quired by being smiled upon by the nobil-
er it is likely that Lantry's tour in this
country would have fallen very flat, and
the assiduous attention of the latter has
given much food for newspaper SENSATIONS;
up without the assistance OF half-a dozen or
moro advance agents. Langtry has been
fortunate in doing large business where
the Crescent City, to judge from the attend
ance last evening, the opening night. she is
not looked upon as a wonder, and it is not
likely that she will fill the st. Charles
Theatre any moro than it was last night,
and her engagement will not be the tinan.
cial success it was expected to be. Our pec-
pie don't seem to care to pay two dollars to
see a pretty face, for that is all besides
some good dressing, that can be seen at the
Old Drury. The organization Is wretched.
in point OF talent, and Tom Taylor's come
dy. "An Unequal Match" is ruined by bad
acting.
AS n lady and q lover OF art, Mrs. Lang
try can hardly fail to appreciate the quiet
homage paid to distinguished ladies' from
foreign lands in Now Orleans, nor the spirit
of independence controlling its press.
Should these evidences o: refinement fail to
impress her favorably, they are ut least
crafty ing to the great thinking mass of the
Southern people.