New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-27
cHLTALkOUs JOURNALISM.

Mrs. Langtrys visit Is testing in many ways the
journalistic resources OF this growing country Her
progrcss from section TO section Is marked ey sc-
seres of scntillating wspaper achievements which
| p.eyious to her entry would have been considered
| impossible Who could have imagined for example,
that Tor presence in st. Louis could arouse the
press of that city TO such unprecedented feats of
enterprise 7 Nothing OF tho kind had ever been
done before and It TO be the foryont wish Of
the whole American people, including most of those
in st. Louis, that nothing Of tie KIND may ever DO
done again The South has prodted by the lesson OF
81 Louis and Is using Mrs. Langtry's soiOurn "a a
means of exhibiting o journalistic prowoss of n
vastly moro credi table sort The Southern press rs
nm Atlanta dispatun remarked yesterday. Is receive
ing Mrs. Langtry chvalrousy" We have had
the pleasure OF pcrusng some OF the Southern com
nents upon her. and beg leave 10 state that they are
very chivalrOun"-mOre so than anything we have
ever seen They are beautiful. That's what they
are There Is an article column AMI quarter
long in The Memphis 1ppcdi of January %, which
We select M n fair specimen. 1t is " chiyarousi
from beginning TO END, and 10 an honor to tho whole
South.
Tho article opens with a statement that Mrs.
Lanetry was expected about 430 o'clock and the
81 whole Of Memphis WAS aRog 10 noe and TO hear
news OF the Jersey Lily" The train was delayed,
and sthe dramatic critic of The appeal, who ex-
pected to SEQ Der and obtain an Interview. was dis
app onted.p But the critic was not discouraged.
About o'clock no learned that Mrs. Langiry had
been provided with n special car. wherein she could
sup, pest aud prepare for the play" Here was
chance for legitimate enterprise and IL was I'M
proved in most coinmendable and stylish manneI
"A hack was secured aud while various parties ~
the hotel were waiting for the lady, The appeal
representative jumped into the vehicle and dashed
20 avili md ahvi la n n
horses could take him." He found her. bu3 she was
resting and said q in tho kndest manner" that she
would see him at the theatre just before the per-
Torrance. lie did not go away after the st. Louis
manner aud write up a bogus interview. Not he
lie remarks handsomely that the answer was " in
keeping with the lady" aud promptly put in an APP
pearance at tho theatre He did not call out OF
any idle curiosity. but in order to assure the lady
that she had reached the South where she would be
treated with the kindness. the chivalry and the
courtesy which men should accord to ladies'" This
communication received as it deserved to be, for
tho critic Observes 8" Her reception of the news
paper man was such lady would vouchsafe to a
gentleman" The interview which onsued was
necessarily brief but the Journalist found time TO
assure her that she should have mono of the i'm
pertinent allnson and unpleasant reference" which
had annoyed her in other places TO which graceful
remark she replied with the somewhat irrelevant
question: "What sort OF al audience will
havei"
But 1t was on the performance that the critic dis
played himself at his best. lie opened hls notice
with Lrief and striking essay on the subject of
Beauty. "Who can dohno beauty IL Is IA subtle
M the lightning and TO describe IL is as difficult as
10 chain tho lightning" Which shows that the
critic is modest man and realized that he had
heavy job on his hands One may find fault" he
said cautiously, with Mrs Langtry's reputation as