The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-05
THE JERSEY LILY.
Mrs. Langtry and Some Beautiful
 Women
BY \ BOSTON LADY.

went 10 see Mrs. Langtry as Hester Grazebrook.
 went. not for an evenings agreeable diversion. not from and desire 10 sit Tn critical udgment-favorable or otherwise upon an actress or an amateur. not even to gratify woman's curiosity to see an- other woman. IL was wider and deeper motive than these which induced me to emerge from the comfort and seclusion of my scmi-invalid chamber. 1 confess Ii was quite an effort to make up my mind 10 visit the play again after so long an ab- sence from all such scencs-both on an account of the unusual excitement. and by reason of iis varied associations con- nected with the past. But my motive was so cNlgent . one that personal con- alterations were held in abeyanoe. not only must sec Mrs. Langtry but Mrs. Langtry in comparison with other women and Anne rlsan women, and American wo- men of the ordinary type. For have been assured by our informant. the dailies tthc Carrier-pigesn of the recluse, the prisoner. the humble abode that rivals 10 the British actress. in beauty. could readily be seen upon our streets. and in her customary audiences the same au- ihority already having pronounced la debutante no actress al all A person undoubtedly of distinguished bearing and manners, graceful and gracious in move ments and accents, when her role was such as to allow natural display of these qualifications trained puppet in stage business. with careful study of the text-an ordinary handsome specimen of womanhood-and so on-but- And this was the famous Mrs I-anstry, before whom ,he civilization of Europe had held lis breath, aad monarehs had was about to say trembled l confess l was beginning to feel impatient, Was England in her dotage. then. and had princes and subjects gone mad-Engi land that hold so high in esteem!
 l went early that might have ali the leisure possible to survey the-audience. My scat had been secured for me some days m advance, and was in the first TOW of the balcony, in close proximity to the stage, thus permitting me the view which l desired in every particular.
 The house rapidly filled up, and I turned my opera-glasses toward the boxes. knowing l should later have pre- occupied use for them. perceived. meanwhile, lady and little boy had entered and seated themselves near me She was turning her face in my direction while aiding her young son to remove his ,op-coat, and perceived at a glance that il was a lady whom had met in society score of years or so ago. She would not remember me, and could safely inter- view face and form which, in their day. had turned the head of more than one admirer. She undoubtedly had been what must be deemed a delightful creature, and still bore traces ofher charms in eyes, mouth, and movement, but assurediy not sufficient. pondered. to unsettle domes- ,ic relations. proclaim her professional beauty or win for her beauty world re- nown.
 It has been my observation in life, after considerable quiet observing. that when II Is question of good looks alone, there IS never smoke without goodly amount of fire. It is an effect with cause. There is no more mistaking intrinsic beauty than there IS mistaking real diamond (properiy tessedl. Beauty is as percept- l ole and glorious as the sunlight al noon- day. and as pleasant to the eye as the sensation of warmth when we arc sh:ver- ing with cold. There is a hunger and thirst after beauty implanted in human nature at large. Even the pure and wise Emerson did not hesitate to write that !" the felicities of design in art or in works of nature are shadows and forerunners of that beauty which reaches its perfection in the human form. All men are its lovers. Wherever it goes it creates joy and hilarity. and everything is permitted to it. It reaches it's height in woman To be sure these are the sentiments of poetry, and possibly it is only in Mrs. Langtry's country where scenes like the following would be likely to transpire. Walpoie mentions in his diary of the las, century that the concourse of people was so great when the duchess of Ham, ilton was presented in court on Friday that even the noble crowd in the drawing room clambered on chairs and tables to look at her, and such crowds flock to see her that seven hundred people (on an other occasion) sat up all night in and about an inn in Yorkshire to see her get into her postchaise next morning."
 Men and women with established rep atations for good looks almost invariably, l think, fulfill their claims to the same. ] have in mind several examplaYs: per sons of no extraordinary mental eapabili-