The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-05-12

hearts of those who hear her songs
She is one of our greatest and sweet,
est sopranos, and [ have heard hel
sing in the ffth-story register until il
seemed as if her voice would come
out at the top of her head. At the
opera festival she made thousands OF
friends, and it did one good to notice
the warmth of the applause given
her. She is young yet; too, and her
life has a future before it filled with
the fairest prospects of triumph and
of gratified ambitions. I said she
was not pretty. She has dark-blue
eyes, a good complexion, English
blonde hair, a rather pretty figure,
and looks like she might be good,
solid German girl, just arrived from
fatherland. Americans are interest
ed in Albani and she in them. and
she will ever receive q warm well
come in this country, and her vic
tories abroad will be set up an our
banners as one of US.
: "Do you think Mrs. Langtry is
handsome?" said Dickey, Just as
everybody else had said.
And l answered them all that I
tblnk she is. Not pretty, mind you,
for pretty woman, in the real
meaning of the term pretty, is as in
sipid as whisky toddy with the
whisky left out, but handsome.
Which means a great deal and in
cludes not only face, but figure and
manners. Mrs. Langtry is hand
some, but not handsomer than hun
dreds of other women 1 know. She
is famous by her beauty because by
some unaccounted-for luck she has
been noticed by princes, and the
world is so full of flunkeys that if
grandee should say hell were heaven
there would be a new orthodoxy in
stituted within the next twenty-four
hours. She is no actress and makes
no pretentions to being one, for
which she is worthy of credit. The
jackdaw in the fable who tried to
palm himself off as peacock by put
ting peacock feathers in his tail was
made guy of, not for trying to be
peacock, but for actually announcing
himself as one. Mrs. Langtry's mo-
tive in taking the stage to help her
husband to solid financial basis, is,
| think, commendable, but it was
her own extravagant living which
him, and she is only
doing now what she ought to do.
"What about Freddie?" said
Dickey.
"Ah, there's the rub," said 1, land
if there was no Freddie I might
ignore various other disagreeable
things, which every body is only too
ready to say against woman who
has the independence to step fl ON the
beaten path and try to act for herself
in such capacities as men think they
have the monopoly of. Idon't like
and if he were honest and
manly he would let Mrs. Lanetry
alone, and as he Is not then Mrs.
Langtry ought to let him alone. A
married woman cannot be too partic-
nlar in her department, and if that |
married woman has already some
what of load to carry she should
call out the police if she can't get
along any other way. Idon't know
about Mr. Langtry's ideas
If the connubial relation, but if he is
half as careless in his attentions to !
other women as his wife is careless in
permitting the attentions of other
men, then they'd better have the
Knot tied over again, for it is getting
90 loose for safety"
Heavens, Mary Jaue," said |
Dickey. what are you talking
lbout'?'
Mrs. Langtry," said I.
She dresses in excellent taste, and
while she may have a big mouth she
lasn't big foot for the proportions I
If her body, and I don't care what
Judges have decided otherwise. 1
been taking off and pulling
IN my shoes for these many
'ears without knowing a little foot
when seeit. Then I know Emmett
logan, and what other evidence does
human want on this subject. AS
or her mouth being big, I like it. I
ave never yet seen q woman with a
arge mouth who wouldn't give a
'eggar hearty meal, while the wo-
nan with little mouth would be-
'rudge him even a toothpick. Lang
~ needn't be ashamed Of her mouth.
Or her heart is made by the same
The only anatomical
I would suggest would be
little more waist. All in all, the
ady is worthy of a great deal of hon
st admiration, and 1 am glad she
as come to America, only / do wish
ne had been slightly more regardful
public opinion.
As I looked at Nine. Nilsson when
ne came forward to sing at one of
er concerts recently in this city, II
ever was prouder in my life that I
as a woman, for 1 felt that not onlv
lyself, but all women, could lay q
aim to higher honors because she
nd they are of the same sex, sisters
all that pertained to the pure and
of earth. She is q woman
,quainted with grief, and sorrow
rs thrown about her halo of beau
that time nor circumstances can
i'm. AS she stood there before that
reat audience like q queen of the
Orth, clothed in her Widows weeds. i