Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-01-14

LILY.
That causiic pen wielder, Jaue Grey Swiss
helm, writes TO the Chicago Tribune as fol-
lows:
10 your issue of this morning MONDAY,
the 8th, "a Husband" protests sgainst Mr..
Gebhardts attentions TO Mrs. Langtry, and
bases mis- objections on the property rights OF
Mr.. LaDgtry. Mrs. Langtry SIS the lawful
wife OF Mr.. Lsngtry, OF England, and be-
Tonga to no other m IN than he"
am glad "A Husband" has found an
owner for this piece of valuable property.
/, seems TO have been "lost, strayed or
stolen for some lime; has been wandering
around without brand or other means OF
Identification; bur, now that the ownership
has been ascribed to & Mr.. Lsngtry, OF En-
gland,D let us hope that "Mr. Langtry, OF
England" will promptly come forward,
"provs property, pay charges, and take 1t
away"
1t is desirable that he take it away soon
| az possible, for it seems to be breachy
creature, and may teach Uncle SsmuePs
whole flock to break fences.
Then there is danger that the owner may
lose his claim. In the good old days Of
| property in man, England would enter into
| no treaty with us binding her to restore our
chatiels or even to permit our pursuit OF
them on her coil. Our property took itself
| over TO Canada at q rate which seriously
| affected its market value; and if we should
retaliate Mr.. LaDgtry's bill Of sale may not
be worth the paper it is written upon. If
| England denied our right OF property in
man, why should we not deny her right OF
properly 10 woman? Mr.. Lsngtry's title is
| Eoglish; and how does "a Husband" know
| that it will be valid In this country? Ii
| Mrs. Lspgtry were free moral agent ,respon-
1 81 Cd II for thaf sit ft1l rhzaru.
| auce of all moral and legal obligations, and
were, as she seems to be, breaking faith, we
would be called upon for very pointed and
emphatic proofs Of disspproval; but as she
belongs TO Mr.. Laugtry, let him attend to her
| Women with owners never have been noted
for propriety, and have not generally been
accredited with chastity, and if Mrs. Langtry
belongs 10 the class of the owned we have nc
right to expect her TO be any better thar
Madam Gossip says she is.
Biped live stock, If left 10 the freedom o.
its own will, ia the most uncertain invest
ment a man can make, as witness the under
ground railroad statistics. Cudgo and Dinaf
would run away, and even turkey canno
be depended upon TO be 10 the right place a
the right time.
But whatever indiscretion Mrs. Langtr,
may commit, it is doubtful if she be 60 mucl
! TO blame as each and every one of her hackers
Those who pay 10 see her offer premium
not only to her, but to thousands OF handsom
, women-,o exhibit themselves like SO man
l kaugaroos-to go on the stage simply TO b
seen. and to sacrifice their delicacy and ret
D utation TO draw crowds. Freddy is a goo
advertisement. Proper people were shocke
;, that any one should go 10 see and hear SGr
= Bernhsrdt, finished artist, and one VIII
! had the apology OF French birth, life an
q training for her immortality. She broke n
q marriage obligation, and not to see her vs.
to miss rare intellectual treat; now thos
i same people who turned their backs upon h'
J, are crowding to see a woman who has staine
the reputation of an English matron to iii
:, with a stranger. Many novices argue thu
: the talk about Mrs. Langtry is the result
the total depravity OF newspapers, and is
; penalty inseparable from the life OF an q
:. tress.
!, No breath of scandal ever touched Nj
Siddons, Fanny Kemble, Charlotte Gus
e man, Christine Nilsson, Clara Louise Ke
!. logg, Eliza Logan and many another WON,
a who earns or has earned living on Il
q stage, and won more or less distinction.
/ Just now we have the example of Georg
j. Cayvan, a Bostoniap, who used TO earn
3, living by running errands around the Hu
: She is young and singularly beautiful
l. knew her we'll long befor che adopted q
profession of an actress; and when q
n trembled at the thought of going on the 81 az
e. lest by so doing her reputation should suff'
n used to tell her that editors aud reporte
r were men, and men from whom she was
d likely to find broiherly kindness as from al
"a other class of men-nay, more, that tn
,e we're much better than the average ms
IL being more intelligent; that she need not a
he ticipate ill-treatment at their hands. Ii e
he deserved their respect she would get it, a
D, through them the respect OF the public. 4
., she had to do was 10 continue to beha
ne herself as well as she had been doing and
would guarantee her reputation.
se Well, she has reached the top of her pl
r r; Fashion; is leading lady in the Maids
al Square Company, and, so lar as know, b
never had her name touched by breath
scandal; yet she is as much handsomer tn
n. Mrs. Langtry as Mrs. Lsngtry is handson
~ than Bridget. There ia nothing in M
q, Lsngtry's profession to stain her name
nj suffers by her, not she by it.
Another thing: Could not you find c
and tell your readers if she and Mr.. G'
tv hardt intend travelling with Jumbo ne
u summer, or if they propose TO go on 10
O. lecturing tour? JANE GREY swIssHELN.