National Republican., 1884-06-28
LANGTRY IN SAN FRANCISCO
The English Beauty Delighted With
CaItfornia--A Talk with Reporter.
San FfdnCiScO ChrOnll

SbH IIWtetotO ,HVHeIeo.
'I have hardly ever been 80 happy as
on the first night Of my engagement here.
don't know why, but it seemed like a
homo audience. The first feeling I had
on going on the stage was that / was
before very kindly people, who would
not in any case judge me harshly. /
would like to tell you. and l would like
the public to know. how perfectly happy
| felt when l went home that night, and
it has been the same every night"
"You have been we'll received every
where this season, have you notW
"Yes. 1t has been very much better
than my first. l went through terrible
annoyance on that first visit"
"We have read good deal about that"
at was not my fault. Tho great part
of the gossip was encouraged and assisted
by tho management, who looked upon it
as excellent advertising. 1t was not
pleasant to me, and / have been 80 much
happier this season and so much moro sue.
cessful, think, because have been let
alone When / came here wished to avoid
all newspaper advertising. wanted the
public to come and see me and take me on
my merits, whatever they might be- After
my first appearance / was delighted. The
climate is lovely and enjoyed intensely
the drives, tho fresh, pleasant air, the
beach, and the ocean. l am sorry that
anything should be published here which
should start the same unpleasant talk
which WAS for time persecution last
year."
"I don't think there has been any in
tention in these items to hurt your feel
ings tho public taket 80 much interest in
all concerning you"
"That is precisely why I feel distressed.
They have been very kind to me, and l
was feeling 80 much at home, and now
they say 'snarled' at my manager and
put him off the stage. 1t is not so. 1t
was little misunderstanding, and in
deed joke, on tho part of Mr.. Hayman,
who has explained it all. / do not want
tho public to think l could do such a
thing. 1 wish could be as we'll known
personally to tho public as l am known
on the stage shall not be happy if
leave here any such disagreeable i'm
preston of my disposition"
"The public seems to admire you
very particularly from the personal point
of view."
~ am glad to hear you say so. un-
derstand somebody sent me polite tele-
gram to Salt Lake. rendering me hos
pitality, which / am accused of having
ignored. i mover received it. / would
not treat any tender of hospitality. even
If IL were impossible for me to accept it,,
with such rudeness. l am so anxious to
have those who are kind to me know that
L appreciate everything they do, 1t is
not possible for me to accept sometimes all
the attentions am shown, and l find it
best, therefore, to avoid offending any
body"
81 fancy people understand that quite
clearly"
~ hope they do. Then thoy print a
ridiculous story about Mr.. Oerlichs. Mr..
OerlichS Is a very old friend of mine. l
knew him at home in Jersey years ago.
l met him at Chicago, where he was on
business, and was glad to meet him. /
| invited him to accompany our party to
San Francisco, where, however, he could
only stay two days, and he goes east to-
morrow. That is all there is to that
story. There arc some other English
gentlemen in the party, who have inter
ests in the cattle districts. and all their
attentions to me arc those of friends
travelling together. speak of this un-
pleasant gossip because II spoils my en-
| joyment of what is one of the pleas
sntest visits and engagements l ever
made"
at is in one sense penance o. popu-
larity, Mrs. Langtry."
But / do not want to be misrepre-
sented. When the people in the theater
are all so warm aud cordial and friendly
to me it takes away half the pleasure to
imagine that they believe all sorts ol
absurd stories about me. want TO feel
Lthat ifthey like mo they Like me under