The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-22

IuSu GlU liz Vi lHS CAIL Lake HID
une. Either the report of the Lang
try's utter invisibility to the press
is false one, or she has wisely re-
considered her determination, for
We find the following interview pub
lished in the Chronicle of Tuesday
last. It offers, as will be observed
something fresh on the Cattle King
item, but scrupuIously avoids mens
tioning the name Of Mr.. Frederick
Gerhard Davis:
"After the curtain falls 1 shall be
pleased to receive the gentleman"
was the courteous response to card
sent in to Mrs. Langtry behind the
scenes at the Baldwin last night.
When the curtain fell the usher
showed the Chronicle representative
into the room of the English beauty.
A pleasant acknowledgment of the
introduction over, Mrs. Lsngtry mo.
toned the visitor to a seat and
opened the conversation.
Mrs. Lsngtry is pretiier off than
on the stage. The cloaer view one
gets of her her many charming fea-
lures are only Intensified. Her
eyes, which are not so effective be
fore the footlights, are in reality
very expressive, and the very slight
makeup which her part demands
only shows them to better ad van.
tsge. Her oval face, with i:s re-
gular features and ire light brown
hair fixed in coils, around which an
edge Of shorter hair forms a kind OF
aureole in front, be: peak the birth,
breeding and simple taste of the
beauty. The figure, SO shapely and
graceful, is quite willowy,and lends
itself in every pose to artistic effect.
The magnetism, which is che Of the
main causes of her popularity, even
if it is Of an indefnable description,
is not only in her figure, her face,
her beauty, but comes cut much
more strongly in the voice, which
is in its natural key most agree
able one.
After few unimpcrtant guess
tons, Mrs. Langtry went on to say
81 have hardly been so happy as
on the fret night Of my engagement
here. l DON'T know why, but it
seemed like a home audience. The
first feeling l had On going on the
stage was that l was before very
kindly people, who would not in
any case judge me hsrshly. I woul i
like to tell you, and l would like the
public to know how perfectly happy
I felt when l want home that
night, and it has been the same
every night"
"You have been we'll received
everywhere this season, have you
not?"
"Yes. It has been very much
better than my first. [ went through
terrible annoyancss on that first
visit"
"We have read a good deal about
that"
cit was not my fault. The great
part Of the gossip was encourage
and assisted by the management,
who looked upon it as excellent ad.
vertising. 1t was not pleasant to
me, and [ have been go much hap
pier this season and so much more
successful, [ think, because | have
been let alone. When L came here
I wished to avoid all newspaper ad-
vertising. I wanted the public to
come and see me- and take me on
my merits, whatever they might
be. After my fl st appearance ]
was delighted. The climate is
lovely, and I enjoyed intensely
the drives. the fresh pleasant air.
the teach and the ocean. [ am
sorry that anything should be pub
lished here which should stsrt the
same unpleasant talk which was for
a time persecution last year."
81 don't think there has been any
intention in these items to hurt
your feelings; the public take Sc
mu: h interest IN all concerning
you"
"That is precisely why / feel dis
tressed. They have been very kind
to me and | was feeling so much at
home, and now they say 'snarled
at my mana. er and put him off the
stage. 1t is not so. It was little
misunderstanding and indeed a joke
on the part OF Mr.. Hayman, who
has explained it all do not want
the public to think [ could do such 8
thing. [ wish [ could be as vel
kno~n personally 20 the public as [
am known on the stage. [ shall not
be happy if l leave here any such
disagreeable impression Of my dis.
position"
s'The public seems TO admire you
very particularly from the per-
sonal point of view"
81 am glad to hear you say so. /
understand somebody sent me pc:
lite Telegram to Salt Lake, rendering
me hospitality, which I am accused
OF having ignored. / never received
it. | would not treat any tender OF
hospitality, even if it were impos-
sible for me to accept it, with such
rudeness. 1 am so anxious to have
those who are kind to me know tha'
appreciate everything they dc. Il
is not possible for me to accept
sometimes all the attentions l an
shown, and I find IT best, therefore
| 10 avoid offending ANYBODY"