The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-10
DRAMATIC AND LYRIC.
The Cry is Still-The Langtry.
BARRErr's THIRD VISIT.
Gebhard's Western Trip.-Prosper-
Gus Times at the Box Office
Honest Little Emma Abbott.
miscellaneous News,

We're it not for the fact that sew
ersl dramatic paper correspondents
have attempted to cast diseredit
upon THE HERALD's report of the
Lily and her Gebhard's visit to this
city together, we should hesitate
befors placing anything more con-
corning this peculiar pair before our
readers. The action of these busy
reporters, however, and desire to
show that the Gerhard article had
plenty of facts to subStantiate it,
urges US to publish the following ex-
tracts from our dramatic exchanges.
The best of it is that one of those ex.
tracts at least is taken from the
paper whose CORE spondent was
most sanguine over The HERALD's
"blunder." Here is the fret:
"Mrs. Laugtry's hurried departure
for England Saturday, couple with
the fact that Gebhsrd was the last
person to bid her good-by, has given
Use to good deal OF eminent in
club and theatrical circles.
"My dear boy" said a we'll
known society man to reporter,
"Pll tell you all about 1t. s'Lily had
letter from her solicitor in London
telling her to 60 right home anu
sigu the papers necessary to procure
q divorce from her husband. Fact,
| assure you. Matters have already
progressed so far that decree will
be granted in a few weeks. London
will be startled and New York con-
vulsed, but one man will be happy
Fred Gebhard."
"Do you think he knows any
thing about it?"
"DoeS Freddie know" asked the
society man in an ecstatic sort of
way. elias he or has he not been
all this time with Mrs. Lsngtry in
California? Did be or did he not
make the overland trip in her com.
psny. Jusr look on the books of
the stage company when the party
visited Yosemite and find out the
ideuti , of Mr.. Pi yott,' whose mans
is in cribed on the books. or course
it was underwood between them.
When Lily comes back, in February,
che will be Mrs. Langtry no longer
but soon you'll see little notice in
the papsr: Married, on such and
such day, at such and such place,
by the Rev. So-and-So, Fred Geb
hard and Miss Lille LIE Breton, CT
devant Lille Langtry. No cards >"
Another runs as follows" 1t has, for
instance. been generally understood
during the past season that there
was quarrel between Mrs. Langtry
and Mr. Frederick Gerhard and that
they were not together any more.
The story was .ridieulously false. Mr..
Gerhard was a constant visitor at
Mrs. Langtry's house, and whenever
the company went through the
country, there Mr.. Gerhard by a
more or less strange coincidence
almost invariably turned up. People
who lived opposite Mrs. Langtry's
house In this city said that Mr.. Geb-
hard used 10 walk up to the front
steps. take his latch key from his
pocket, and enter without the for
maiitg Of ringing. Bot in spite of
this condition OF things the news
papers of which Mrs. Langtry speaks
in terms of litter complaint. were
quite content to leave the matter as
she had evidently wished 1t should
be left, and Mr.. Gerhard during the
past season has not formed con-
spicuous part OF the Langtry
parade.