The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-16
MR.. LANGrRY.
The Husband of the Actress Finds a Cham
PiOn-VuIgar Gerhard.

The Husband of the Actress Finds Cham
pion-yuIgar Gerhard.
New York Letter in Detroit Times
Society over this way is thrilled by the an
nOuncement that Mrs Langtry is going to be
come an American citizeness sue her husband
for divorce, and come here to live permanently
The inference is that she means to get married
to Dir. Gebhard. Mr.. Langtry so say the COS
sips. has at last consented that such a pro-
gramme shall be carried out, up to the divorce
part OF It. He is not, of course expected to
know anything of the Gebhard item upon the
programme. So much for gossip, which, as is
quite often the case, knows nothing about it.
Dir. Langtry would have been heartily glad if
his wife had sought her freedom long ago He
has generally been held IN rather light esteem
by reason of the ladys curious conduct
As matter of fact there are points
which ought to bring him some degree of
sympathy. When Mrs. Langtry's Seauty
first became known, her husband who was pas
slonately devoted to her, had an income of about
$4,000 year. The iattery of the titled snobs
who surrounded her quite turned the womans
head, and she began to fly beyond the husbands
means DE was weak enough in his affection
Tor her to let her 60 ner own way, and she prae-
tIcally ruined him. But out of the wreck of his
fortune he has pulled enough together to get
along upon IN comfort. and the story that she
sends him $l5 week to live on is only another
OF the lies that are spread about to beget sympa-
thy for the precious creature and contempt for
AS- AN'ottAlA- A<oAs, touS ago 11E- UO-
came convinced that his wife was not behaving
IN manner exactly wifely, and since then they
nave not been together. But all this time,
while his wifes name has been on every
tongue, while all sorts of vile insinuations re-
garding her good name and his manhood have
been riie, even under the evaporation Of the
miserable Gebhard business he has remained
silent and reserved, too proud to make sign,
too full of ehIvalrY to strike at the woman he
once called wife and too manly to call attention
to the ruin she has wrought in his fortune. his
position and his honor. He would have been
glad If she had sought to be clear of him before
now, though be would take no step toward that
end on his own account. Freedom from a
woman whose vanity, whose love of adulatioD,
and whose utter disregard for anything but the
qualification OF her petty whims has estranged
her from him in spirit would now be very well
come thing. happen TO know these things
are true. Dir. Langtry Is an amiable but
rather thick headed Briton, with a good
deal of trength of character, very much
spirit and great amount of personal pride So
far as Mr.. Gebhari is concerned fancy the
divorce proceedings will be somewhat likely to
cool his ardor. To be the partner of a woman
like Mrs. Langtry In a national scandal is one
thing to marry her is quite another. Mr.. Geb-
hard likes to be the hero of the clubs. where a
notorious Gaison is big thing. But to marry
the other party is not so fine among club men,
who in New York seem to rather hike that which
is dishonorable and to frown upon anything
sayoring Of better stuff. 1t is dollars to cents
that Mrs. Langtry never becomes Mrs Gebhard
Meanwhile, don't let any enthusiastic newspaper
correspondents stuff you into believing he is a
genteel, elegant young man | see that one or
two writers have lately started out on that lay.
Gebhard is a vulger, hashily- clothed pimply.
self-assertive, noisy dude. He never was any
thing else and he never can be- 1t isn't in him.