Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-09
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MR.. TsAMGTRY.
Tho husband OF the: Actress Finds q
Champion Vulgar Gebhard.

Chanp ior Vulgar GebharuA
New York Letter ii Detroit Timos
Society ovAr this Wa is thrilled by the aa
nouncenleDt tl,at Mr.. Lanstry ls going to be-
come an American 't,zencss sue her husba'.c
for divorce, and come here to 1.-Two por1nanet-
IT, Tho Inference is hat snc means to get
married to Mr.. Geb.rd. Mr.. Langtry, so gay
the gossips has at last consunted that such
pro3rarnnnc shall he carried out, up to the d-
yorce part Of il. He is not, of course, ex-
pccted to know anything Of tho Gebhard item
upon the programme. So much for gossip,
which. as is quite often tho case, knows
nothing about it. Mr.. Lanstry would
have been heartily glad if his wife had
sought her freedom long ago. He has
generally been held in rather light estocla
by reason Of the lady curious conduct Ass
matter Of fact, there are points which ought u
bring him some degree 0f sympathy. HheL
Mrs: Langtry's, beauty dr.t became AnoT!t
her husband, who was passionately devoted to
her, had an income Of about $4,000 year.
The 1attery of the titled s:,obs who surrounded
her quite turned till' woulanh head, and she
began to tlv bcy,,:' |n husbands means. iie
was weak enough, IN hls affection for her 10 let
her e., her own way, ana she practically ruined
him. Blu: 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
SIS L week TO live on il only another Of tia
i!cs thai are spread about to beget sympathy Tor
the precious creature and contempt for her
became convinced that his wife was ro'
bel aylng il manner exactly Wlfeiy
and since then they have net been together
Bltall this time while his name has been on
every tongue, while al sorts Of. vile insnna
tons regarding her good name and his man
hood have been rife even under the e1asne,a-
ton of the miserable Gerhard business, ha
has remained silent ard reserved too proud 10
make sign too full Of chivalry to ttr. ke at tho
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. No
would have been glad if she had sought u De
clear Of him before now, though he would tahe
no step toward that end On his own account
Freedom from WOMAN whose VANITY whose
love of atlulation and whose utter disregard TOT
anything but the ratiicationof her petty Wh1las
has estrapgnd her from him i'll spirit would now
now be a very welcome thing. I happen to
know these things are true. Mr. Ianstry ID an
amiable but rather thich- headed Briton, with
good deal OF strength of character, very much
spirit, and great amount Of personal pride.
So far al Mr.. Gerhard is concerned, l fancy
the divorce proceedings Will be somewhat like
ly to cool his ardor 70 be the partner OF
woman like Mrs Langtry in a national scan
dial is one thing; TO marry her quite another.
Mr.. Gerhard likes TO be the hero Of the clubs,
where notorious liason is a big thing. yRAt
10 HARRY tlie otIdti party IL NOT 30 AAo "ivI'S
club men, who in New York seem to rather like
that which is dishonorable and to frown, upon
anything sayoring of better stuff 1t lssdollafs
to cents that Mrs. IAngtry never becomes Mrs.
Gerhard Meanwhile don't lot any enthusiasts
TIC newspaper correspondents stuff you into be.
leYing be is genteei, elegant young man !
see that one or two writer's have lately started
out On that lay sGebhardlis a vulgar, fashily-
clothed, pimply, self assertive, noisy dude.
He never was any thing else and he never can
be. II isn't IN him .s$z 81 <.3 .5s5Sss