Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-13
The Loves of Lille Langtry

NEW 1Ork OlLlEen,
The failure Of Mrs. Langtry in London
will carry her quickly back here, where
she has just been purchasing q home in
Thirteenth street. The story of hui LIES
loves has never been truly told. When
she came, q beautiful young bride, TO
London, It was her fortune to cit for an
artist to whose studio Prince Leopold
was a constant visit Or. He met her; was
struck with her If not a. frat striking yet
peculiarly classic beauty, which grows on
you the more you look, and present d
her to his brother, the Prince cf Wa'es,
who was fascinated from the frat. 1t is
the custom in society in London when
the prince accepts an invitation to send
him a card and ask him to afix the names
of any he might desire to meet him. Mrs.
Languy's was always affixed. She be
came the vogue. She was for the time
the dream CT the poet and the painter,
The duke of Sutherland said when
here that one night at a great bail at
Stafford House, as she entered and walked
down The hal alone, simply dressed in
white, there was a pause In the music and
dance to gsze on her superb loneliness.
And go her loves current ran smoothly
along until one of thoee fsncies which
will come to women ran in to break it.
She had met in society Sir George Chet-
wynd, loved him, as Camille says snd
felt that he loved Ter. There are many
who may remsmber the sto'y of how the
beautiful Lady Florence Psget, on the
morning Of Der intended wedding wi h
the wealthy Mr.. Henry Chaplin, quietly
at an early hour got into her broughsm,
drove to a secluded church, and there met
and married the young Marquis Of Hast
ings. On bis death she became the wife
OF Chstw ynd. She was ae'zed while still
young with paralysi She took to relig-
ion when she lost the power to sin, and
wentthrougha courseof ritualisticcur,tes.
Her husbsnd, left the power of SHINING,
continued to sin, and found that happi-
ness, fed from cuiates, Lsngtry s'dwelt
with thee" Society could not o ,give in
a baronet VIA. 1t had pa,doned in a
princs, threw up it's hands and eyes.
Mrs. Langtly found no moIe her accus-
toned place OF the princes ticket and
quietly retired. The place of her re-
tirement (near Twickenham) was not lar
from Mr.. Labouchere's villa of st. Annes.
LID RStibio hSa NdS GCuUleo ny ncE
woman sorrow. He advised her to seek
solace on the stage, the forlorn hope of
the sttlicted female, and set his wife-a
well aimed actress, Henii.t'a Hodgson
to coach her. The r. sult-she came
here, was seen and conquered. The adj
miring gszs If Mr.. Frederick GebhaId
fell on and followed her. But, a,cus.
toned 10 such admiration she merely re.
gatded his as but one mere scalp on her
well stocked belt. Sir George Chetwynd
had agreed to follow her and accompany
her round the states; and he had
actually taken his room IN board the
Bothnia and gone as far as Liverpool with
the just deceased carl of Aylss'ord, his
companion to be, when so many messages
and SO many apparent proofs OF her
faithlessness came crowdipg or HIN that
he came home. Lord Aylesford left alone.
Mr.. Gebtard, who bad, with an ASSERTION
of heroic felf-sacrifce at the shrine Of
public feeling, left her at St. Louis,
really to be out of the way when Chef
wynd came, WHEN Chetwynd did not
come returned to hsr side and ha, rs-
NAMED there. Indifference has grown
into love. She Is about to seek a divorce,
and they will prcb ably be m artled in the
autumn. They are both wealthy. She
Is beautiful and very simable, agreeable
ard gentle. He ID o fine young fellow,
and whatever ether faults he may carry,
has behaved himself in this instance, TO
use the vulgar verpacular, 'like a brick."
So as CLAUDE Me!notts prayed, may all
good arg Il, etc, etc."