River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-02-19
MIR. LANGTRY.
The Husband of the Actress Finds a
Vulgar Gebhard.

New York Letter in Detroit Times.
Society over this way is thrilled by the an
nouncement that Mrs Iangtry is going to be-
come an American eitizeness, sue her husband
for divorce, and come here to live permanent
ly. The inference is that she means to gel
married to Mr.. Gebharl. Mr. Langtry, so say
the gossips, has at last consented that such
programme shall be carried out, up TO the d-
vorce part of it He is not, Of course, ex-
pected to kuow anything of the Gebhard item
upon the programme. SO much for gossip,
which, as is quite often the case knows
nothing about it. Mr.. Langtry would
have been heartily glad il his wife had
sought her freedom long ago He has
generally been held in rather light esteem
by reason of the lady's curious conduct AS
matter of fact, there are points which ought to
bring him some degree of sympathy. When
Mrs. Langtry's beauty first became known,
her husband, who was passionately devoted &c
her. had an income Of about $4,000 year.
The flattery of the titled no9)s who surrounded
her quite turned the wDuhan's head, and she
began to fly beyond the husbands means. He
was weak enough in his affection for her to lei
her go her own way, and she practically ruined
him. But out of the wreck of his fortune tie
has pulled enough together to get along upon
in comfort and the story that she sends him
SIS d week to live on is only another of the
lies that are spread about to beget sympathy for
the precious creature and contempt for her
husband Long, long ago Mr.. Langtry
became convinced that his wife was not
behaving i'll manner exactly wlfely
and since then they have not been together.
Butall this time, while his name has been on
every tongue, while all sorts of vile insinua-
tons regarding her good name and his man
hood have been rife, even under the eXaspera-
ton of the miserable Gerhard business, he
has remained silent and reserved, too proud &c
make sign, too full of chivaiIy to strike at the
woman he once called wife; and too manly TO
call attention to the ruin she has wrought III
his fortune his position and his honor We
would have been glad if she had sought to be
clear of him before now, though he would take
no step toward tina: end on his own account
Freedom from woman whose vanity whose
love of adulation, and whose utter disregard fol-
anything but the gratificationof her petty whins
has estranged her from him III spirit would now
now be very welcome thing. / happen to
know these things are true. Nh. Langtry IS an
amiable but rather thich- headed Briton, with
good deal of strength OF character, very much
spirit, and q great amount of personal pride
So far as Mr. Gebhard is concerned, i fancy
the divorce proceedings will be somewhat like
ly to cool his nrdor TO 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 big thing. But
to marry the other party is not so fine among
club men, who in New York seem to rather like
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 enthuslas-
tie news paper correspondents stuff You into be-
lieving he is genteel, elegant young man, |
see thai one or two writers have lately started
out en- that lay Gebhard is vulgar, fiashily
clothed, pimply, self assertive, noisy dude,
He never was anything else and he never can
be. 1t isn't in him.