Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-28
THE LILY'S HUSBAND.
Mr~. Lan<try's BETTER Hall Nos 30 niscA
as He IL Painted.

ua-<try,. BETTER Half Not 30 Black
as He IL Painted
HOW THE BEAUTY sorANDERED HIS FoRrUNE
.~nr,pStsaEp HIS NAME WITH A SPORTING
n.KoSEr OF PECULIAR HISToRY-FREDpiE
GEBHARpTs POSITION
,co,r VOL, snecial 70 the Philadelphia Press.
The recent London lawsuits, which resulted
4, the declaration that Mrs. Langtry PAD her
husband n salary on condition that ne does
.not modest her, have occasioned widespread
comment of a character the reverse OF comph-
mentary TO that unfortunate sentlenan-the
husband of a professional beauty. A gentleman
well known in New York, and a member OF
several prominent clubs, authorizes tue publ
cation of these facts:
He saws: "Some two three years ago MI
Langtry came To- America and refused ;is WIZ
be remembered. TO make amy statement 10 Tn
press of the reasons for his visit Dnflns M
stay in America he was for Tie greater part 81
the time my guest at my place IN me c"nn M.
and since his return we have Kept up Gotre
spOndence at intervals. He talked with me
very freely, and feel ut liberty unuti
the present circumstances TO give publicity l"
the facts gathered from him. According 10 hl>
story the first discovery of Mrs. LanstrS III ihe
Island of Jersey w:ts made by the Duke of bed-
ford. lie was yerG much struck by her peiut9 /.
and paid her a great sie;.l oi attention. " lH'.
time MIR. and Mrs. I&sng:ry were HNlhs ~ ~
fluent circumstances the life eli couEtiS 50
tleman and his wife on the income OF M fn"pp
erty which amounted, he claims, l" ti''''o'
nearly Sl1D.uOD-
son his return To- London from his visit, The
Prince of Wales heard much rom ths uiNc
of the extraordinary beauty Oh Mr>. ~ p,d
that he actually accompanied ms nI"o o,3. ~
ford to Jersey for the purpose Oh Ilte
beauty. The heir apparent was a. nu . E -.
with Nrs. Iauet-y tine duke, ana tne nas
the prince introduced her inio English society
is an old story. When the fncvitapie mn" n,,'
crash came-for il WAS Impossible for Tue Lang
trys tn hold their own very long on Inc oo IN
paratively small income they possssseetu ~ Ge
most expensive society in the woriu. irnS
try who bad hitherto been %oou-teihpeISSu'
unSuspicious spectator of his wife : triuihpus,
insisted that they must retire from the "oIIu
and live on the income of Il government 'iP
rointment which he believed ne could obtain.
Rnf 10 his the spoiled beauty would not listen
Tor a moment, and then ahnouheeu hei A
ton of going on the stage
TBE BEAUTY AND THE BARoSET.
aMr Iangtry informed her that il she did so
he would never live with her again under any
circumstances. The rupture when theh oc-
Cured was, in reality. final. She declared
openly that the only man she ever cared iOf
was Sir George Chetwynd; that she did not care
q snap OF her finger whether Langtry lived Wlth
her or not, and ended by running OIL 10 the
continent with thetwynd, where they triaSeieo
under an assumed name.
Now Tor q man and woman as well known
as they were, TO attempt 20 conceal their ldell-
nized, and society in London knew OF their es-
capade in less than a week: Naturally. wheh
they returned to London. the doors OF society
were closed. and Tor this reason, and not because
she went on the stage.
lit Mrs. Paget, the daugnterO Oh MIS- Idfai
Stevens. who, knowing these facts. sa" TO u
that Mrs Langtrys introductions were ignored
and that she was not received IN society In
New York At the time Mr.. and Mrs. Langtry
separated His reason for not procuring n d.
vorce at this time is said 10 be not that he ever
intended to live with her again, but that under
the laws of Jersey. which WAS coded by France
To England on certain peculiar conditions, no
sucb thing as a divorce is granted. AT any
rate. IL was Mrs. Iangtry who proposed to- pay
to Mr. Langtry "a portion of her earnings on tfe
stage, not Il salary. rot TO modest he:, tut
for the purpose of paying back in part, at least,
the fortune she had squandered. After con-
suIting his friends Langtry agreed to permit
her to do this
1.-THE agreement however has never been
carried out in the way it was intended To have
been performed Mrs, Langtry then went on
the stage. and her career since then j. wen
known, but these facts will cast n light on some
subsequent occurrences, which at the time
seemed mysterious.
THE LONSDALE-CHETwYS FRACAS.
"The recent row in London between Lord
IOnsdale and Sir George Cnetwynd is thus ex-
planned: Lonsdale is infatuated with the lady,
who. az has been said, cares for no one bat Chef
wynd and il was in ii tit of jealous rage, occii-
stoned by some slight real or i;incied, put upon
him by the fair Lily in order To show her pref
erence for Cbetwynd, that he attacked his
former friend when they were both riding IN
Hyde park
"Nr Freddie Gebhard's attentions, too. have
been tolerated only fffute de mi"tlx. notwlth-
standing the famous S24 900 diamond bracelet
and other presents he has lavished upon her.
Upon his return to- London by the Etruria re-
Gently, however. he advertised The 1act lnlI III
was To see Mrs Langtry, by placing openly on
the purSerS table, when in Queenstown. long
dispatch to Mrs. Langtry ut Manchester. an
nOunciBg his arrival and asking her 10 secure
for him rooms at the hotel where she was stop
ping.
LAS il is understood. however. that it is at Sir
George Chetwynds request that Mrs. l-angtry
has given up her projected tours and remains In
England. il is not unlikely that Mr.. Gebhard
will soon return to this city.
SOMETHING ABOUT SIR GEORGE.
Sir George Chetwynd Is one ofthe best known
men about town in London. He succeeded to
his baronetcy and Il large income in 1868, when
only twenty years OF age. He was soon adj
mitted To- the set of which the Prince OF Wales
was the sun, and Lords Darlington, Seton,
Charlie Beresford. the Duke of Hamilton and
Sir Frederick tombstone were stars. He be-
came owner of race horses, and married the
widow of the late Marquis OF Hastings, the
young nObieman who rode the race TO death
and beggary il a. quick time as Hermit won
the Derby in 1867. which ruined tine marquis
Lady Hastings one of the wicked Pagets
and has not dish0nored the soubriquet of her
family Her father was Marquis of Anglesea
and her betrothcd Mr.. Henry Chaplin, now
NJ. L. She Tilted the latter to marry Lord Hast
ings and the Derby victory of Hermit, Mr.
ChapinS horse. seemed To come under the
head of revenge-for the horse was kept back
in the betting and started AT go 10 1.
After marrying Sir George Chetwynd in S1t
Lady Hastings dropped her title OF marchiOn"ss
man of lower rank, and assumed her second
husbands name. She was considerably his
senior in years, and doubtless the pdsse charm:
of the once beautiful cuquctte soon paled OF
the young harDnct the Only ri and they
were seldom seen together after the first year o