Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-30
THE LilY'S HUSBAND.
Mrs. Langtry's Better Half Not So
Black as He is Painted.
HOW SHE sQUANDERE D HIS FORTUNE
And Tarnished His Name With a
Sporting Baronet of Pecu-
liar History.
FREDDIE GEBHARDT'S POSITION

NEw YORK, October 29.-The recent
London law suits, which resulted in the
del laration that Mrs. LangtrY paid her
husband salary on condition that he does
mot modest her" have occasioned wide
spread comment Of character the reverse
of complimentary TO that unfortunate gen.
tleman-the husband of a professional
beauty. A gentleman well known in New
York, and member OF severa, prominent
clubs, authorizes the publication Of these
facts:
He says: Some two or three years ago
Mr.. Langtry came to America and re.
fused, as viii be remembered, to make any
statement to the press OF the reason for his
visit. During his stay in America he was
Tor the greater part Of the time my guest
at my place in the country, and since his
return we have kept up correspondence
at intervals. He talked with me very
freely. and | feel at liberty under the cir.
cumstances 10 give publicity to the facts
gathered fro'I him. According to his
story, the fret discovery Of Mrs LaDgtry
in the Island OF Jersey was msde by the
Duke OF Bedford He was very much struck
by her beauty, and paid her a great deal
of attention. " that time Mr.. and Mrs.
Langtry were living in GIilueEt circum-
stances the life Of u country gentleman
and the wife on the income OF his property,
which amounted, be claims, to Ctj, ,Ot0, or
nearly $2j0,OOO.
'On his return 10 London from his visit,
the Prince Of Wales heard 30 much from
the Duke of the extraordinary beauty OF
Mrs Lsngiry that he actuslIy accompanied
his Grace Of Bedford TO Jersey for the pur-
pose Of meeting the beauty The heir ap
parently wss as much pleased with Mrs.
Langtry as the Duke, and the way the
Prince introduced her into Engliah society
is an old story. When the inevitable
financial crash cGme-tor it Was i'm
possible for the LangtrYs to hold
their own very long on
the com psl atively small income they pos
sessed in the most expensive society IN the
world-Mr. Languy, who had hitherto
been a goodtempered, unsuspicious spec
tator of his Rife's triumphs, Insisted that
they must retire from the world and live
on the income OF Government appoint
ment which he could obtain. But TO this
the spoiled beauty would not listen for
moment and then announced her intention
Of going on the stage
THE BEAUTY AND THE EARONET.
Mr. Langtry informed her that If she
did so he would never live with her again
under any circumstances The rupture
which then occurred was in reality final
She openly declared that the only man she
ever carei for WAS Sir George Chetwynd;
that che did not care a snap of her finger
whether Largely lived with her or not,
and ended oy running of 10 the Continent
with Chetwynd, where thoy Travelled under
an assumed name
Now for man and woman, as well
known as they were, to attempt 10 conceal
heir idendity WAS an ab3urdity; they were
quickly recognized, and society in London
;new Of their escapade in less Than week
Naturally, when they returned TO London,
he doors Of gociety we're closed, and for
his reason, and not because she went on
he stage.
1T was Mrs. Paget, the daughter of
Mrs. Psran Stevens, Who knowing these
acts, saw 10 i. tnat Mrs. Largtrg's intro
luc,iors were Ignored and that she was
not received in society in New York. At
his time Mr.. and Mrs l.augtry separated
His reason for not producing divorce at
the time is ssid to be not that he ever in
tended TO live with her again, bat that,
under the laws Of Jersey, which WAS ceded
By France to England on certain peculiar
conditions, 10 such thing as divorce is
granted. At any rate it was Mrs Lang
try who proposed to pay to Mr.. Langtry a
portion OF her earnings on the stage, not as
q salary not to modest her, but for the pur-
pose Of paying back in part, at least, the
fortune she had squandered. After con.
sulting his friends Langtry agreed to per
NIT her to do this.
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 is well known, but these facts will cast
a light on some subsequent occurrences,
which at the time seemed mysterious.
THE LoNspALE. .CHETwYND FRACAs.
"The recent row in London between
Lord Lonsdale and Sir George Chetwynd
i, thus explained. Lonsdale is infatuated
with the lady, who, it ia said, cares for no
one but Chetwynd, and it was IN fit OF
Jealous rage, occasionod by some slight
real or fancied, put upon him by fair
Lily, in order to show her preference for
Chetwynd, that he attacked bis former
friend when they were both riding in Hyde
Pork.
"Mr. Freddie Geohsrd's attentions, too,
have been tolerated only f,uric de mjeur,
notwithstanding the 81 Goa diamond
bracelet and other presents he has lsvished
upon her. Upon his return to London By
the Etrura recently, however be nd7cr'
tised the fact that it was to see Mrs Lang
try BY placing openly on the purser table,
when in Queenstown. a long despatch 10
Mrs Lapgtry at Manchester, announcing
his arrival aud asking her 10 secure for
him rooms nt the hotel where she was stop
ping.
AS it is understood, however, that it is
at Sir George ChstwYnds request that
Mrs. Lsrgtry has given up her projected
tours and remains in Eog'and. il Is not
unlikely that Mr.. Gebhsrd will sooa re