The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-03
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Just before MrS. L.anstrE sailed lo5
America a supper was given her l,E 1 lev
of those vino knew her best 70 t.d hei
goodbye and give her courage. .imoHs
those present vas Henry Irving, wht
said to her at parting, "God speed yoa
Mrs. Langtry, and bring you safe III re'
turning. / hope we shall see yon very
soon again.
Perhaps beEore y"u think, was the
answer. :If they greet me as they did
before-I'm coming home and shall give
it up"
This little speech, with its ha!f-hearted
laugh, was the most pathetic bit Of her
self and of her lie that Lille Lanstry
has ever given to any one. It meant
much, and It conveyed more, perhaps,
to those present than it possibly co"lc
have to any cne else. for they knew her
better and the life she Aas endured.
With heightened interest, every word
by cable and otherwise that foretold the
reception to be given Mrs. L&nssry by
the American press has been watched FOR
eagerly by many anxious friends, by one
or two intimate friends in particular
To-day word has come which seems TO
prove beyond doubt that the mean at
tacks of previous years have omitted and
that the unhappy woman is being for
gotten in the actress. It is grateful news
to Mrs. Langtry's friends, although the
cruelty Of the past can never DC forgiven.
They wonder, anl with much reason,
If the American press knew the woman
whom they Gbelled, even by sight. 1t
does not seem as If it were possible that
they could know even as much OF her as
this and say, even for money, on for
vengeance, OF for petty professional sue
cess, the things some Of them said.
O. ne of Mrs. Langtrv's closest and
most intimate friends is q literary woman
of position, OF undoubted honesty and
virtue, and OF unerring insight INTO
ln1H itIaa-eSnso.; I:sssst - 81 - fon.s of 1Trs
Langtry's life. l send them to the
Graphic because l believe YOU are the
one of all the New York editors who
craS;t to an honest Woman. I want YOUR
rea6ers TO know 2 side OF one woman'S
go ,e-' ss se - II ;s s,,reIv MOI Known in
l,r an,er;co ~
-, r. n.era 10 90 into d.taiIs he details
-. W. ~ J;s,,,7od ~ vii st.fe nofhiu"
3.,s s"ats ~ ;II Laa- v,;+,rcss 80 tl,,.;r own
-, -. -. So air-ol,s.t. ;,lcnssorv
saahe saa ~ lara5os 'H7o S'>O
A1 lie an9,frv ,ras married n the age
Of ~ +e1 She ha'] been BROUGHT up very
" o,,;s+ir hnt still IS many iris are. with
fbe ;dea flat snr, hoDSiuess Law ONLY
where there is money. When Mr.. Lang
t,v admired her and asked her hand in
r,s,riaoa the one main thought in the
oI;l3,s n,ind Was her brother. This lad
She was 71artic,ilarlv fond Of, and when
She become sure that it lay IN her power
TO educate the boy and have him always
with her she acceDted the offered mar
riare. From the day of her marriage to
the present time it is doubted if Mrs.
Lanctry ever saw her husbaud free for
an hour from the effects of liquor. For
q time there was comparatively happy
life, Yachting and flying about, but it
was little happiness and of small dura-
tion.
Soon came tie death OF her brother.
He was killed By a fail during a hunt.
Then the facts lay before her. She
had made the sacrifice for nothing. 10
please her family, to lave her brother
with her, ard to do for him what his
people could not do, this girl, tins almost
child, had thrown herself away. Abso-
lutely and iu every way 1t was COM
Dlete sacrifice. Her husband was hope
less drunkard, q beastly drunhard In
the three wears that she had then been
married he had never approached her
With one word or action Of the lover or
of husband, She simply bore the name
of wife and the DISGRACE 0; being yoked
tn man who was q phvsical wreck and
a confirmed d,unkard.
What wonder is it that social triumphs
bacame dear. what wonder that the stage
sn6 Ame,ica seemed 70 offer release to
s wom.n acInowledaed 20 be the most
Seau+;fnI woman IN England? Small
wonSer indeed
~ P,,t Hbot Aid This nnhannv woman oct
so- Iar andeayor IN honestly pnt her
80 ~ 10 - .ooa,,o+ o,,d ~ oa,., fo5. herseIf
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