Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-29
PRETTY MRS. LANGTRY
THE LILY'S RETURN TO THE LAND OF THE
AMERICAN DOLLAR.
Her Costumes Made by the Great and Only Worth
New Playsta Be Produced During Her Tour
The Fair Jersey Lily Determined 10
p Settle In America.

New YORK, September 2S-A reporter
called last evening at the new residence o
Mrs. Langtry, and found her looking a
lovely as ever in a black dress with white
foulard and stomacher of black fluffy ma
terial. She wore tall hat of the --latest
Partisan sugarloaf pattern.
"Are you pleased to get back?'' wa:
asked.
"Yes, indeed. am so delighted and sc
pleased with my new house and getting
back to dear. old New York that you
mustn't mind what say. The first thing
l want toask is whether we ought not tc
give some matinee for the Charleston catas.
trophe? We talked of it great deal COM
ing across, and am full OF the desire to
carry out our proposals.
"Do you consider your cast strong
one?"
Eyes, certainly. am entirely against
the star system, and consider nearly all
of my company so good that they would
be capable of starring on their own ac-
count. We have Coghlan and Miss Kate
Pattison. Mr.. Everell and Mr.. Calvert
and others"
''You open In Peril What comes
next"
1--WE hope then to give Mr.. Coghlan' s
new play, Enemies 1t is an excellent
play and made quite n big hit in London.
1t was so good that George Ohnet had il
adopted and played at the Porte st. Mar
tin in Paris. My little dog takes part
in it and comes on and barks" (referring
to beautiful specimen of a Scotch terrier
playing at her feet
THE LILY'S COSTUMES.
"Your dresses are very lovely, are they
not?"
'Worth centainly considers them as
good as any he has ever turned ont. Ht
will not ordinarily make stage dresses, but
he consented for an American tour. The
prettiest of them is, perhaps, II greer
gown, with directoire pink hangings ant
green sash. Another is a ball dress of {
wonderful apple green, embroidered will
luminOns.like dewdrOps. Worth thinks
that everything must glitter this year
Another dress am very fond of is o
black, soft, fluffy material, with ilowin!
sleeves, like bats wings. One dress
wear in Enemies am very fond of. 1
is a white ball dress, covered with silver,
"How did the French play go off a
BolOgne?"
"You mean Les Brebis de Panurges?
Yes; that went off excellently."
Are you still anxious to buy n theate
and settle among us?'
81 am looking around for a thcater, ant
the moment | can find something to suit
will get it."
"There was talk of new play by
Grundy?"
That will not be taken up just yet
We have so many other good pieces"
as it true that you are writing ;
novel;"
"Well, yes and no! That is 4 sccre
and do not intend to give you the plot
However, if you like it, am thinking o
writing novel founded on board the
Alaska-all about reefing the topSail anc
housing the sheets, and then the finale
Let go the anchor and eXclaim, 'llai
Columbian
SIS the trip to Australia still in youl
mind?r
THAT feeling is lessening. l often look
on the map, and Australia seems so fan
away and the pleasures of New York are st
great that have almost made up my mind
to give up trips at any distance from it?"
MRS. LANGTRY'S TOUR.
The repertoire which Mrs Langtry pro
poses to give comprises "a Wite's Peril, >
1.-THE Lady of Lyons" "Encmies,' by
Charles Boghlan, and the School tol
Scandal" Also there is talk OF new
piece by Charles Coghlan. Peril vii
be the opening piece, there having been {
special desire to see Mrs. Langtry again n:
Lady Ormonde.
Her tour under Mr.. Edward Gilmore
will last 36 weeks. After her New Iorl
engagement at the Fifth Avenue Theate
she proceeds to Harry Miners theater a
Newark. On November she is due IL
Boston for a two weeks stay. Then come'
a week in Brooklyn. On December q sh'
will open four weeks engagement a
Niblo's. Then comes Baltimore, Wash
ington and Philadelphia, the first two TO
one week and the last for two. Mrs. Lang
try is unwilling to make journeys at any
distance from New York, but the temptin!
offers from all parts of the country ma.
lead her to reconsider this matter. .
AN AMERICAN, YOU KNOW.
Just two years and two months ago !
large aSsemblage of some OF New York;
best known characters were gathered oI
pier 80, North river, to wish Mrs. LanStrI
bon roydge on board the Arazona, bound
for Liverpool The Lilly on that occas
ion remarked: II am not going home,
am going abroad. | am an American
now, you know, and | expect to make
this country my permanent home" Few
at that time knew the real object of Mrs
Langtry's visit to Europe. Creditable n
her performances had been, the fair com
Medicine still considered selfimpertec
in her art. Hence her return to Europ'
was not mere pleasure trip, but takeI
with the intention of adopting tha
severe course of schoOling-a tou
through the provinces. To this enc
Mrs. Langtry visited Edinburgh, Scar
borough, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds
Birmingham, Bristol, York and othe
towns in England. The seli-pOsseSset
task brought its own reward. Mrs. Lang
try returned to London and leased the new
Princes Theater. Her debut revealed IL
her a vaat improvement, and the Englisi
press, witch had hitherto refused TO accEt
the full need of praise to one whose genius
had found favor and encouragement in tn,
United States, were compelled to acknowl
edge their pessimist criticisms of yOre be
lied by one whose histrionic talent haC
developed with amazing rapidity. From
all quarters came words of praise and ad
miration, and there is no doubt that Mrs
Langtry's present appearance will SHOW
not only an increased repartOire, but ma
tured and perfect performer.
Yanderbilt's Cruiser Completed.
PHILADENEHIA, September 2S.-HarlaI
& Hollingsworth, shipbuilders at Whining
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