The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-01
a Gypsy Beauty

Under the above title, IN the August
Century, Charles @. Leland writes of
CharloIts Coo per, one OF the oldest and
most famous Of the Romantics.
Fifty or sixty years sgo the gypsies
in England we're a much more remArka-
bic race than they are 1T present. The
railway had not come 10 break up their
habits, there we're hundreds Oi lonely
places in dell and dingle where they
could hatch The tan, or pitch the tent,
their blood had been little mixed with
that of the G0rgt0, or Gentle. they
spoke their language with greats
purity than at present, and still kept
their old characteristics Il changed If
they had the faults Of Arabs. they had
also many of their good qualities. II
they stole horses and foraged on farm
ers, if their women told fortunes, lied
and sometimes cheated man out of all
his ready money by pretending 10 find a
treasure i his cellar, ON the other hand
they were ext emely grateful and honest
TO those who belrIendrd them, and
manifested in many ways rough
mauliness which partially redeemed
their petty vices. They were sll, Il, are
many of their sons az present., i. dOmi-
IA bic rough riders, OF the horse
horsev.' and TO a man boxers. 50 :hat
many or them were distinguished IN the
prize-ring, the last of these being Jem
Mace. At this line there prevailed
among the Englih Romany a strong,
mutual faith, q tribal honesty, Wh ca
was limited, but all the stronger for
that, even as the arms of q man grow
when he loses the use OF his legs. They
were a people OF powerful frames. pas
sions, and traditional principles. Their
weak children soon ried from tue bard
ships o, nomadic life, the remainder
illustrated selection by suffering. and
the survival OF the tittest-tO fight
with such characteristics Their
could not fail among. the gyps:es many
striking instances Of warm friendship,
intense love, and the fidelity which en-
dures even till death. This was known
of them when little else Was known
beyond their most appanut and Tepul-
siye traits. Walter Scott INDUCED in no
romantic license when he depicted
Hayfadden Mangrabin as devoted TO
Quentin Durwar; even at present the
incident of a thoughtful gift Or any lit
tie &C. OF kindness u them will be
remembered with q gratitude out Of all
proportion 70 Its value, and go the
rounds OF ali the Romaay IN the clted
States. And therefore when men Tell in
love with women there often resulted
those instances OF intense p ssiOD and
steady Il tn. which st the present day
are really becoming mythical. The
gypsy in this, rs in every thing else, has
been q continuation Of the middle age
or OF the romance era.
such q passion was inspired more
than half century ago By Jack Cooper
the KurumsHgro Rom, or tlgnt,ng
Gypsy. in a girl OF his own tribe. Her
name was Charlotte Lee, and u was
about 1880 that Leslie, the Royal Aca-
demiciau, led by the fame Of her beauty.
painted tine picture, now in New YORK
in the possession OF his sister. MISS
Emma ] eslie. The fame OF her
charms still survives among her people,
aud when a few days ago as l write.
was talking of Charlotte 10 some gyp,
sizes OF her kin nesr Philadelphia:
was asked II I meant the RiHkcHi; tina IS
the Beau tiful One"