The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-11
IS SHE MRS. GERHARp NOW2

Lily Langtry Is Said to Have Seen Led
to the Altar by the Patient ''Freddy."
An amusing story about Mrs. Langtry
is printed in the World this morning, but,
nevertheless, it is probably true. She is
Mrs. Gerhard now, or all signs fail. The
rumor that the man whom the public has
a~ffectionately called Freddy for some
years has at last succeeded in leading the
Lily to the altar receives the general ac-
ceptance of those who should know.
The ceremony was performed last Tues
day, but how or where is still a mystery.
Mrs. Langtry, as she will still be called in
print, continues to live at her pretty home
in West Twenty-third street, New York,
where her widowed mother bears her
company. Both refuse to state positively
that the wedding has taken place, but
there are indications that such is the fact,
in their manner and in inanimate things
about her place. One of the latter is a
handsome silver service, said to have been
the wedding gift of Judge Cunning ).
Bedford, an intimate friend of both bride
and bridegroom.
The story is that Mrs. Langtry's divorce
was granted in California, Monday, and
that the information came as quickly as
the electric current could bring it. A
favorable result had been expected, of
course, for American divorce courts sell
dom err in the direction of severity. The
sentiments of the two toward each other
have been tolerably well known-about as
well known as the lady's handsome coun-
t~enance, in fact, which stares at me from
everything from a play-bill to the wrapper
of a bar of soap. That they should have
married is no surprise, therefore, though
the date and the facts are matters of inter
est to the curious. Mrs. Langtry continues
to earn a fair salary as an actress, and has
succeeded inlaying by a few pennies for a
rainy day. These, with Mr.. Gebhard's in
come of $780, 600 a year, will raise the new
household above want, SO that their
friends need have no anxiety. Their
immediate necessities are provided for by
a huge wedding CAKE which somebody has
sent in, and which was displayed in the
middle of Mrs. Langtry-Gebhard's billiard
table at last accounts. If its consistency
is up to the average, it will last several
days with economy.
Mrs. Langtry-Gebhard has a broad,
plain gold ring, which she carefully com
ceals at present, but which will look we'll
when the time comes to display it. That
turquoise of which so much has been said,
is crowded out by the new conner, but
finds q place upon her other hand.
The Lily's bliss at this time is not unal-
loyed. She is in the hands of DR.. Curtis,
the surgeon, who is e~ndeavoring, with
considerable success. to remedy the bad
effects of the American climate, whose
malign influences have caused a trouble
some malady of the nasal passages. He
has been obliged to remove a piece of
bone, and the operation has necessitated
repeated cauteriZation, which the victim
endureS with great frmness. Her voice
is said to nave been much improved by
this exercise of DR.. Curtis skill.
The facts in regard to the wedding are
said to have been divulged by her coach
man, Davis, to some companions in a
restaurant, but, fortunately for him,
neither Mr.. Gerhard nor his bride
believed the story.