The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-26
ECLTPSED BY THE WIVES.
POTTER, LANGTRY AND YOUNG
BLAINE IN PRIVATE LIFE.

Money and NOtorlety-F acia! Re5 en-
blances OF These Men-Mr. LAM cry
in Disguise.
From the Tsls York World.
New Workers who hear so much Of Mrs.
James Brown Potter Mrs. Langtry, Mrs.
James G. Blaine, Jr. or Mrs. Alice Smell
McCrae must be often tempted to wonder
what manner Of men are the husbands VIII
furnish at least the names Of these estima-
BILE, accomplished and sometimes beautiful
women. The husbands OF society actresses,
not being actors themselves, cannot hope to
Sec their photographs sale, to read about
their clothes in the papers or u fiucter pub
lie assemb!ases when they rustic into box.
But they are meo, real m ~, who wear real
clothes and cat real food, aud most of them
are familiar figures on the streets Of New
York aud you'd, no doubt, were it not for
"the o'ertOppinE greatness Of their wives,
he themselves persons If more or less note
in the chronicle of metropolitan happenings
The facial similarity between some of them
is very great. Is there a pre-
valllng tinge in the irony of
fate by which they have been for time sub
mersedl Are there uniform dyes in the do
nestle p0tdge? WIo can account for this
physiognomical freaki Yet when seen di -
tlnctly and in their entirely, the careless
student of human nature would fail per-
haps 10 grasp the salient resemblances be-
tween Mr.. Potte Mr.. Langtry. Mr.. ii u
ME Blaine, Mr.. Leslie Carter and Mr.
Smell McCrae so picJuresquely seized by the
artist, in several cases, from the actual men
themselves.
Several show Windows on Broadway are
and have been for months taken up almost
entirely with portraits of Mrs. James
Brown Potter, who is at present in Europe
pursuing her dramatic studies But what
newspaper read r knows the counterfeit
presentme It of her lori-if not her masterl
Mr. James Brown Potter, a nephew of
Bishop Potter, as all the world knO IS, aud
q klnsman OF the bankers Brown, of Brown
Bros. a. Co., is go BLOCKING young man
OF so ne 81 or SO years of age, resident of
Tuxedo Park aud a bust ess man in this
city, OF fair abilities and, III some respects,
fine success
Mr.. 20 ter is of medium hight, 5 feet Z
lnches, perhaps, weighing some $50 pounds,
and Is dressed like a man VINO appreciates
and values the proprieties Of life. Mr..
Fotter has clear complexion, a slig thy
doubled chin, a short mustache Of light
brown that looks as if he might gnaw it oc-
ca ionally, plenty of wavy brown hair Oh
most cneStnut that he parts in the middle
lgnt-bTo eyes and eye crows, anda good
well-tormed nose, long, high in the middle
and indicative of some sense and energ ,.
Mr.. Potter wears a well-cut bust
ness suit of light gray, a sack coat
and puff scarfs, has the general appear
worry, and an air Of dignity which sug-
gests that other people had best mind thei
own business and ask him no impairment
questions. His whisk RS are slight, closely
clipped and reaching down only for couple
Of Inches below his ears His boot are
patent leather and his fingers are carefully
trimmed and ok as tn ugh they belonged
in gloves. MIR. Pbtter's cottage-every
house at the LDrillard su urb is cottage,
no matter how massive and elegant-fur-
nshes a comfortable and evel luxurious
home for himself and Fl Fl Potter, the lit
tic IL yea old girl, whose complexion is
darker than that of eli her Of her parents,
whose eyes are black, like her grandfather
and whose ways are quiet aud dignified,
like her fathers.
MIR. James Brown Potter is a coffee
broker mainly. Any one who walks down
Wall street may see his name in big gilt
letters OH a black sig J. which states that he
is successor in business to Smith, Brown &
Co, within. And any cne no ters may
see two well-arranged, airy rooms, well fur
| nished, buslness-like, and accumstAmed APP
| parently to customers who come here and
| give orders for buying and selling almost
| a ything the market to the dignitied
| young gentleman in the inner room. NJ
| Pot or is said to have turned quite pretty
| penny ny tne rise in coffee some months
| ago. He certainly does not look like a ma !
| who would borrow money of his wife or
refuse money in reason to her. Mr. Potter
| evidently has whatever he wants And
| his wife, it would seem. might have any
1 =. IL
| But borrowing money from their wives,
compeli their wives to suppart them,
| even Matchmaking thess W men they are
sworn TO honor and protect, are some OF
| the charges most generally made against
the hon-actlng husbands of women on {
| ,tage-be they rea or only self constituted
actresses. Mr.. P t er, is a reputable mer-
cha as well as a repu able gentleman. He
is rated well for commerce al sta ding b
| Bradstreet's Agency, d his dealings it
trade have never been such as to bring &
blush to the brow of friend or d rela.
tive.
TIE gentleman chiefly known as the
nomi lai husband the famous jersey Lily
is no infrequent visitor to New York, al
though Mrs. Langtry aud her friends may
| be surprised to he n 1t. When he first be
| gan visiting the metropolitan scene of the
| Jersey Llly'S scenic triumpns Mr.. Langtry
was known as "Mr Giles" For III,
| purposes of his later visits he has been "Mr
| c. Leslie And the address he left behind
him for letters to be f rwarded was Mr.
langtry'S favorite hosiery in Nortr
| Wales.
The husband-and a most thoroughly
| abased husband he has been-of the woman
who has carried the news of his unhappy
married life over two continents is what he
looks, a fine specimen of an E glish coun
ry gentleman. MIR. Langtry is now about
IS years old, He seems to be about 5 feet
10 lcheS tall and to weigh some 200pounds
He is what is sometimes known as a "burly
Englishman,n ID moves with the grace
and confidence of an athlete His light
sandy" it might well be
cAlled-ls fl rid from outdoor exercise and
god living; his mastache is a big one a d
lighter IL color than is reddish or sandy
hair. Mr. Langtry dresses well, in the
Engl.s style, and was par ial to the suit
of ,hree different chez 5, one for tue coat
one for the vest, and another for tue trol-
serS even before the P ince of Wales pro-
nounced his approval of the FASH n. Mr.
| Langtry Introduced this remarkably e!o-
queat style or dress into the metropolis of
New York.
HIS friends in New York are and say they
have been impressed with Mr.. Lang RVS
unas uming mo1esty, his good fel ow hip,
his appreciation of a kindness and his fidell-
| ty to those woo are faithful to him. People
! who met hun here, and who expect to see
him here again very s'ol, liked him aud
| found in MIN none Of th9 vicious excuses
of which his Wife, partiSans have so per-