Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-01-28

liam, the eldest or the family, a man
of uncommon strength and stature. is
a retired Indian army officer. The
other, Clement, is barrister in Lon
don. The youngest Of the family.
Reginald, was the champion boxer Of
Jersey and gloried in it, and they say
even his reverend father, William Cor
bet LIE Breton, dean of the Church of
England in Jersey, was not altogether
ashamed of his prowess.
Upon the wall of Mrs. LIE Breton's
boudoir, close to portraits OF Mary
Anderson and Dean lie Breton, is pic
ture of Mrs. Langtry's only child.
Jeanne. pretty girl of IS, with fine,
strong profile, apparently dark eyes
and an exquisite dimple in fer chin.
At any rate, like Sara Bernhardt, Mrs.
Langtry has brought up her child ten
derby and carefully. The girl has lived
most of her life with her grandmother,
Mrs. LIE Breton, here in Jersey. Photo
graphs of the Lily herself also adorn
her mothers room, the favorites and
the finest being those taken in Amer
lea
Mrs. Langtry was born in the rectory of
the parish OF St Saviour in Jersey The
house is a fine. rambling old stone mansion
near the parish church. Ii is built on the
slope of an emerald green gully. AS you
look over the stone wall from the road
you see wide grounds. fat and tender
garden vegetables, and large, clean pigs
iazing in their sties-eyerythin suggestive
OF fresh air, plenty of room and The ami
NAL comforts of life in perfection In
these fair surroundings. among a family
inclined TO go the pace Mrs. Langtry was
brought up. Edward Lantry was a wild
over when she married him.
In character the Lily resembles her
father, Dean lie Breton. He was tail,
over feet, and handsome. with a grace
Of manner and a carriage that made him
magnificent looking. To the veriest beggar
in the street he was as gracious as to
lord. All Jersey loved him and felt the
charm Of his fascination. He was too
fascinating. and that was the trouble.
There were music in his voice. grace In
his manner, and that voice and that man
ner every one OF the children inherited.
AS a Shakespearean reciter he had few
equals, being dramatic, fervid and grace
full, with voice lovingly echoing every
shade of meaning. On the stage he would
have been a great actor. Intellectually
he was man Of power. but lazy and
comfort loving. You might hear him
preach SO times and think him no moro
than the ordinary parson. The hundredth
time something would occur to wake him
up emotionally, and he would flash forth a
sermon you would remember all your days
The legislative assembly of Jersey IS
called the states. and the rectors Of the II
parishes of the island are ex offcio men,
bers Of it. Dean lie Breton attended the
sessions perforce, but lightly his RESPONSE
bilities sat upon him At the beginning of
a meeting he would go to the public library
nearby and say to the attendant:
MRS. Blank, it's rather dull in the
states session. viii you kindly let me
take one Of Scott's novels TO read till it's
over?"
Now, it was against the rules of the
august library authorities 10 let any of
the books go off the premises. but nobody
could say no to the dean. He had a way
with him, a way his daughter, for good
or i'll. has inherited to the full. Withal he
had failings serious ones. There came at
length a time when these could be ignored
no longer. Under unpleasant circum-
stances he left the island and went to Eng
land and died there. His body was brought
back to be laid in the lie Breton family
vault al St. Saviour's. and he had one Of
the largest funerals ever witnessed in the
island. Everybody. rich and poor. gentry
and laborer, turned out to pay respect to
his remains. The extraordinary fascina-
ton he had exercised over his people still
held them even after his death. though
he had left their island under cloud. A
student Of heredity might prohtaby study
the early life Of Mrs. Langtry before the
commencement of her phenomenal career.
Endowed with a radiant charm of manner
and apparently perennial youthfu!ness
OVERLOOKING with health and high spirits.
splendidIy successful financially humanity
speaking. what more could any mortal
desire? At mention lately Of the prospect
, that she might write a book OF rernin-
! iscences. an American firm Immediately
| telegraphed her an offer OF $1,000 for the
| copyright. SO It was said. at any rate
| Her mother declares that from her child
hood the Lily has been successful in every
| thing she undertook. Those who know her
! say she Is to-day as youthful looking and
as fascinating as she was when she went
| UP 10 London more than % years ago and
took society by storm. If there IS anything
| IL the belief OF the old Greeks, she IS too
successful. and the vengeful gods are cnsy
preparing her for dire catastrophe Or can
| she keep It up TO old age and 60 down IN
! history second Diana Of Poitiers7
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
Isle Of Jersey.