Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-02-03

Mrs. Hugo de Battle (the Jersey
Lily) Is the NEST talked Of woman on
the New York stage today says the
World
Her personality her character, her
chances for recaptivating society. her
husband, her play, all form themes for
discussion at every sort OF function.
Mrs. de Battle Is criticised 0y society
which, nevertheless iocks Oh see her In
preference 10 occupying their boxes az
the opera. and while her play is picked
into pieces and placed beneath lhe ban
Of moral dlsapproval. the box office Is
sold out and spectators ohCr 90 supply
us with seats al Sc each
Mrs Langtry. however Is not much
effected by public discussion or The
commoton she creates There is no
succlnct novelty about the situation
TO Justify its disturbing her from her
accustomed calm
The Jersey Lily II used " making O
furore Of one kind or another She Is a
woman Of strong individuality. who can
never pass In the crowd unnoticed Her
life has not been one Of tho eyen-tenor
sort that has lived without influencing
or affecting anyOhdy and drops out
without creating O vacancy. IL has
been a series Of events.
DIFFERENT FROM OTHER GIRLS.
when I was little girl." said Mrs.
LGnCtry, when | had cOaVed her into
Renaissance. II was different from
other little girls-at least | think | was
because / never found any other with
whom I could be perfectly happy My
glrlhood was lived with my brothers
| had six Of them., How ! loved them
and how devoted they were 90 mel
MY father was dean Of the Isle OF Jer-
sey. We had every possible advantage
They seem uneventful DAYS 10 me
now, comparing them with the rest Of
my career. but they geemol nlled with
everything blessed then Fancy grow
ing up with six boys ana being one Of
theml | did everything boys did and
nothing that girls id,
"As four brothers had preceded my
coming. / was ioyously welcomed. That
was a good start I'm afraid I was al
lowed to do pretty much as ! pleased.
My father was y blessing such as few
families OF children know
II was tomboy. / confess Il. because
II is useless 20 deny II. ] cannot live IL
down. Several DAYS ago I received a
letter from an old friend OF my father,
inviting us 20 dine In II he said: j
cannot fancy how you must look | re-
member you only as the greatest tom
boy on the Isle 81 Jersey Really, now,
would YOU think it?'
Mrs. Langtry looked tail and stately
I'm a blue and black frock that coaxed
out the lines OF her figure. She has
certainly outgrown her tomboyism.
EARLY LOVE FOR HORSES
1T was in those early days, she con-
tinued, that ] developed my love for
horses. / could take care OF them as
well as my brothers, and | understood
them better. could always break in
the new horses. for ] didn't know fear
and somehow had a way Of winning
them. a.i.
| and since then you've had a way
, OF winning with them2'
+ Mrs. Langtry laughed
"I'ye been fairly successful with my
stables, haven't |, for a woman
"Why for a woman
!, "Well. a woman can't do so well, you
know. She's handicapped. She's not 50
! Independent, and can't look about and
be right on the field like man. It's
| the same In almost everything she
| simply hasn't the same chance. she
must think Of her dignity. no matter
what the transaction at hand may be-
while a man hasn't any. At least, II he
has, it's a sort OF staple article that
doesn't fiuctuate. no matter what he
| does.
THE principal event in most women''
lives is TO marry. Indeed, it's essential
Il married very early In life II was
also early in the mornings o'clock,
Think Of getting out Of bed at 4 in tht
morning to be married. Why did J.
Because we had to catch the 6 O'Clock
boat to Southampton, Mr.. Langtry':
home. where we spent our honeymoon
1T would have been dreadful, leav'
ing Jersey and the old home, had II not
been that most OF my brothers had gone
out into the world before me TO follow
their several professions. Jersey is The
sort Of place. you know where folks art
born, and reared, and tutored, and ther
run away from.