The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-08-18
The Jersey Lily the most Cordial
and Reckless Spendthrift
Ever Known to Stage.
WON AND SPENT $lO,OOO,OO0
Financially "BrOke" Now, but
Coming to America Next Sea.
son to RecOup as Far as
Possible In Final Tour.

who las made $l0.000,000 BY her own
efforts and In her own right, but who
has not thousand dollars left.
How she made the money is known
OF all who care to inquire. How she
spent Il is another question. In one
evening she won $4,000 from the bank
at Monte Carlo. How much she lost
during a hundred other evenings is
not recorded.
The splendid triumphs Of her race
horses are part OF the turf history
OF two continents. The cost Of her
stables. her jockeys, trainers, and
wagers is not so interesting. But II
might help to account for a part Of the
$10,000,0O0 that she made and lost.
Ten million dollars! II is a kingly
fortune. and yet the woman who made
and lost II, has yielded nothing of her
courage, nothing OF her hope. She
has not even changed her mode Of liv-
ing. Today she Is the most extrava-
giant, the most liberal, the least worried
woman Of her age and race. She IL
bankrupt. but she Is merry. She Is
getting old. but her spirit is unterri-
fed. What did she do with 100000
900? Yhat OF value did she buy with
1t? How much was squandered? what
Is left to her OF value? She has lost
Ii all. Her fame reaches around tht
world So far as the world knows sh'
has her fame. But she is growing OLE
and poverty is no longer a remote pos,
sibllity.
Millions From Chunk Of Ice.
Lily Langtry. the British beauty, tn,
sum and flower of all they have sen
us, Is broke.
That means that she is financial.
decrepit. You know how old she is
don't you? Most people do That is
they know how many years have pass,
ed since her birth. Most people know
that she achieved fame by slipping /;
chunk of ice under the collar of Prime,
Albert Edward of Wales. The ice go
down into the region of his diaphragm
and Lily, the Jersey wonder, the ad
venturous woman, became celebrity
Albert Edward. who, was prince o
Wales, is king now. But his accession
hasn't helped the Langtry to a notice
able extent. She was pretty womai
a long time ago and the way she hi
holes in the furniture and in the seen
cry convinced nearly everybody tina
she was a great actress. Now she /
broke and means to return to Amerlc
and get enough money out of the tri
to justify her retirement.
Sale of Gems Indicates the End.
The sale of the Langtry gems, sal
to be the most valuable in all of Eu
rope outside of the inherited bauble
of royalty, has convinced the majorit
of Langtry's followers that the strange
ly beautiful adventures has reache
the 'end of her string" There wa
never critic and never a public tha
agreed to agree that Mrs. Langtry wa
a capable actress. In many ways sh
is the star adventures of all history
Beautiful? Certainly, but that was all
unless audacity. cunning knowledg
of human nature, and a positive gen
ius for choosing and picking" weak
lings can he counted in her favor
Since the beginning of her publ
career she has made more than $40,
100000, At best she is and has alway,
been mediocre actress; But she ha
made more money than Bernhardt
Duse, Marlowe, or anybody. so far a!
the figures can be verified.
In the matter of histrlonic art tn
Langtry was the coarsest exempla
that Great Britain ever sent us. Blu
she did make more money than any O
her predecessors or rivals. In tr,
course of her care& she got and. per.
haps earned. over $1O,OOO,OOO. Nov
she is broke.
That Mrs. Lillian Langtry De Batf
is to make one more desperate at.
tempt to loosen a decent slice of the
currency of the United States next sea.
son; that she is. in other words, tc
make last stand, take a last chance
attempt last coup, and offer herself
as the most attractive bit on the theat-
rical bargain counter, is proved in the
announcements concerning her new
play.
Will Dramatize American Experiences
According to her present plans she
is to appear in dramatization of her
early experiences in this country. The