Show ROYAL SNUB FOR MRS LAXGTRY The Princess of Wales Pointedly Snubs the Jersey Lily Before the Prince London Letter to Boston Herald The society journals denounce the Lonsdale Chetwynd fight in the most unequivocal terms and Lord Lonsdale who is a brother to the dissipated character who was the first husband to Mrs Lantitrys friend Lady de GrayGladys Lady Lons I dale is generally condemned As for Mrs Langtry she was subjected I three days later to the greatest slight that could be inflicted upon a woman of i her position a deliberate cut from the Princess of Wales who is not the plastic I doll in the Princes hands that some people peo-ple imagine This eposide occurred at the Coombe house where Lady Archibald I Archi-bald Campbell and her pastoral players j were giving their last performance of j The Faithfulle Shepherdesse The I Prince of Wales entered into conversation conversa-tion with Mrs Langtry who dropped the usual quaint courtesy with which royalty i is received The Princess of Wales had turned her back and was talking to someone some-one else A hundred eyes watched the group It has often been said and not unjustly I that the Prince of Wales is remarkable j for his tact but even the most distinguished distin-guished social warriors sometimes lose f their heads where a pretty womans interests in-terests are concerned and at this moment mo-ment if ever Mrs Langtry needed the consolation of loyal favor The Prince plucked the Princess by the sleeve after saying to Mrs Langtry in quite a loud voice Oh the Princess wouldnt like to tell von The Princess turned around surveyed Mrs Langtry quite as though she did not see her gave PO slight a bow that the inclination of the head I was almost imperceptible and then de I liberately turned her back and resumed j her conversation with her friends It i was the hottest day of the season but the thermometer I seemed to drop a hundred degrees the Prince looked exquisitely I foolish Mrs Langtrys confusion was i painful to behold and the social axe had fallen But this new scandal may help the Lilys theatrical interests which have of late begun to languish |