| Show TRE JERSEY lilt illy THE name of mrs langtry the jarsey jersey lily llly cs as the professional profesa ional beauty Is ia called is familiar to everybody in america that reads the newspapers tho agents of the associated soc loc socia ted press have fairly nauseated the public with notches of this person her appear appearance arice allce oress oreas ulet man manners nere failings companion 2 etc of course I 1 here there has been a great deal ot of lon ton in all this we have not alluded to the lady before except in our telegraphic columns colam ng but as aa so GO much has been said about her in the dis dia patches dispatches it is only fair that her own account of herself should be given to the public we therefore clip the fo howing which she has published as a caru cara 1 I was born in the isle not the state of jersey twenty foght ye beirs irs irb ago mcfather my father was dean of the island and senior dean of tho united kingdom my and great grandfather also belonged to the clergy allweier all ali were dignitaries of the church my mother was a scotch woman I 1 had six brothers and all but one were older than 1 1 I was wab the only girl lieda ileda I 1 led a most retired life sharing my bi birther other othen pursuits and receiving the same barne education until I 1 reached my twentieth year then I 1 married mr edward langtry and passed a six months honeymoon ou oa a yacht two years subsequently I 1 went to london ondon I 1 chiefly clit eilt efly to seek the advice of a physic physician jan lan as I 1 had jus jush recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever and I 1 its consequences my entrance into london social eesi cesi il life ilfe fe dates from a party at lady Se abrighi thenceforward I 1 was invited Invite ct everywhere and treated with tha greatest kindness kind hind ness and consideration during durin tarco season semone I 1 figured incessantly in london society mea meanwhile awhile tiie tile great expense connected with social pleasure sand the irish troubles my husband hubband being an irish landowner and largely dependent for his income upon his property in ireland exhausted our means it became nece necessary seary for fon me to earn a livelihood I 1 had a strong inclination for the stage and my husband sanctioned it aly bly family in jersey was shrunken four of my bro brothers thera had ded died my favorite brother was killed by a fall in tho hunting field EO co the tha prospect ol of being absent from england was less diat than might iti have been mr mir langtry strove and is striving to do his hlis share towards restoring our fortunes and regrets as much as I 1 do that he is unable on that ao ac coun tto accompany me to america this thia la is my whole story since bince I 1 arrived arrived arrive d here my life hag has been a public one I 1 have had nothing to conceal and have nothing to excuse content in the belief that falsehood fahe fale hood an ana and a malignity will in the end defeat therne themselves elves without effort on my part |
