MRS LANGTRY'S BEAUTY.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 61, 17 January 1883, Page 3

MRS LANGTRY'S BEAUTY.

♦ The following is a description of Mrs Langtry as she appeared upon her arrival in New York : — Mrs Langtry is unquestionably a very beautiful woman. Her beauty is of the kind that baffles photography, and those who have seen her picture only have no conception of the charm of her face. Her complexion is pure white and almost transparent There is on either cheek a dull, rich and scarcely distinguishable colour that softens the contour of the face, but otherwise her skin is as white as snow, lhe ears are a* purely white as the forehead, and the eyebrows are beautifully outlined. Tbe mouth in repose has apathetic or serious expression, and tbe lips are as clearly cut as a statue's. Wkea sbe smiles perfect teeth are revealed, and the cheeks wrinkle up into : two deep little dimples. The eyes, however, are the most winning fea- '. tures of all, *with little jet biack pupils, • and are shaded by long black lashes. They are wonderfully expressive, and certainly are very effective. Mrs Langtry raised them slowly, and glanced into the faces of ehe men about her, looking at each one fully. The faeee had been sleepy, oerhaps, but they -woke up. As Mrs Langtrytalked sbe looked at the faces about her with an expression of charming frankness, and often angenuon6ly when she was amused. Her cordiality was infectious. When -she smiled every iace buret into a broad and sympathetic grin, and when she laughed, her musical tones were drowsed in the subterranean gurgles i of the -enthusiastic spectators. Her • voice is soft, agreeable, and so clear chat it travels irar, and she is utterly without the broad English accent so tiresome in some <ot the theatrical Keope from tbe Mother Country, [rs Langtry so thoroughly charmed ; the^trcle about ker that when she gracefully withdrew the men turned to jeaeh other and lost themselves in