The Trouble of a Professional Beauty
(PERVNITBD PRESS -ASSOCIATION.) . ~ . Auckland, August 14 3?he ifbllpwing; was cabled from io^on£l&h; July, to the New "STork Ne^s} Agency {—^Soine time ago Mr ; Mrs Lily Lang&y's bought York H^^^^^eg^nt 'Park for the actress ?an|lEalf*Q> paid- off her debts in con'nejs^QnVwithithe Princess Theatre, of whichißhe is at present the leaseholder. OnfttTeceht occasion: Baird returned lwme^^nexpeofcedly^ and found a '■■■ dining with Mrs ■ / ''£H!tfgtry/ i '' v 'Wittout" i more ado he pro•ceMed to jhow him the door, and • then^lie v ' went ior' the lady who is /famijiarly known as 'The Jersey .'\LilyV' Knocked her down, and kicked for in the face in such a way that it is said she is now disfigured for life. , 'iirs^Langtry hadto be carried to bed, = and* attended by a surgeon, who deprobable she will never be able to act again. The injured "woman began an action against Baird, %ut when he had sobered up he repented of what Jie had done, went to T;he housei and paid her £25,000 in Bank -of England notes, to salve her wounds and prevent an action being '•■
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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 21, 18 August 1891, Page 4
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182The Trouble of a Professional Beauty Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 21, 18 August 1891, Page 4
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