THE JERSEY LILY.
An amusing story is told of Mrs. Langtry, when she was at the summit of her beauty and her fame. She met at a semi-Royal dinner an African king. Mrs. Langtry, dazzling her beauty, sat beside this king. She was in good spirits, and she did her very best to amuse and please him. And she must .have succeeded, for at the dinner's close he heaved a deep sigh, and said to her : "Ah, madam, if heaven had only made you black and fat, you would be irresistible !"
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2929, 1 August 1911, Page 7
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