The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-30
Debut OF Lola Montes.-.The Legal Pro-
csedIngs against her.

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The lorg expected debut Of Lola Monies q dep,tus
of last night at the Broadway theatre ExpestA
ton was on tip.toe. The building was crowded from
the ceiling to the stage Ike audience consisted &mos,
entirely Of gentlemen We 90 few ladies and
many Of the opposite present at any piese Of
amusement Of the Broadway. There certainly no,
than thirty females in the house Srt they appear
I'd to be all women Of responsibility. TIE general Az
Of the strange enough. they hsvc at
tended In great numbers the performances OF orr dan
GERS but superior In worth though not 70 no.o.
rious as the Countess Of Lansfedt There was one
thing too rather remarkable about her dancing last
nght-it was the most modest performance Of public
dancers we have FOR length Of time. She has
guee innocent look that seems at variance with her
reputation.
After the performance Of pretty comedy, the curtain
remained down for length Of time, when the auience
became very impatient and excited and Kissed the
ehestra which trying divert them during the In
terva At length the ring Of the bell announced that
the curtain about TO rice when burst Of applause
followed and cry Of there When the curtain
raised a very fine tableau- Of the whole corps De tsi
presented Itself anid.. loud cheers, and many eyes
searched around for Lola Montes but eeuli NOT aGd
her.
In few minutes she made her appearance on the
staircase representing winding path down mountain
when she was greeted with tremendous applause. sh.
remained the spo for some time ecutteying low 10
the audience who continued to applaud her for severs
minutes She then desce ndei gracefully, and on reach
ing the stage received with another burst Of sp
pause which she again Acknowledged with q lady like
bow She vac neatly dressed as Tyroesn she looked
very thin and sirs-fsr younger than she IL In fact
face il ls Of an sristocrstic mould and mien, and
there something fascinating In the expression But
she T. not % vsfy bssutifuI after all Her IL
fueh Ia set q . r. he'd
but her mouth IL by no meens pretty Her chin ani
neck however arr tine Her form s fragile and slender
and her movements and attitudes are very graceful
Tuere Is natural ssse in her step which IL charming
Neither her legs nor feet have anything remarkable
about them Her leg g. rather common, and her foot
certainly neither an tsIu.ian nor dimInutive The
coloed nsravnEs in the shop windows not like her
he Is not 30 ~ BON point or 80 he.hy they represent
she appeared q, Belly in the ballet Of the aTyrolean
sonI9.td expressly for her Her hr.t dance was the
lyolenhe and was well received and warmly applauded
IN many points Several bouquets thrown 70 her by
ladies' ron the boxes ~ the conclusion Of this dance
Daniel and Lola Monte. danced together ON entering
the stage this time she lid receive any applause and
N,r AZ ne eo,e vas slIsueed far more enthusiast
dancer She made false step in this lance which
brought down slight hiss from one two Of the audi
cree
The Mountalneer Dance by N. e,rp, se t,n, TO-.
lowed, and after IS conclusion there IVES ronsderabie
desy In her returning 10 the stage when idea seemsd
70 prevail that she would not come back There was
hissing in consequences. At length she appeared
in new costume, which accounted Tor the delay. she
looked well and was loudly sppsuici Her dress
sisted Of very pretty Hungarian san skirt striped with
white and red with military black velvet jacket faced
with gold and pretty red hat with feather In this
dance she successful than In the other two It
was sort CT dance in which she exhibited the
tal bearing and military tread remarkably well. She
led company Of soldiers OF the stsge in sort Of dan
cling step, and was enthusiastically appauded
The whole performance lasted exactly forty mi nutes
and Just concluded at O'Clock When the curtain fell
she called fer with great vehemence, and coming
in front was received With great cheering She said 10
weak voice and rather foreign accent ronouncing the
article the a. de- Ladies and gertlemen-I thank
you from the bottom of my heart for the very Kind
ception ycu have given poor stranger your noble
lard She then withdrew
Eer dances short and simple sud she performed
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