The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-02-03
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

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etsef Il correspondent At The Soaih da'
d the 2Gth ut threats e ch1rac'cr
| / sene celebrity, who fer sumo no"th'
las been causing considerable sensatiO;
among he theatre going public
Nothing ofimportanoe thai can rocollect ha
occurred IN my path since last Wrote. m
river in the upper part is refining, after maxim!
an effort to climb its banks. while in the lowe
country, ii is paTtaking Of southern habiis-ris
ing from its bed to which il has been contine'
during the past fall, getting high ana may ial
over some OF the free soil movements of the Pad
dies.
Fllibuserism being dead-Clay, Webster an'
Calhoun buried, -ihe 9Th of January shot,
Lola Monies constitutes the reigning hnmbus
and centre Of excitement in the Crescent City.
To pass an evening and keep up with ,hs
times followed the crowd, aud added to the
nan,ter and rsspeeia5ihty of her audience. A.
she IS person Of some note in the world, per
haps, sight OF her through ny eyes may be In
teresting to you.
For several successive nights she supported
Ter own character in cher life in lavaria,' "a p!a,
Of her prompting. purporting 10 illustrate aetna
scenes In her eyen,ful life, being ridiculous at
tempt to exhibit her sagacous points, sacrifices
aud prosecutions, as savior OF Bavaria, and thus
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sympathy as prosecuted heroine in the hearts
OF the American people.
King Louis sees her dancing on the stage and
becoming deeply struck asks an audience with
her, which she very merciiu!ly grants. As she
enters. the Prime Minister goes out, she gets
but one glance at his face, but oh, sagacious in
divduaI. by shat one glance she discovers he is
treaeherous and dishonest, and Immediately
gives The king warning OF him. The king
doubts her but she soon exposes the tr eachery
oftae Minister, convinces the king-causes the
Minister 10 be dismissed, and is made Prime
Minister herself and then Countess. She rules
the state and astolnds the world with her wis
dom. But her successor was a Jesuit, upon his
dismissal, a new revolution breaks out, between
the Jesuits on one side, and the people crying
liberty and Lola iuseparable, on the other
The Jesuits attack the palace in which she is;
she expects every moment will be her last, bur
Is resigned, has done her dyty, trusts in God
and is willing to die in The cause of liberty, but
Is not aliowedthat privilege, as her friends AMI
that OF liberty rush in and rescue her. Her
enemies poison her wine. she drinks, dies. but
comes 10 life again. Size is offered bribe of
s. 900, o00 if she will leave The country, bur
notify refuses il and stays for the peoples good
She calls the king from first sight, Louis, Chucks
him under the chin and pats and strokes him
into submission, as nurse would sick child
or child would do poodle deg Wonderfully
natural.
She talks to the mobiles as a saucy, iupudent
/ erlopirg boy in the kitchen on wash day. In
her natural tone she talks plain English, but
when she gets excited she jabbers away with
what seems to be .:that rich brogue,'' but i; MAY
be Spanish. She dances very prettily but not
extraordinary.
| saw her in tragedy and she appears better
than in her life. 1t is the ridiculously absurd
character ofthe piece which in great measure
causes her to appear so ridiculous, and / might
say SO disgustingly insulting to the good sense
ofany community. But it is her own portraying
ofherself, in her own life by herself and gives
IN idea of her ideas. She is rather smaller Than
average in size, and has not masculine, though
bold look. lmpudence is her main forte
which enables her 70 appear at home on the
stage, or elsewhere. She is receiving $500 90
per night and viii play so long as she can draw
houses 10 pay, which would not be long, how
ever, were il not for the number Of strangers
daily arriving. She wears on the stage $751;
600 necklace and breastplaie OF diamonds and
Accomplishments in proportion. She quarrels
with every one-has her own way, even the
manager Of the theatre left town for fear he
would quarrel with her and thus injure his pock-
e. | am iierd Of my job ami will quit.
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