Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-01-24


Caused By InGratitude.
The telegraph has announced the decease
of Lola Montez, who with all her eccentrici-
ties and errors, was no doubt good and
noble. hearted woman, possessing thrice as
much practical Christianity as those who as
sumo to be orthodox saints, and who regarded
Lola with virtuous horror. Saturdays New
York Express has this sketch of her life:
The real name of Lola Montez was Maria
Dolores Lorris y Montez. Was she born in
Seville, in 1918; in Montrose, in 1920; or in
Limerick, in 18242 Was her father Span
lard or creole2 No one knows. It has
been ascertained that her mother was q
creole, and that she was brought up in En-
gland. T.sfT
She visited Paris for the first time in 1910,
giving herself out for the wife of an officer in
the British army, whom she married, and
quilted in India. She obtained an engagement
as dGnssuss at the theater of the Porte st.
Martin, and lost this situation through an
eccentricity ofdeportment that was voted in
tolerable even in that region.
Lola MoDtez soon obtained admittauce TO
the stage ofthe French opera, but was hissed
on her appearance. In a fit of contemptuous
fury at this disgrace, she kicked one of her
buskins into the pdrteTre, creating an uproar
III llldb dIlblOCIdllC uOuSt. luOIC thSlly luldR-
ined than described" She was, of course,
prohibited from appearing again upon that
stage. y-l
Having become the mistress of Desiarrier
one of the editors of La PreSse, Lola Montez
next scandalized Paris by appearing in deep
mourning at the trial which followed the
duel in which Desjarrier had been killed.
In 1S47 she went to Munich, where she
speedily captured the affections of the old
.prr -hD had hay. lx-o oh N, 4hn
house of an officer of his guard. She was
officially introduced at the court, and created,
by royal letters patent, first, Baroness of
Rosenthal next, Countess of Landsfelt. In
her arms were a crowned lion, silver dol
phin and a rose. With her new rank she OBJ
tained pension of 90 900 horins. The Min
listers having opposed the exaltation of the
favorite, the Cabinet was dissolved by the
King. The Countess nominated new Cabi-
net, and soon afterward dissolved it.
The University WAS divided into two
camps; one of these being for the favorite,
the other against her. A riot broke out
among the students; Lola Montez fastened,
| without escort, to the scene of the tumult
the King hastened after her, offered her his
arm and led her away. The Monarch, irri-
tated by this outbreak against his favorite,
! ordered the University to be closed for q
/ year; on which the municipal authorities
]
him to dismiss the Countess from Court
The King refused to grant the prayer of the
civic fathers, but yielded to the energetic
remonstrances of the House of Peers. Lola
Montez received the royal order to quit
Munich her palace was pillaged, and the
King, who, upnoticed in the crowd, was sor
rowlully watching this outburst of populal
Indignation, was wounded in the forehead
+, by stone. The ex favorite went to En-.
ole har ha narria1 a canOpA and {
third husband, though her first was still liv
ing. She then went to America, where shC
| is said to have married several times.
j Her first literary attempt was the publ
cation of her own memoirs, in 1949, in the
PresSe newspaper-suppressed as scandal
Gus, by the authority of NJ. de Girardin
after the publication of the first half of thu
first chapter. On arriving in the United
States she appeared in play of her owl
writing, entitled. The AdVentares Of Loh
Montez in Bavaria. In 1853 she married tn
editor of the San Francisco Wing. In 1876
she appeared on the stage of the Melbourne
Theater in Australia.
She came to this country in the year 1851
and after continuing the erratic cours
which made her so prominent in large
field during her previous life, she was, som
months since, attacked by partial paralysis
since which her health has been gradual
decaying. A correspondent, who saw her
few days since, as she was expecting soon
die, says:
Far from the members other family, au
repudiated by those who had been th
friends of her youth, she was far happie
than she could have been had she died i
the midst of the palatial splendor whic
was so long her glory and her shame.
"That merciful Providence, who so cor
stantly sends His blessings alike on the goo
and the evil, threw this poor outcast, durin
her last days. upon the kind charities of
Christian lady, who had CHANGED to be ht
schoolmate in Scotland, but who was fl
many years ignorant that the Lola Mont
of the newspapers was the innocent schoo
girl of thirty years ago.
Mondays Philadelphia Press says of Il
cause of her death: -.--s.-a.---- ..
A few months ago she was attacked Wi
. paral1s sis, which ended in death. The eau
, of this attack remains to be related, and v
shall mention it here. When Lola went
California as an actress, she engaged q
agent. This gentleman was married ma
/ with two children and seeing him unhapE
. in their absence, she presented him wi
sufficient money to bring them and the
mother on. Shortly after their arrival Il
t husband died. Lola then adopted the wido
: and orphans educating the latter at MI
Wizards seminary at Troy. An officer
the United States Navy fell in love with OF
of these girls, and Lola, literally actir
!, in loco PARENTS, approved of his suit. Du
= = ing her last visit to England the marrial
took place.
Lola did not again encounter her prote5
It who accompanied her husband to a dista
It State, where he was detailed for public dut
o until recent period, when she met h
walking down Broadway in company wi
q lady of the highest ton. With her usu
u impulse, Lola rushed to her young friend
y literally the child of her charity--as TO ell
Is brace her. The young lady coldly DIRE
back and said, "Madam, l do not kuC
% youp "Not know me -? l am Lola-Lo
= Montez." Madam she exclaimed, as S
3. turned coldly away, II know you not
never saw you before, and if you persist
- speaking to mel will call policeman" a
~ walked away. Lola went home, more
"a sorrow than in anger" and that same d
l. had the first attack Of paralysis, which +
days ago destroyed her. Lola MOntez "
" literally murdered By ingratitude.
I, QUEEN VERONA PECUEIARILY GRATEF1
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