Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-10
lola AND LUDWIG.
Of the Adventures and the
e'o'' Eyiled King of Bavaria

WIZ 10 lrontes had much to Go. LORD
'm,I-iia,oshurv. speaking OF her IN MS me-
Nan ohsaryed: alt was certainly this
niOna VINO by her conduct at Munich
"V' I'nso that revolutionary storm whlch
eo' ,.yar Europe during that memorable
Ui'" lSls,5 Paris Figaro OF June ~,
-. .cF5e Importance which the noole
, 1, lends to Lola Monies Is singuiariy
wv .9-o,cerated; nevertheless the part when
e1,'nlayed was strange one; ana we oe-
- mar tbe following notes IN regard 10
-. taksn from a volume of souvenirs,
neIi TIIrnnbIjsbed, will not be perused
Zrithout interests" e
among all the many noteworthy le-
y,arsoua0es who passed before my
Ll.rs in the time Of my youth, l nave
q .a+ recollection of only one-Lola
whose extravaganza and general
alnd,,ot caused any scandal. she was
,nsffIpsome, dashing woman, WAC caTIleU
-,stols IN her pockets and horseWhlpPeu
ffoonIp who displeased her-Drutal III ner
33osston. coarse in her speech; Vlr"so
96ndar the disguise of a most exquisite
nhysical appearance. Her whltehess' heL
enormous dark eyes, her brown hdir, nei
fgure flexible as reed, her walk grace
90 onouob TO remind one of the tRCeSS0
a-t,t DGa-alI gave her rare power OF
toiprtjon. To hear her speak, one mlght
Saye rakpn her for a tishwite; to see her
900 was TO realize ones idea of a duch-
- She turned a great many heads,
,favp1 havoc with "A great many hearts,
emitted great many pOcketbooks. ohe
wns an adventures in short; ana OF her,
moro than of any other woman, IL may De
said. Her life was romance
Where and when was she born? AT Sc
,,ilio9 or Mt MOntrose in Scotland! or at
limerick in Ireland? Was itin 1918 or IN
1s5l5 Nothing is known on the subject;
her latner came from Spain; her mother
was a Creole. During her childhood,
ala whose real name was Maria Dolores
= taken to INDIA, then to Scotland, then TO
England, where she Is sent to DOafdlIH-
school at Bath, in SOmersetshlre. Whlle
vet q mere girl, slim and charming, sne
rams away with Capt. Thomas james,
who marres her and takes her with hlm
80 Calcutta. Attred IN mems clolhes,
she follows her husband, on horseback,
through the Afghan campaign, and wan
ders with him through Cabulistan ana the
Cashmere country. Despite the excite
ment Of such a hte, there was something
foo well ordered which was not to her
taste, in an existence hampered by con-
iuga ties. She was one of your indepen-
dent wOmen-a gypsy-born; and any sort
OF woke was iusuppOrtable to her.
While her husband was away upon
some expedition or other, she left India
and came back to EurOpe-hOw, or in
what company. do not know. | find her
agan in London, at Madrid, at Paris, at
Brussels. Elegantly attired and well
provided for? Not bit of it.; singing in
Inc public squares every evening by the
light OF four candles, and collecting pen
MES; BE brave with your purses tor the
lutte singers sakeW
In 1859 she managed to get engaged as
q dancer at the Warsaw Theatre; there a
Pole sees her, takes fancy to her and
brings her to Paris, where he abandons
her. In 1870 she enters the POrte-SaInt-
Martin Theatre, as supernumera1Y or
something like 1t; she simply vegetated
there, with no resources save such as one
does not ike to dwell upon. A fast liver
of those days, Dujarrier-then business
manager Of the journal La PTesse, a
shTewd speculat0r, very well known in
theatrical circles, and a generous and
Il Enghtly man withal, took notice OF her,
4 admired her, and made her the partner OF
his existence. From that instant the
name Of Lola Monies becomes known,
and her notoriety begins. Dujarrier died
traglcally, in duel which was rot up
rightly conducted. A court trial ensued,
in The course OF which was gwen certain
false testimony that involved second
trial, resulting in one of the accused par
ties receiving a rather severe sentence.
All France resOunded with the scandal.
Loa Monies, being put upon the witness
STAND, became thereby the rage, or, as was
sad IN those days, Ia tiOnne da mO1ReRt.
Her eccentrclties were pronounced very
81 c.'c An Englishman named Augustus
falon took her with him to London, where
B sue ana not remain because she heard
mat Thomas James, her husband, was
q uglng 0 get hold of her again.
She went TO Germany, visited one wa
tetng place after another, risked few
Ao'lu' at the treate-et-qadrdpte gambling
l4oes' attaching herself by preference to
distinguished strangers" but settling
nowhere. Toward the close of 1876 she
established herselfat Stuttgardt, and cast
more IMAM one sly look at the King Of
"u'iemourg, but old William remained
uUm'led; ne was deeply attached to the
ud%euldh AmalIa Staubenrauch, and did
n91 Ieel inclined 10 give her place to an
au'ehturess with the reputation of being
o'eT-feady to slap peoples faces. Lola
olVnJes felt discouraged; and in the spring
'A. she arrived at Munich. There
e'z0tu hlng Ludwig j., of luxurious
MEMORY Born in 1856, he was then 81
Years OF age.
superannuated troubadour perhaps,
S oG' uGnhadour for all that, like the rest
e NIlltlsbacGs, he had published
OHe poetry AID The COMPANIONS of Val
all t ne "cmlr"d antiquity only, and OF
.lnsa ~ antiquity he preferred the
Ns'ou Of Nrnus-to that he over ra-
I'u.u Iallhul. Anything in the form of
gu WAS certain to receive a welcome
cn n IIi and beauties came to visit him
ba 'ue iour quarters of the world; and
10, 49, 'htlr pictures painted and their
a. nus nuhE mp IN the hall where he
r.r I'D medilate alone. A very good
of.. VAS IN other respects-in capable
'.4I iI-"lll, ard very religious.
y
h.. Hohtes found out way to meet
PBu... ~ herself be seen, to get herself
d...," N1e was then in all the splen-
Kim. o. "llchery and her beauty. The
can,a ""7 uaIhied; and his malady be.
hbr Ia. "0uTa"ie. she had Travelled far.
on d.. sUeet-singer, and she sat down
sbe.r,s' ps OF the throne to rest herself:
best w., .'ctlVed at court. "Here is nv
kaj a.. Una The loye-crazed monarch
Brd t'a u' introduced her TO his family
N7 ue ambassadors. On August ii.
hart rr. ,?"I decree dated from AschafTe
bon. .b' a',lo her all rights Of naturaliza-
Eos.,,l uui'hermore created Baroness
lerwari "SSH anu almost Immediately
ysr ",a1u' Countess Of LandaleJdt. more-
ION o aug accepts the grant of n state non.
ie1co 1-o,VoJ ilorius. The King has a res
Queen stullHt Tor her, and insists that the
..A- euuu creAle TING uiddY synrnnr q