Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-06-28
A BEAUTIFUL FlEND.
The True Story of the Easel hating Nine.
Lola Montez.

| woman of the lower classes. her father
| a Spanish nObieman.
..She was a girl Of rare beauty and
charm and was married at an early age
to Capt. James, an English officer, who
took his wife to India. Here he treat
| ed her like a dog. and after turning
whatever of worthy possibilities the
beautiful creature possessed into those
of iiend, he deserted her in a strange
land.
''Broken-hearted and devilisb. she
returned to London. There she met
| Jean Francois Montez, wealthy man.
| born in Pau. This man had an i'm
mense fortune and spent it lavishlv in
fttisg the girl to be an associate of his
class. He made Lola Montez what she
was.
In addition to a splendid education
and all the other accomplishment he
had her instructed liz dancing, in which
she became. if not 4 tirst-class one, an
artist capable of provoking much com
ment and attracting attention.
She was noted for her beautiful feet
and the grace and passion Of hcrmoye-
mentS.
She had but one recognized rival in
this regard, the great Nine Festris,
who, though but BARRIERS daughter,
was an immense favorite rs adanseuse,
and was so proud of her beautiful feet
shat she had her dainty boots seWed on
every morning.
But Lola Montez triumphed and was
the dansease of the day.
Among other things, she was the
originator in London Of that exquisite
| motion-poem la Taranteile."
Montez spared no eXertion or money
| in Introducing her into good society
| and making IL lady of position" OF
her. They lived much in Paris. After
| turning the heart of the French people
she went to Russia, where she also
made Il great impression.
She next drifted to Bavaria and liter
| ally danced her way into the heart of
old King Louis. She sought position
as court danseuse, but was denied by
the royal director of dancing, who
deemed her not quite up to the stand
| ard as a soloist.
Within an hour from her rejection
an order came from the king for her
| acceptance.
| VII lICL uASG appeal ttilNC CIAC ~ I'll
monarch himself led the applause.
Then, as now, the audience followed
suit. The gallery gods, however, were
not appeased by this summary forcing
| of something down their throats which
was not to their liking, and many times
| Missed her as her terpsicorean manipu-
Iati""e foil short of their ideal
She soon thereafter gained an as
| cendancy over the king, which made
him a perfect tool in her hands. She
got possession not only of the kingly
| jewels, but the jewels of the crown,
which were not his to give.
The students became divided in their
sympathies in regard to this usurper
OF royal power, and the majority CT
| them became her fierce enemies.
To escape being shot Lola Montez
was obliged to fly the country in male
attire.
She went back to London and in We
~ truth appeared at one of the English
court balls arrayed in the royal Bava-
audacity was not repeated.
She next married q love-stricken
young dude by the name of Hawthorne.
Their marital happiness was of short
duration, however. After little more
| than a honeymoon they were divorced.
During the proceedings i'll the court
room this beautiful tiend sat and smil-
| ed while the man who would have died
| for her wept bitterly.
She next travelled to Australia. and
here became very reckless in her beha-
vior, mourning immense debts and rails
| ing trouble generally.
Men raV2d over her there, as else
where. \ song entitled ''IIaye You
Seen Lola N"1tez Of the Rolling Black
Eye?" went tie rounds Of Kangaroo
land.
Hri creditors becoming troublesome,
however, she concluded to leave them
all, ard succeeded one day in reaching
the deck Of a vessel bound for America.
She repaired to her cabin, where she
sat caIml y smoking III a state of utter
| nudity. In this condition, of course,
the men could not approach to arrest
her, and in this way she escaped.
She came to New York, where she
lectured and danced with success. and
finally started on a travelling tour,
bringing up at San Francisco.
Here she again met jean Francois
| Montez, now married and having one
SON. The family, never very united,
soon went to flinders before the pres
ence of the beautiful archfend, and
Montez, in his blind infatuation, more
than once sought to put his son to
death on account of the boys interfer-
ence in his mothers behalf.
1t is told of Lola Montez at this time,
that when out riding one day she en-
countered teamster who was over-slow
in removing his wagon from her path.
She descended from her coach and hit
him a furious blow. To her intense as
constituent, the mana powerful brute
turned upon her and gave her q good
threshing.
Arising dusty and wounded from the
encounter, she shook hands with her
assailant, saying:
You are the first man in all my life
| time who yanquished me"
Strange to say, from that very day
| her fortune turned and life after that
was one series of misfortunes.
She married Mr. Hull, then editor of
| the alta. She soon tired of him, how
| ever, and selling her jewels to Il queen
of the demi-monde for SIC, 900, she took
steamer for New York.
Two nights after she had gone the
woman who had bought the diamonds
was found murdered in her bed and ev-
cry one of the Jewels had disappeared.
Arriving in New 7 ork, the downward
road of this remarkable woman took a
short turn toward the end. She became
addicted to the use of stimulants and
opiates of all kinds and quantities, and
became a total wreck.
Some charitable friend had her con-