Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-09-22
LNzH MlyzzZ

reputation for the most beauty and
impudence in Europe. There she
danced and there her beauty-not her
dancing fascinated the journalist.
Dujarrier. who fell madly in love with
her only to be slain In duel on the
day that they pledged themselves to
marry.
Ludwig I. was on the throne In Mu-
mich. He was middle aged and had
first fought through the Napoleonic
wars while crown prince. When Lola
reached his capital he was engaged in
great propaganda to make Bavaria
the home of all art.
Again 1t cannot be said that the
dancing Of Lola Montez ever won for
her very particular plaudits. but 1t was
as a dancer that she came to Munich
and as a dancer that she FIRST ap-.
peared before the king. 1t may be as
sumed that her beauty won this king
of the Bavarians, for within a week
Lola Montez was the star Of the Mu-
mich court.
That was a pity. for It wrecked not
only the throne of Ludwig. but sent
into last days Of shame and sQualor
the most beautiful woman OF her day.
But Ludwig was straightway smit-
ten to the heart. Within a month he
had given the dancer a palace and had
introduced her in court as my best
friend" Up to this time he had been
popular with his subjects, but when
they saw the scar Of the adventur-
ess" on the throne their loyalty to
their king began to fade. Ludwig
failed to perceive plain signs that the
woman was running his reign. He
called upon the ministry of the coun-
try to create her the countess Of Mans
field. The ministry peremptorily de-
clined. Whereupon Ludwig dis
missed it in favor Of one that would
show more consideration of his ia
vorite.
And thereupon Lola Montez began
to rule in Bavaria-through the old
king. it is true, but ruling neverthe-
less so certainly that within the year
the whole Of Munich was up in arms
against her. The Bavarians did not
particularly want Ludwig OF the
throne, but they wanted him to get
rid Of the Spanish dancer. His an
swer was that he would lose his
throne first Very shortly the people
headed by his new ministry. called
upon Ludwig to give up Lola Montez
for all time. Weeping, he finally con-
scented. She was hurried from the
capital in a closed carriage to escape
the mobs and entrained for England
that night
Events came quickly and badly for
the ill-starred twain after that. The
Bavarians finally decided that even
without the presence Of Lola Monies
the scandal Of her relationship with
their king had been too great and
they demanded his abdication- He
did not abdicate; he was forced from
his throne.
But Lola Montez declared that, be-
reft, she would return to what she
caller her art" too. Trading on the
stories Of her relationship with roy
atty that had been spread over the
United States the adventures
once more penniless-crossed the
seas. She essayed to dance before
New York and her beauty filed the
Golfers for little time, but she was
fading and the craze among hard
headed Americans for the foreign
beauty fell fa- short Of that abroad.
Finally in 1861 she became ill-doc-
tors said It was through tie violence
of her disposition. She was ON the
point Of starving when Mrs. Buchan-
an took her to her home In Astoria.
Ill. There in 1861 she died.
On her plain gravestone there 10
naught to denote the flashing career
Of Lola Montez. most spectacular Of
European adventuresses. The inscr1p-
ton simply reads: 'Elixa Gilbert.
born 1918; died 1851
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