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

~ HERE IL no European court
without the faint Of an adven-
turess. In most of them the
scandal has been repeated
time and again. Thrones have
tottered and monarchs have fallen be-
cause Of these women who had infatu-
ated kings and so been raised to rank
and riches. But you will search the
history Of Europe vainly to find a
more balefully brilliant career than
that Of Lola Montez-the Spanish
dancer-who lost to Ludwig his king
dom of Bavaria and finally herself,
old, disgraced and forgotten. went to
America to die. She Is buried In
Greenwood cemetery. New York.
Lola Montez came of that rare "a
cial combination. an Irish father and
Q Spanish mother. She was born In
Limerick in 1878 and named Marie
Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. But
the Gilbert family cast OF her father
at her birth and he started the child's
adventures by hurrying to an army
post in India.
The mother found one Sir Abraham
Lumley, and Indian Judge Of great
wealth, whom she aimed to marry to
Lola. The girl, hearing Of it, rebelled
and showed the spirit that was to
characterize all the later years Of her
career when she eloped with Capt.
Thomas Jefferson.
BY this time Lola had become really
one Of the most beautiful girls on the
peninsular continent. 1t was recog-
nized at the viceregal court where she
was petted so willingly that her hus-
band carried her away.
In 1912, at the height Of her beauty
and wit. the. girl started back for Lon
don, seeking divorce from Captain
James, with whom she was already
bored to death, in order that she
might be free to wed Captain Lenox
she had met on shipboard.
But the courts weren't quite as sus-
ceptible to her raving beauty as Lola
had expected. for. while they gave her
a divorce, they forbade her marrying
again.
Up to this time, probably, the girl
had given small thought Of becoming
a dancer. She had known that her
mother lola oliver had followed
that profession with Indifferent sue.
cess for a time, but Lola's ambition
was far more bent along the line OF
q wealthy match.
But the divorce from James left her
almost penniless. Her family in India
already had sheltered her unwillingly
twice and the handsome girl figured
on the way Of livelihood all in vain
Finally at the suggestion Of an Ameri'
can woman Lola decided to try dane
ing She studied in Spain and Italy
a little and then with superb assur
ance. but without one atom Of profes
sional experience. she essayed tri
umph at His Majesty's theater in
London.
Dona Lola Montes was the head
liner on the card, for Lumley. the
manaGer-whose name balefully coin
cides in her history with that Of the
Indian judge-had advertised her de
but in q perfect fanfare of praise. The
appearance Of the star in her nrst
dance was greeted at first with cheer
and Lumley was counting his fortune
when suddenly q shrill hiss arose
from q side stall. a mans finger point
ed at the dancer and mans voice
cried loudly: why. it's Betty James.
The man was Lord Ranelagh. the
header OF the smart set. and his Qmcl
bon mot at the expense Of the divor
Gee who had. come back in disguise
ruined Lola's chances on the Londor
stage.
But though Lumley was forced t.
ring down his curtain on her first per
Yormance Lola was in no whit dis
mayed. She made q tour Of Europe
seeking to win fortune through he
eccentricities. She went to Par'
With not much money. but with tn