| Show A reminiscence of LOLA MONTEZ manager Luni lumley leys reminiscences reminiscence of tile the aci opera a contains tile the following sto story about lota lol a montez is still another event remain jati bif tle circumstances connected 6 with which there is something so strangely ludicrous that I 1 can scarcely look back upon it without a smile this event was the appearance as ft a danseuse of the late fate celebrated cerebrated lola montez it is not my intention to ralee makeup up tile the worldwide world wide stories of this x strange range h and fascinating woman not long on since passed from the world perhaps it will be sufficient to say frankly that I 1 was in this instance fairly JI 1 l ru afterwards ter wards closely connected with the foreign boffl office ce had introduced the lady t to 0 my notice as tile the daug daughter liter of a celebrated spanish patriot and martyr representing her merits as a dan corin cor inso in so strong a light alight li cr lit that her appearance pe a ranco arance 1 was gran granted ted tile the after wards as great reat lola was received with rapture rae rapture rau ture public press opera goers all gave way to such immoderate fits of enthusiasm that it is difficult at this day to account for the strange infatuation aich all ranks true the so called senora deflora was wads sin beautiful her style was new and a lid there was something piquant and provocative in the surprise crea created teT yet she had no pretentious to tho the title of dan danseuse danse in any sense to speak the plain truth she was the novice in her art which she had bad novel never studied as an art at all I 1 do not intend by this plain statement to declare that the french and italian liahlian schools of dancing are alone to be e on en dured by spectators of tile the hig highest liest class for there is artin art in the spanish school of dancing as well as in the others but this SP spurious ui IOUs spanish spanial i arvit ai vit tt if at A 0 1 ti t i 1 I ipar ip rr real iia gerof ewt wf which ic it s she lie p professed rabis e a th the e whole affair was an imposture and on the very night 0 of her first appearance the truth exploded doubts already created created were confirmed andice andt hc true S spaniards p indignantly refused to acknowledge th the impostor a as s an exponent of their national dance disco discovery ry of the ti declined to allow the english adventuress for such silo she was another appearance pe arance on oil my boards and certain is it that I 1 acted wisely though I 1 had to the virtue vi it of self denial as s there is little doubt from the reception cioll she had met with the f first 1 night that the lovely woman would have drawn large sums of jeoney ney tb my treasury for some time at least in spite of tile the expostulate postulations ex on s of the 11 friends friends of the english lady ad Y all in spite of the depre deprecatory cao tory letters in whick which she earnestly denied lier h er E en ng origin and assorted asserted that she gsg ai 0 hiie rue 11 lola a genuine 1 i montez 11 1 spit c of even the desire expressed ill iii high places to witness her strange performance I 1 remained incle inflexible aible and tile false danseuse was never again again t allo allowed wod to exhibit her band handsome some p person e r 0 I 1 a and nd spurious graces graceg at 1 her maj 1 eo l |
