she adopted lola, became a dancer, and had a series of romantic trysts with victor hugo, frederick chopin, and she served as the con my daunt of king ludwig of bull vary ya. it contributed to his abdication and sent her packing. during the tour of the united states, lola arrived in california in 1853 and stayed for two years. she quickly became known for performing her famously suggestive tear rant la dance. she pretended to be entank led in the spider's web and discovered surprisers hide -- spiders hiding in the ground. as she revealed her petticoats, the audience was spell bound. she threw parties, gave dance lessons to a miner's daughter who was a celebrated star of the american stage, and was seen in the company of her pet cinnamon bear. she broke into tears as she boarded the ship to australia. one paper praised her as a noble-hearted and generous lady whose many good acts so won the esteem of our citizens. whatever lola wants, lola gets. [laughter] cynthia anne parker. on may 19th, 1836, a band of indians attacks parker's fort on the fringes of the commanche frontier in the newly fo