The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-24

Evremont called them. Marion had attained
her thirtie;h year at the time of the execution
Of Cinq.Mars but she was sull in the possession
OF all her charms; and although avaricious by
nature, she lived IN great luxury. Nlnon de
l'Enclos is said to have been even still more
acauisltiVe. Besides the regular subs dies
which she received from the Councillor Coulon
and the financier RambOuillet she is said to
have drawn bills of exchange upon her lovers
with the raI acty OF a Jowess. Like Marion
Ninon played on the lutte and danced TO her Vn
accompaniment. The Lutte aud the theorbe we're
the instruments most in vogue before bully in
troduced the violin There Is portrait OF Ninon
de FBnclos IN the collection of engravugs at the
Imperial L. .brary IN winch she is Represented
seated ut an instrument in the form OF piano;
1t Is not an organ, for 1t has no pipes yet IL has
three rows OF keys, one above the other, which
permitted certain development in the octayes
and gamuts.
The importance of the Place Royale began,
however, at this epoch to be affected by the
rising influence OF the two Hotels Rambouillet,
which must not be confounded. One was, as
before observed, at Reuilly; the other (tornerly
the Hotel Pisanl) was in the quarter of the
TuileTies where are now the galleries of the
Louvre. The first, inhabited by rich dnancler5,
attracted those men OF the world VINO are
always ready to repay their court where double
louis and golden pistoles most abound. The
family OF RambOulllet which inhabited the
Hotel Pisani, was OF quite different order.
Tie head OF the House. the MARQUIS Of Ram
bouilet, was OF the family of Argennes and
his wife, sprung from the Pisanis of Florence
was one of the most favored and best informed
OF Mary de Medicis maids of honor. She
had learned Latin in order to read Virgil, anG
Spanish in order to recite Castlian poems
to Anne of Austria The marquIse drew
well, had exquisite taste IN house and theatrical
decorai ions, after the fashion of the day, which
was chiefly addicted 10 neurological representa-
tions; aud she was aided in these poetIco-
dramatic pursuits by Conrad, Voiture, Patru
Bois Robert, and Maugras. Her daughter Julia,
aterWard Duchess OF Montpensler was person
of I1firn 0ho EfNth nc ,C,,1o
was for her that was composed the famous gar
land OF animated flowers, the Ms. of which, by
Jassy, is said 10 have sold Tor A. $40 francs The
beautiful Mad'lle Paulet, before audel to, was
another of the animated flowers OF the Hotel
Rambouillet. All these ar ladies and gallant
gentlemen passed their time in playing mytho-
logical ballcts. The passion was so great for
such, that, dlsdainmg the realities Of lle the
names OF heathen gOddesses were assumed by
living persons. Thus, Tor example, the Mar
qulse was known as AIthemise,n and the
Paulet, OF whom II was written.
Qui fit la musIQue dc ce ba etg
&c tut Ia petite Paulet
was "Arthenise" (Artems and Artemisia are
known to us, but not the Latter name); and sne
was also called the 81 oness on account of her
hair of gOden-yellow. 1t was in the Hotel lie
RambOuliet that thousand new EXPRESSIONS
became adopted and lamilarized, polishing off
and refining what had taken root IN the Place
ROyale, and the two together had much positive
influence IN modifying the French language.
Ihey were The school In which Madame de Sc
Vigne Busy RabUtln, and Saint Evremont we're
formed, and from which emanated at later
peIiou Hamilton and Voltaire.
The former literary importance OF the Place
Royale was thus in ITS turn eifaced by that of
the Hotel Rambouillet, and the wits who once
peopled the groves of the Marais emigrated to
the Place" which became known, from the
chivalrOus festivals held there during the mino-
rty OF Louis XIV. as the "Carrousel." But the
Place Royale suddenly assumed a new import
10 q lia
mentarv men dWelt in the Marais. They met
every evening on the "Place," and it was from
thence that the "Mazarinades," which consti-
tute OF themselves collection OF twenty volumes
in quarto at the Imperial Library, emanated to
be afterwards chanted on the Pont Neuf. The
first meetings OF the Frondeurs were held in
this quarter. The measures dictated to the
Hotel de Vile to insure the success OF popular
insurrection also had their origin on the Place
Royale, and IT was there that arms were first
resOrted, when tue President Broussel was trans
teTed to the Bastile by order of Anne of Aus
trla. Master Scarron gave The signal tor the
festival which LED to the barricades OF the Rue
Saint Antoine and to the capture OF the Arsenal
and the Bastille-events which were at that
epoch celebrated by llluminatiOns, dances, and
other eXtravagances on the place"
The massing OF royal troops around the Marais
and the Faubourg Saint Antoine terrified the
monks and nuns only. Mademoiselie de la
| Fayette fed TO Chaillot, where she founded q
! convent; but the democratic white Mantes'
still held by the Place Royale and the Hotel de
| Guise. When Anne OF Austria fled from the
| Cardinals palace to st. German, the Place
Royale became one OF the seats of the popular
| governments; the municipal action remained
! with the Hotel de Vile. but the heart and SOU
| of the movement was in the MaraIs. As usual
| however, in all such cases, there were two
| parties there, one of them favored by the
! ''gl lande Mademoiselle;" ard Madame de Lon
| guevllle would admit of no temporizing with
the court queen or cardinal. II was they who
| put into rhe young kings mouth the words:-
Maman est Mazarine,
Et je suIs Mazar1n.
Others were more moderate in their views, anC
| were open to arrangements which should moi
compromise the people, Marion Delorme anC
| Ninon de PEnclos sided with this latter party
| the turmoil of sediion was uniavorable to the
| pursuits OF pleasure, and their finances suffered
! IRON the demands OF an armed revolt. Nay
| Capefgue insnuates that Ninon was so far re
| duced in circumstances that she was induced tC
| give up her blue chamber to Mere that he nigh
/ meet there Mademoiselle d'Aublgne, atterwarC
| Madame ScarrOn, and then Marchloness o! Main
( tenOn. This is a disagreeaDle bit OF scandal t(
repeat, and respect for Madame de Maintenonh
| literary distinction would have led us TO pas
1t over; but the memory of the revocation OF TN
/ Edict of Nantes, and the contempt we feel To-
| courtesan turned bigot IN her old days tOrblC
! our dong so. Besides, there we're many other
! as brilliant aud gifted as she IN these peculiar
| times, whose characters none have attempted u
! renabilitate, as has been done with Madame
| de Maintenon; and it is asserted that Nnon d'
rEnclos was tolerated bv Louis XIV solely oI
| account of tine secrets which she held concern
ing his most "austere and plou- mistress"
The poet SCarron belonged TO the extreme
party and he declaimed in Hudibrastic verse Il
the Fropdeurs against all conclllation:-
"C'est mauvais presage pOur vous
QU'une FToude nest qu'une cOrde,"
is an amusing play after the word ''slng" an