The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-07-24
5N1NG Observation-Disclosures TUESDAY, JULY a. 1866

public insurrections. The court and all Paris ,
were occupied with the marriage OF Louis XIV
with the lnianta OF Span. The leagucrs we're
ola men, the Frondems were shelved. Marion
Delorme was delunct (she died IN 1850, thirty
nine years Of age), ard NinOn was on the other
side of ioTty. MademoseIle dc Scuderv was
laughed at; Saint Evremopt vas in exile; Bas-
sompere IN disgrace; ScarTOn was exhausted
and dying; Mazarln was creating the new Fau
bourg Saint Germain, and the Place Rold was
superseded by the Carcousel tor public enter
tainments and tournaments; the most brilliant
OF which was given in honor OF Mademoiseile de
10 Vallere.
The literature which emauatcd from the Place
ROyale had always been democratic IN It's ten
denCy. Some OF the best of Courcilie,' tragedies
had been written, and even Dlay ed, during the
troubles OF the Fronde. The writings OF Scuderg,
La Fontalne, SAINT Evremont, Bussy.Fubdt,n,
Roche elouCauld, Sevigne, all betray the same
regrets Tor the past aud for the bright times OF
the Place Royele SO long Fouquet remained
in power, the precieuses were never wanting in
q friend. Ninon is, indeed, said to have favored
the attention of the luxurious superintendent
towards Mad'lle dc la Valhere, as she had done
those OF Mere towards Mime SCaTron. Jamais
surintendant ma tronve de cruelles," wrote
BOileau at q later epoch, to Irritate Louis XIV
against Fouquet, the then prosecuted captive.
But 70 this free and sparkling literature new
school succeeded, under the ascendancy OF the
Grand Monarque". Moiiere led the way by his
satire. against Lies PIecleuses Ridiculesn OF the
Place Royale and the Hotel Rambouilet. Bolieu
followed suit in seryile adulaton. "LArt
PoetqUen is satire against the literature OF the
| Froude and the wits OF the Place Royale. IL is
! the same with Racine; from his "Agamemnonp
| to his "Assuerus" it Is always Louis XIV
| Esther" was Nine de Maiutenon.
The Place Royale had become as an un-
| known territory to the Court of Versailles,
| and Net certain prestige always attached itself
| to the beauty and talents OF Nnon de pEnclos.
| She was not received at Versailles, and yet she
| was not in disgrace; Tor in her latter days she
had powerful protec tress at art in the person
| MalntpnOn.
| than she loved her, and wished to see her pass
away in tranquility absorbed in her absurd
pIetensioAs to youth and the practices OF an
| Epicurean philosophy:
| Ninon de pEnclos had as friend in her cid
age the poet Chapelle, the friend of Bachau-
ment, and he persevered in inditlng sonnets and
verses in praise of her undying charms and
| graces. Ninon herself wrote verses worthy Of
! the society OF which she was one OF the leaders,
| Her repartees were admirable for point, and
| have been often quoted. But, as she grew old,
| epigrems did not spare herr
II ne faut pas gu'on s'etonne
| 81 souVenJ eIe TaisOnne
De Ia sublime veItu
| Don't PlatOn nut reVetu;
| Car a blen compter son age,
FL o peUt avoir vecu
| AVec ee grand parsonage.
She wrote 10 Saint Evremont to come TO Paris,
and that he would find her as lair as in her best
| DAYS. The poet rephed:-'When Two lovers
| have known one another, both beng young and
handsome, they must not meet again when old
and worn ont, If they wish to preserve pleasant
illusions" The Fronde died out finally IN the
person OF "deux vielles tiles amoureuses," Ninon
de EnClos and la grande Maoemo lselle-the lat
ter having taken tor her consort the rakish Due
de Lauzun. Marion Delorme died in the plenl
tude OF her charms: but superannuated cour
tesan. however rich in intellectual gifts, is
always ridiculous, and often hideous, inevitably
reminding one of those aged creatures thai
Gotto has depicted az the Cam 90 Santa OF Pisa,
wrapped in the folds of serpents which bite the
flesh that has sinned
1t is however, still a pleasant thing to wan
der on a quiet evening from the now trequented
parts of Paris, and stroll pensively through the
streets and place" of the Maras. They are
peopled to the IMAGINATION with the shades o
the past-Mosquetaires and chevauX legers,
white and black mantles-Frondeurs, libellists,
duellists, and hnanciers, silently parading their
arcades; ScarTon, Mainenon, Scudery, and
Seviene holding seances with the wit and talent
OF the day: crowds OF gentlemen dancing
attendance at the portals of Ninon de rEnclo:
and CinqMars canterng to a rendezvous with
Marion DelOrme. Such "a pilgrimage has more
in il than an evening spent in what was, unit
recently, the Palais Royal. even with its souve
Mrs of the "petits soupels" of the regency.