The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-06-09
The Paris Ruins.
THE TUILERIEs.

centuries In 1864, Catherine de Medicis
began its erection. A prediction bid
ding her beware of st. German and the
Tuileries caused her to abandon the
work, and leaye it for Henry Nv. to ex-
tend and embellish. He began the long
work which joins the Louvre to the
palace and the works suspended by his
death were carried on, and terminated
by Louis Kill, who fixed his residence
there. Louis XIV. having ordered
Levan and D'Orbay to harmonic the
whole, an attic was added to the central
buildings, and other important i'm
provements made. This monarch resi-
ded in the Tuileries occasionally until
the building of Versailles, when the
court. entirely forsook the capital. The
Regent Duke of Orleans fixed his abode
in the Tuileries during the minority of
Louis XIV. but from that period till the
forced return of Louis XVI. the fami.
lies of persons officially attached to the
court occupied it.
During and since the great revolution
the place of the Tuileries was associated
with many memorable scenes. The
mob entered it on the Goth of June,
1892, and it was attacked and the Swiss
Guards massacred in the August follow
ing. 1t was the official residence of
Napoleon when First Consul, and when
he became Emperor it was one of the
Imperial palaces. In 1908 Napoleon
began the northern gallery to serve as
communication with the Louvre. After
the restoration the Tuileries continued
to be the chief residence of the King
and Royal family. After the revolution
of 1880, when the people attacked and
took the place June 29) Louis Philippe
fixed his residence in it, and continued
to inhabit it until the oath of February,
| lS4S, when 1t was again invaded by the
people, and the King made his escape.
By decree of the Provisional Govern
nent of As, it was TO be transferred into
an asylum for invalid workmen, but that
intention was not carried out. During
and after the formidable instruction of
June of the same year it was used as a
hospital for the wounded. In lS49 the
yearly exhibition of paintings was
opened in the Tuileries. During the
reign Of Napoleon III. it was his official
residence, and was the scene of magnif-
cent balls and receptions. A concert
was recently held in the Hall of the
Marshals, under the auspices of the
Commune.
The exterior Of the palace was grand
and imposing. The extreme length of
the facade was $50 yards its breadth
SO yards. Owing TO the different pc
RODS at which it was built its architec.
ture was not uniform. All that wealth
and taste could accomplish was en-
ployed under successive monarchs to
embellish its interior. The Emperor's
private apartments were gorgeously
decorated. The theater could accom-.
modate 800 spectators, and was used as
a supper room when balls were given at
court The chapel of the palace was
rather plain, and had gallery and
ceiling resting upon Doric columns of
stone and stucco. The Sale de la Paix
was used as a ballroom, and was 140
feet long by 35 feet broad, and con-
tanned splendid statuary. The Hall of
the Marshals was remarkable for its
splendor. The names of the great bat
les fought under the first Empire were
inscribed on its walls, and around the
hall were busts of distinguished gener-
ais and naval commanders, while por-
traits Of the great marshals of France
adorned its panels. The furniture was
ornamented with green velvet and gold.
This was used as ballroom on state
occasions. Four other magnificent halls
were conspicuous features. The car.
pets on them were of Gobelin's manu-
facture, and cost 100000. These halls
were the White, the Apollo, and the
Throne Halls. The Throne Hall, a
splendid apartment, contained the i'm
perial throne. The hangings were of
dark velvet of Lyons manufacture, with
palm leaves and wreaths wrought in
gold. The throne, facing the windows,
was surmounted by canopy Of the
same, and the drapery depending from
it was studded with bees embroidered
ing apartments would simply embrace
repetition of decorations of unrivaled
elegance, the results of lavish expendi-
ture.
THE LOUVRE.
The world.famed Louvre was mainly
constructed by Louis XIV, but was left
in comparatively unfinished state
until the year 1902. when Napoleon
resumed the work, and under him the
Louvre was finished and the surround
ing streets and places cleared. Its
internal arrangements were made prin
cipally by Charles X. and Louis Phil
ippe. Since the time of Louis XIV. il
has been devoted to the reception Of
the various museums of the fine arts
and was occasionally used for grea,
ceremonies of state. The eastern front
of the Louvre was one of the finest
pieces of architecture of any age. The
grand colonnade was composed of 2S
coupled Corinthian' columns, fronting q
wide gallery. The central part of the
building forming the gateway was
crowned by a pediment, the raking
cornices of which were each Of single
piece. This pediment contained base
relief executed by Lemont, and over
the grand doorway was another by Car.
TELLER. The gates themselves, made by