, 1874-01-11

| E1armontel her Secretary, she brought Piga1le
the sculptor. ont OF his obscuritv, and after
| wards dfow for him the design for his statue O
Louis AV. she patronized Glucs. who had failet
to gain any attention i'll the Beeotian England O.
| tue first Georges, aud it wAs under her au8pice
that iiR ''Orfeo" WIS produced: to her Mon
tesquieu dedicated his greatest work; and to hel
vOLTAnE.
| owed his first Introduction to Court, The KiQs
| always dis1iked Toltaire; he once said that ht
| feared hum and q breach Of etiquette nearly
| lost the poet his neWly-sained favor.
Pompadour. had theatre fitted up at Yer
sa!lles. OF which the Duke de ID Vallieie was tht
director and the Abbe do la Garde the prompter
aud the lady herself the principal actress. tt
celebrate the triumph OF Fontenoy, yoltairt
wrote . kind OF pageant, entitled lie TEN
pie de Ia Gloire,' in which the parts wort
executed by the ladies and gentlemen o.
M the Court, including LIS pompado1r herself
! 10 favor tho author, she had placed hin
in the Kings box. and on the first rep
! resentation Yoltairo found himself stand
ing Immediately behind the King, who wns deslg.
mated in the spectacle ns 1rajan. When that
! august Fersonage appeared upon the scene, the
poet became go excited that, in 3 transport OF
| eelf-gratulation. he caught the real monarch in
yone s oS 'd Tbs d.tns bsessh 5ss1ef e
decoruu caused terrible conmotion, the Offend
er was removed by the guards and would GER
| tainly have been banjshed had it not beon for
] the good Offices of his patroncss. She after
| wards conferred upon him the dignity OF gentle
| man in ordinary OF the chamber, and the post OF
historiographor. Her friendship for Voltairo
| survived even the lampoous and abuEe with
| which lie so plcntifullg bespattored he1 during
| his residence It Potsdau and she frequently ILL.,
terceded with the King to allow him to return
to Fcance. 7
One OF her moet dis;ntcrcsted acts of kindness
| was bestowed upon tho old poet Crebllon. who
| was at the tlmo 80 years Of age: she settled
hjYT1u ham
to the einect1ro Of librarian, which included d
lodging IN the Louvre. and presented to linn q
masnltccnt impression of his own works, OF
which she herself mad engraved the tail-pieces.
Under her reign genius OF all kiIu5
FOUND WARM WELCOME
in the Court Of France
Not to literature and art alone did she confiae
her influence and her patronage. At her suS-
gcstion the great Ecole Miliare wns first
founded; the groves Of the Champs Elysees
as far IS tile Porte St. Martin. She drew
grand plan for rebuilding Paris, Of
which only q portion was executed, but
OF that portion are the Place do Louis Quinze,
the Place Vendon,a, the Aadclciuo &c. But the
greatost OF all her works was the establishment
Of the great 6evrcs manufactory. The idea WAS
first suggested by the sight Of some very beau
tiful specimens Of porcelain. brought BY Charles
Adams to the King. An attanpt had been made
in Louis NILS time to introduce into France
failed. Under the ardent auspices OF Pomra-
dour, however. who drew with her own band,
and occasionally painted. some Of the finest de-
signs, the Soyres ware became tho most ccie-
brated in Europe. III all these undertakings she
NAS ably seconded BY the talents OF her brother,
the Marquis de Aarigny.
Upon q hill that commanded fine Wow OF
the manr1fac.ory, of tile windings Of the Seine.
Of the City OF Paris. and of the beautiful
country around. she caused to be erected tina.
~ IL 4
Revolution
Upon tho erection of this building, and upon it's.
adornmeut with every beauty OF art that con1d
charm the seuees, 100000 iyres wore e1pend-
ed. Falconet, CoustAn, Adam, Verbreck, PiGalle,
p;c1e, Verret, were the painters; but all these
worked under her orders and through her inspi-
1ation- So interested Was the King in tho new
bni}dlng that. during tue progress Of tie works,
ho frequently remained with tho Torkmen
throughout, the whole day, sometimes even
plcted in the depth Of winter, but even
the barrcnness OF the seeson was over
come by the mimicry OF art. Tho con
6elyatories aud rooms we're filled with the most
quisite odors, So perfect was the imitation OF
nature that on inst seeing them the King put
his fingers to the stem OF one to pluck it., and
found that those floral beauties we're simply
painted porcelain. into the calyccs of which had
heen poured drop of the perfume associated
with the flowers represented. It was here that
La Pompadou7 8ayo her pettts souptrs, which
consisted Of never less than forty-eight different
dishes.
Talking of les petits soupers suggests yet
more celebrated and equally splendid palace
which is yet starrling,
LIE PETIT 1EhSoS.
It is here tim: Louis chiefly loved to c:st aeide
the restraints Of ROYALTY, and, surrounded by ses
intimes. to wander through those enchanting
gardens, and to gather and distribute among
them with Ills own hands the delicious fruits and
flowers that grew there, luscious as those Of Ar
mida; OF, better still. to entertain them with
astronomical deIcaciea. These suppers were
prepared by noble hands alone, for in those DAYS
gastronomy was not only q science but fine
art, and az indispensable accomplishment for a
was decided upon, His Majesty left Versailles
before midday. accompanied By the Dues de
Goutant, dAyen, de coigni, de Ia Valliere, the
Prince de Beaufrcment, and the Marquis de |
Trianon the cnisine YVES carried into the salon, |
and there. assisted by the Count 5a Croisnare.
the Ct.evaller de- Brusse, grand equc-riss; the !
Cheyalier Saint sayeur, add tho Marquis de t
officers OF the body-guard; to-
getEer with four pages who acted as 11uder-cooks
and scu|1ions, the meal was prepared.
THE K1SG HIzisELF DoSSED THE COOKS ArEoS, |
and Was celebrated fer his poulets au baEilac and
eggs prepared in different wavB: M. Goutant !
was the. hero Of the sc1ud. Coigni CT the roti; |
each member Of the party was famous in some |
particular brunch OF tho art, and all were ever |
taskiug their ingenuity to iayens new |
dishes, Both here and at Belle Vue tho |
attendance Of domestics waR entirely dis |
pensed With; when ooe course was fin [
lshed. stamp Of the foot si;ulaled the attend
ants beneath the tal1e sauE through trap in |
tho floor, and another ready furnished rose in |
it's pla:e. Tho salons in which these suppers
weto eaten were adorned with I'LL That was ox- |
uusito in nature and art; the dishes were inter-
snersed with veses filled with tho rarest mud |
most beautiful flowers the walls we're covered |
with the finest paintings; statuary WAS every
where; every article of furniture was model |
If beauty. Licentious as these brilliant re-
1nions we're, they still form d favorable colt
!rast TO the coarse drunken gluttony that char
acter1zed rho English feeds Of the time, which
Sere equally sensual aud fat more brutiah. La
pompadour WAS the first who introduced those
:efnements and elcEances Of tho table which so
obtain n the present day.
In 1852 the King bestowed upon her the dis
nction of tdlouret and the hoDo:s Of Ouch
,ss, which conferred the privilege OF
SITTING n THE PRESENCE OF TIE QUEEN.
j penEion Of 4000 livres month had been
settled upon her indepepdent OF the large gifts |