The morning call., 1894-07-01

| in spite of the fight of time and the out
| RACES to which it has been subjected. the
| building Is wonderfully well preserved. 1t
would be very easy to restore il to its
| primitive appearance.
| There are two wings connected by
corps de logis, behind which is
garden. A triangular courtyard once
contained a chapel of the Virgin and
square dungeon. Beside the great entrance
| door was a small door. and a secret door,
and between them large window. Now
the facade exists. but in ventilated state,
and in the left angle of the courtyard is
the framework of beautiful staircase.
In the upper portion one still sees
| balcony, the sides of which are
covered with heraldic stars. For
hundred years this house was the
residence of the ArchbishOps of Sens.
Cardinal du Prat. who never visited
his diocese. lived in this palace. Car
dinal de Guise, mockingly called the
"Dottle Pope" because of his f0ndness
for wine, was a locataire. Cardinal
/ de Pellere of the league, he who died from
the shock when he heard that the gates of
Paris had been opened to Henry of Ma
varre, inhabited the palace. Cardinal du
Pearson, the poet and theologian, also
made it his home.
When Paris became an archbishopric the
palace was rented TO the famous Queen
Margot, who transferred her court from
the castle of Madrid. Marguerite of
Valois, the Queen of Navarro, otherwise
known as Queen Margot, was the most
famous occupant of the palace. When she
came to the Hotel de Sens she was SO years
old. Her life was succession of adven-'
lures, not the least of which was her stay
at The castle of Usson on the crest of a hill
in Auvergne. Nearly all she loved were
dead, among them GuIse. la Mole, Busy
and the unfortunate Aubiac, who was
hanged for having assisted Queen Margot
in her flight from Carlac, and from the
terrible jealousy of tie BaillH Lsguera.
She arrived at the Hotel de Sens alter the
divorce from Henri " with her latest
lover, Vermond. page. 1S years old.
Queen Margot was unfortunate always. be-
cause of her surroundings. Her life was
most unhappy between her mother. Cath
crime of Medicis. her brothers. Charles TX.
D'Anjou and D'Alencon, and her hus-
band, Henry ". Tallemant des Reaux
SAYS of her that aside from her love affairs.
she had much common-sense and might
have made skillful politician and wise
adviser.
Love and death with Queen Margot
entered Hotel Sens hand in hand. One
morning when the Queen was returning
from mass Vermcnd. the page. killed De
Saint Julien beside her carriage door.
Queen Margot, furious. exclaimed: xiii
Vermond: strangle him with this ribbon.
Two days after the scaffold was erected in
front of the Hotel de Sens and Margos
leaned from her window to see the execu-
tion of Vermond. But afterward she was
so horrified that she left the palace never
again TO enter is portals. The same day
everybody in the streets sang:'
La Refine Venus demi-morte
De voir mourir devant sa porte
Son Adonis, son cher amour,
Pour vengeance devant sa face
Fait de faire en- la meme place
L'assassin presque au meme jour.
| When passing Aotel de Sens one always
| thinks of April 5. 1906. when Queen Msrgot
| in her carriage was ronsed 10 fury, and of
| April when at her window, pale in spite
| of the rouge. she trembled with hatred
| and revenge. The window from which
| Margot leaned still shows the work of the
sculptor's clIisel. and by a strange COIN
| cidence on the wall Of her room beside the
| famous window is picture representing
| one of the most terrible episodes in the
| Commune-le mur des federes at Mont
martTe.
After Queen Margot, the Hotel de Sens
was occupied by Philippe de Dreux,
| diligence station, then an apartment house,
with shops on the first floor. At the ReyO-
luton it was sold as national property.
| and since that time has been rearranged
| to suit the tenants. A building of this
| description, a building of so great histori-
| cal interest. should be devoted to some
| public use. In quarter so near the
| Bastile and TEN plei would be appropriate
| to establish an industrial museum, and
| lovers of ancient art hope that the city of
! Paris will eventually devote the Hotel de
| Sens to that purpose.
| BARONESS ALTHEA SALVADOR.