Arizona republican., 1902-04-20

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 fT2Ecoj-a G'ly5iEna va" porn n p1iSoa her fa1.er p-jGg 2 Illus -1c. She --os granddaughter of Theodore q luDi~s-. a-iii,a-. ot tie standard 1 ;.@talE al tls I.aiorratiHn- Nn 'h ! ia5th ol her parents Eisorcu~ measures l Were taken to convert the child to Catholicism ll spite of obstinate ra- 1 sistarce hy ttc brave li,ti2 girl. 1 tIT.ats. aisuaeir.s. aH3 ever indiE 1iti-a, prevailed, aad when fourteen l i3" CI"hraeei that fai,h. t j' strange i what n a"alot she after,,Ard became. Her intelligence, beauty and perHi- less condition attracted tia2 attention ! cl thc vii and pcct StaTroH. Wfo mar ried h-r when she Vas seventeen. 1 Though ho was a p322iytfc and many yeatz aar senicr for nearly ten years she vas h.s devoted nurse ana excel ! lens wifi. The most refined and dis iinaaished literary people frequantad l nis home. and thus she became accI:9- 1 toned ta the best society.
 At h.s death she was lert i1 Erc7t I pCver.-. and D2c"ne G:Veraezs to rrr ! c.f.i@Ts' y..eral Madam Ge 7EG'ttua9a9 had iorne I.oaiv 1tlE. Hcr pr,ie.t tend-racse and eiaopio7z c&ra or he~
 cli9r%"s attracted thc attention Of t':.. fi@s.. SEc sa1n ra@y'nat"d hias HuA h. bestowed on nar 1jo H9o iisr-s. with which ei.a io':"ht t.io estate of Ai@jais.- non Fl tnt ,cmg- at ,v,ui9 she sul.. pi4Ht'3 N#d"ri d, A:1nt.+pda. ri" r,.-::.s D.. which Madam dr hiai1t n.a ui..ti1o,j n.r :ts.crler
 o..r 'll. aclco ,iGaa of the F;na agi thy i'1v.r :.r Wi i.3rd oVef hi:n until his dea.i i' an injyrgstieG study.
 LaH.s My ~as 9 notable, dual
 character. n l.a',lic life, in the eyes
 o. France and tne world, durinG his .ons reign, ,la Was Ia Cr&nGe A[0--
 aranc. q cert cf Giscreet royal I}r.
 J 2l[yi:. In private fife, as Mir. Hyde. he Was an amo.ous and unrest"sin=d
 i'd Turk. whose suitanas reigned. one
 1t 3 time, til some new beauty at
 t"acted h,p. Then with ial.lentaiions and ,e--s the deposad tavorIle retired.
 became 9 C&TmeIita and smothered
 h2r outraged feelings IG penitence and
 piety
 Louis Was generous: he provided bouH.ifuilE for the pledges Of affection
 which each in turn had left him: be- isto#i@% titles upon them. marrying
 tienl to people Of rank, and at Madam
 Eieinteaon's iGsisJence. Iesitifaized his ! aidreI Hy Ma6au de 1Ioutaspan
 I:at how did this Esther of fifty SUI pefceGe il the favor Of Ahasrerus. tEs
 gay. witty, CapTicious and fashionable
 \ashti. alias Madam de NJ0ntespan? :?
 St. Simon. although h. detost7d her.
 says Of Madam de MGinteuon, "Shc had great remains af beauty. bright and
 snri@iltly eyes. i"couo parable grace. an
 air e. ease and yet Of restraint and re- grect; 2 great deal of clave.lcss. viii . 2 speech that was sweet. correct in seed ,ei'i.cs. and naturally eloquent a.l.I ts:.f"
 &-e approached Louis upon his ra-
 jisious side, becoming his conscience. his mentor. N.screet and adrcit as ehe Was, ar,iiisial without being false she &ic'iei in bringing back the i5iu@ to . ways Of goo6Hess. @he had taken {, tirn ior }s.aa"din@ virl:i2. She wroie ? '2 friend: "The kiuS passed two { hours Nitn ,!.e: he is the most ,;lii.3bie '"-f-: he listened to lne 2ttentircly: ! rorhap9 E. ;a lat so far from thinking : Ct his salvation as t.e court supposes
 l.o hos Sa3d sen.imenis and frequent reactions toward God"
 Louis decided that as ha was getting ! cii. il Wcs time to reform; and what : agency to this end so helpful as thr :. oompanionsi,fD and counsel Of tfe ; charming and pious Madam de Mainte- : non?
 { About this time ti2e queen appropri < ateIy and cblgingly died. leaving the | King free to marry. \ secret marriage ;: suited him and sat.sGed Madam q. 2 EiainJenon.
 { Her influence ovar him was SC ! potent that she soon became his ad- { wiser in aM matters of state-hfs prime : iainister in fact. Her zeal for the ' welfare e the church made her the < 1liant tool Of the Jesuits. She bull. :, cnurchcs and monasterfes and at ha. 5 instance the king founded the ceIe- 1 hratsd school of St. Cvr f0r uhe e5u- J cation Cf the daughters of the nobil- 4 i:y.
 ! Her efforts to lead thc 1Irgenots back $ U the true faith resulted ia a bloody < ! persecution Of the Pr1tastanfs, and the { revocation Of the E5ict Of Nantes. S Rather than conform t0 the established < religion. 4G0j09 e.ts-alnona 2 hem the most intelligent. the most 2 Industrious. the most religious of the .i natiOn-quitted France and took refuge < in Great Britain. Holland .alussla, 5 5WitZerlaTG and America. The loss t1 ! France was immense. Composed large
 
 : skilled artisans. they carried with then 1 their knowledge. taste and aptitude for si business. From them England in par < tjoular. learned the art ct manufacture \ ing silk. crytal giasssa and the most : delicate kinds O: jeWel1y. For thir- ' ty years the sway or Madam Gc 5 A1aintenon over the kinS and his min ' isters 5:as complete and undfsputod. At < his death in tll5, she retired to the 3 abbey of Sc. Csr which at her desire | had been changed 10 a convent fo1 < young ladies and here she died. some ;s four yea1s lare", at the age Of eighty < four.
 Z MADAM DE POMPADOUR. q Never was France so diseraced a. i5 when the dissolute Louis " sank ccrl- 2 pleteiy under the control Cf Madam d K 2cmpadour. Her reputed father, Fran