The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-05

Of the room pierced by the weapons Of the
Count and his attendants. The Count then
went 20 the room OF the Countess, which was
separated by single partition from that u
which 81 uermain had been killed, He took
her oy the hand and led her into the. hall.
lover as she entered When the Countess
was 49, after the death Of the Count she
i'4 ar "a young man Of twenty I'VE years
porary Of Marion de lOrme and Ninon de
iknclos, These two were rivals. who. 80
long az the former lived. were the cause OF
more duels than any other fifty women OF
France Cardinal Rchelieu. Buckingham,
ana ma Mars were among the lovers OF NILE.
Marion. Nnon : Lat was no less distinguished,
among them Saint Evremond was well known
as the most favored. Marion was the daugh-
yer Of the Slelr de f0rme. proprietor OF The
estate and Chateau de Baye. celebrated for
rs beautiful gardens; The towers Of me
ohats,a, are stu standne Nile DC oImis
returned TO her home. where she remained
Tor considerable periods She was beautiful
woman, with small intellectual gtfs, but was
an accomplished vocalist and skilinl perl ormer
upon the musical Instruments OF the time
she Tas OF the age OF thirty nine years when
Twenty thousand dollars of personal property
was found in her house after her death. GLOVES
womans toilet hers she never wore more
than three hours. when they we're discarded.
She owned the most beautiful rope OF pearls
affected with a -edness OF the nose which she
treated by keeping her feet in hot water Tor
IlpuTH nv n time. AIleT nfT utalllt lot ihtlhN-
four hours. she lay in state with the white
crown OF a virgin on her head All Paris
passed Impression before her BODY;
Noltaire Ia Irresponsible for most OF thelegends
connected with Nnon de lEnclos. lie claims
10 have been introduced to her when he was
10 years Of age by the Able de Chhteaunaui
whereas Ninon had died before he had reached
the age OF T.? He claimed that Ninon wished
to congratulate him on some verses ne had
lust published This was In 1901 or l7os; Two
or three years after her death Therefore.
almost all Of the stories that Voltaire tells
The real Ninon is found in the letters winch
passed between her and saint Eyremo en.,
NoltaTe told Of De GouryiIe Th no n ,in, ~
Cinq Mars. and desiring TO conceal 10000
francs in gold against his return 70 France.
and the other half to Nnon when he had
been pHrdoned and had returned 10 PARIS
the priest denied that ne had ever ,nsat ia "a
amount he had left with her. THIS Is pure
fiction. az we'll as the story OF the. suicide OF
ReauN asserts that tho best people OF France
frequented her house. among them many
women OF title who also sent their sons tIY're'
as being the best school OF manners IN rance,
This s confirmed in the LISTERS OF Nine. de
Coulanges and in some OF the later ones OF
ton who came 10 France desired 10 be pre-
three classes: The Sdishursers, those who
from admiration and with no Interior motlVe
settled large sums OF money upon her the
martyrs aspirants awaiting the triumph
who we're admitted to her intimacy, and from
whom she never accepted anything. not
even presents except from SAINT, Eyre eI Hh
lieu sent for her once when she was al the
pinnacle Of her fame 10 pay her, expenses
ne accompanied the invitation with purse
of sixty pistoles She declined TO respond
and distributed the gold among the Cardinals
lackeys. The fact that his domestics should
have been the benefcsries OF tho gift greatly
enraeed him. He would have locked her up.
but he was Informed that the best swordsmegg
and most daring soldiers Of France would
have carried by assault any place however
strong. in which she should be confined.
Nnon de ,Enclos had not much beauty.
but irresistible charm, quality that gath,
cred about her a crowd OF admirers, faithful
50 long as they lived; for she survived them
known authentic portraits OF her, those pur-
porting o be genuine depicting bold woman
with absolute regularity OF features whereas
Des ReauI says she WAS most modest ana
reserved and more inclined TO be plain than
handsome.
dues, which were the plague OF the time ana
which the severest penalties could not repress
He tells OF a Chevalier, d, AndreuI who AZ 70
years Of age had killed seventy two men
In dues "a he once told another bravo with
whom he vas about to engage. who boosted
that he had killed ten Andrieux replied that
He kept his word De Fontenoy. nicknamed
Coup dEpts. was another famous duelll7t
had married She disciplined him so severely
that frequently, he would hide under the
straw OF MS stable 10 escape heE- dlh uehth
was a ngular one II had fancy to test the
sensation OF falling with a tree that had been
sawed through at the base. THIS put an end
TO his career.
Dcs Rhaux in his "Historiettes- ignores
politics arts and the drama. He confines
himself exclusively 10 the narration OF what
was piQuant singular or ridiculous in his
contemporaries their habits vices or moral
devlations Originally the work was COM
posed for the amusement OF small circle OF
friends ann therefore his pen recorded
what he had to tell vithon; the conventional
- .k.s lsl
published until after his death His editors
had the courage 10 print Il without eIpur
eating q single word OF the orr gnsl~manu-
script Altogethe. his "Historettes" com
prise 5jI portraits or men and women Of
France Of the seventeenth century