The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-03-21

planted, it will prboably not be for
the purpose Of bringing sadness in the
place Of Joy. Even the dead who
were once merry may be expected to
=. Jerry again IL they return to this
'"te h.. "ene of pleasure unconfined
slo., of its fitting embelish-
The propaexr Ithe Restaurant
Henry in Paris b.. e creators Of the
new Chateau de Madrid. Their aim
is to make it summer resort for all
the elegant world of Paris; a kind of
paradise on the very edge Of the pro-
sale city. Many families will be ex-
pected tosmake their villegiature there
instead of going to the Pyrenees or
the Vosges.
The history of this corner of the
Isle de France is full Of Significance.
The western part of what is now Paris
was once covered by the deep and
mysterious forest of Rouvray. Under
the branches of its giant oaks q
whole multitude Of criminals found
shelter. Highwaymen. degenerate
sons, hireling soldiers who were for
the time without enlistments, ruled
there as absolute masters, capturing,
robbing, ransoming as they pleased.
They did not mind even the high re-
nown of the terrible Duguesclin, con-
stable of the kingdom, but attacked
his baggage as 1t was being carried
through the forest. Later Louis XII
bestowed q part of the forest upon the
famous barber statesman, Oliver lie
Daim, who was his chief adviser, and
q few festoons Of corpses hanging by
ha1ters from the trees are said to
haze quickly frightened the malefac-
tors from its precincts.
In the sixteenth century the first
beginning was made of division Of
the forest, and then,y little by little,
It was reduced in area, until it
chiefly enveloped the village Of Bou-
lcgne-sur-Seine. The name of Bois
ide Boulogne now appeared for the
first tame in the, ofiicial documents
pertaining to 1t. The kings ceased al
most entirely to hunt in the forest,
princely houses were built in 1t, and
through it lay the favorite promenad-
es Of the court. Duels were fire.
quently fought there. Then came the
torment Of the revolution. Fugitives
and conspirators resorted to the Bois
de Boulogne. In 1914 it was ravaged
by Wellington's troops. In 1912 its
area was further cut into, to make
room for the circle Of Notifications.
The Bois de Boulogne, as 1t is known
today, dates only from the second en-
pire. It was ceded by imperial decree
in June 1852, to the city Of Paris,
which undertook to embelish it, and
to conserve it as a public pleasure
ground.
How 1t Receives its Name
In a journal kept by q bourgeois of
Paris in the reign of Francois oc-
ours this passage:
"In 1928, Immediately after Easter,
and erectel chateau near the Bois
de Boulogne and the convent of the
Nuns of Longchamps, and which is
quasi on the bank Of the Seine, be-
tween the said abbey and the park of
Neuilly; and the king called 1t Ma
drid, because it was similar to that
of the king of Spain, in which the
king had been for a long time pris-
oner.'
According to other memoirs the
name of Madrid was given to the
chateau because the king, pursuing
some gallant infatuation, frequently
remained in 1t invisible to the outer
world for long periods, as he had
been during his captivity in Spain.
The days of fortified castles were now
81" wafs had trans
formed the mentality of the French
aristocracy. Princes and lords re-
turned to France with a taste for
elegant sumptuous dwellings. It was
the renaissance. The Italian masters
Of the arts focked to Paris. Jerome
della Robia was commissioned by
Francois l to erect the Chateau de
Madrid. The building was disposed
to rectangular form, with one facade
to the north and the other to the
south, toward st. Cloud; one gable
looked out upon the Seine and the
other upon Passy. The chateau was
surrounded by a moat.
The Italian architect brought from
his own country a great love of light.
The chateau had enormous bay win
dows. and its exterior was richly
adorned. There we're many galleries,
entirely open on one side. The ia
cades, dcked with fayence, enameled
in glittering colors, gave to the struc-
ture an aspect Of splendor and bright
ness. until that day unknown in
France. In each of the three stories
of the chateau above the level Of the
ground there was grand saloon, a
smaller saloon. and seven or eight
spacious chambers. The building was
completed in 1870, having cost 7,00O,-
900 francs. 1t never served the kings
of France, except as a transient abode
and rendezvous Of pleasure. Fran
cois and the Belle Feronpiere, Hen
ry IL, and Diane de Poitiers, Charles
IN. and Marie Jondset, came here in
turn to hide their amours.
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