Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1916-09-22

ChambOrd. When the CO.. or FRANCIS
III was driven from AmbOise by the ter
rible massacre, they repaired to Cham'
bord. where it was sought by the Wild
est of revelry to cheer up the young |
king. Marie Stuart shone with par
ticular brilliance at these orgies, but
her reign In this capacity was as BRIEF |
as IL was sensational. Others who fOl-
lowed in her footsteps won disfavor
with Catherine, who didn't propose let
ling any outsider weaken the hold she
exercised over her sons. Charles TX,
maddened by the meddlings OF his
mother, went to Chambord in 1867, ana
the boar hunt he INDUCED in as an out
let for his anger held the record for
many years.
Gradually, however, courts came less
freouently to Chambord. At various
times it was in the possession of Louis
XIII, Louis XIV and CASTOR. Due q
Orleans, who puttered around attempt-
ing to improve the place, only to make
it worse. 1t was the asylum of the
deposed king of Poland, Stanislaus
Leckzinska, who also sought to better
it, but did not stay long enough.
Given to Marshal SAKE.
| As a partial reward for his famous
victory at Fontenoy. Marshal Sake was
presented with Chambord, and for
some years the brilliant old soldier
kept open house there.
The revolution dismantled and dis
figured the chateau, and when France
once more settled down to peaceful
ways Chambord was little more than
shell. Marshal Berthier had it wished
. on him by Napoleon, but the pension
. ACCOMMODATING the bestowal was dis
continued by Louis XVIII, and it was
+ sold, a national subscription bestowing
, It upon the Infant son OF the Due de
Berri, the Due de Bordeaux, who there
upon took the title of Comte de Cham
2 bord.
Z As the last Of the elder or Bourbon
D branch of the house of ValOis, he was
= known to royalists as Henry V. Today
2 there are shown to visitors the kings
: apartments, decked out with tapestries
n and other gew-gaws the legitimis'
d ladies Of France who hoped one day tC
f see him king in more than name pre-
h sented to Chambord. One point in his
:. favor seems to have been that he
s packed all this stuff off to the inacces
8 sible chateau, and spent most of his
e life in exile, where he was spared the
e doubtful pleasure of being lionized b!
e royalists.
n At his death without direct heirs, II
e 1888, he bequeathed the chateau to thu
s Comte de Parma and his brother, th'
n Due de Bardi, who belonged to th'
Spanish branch of the house of Bour
bon.
e As an architectural marvel Cham
e bord has always commanded consid
h Grafton. The fact that 1t is more or les
Is of a monstrosity is not entirely tn
D. fault of the earlier architects. Mucl
10 of the trouble can be attributed to tn
s. reconstructionists who came later, an
Is whose efforts only resulted in maxim
al it look more squatty and grotesque.
D. 1t is topped by a vast number .
q minarets, cones and turrets. The roof
ut to the latter are larger than the part
r they cover, and at distance give tn
impression of a mans hat on a boy
ne head. It's lines are painfully severe
n. and there appears to have been
ok studied attempt to avoid anything !
in the way Of true beauty.
n There are no less than 440 rooms !
en- the chateau. There are 13 staircaSe
n the most famous of which is the grans
he a double spiral affair, Of 1856 steps I
the main tower, SO arranged that pc
ot sons ascending and descending ma
IN pass each other without meeting