. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . thout speaking a word. 74 PARIS AND ITS STORY taught at their school of theology. Their monastery in thesixteenth century was the finest and most spacious in Paris, with cells for a hundredfriars and a vast re-fectory, which stillexists. The king alsofounded the hospitalfor 300 blind beggars,known as the Quinze-Vingts (15 X 20) now inthe Rue de Charenton,and left them an annualrente of thirty livresparisis, that every in-mate might have amess of good pottageat his meals. UntilCardinal de Rohan,of diamond-neck
. Paris and its story, by T. Okey; illustrated by Katherine Kimball & O. F. M. Ward . thout speaking a word. 74 PARIS AND ITS STORY taught at their school of theology. Their monastery in thesixteenth century was the finest and most spacious in Paris, with cells for a hundredfriars and a vast re-fectory, which stillexists. The king alsofounded the hospitalfor 300 blind beggars,known as the Quinze-Vingts (15 X 20) now inthe Rue de Charenton,and left them an annualrente of thirty livresparisis, that every in-mate might have amess of good pottageat his meals. UntilCardinal de Rohan,of diamond-necklacefame, effected the saleof the buildings in1779 to a syndicate ofspeculators, an act ofjobbery which broughthis eminence a hand-some commission, thehospital was situatedbetween the PalaisRoyal and the it was anight shelter, whitherthe poor blind mightrepair after their longquest in the streets ofParis. The king subsequently gave them a dress on whichPhilip leBel ordered to be embroidered, that theymight be known as the kings poor folk. They were. REFECTORY OF THE CORDELIERS. SAINT LOUIS 75 privileged to place collecting-boxes and to beg inside thechurches. Since, however, the differences in the relativeopulence of churches was great, the right to beg incertain of the richer ones was put up to auction everyyear, and those who promised to pay the highest pre-mium to the funds of the hospital were adjudicatedthe privilege of begging there. This curious arrange-ment was in full vigour until the latter half of theeighteenth century, when the foundation was blind brothers and twelve seeing brothers—hus-bands of blind women who were lodged there oncondition that they served as leaders through the streets—had a share in the management of the seems to have sometimes invaded the hostel,for in 1579 a royal decree forbade the sale of wine to thebrethren and denounced the blasphemy with which theirconversation was oft
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