Jeu de paume "jeu de paulme" as it was formerly spelled, literally means "palm game". In time, gloves replaced bare hands. Even when paddle-like bats, and finally racquets, became standard equipment for the game by the late 17th century, the name did not change. It became known as "tennis" in English "(see History of tennis)", and later "real tennis" after the derived game of lawn tennis became the more widely known sport. The term is used in France today to denote the game of tennis on a court in which the ancient or modern game might be played. The indoor version is sometimes
Paris in World War II windows and furniture intended for Carinhall, the luxurious hunting lodge he had built in the "Schorfheide" Forest, in Germany. Another Rothschild-owned painting, "The Astronomer" by Vermeer, was reserved for Hitler himself. Fifteen masterpieces filled railroad boxcars were sent to Germany with Göring's personal train. Göring visited the "Jeu de Paume" twelve more times in 1941, and five times in 1942, adding to his collection. Confiscations continued at banks, warehouses and private residences, with paintings, furniture, statues, clocks and jewelry accumulating at the "Jeu de Paume", and filling the whole ground floor. The staff at the "Jeu de Paume" cataloged 218