The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-23
OUR FRENCH LETTER .
Especial correspondence of the HEaALD.l
PARIS, September l, 1888.

Beyond the compassion that is ex-
tended to prolonged physical suffer
ing, the French nation has evinced
no interest in the demise OF the Comts
de Ohambord. He was known to
the country only by name, as a kind
of relic of history. The royRlists nat
urally are trying to make hay while
the sun shines; they have at last q
possible king, but to seat him on the
throne, that's the rub.
Excepting some Of the no surrsn-
der legitimists, the Comte de Paris is
acknowledged as the new head of the
House of France, and oddly enough,
that title he can hardly retain except
by quitting the country. He cannot
run with the hare and hold with the
hounds; be king and a citizen or q
subject of the Republic at the same
time. If self-dignity did not com
msnd a choice, the psrtizans Of the
Comte will not allow him to trim,
Already some Of bis followers, suffer
ing from trop de Zsle. have placarded
him on the walls of the city as the
new king. The proceeding was done
by stealth, and displayed the courage
of ohalking no popery on the door,
and running away.
Until he has his kingdom, the
Cemte de Peris will not choose his
reigning title. All be has dom 30
far is to merge the Orleans branch Of
the Bourbons in the main stream;
that is to cay, double back. Orleans
was a kingdom under the early
French mouarchs. CIodomir. con Of
/ Cows the Great was king ofOrlesns.
The first Due d'Orleans, was Louis
de France, second son of Charles ";
he was born 1871. the same year as
his fatal rival, and who had him as
Fascinated for reflections or his duoh-
ess, Jean Sans Peur, Duo de Bour-
goyne.
The Comte de Paris is officially re-
norted to have adopted the t1eurs de
lyS; that's a concession to the legiti'
msts, but it is not to be concluded
he renowned the tricolor for the
white flag, which, as MaoMaEon in
formed the Oomte de Chsmbord,
would cause the chassepots, Gras
rifles they have since become, to go
of by themselves in the barrack
yards. The first Napoleon retained
the tricolor, but added the bees, plus,
ss his aping ell things Roman, the
eagles. Originally the kings of
France had for arms, three crosses,
three Crowns, or a ship, the pile and
the crcs', lion, dragon. an eagle,
an OK, bees, a lark, and three toads
mot frogs. The origin CT the t5eurS
de lys is obscure. It is presumed to
epresent tb: go badly soulptured gold
bees found in the tomb OF Chilperic,
in 1868; or the three sceptres on Da-
gobert's seal, and that Were tied
together by the iris, which in Ger
man is LiSch'Blum. or feurs de lys,
and we're represented yellow, after
the color Of that flower, and as the
flower grew in water or on blue sur
fase, hence the lilies are painted on
a blue ground.
! Another explanation is, that the
plant refers to the liJiuns celeste, hence
the belief that the lily Is q gift from
heaven. Indeed Clovis claims te
have received that flower from her
, NIT, who had been given it by an
angel. Louis lie Jeune is also consid
cred to have created the symbol or
! his father having presented him with
! such flowers. There is the legend
even of Garcia, king OF Navarro, who
in 1048, being sick unto death,
: was cured by contemplating the lily,
in the cRlyx of which he saw the i'm
age OF the Virgin. In any case il
was Louis VII. who first placed the
| fleurs de lys on the banners OF France,
and it Was Philippe le Belle, who frs
, employed them on coins, called
forms. Charles V. limited the mum
Der Of lilies to three, in honor {! the
Trinity. 1t was proverb that the
lilies, after the words of the Gospel
do not spin, and this was applied al
meaning, the kingdom OF France
would never fall under the rule OF G
. distaf, or woman, of which the SaIit
Law was the protection against fe
! males inheriting the crown.
Two angels were ordinarily the
supporters of the arms OF France
bat Charles VI. had two winged deer
Louis XII. had two pcrcupines, ant
j Francois /. two salamanders. Loui
y XIV. ultimately took a sun illumi
mating the world, with the motto, ne
pEuribus impar-not unequal mattel
for numbers. Only the elder son
(dsuphins) Ct the kings of France
could display the royal arms. Con
7icts we're marked on the shouIde
with three lilies.
I may while on this subject re
mark, that Pope Paul III. in 1916
instituted the Order of the Liliee; tn
number otknighta was limited to $50
and each knight was allowed an in
come OF 5000 crowns. They wer
pledged to defend the patrimony c
the Holy See, and to carry the dai
over the Pope's head in PROFESSIONS
in the absence of princes and am
bassadors.
But the cook, the symbol adopte
by Louis Philippe and now set ssid
by bis grandson, the Oomte de Paris
n q nooairor II