The Indianapolis journal., 1896-08-30

carried before them in battle. Thus in the
army of King Edward priest Of Bever-
carried the banner OF St Wilfrid CT Ripon
at the battle Of Northallertcn, and the
Earl of Surrey in his northern expedition
had the loan of the banner of s.. Cuthbert
of Durham.
The banner of the cross was borne by
the Crusaders in the East. and en-
ployed by the armies of Ferdinand beneath
Granada against the crescent. noblemah
is also said TO have carried the banner of St
William of York. and the English Edwards
and Henrys won their victories under the
banners of St. Edward the Confessor and
St. Edmund of Bury. After his winning OF
the crown on Rosworth Field. Henry, Earl
cf Richmond who was thus created Henry
VII placed the banner of St. George in the
Cathedral of st. Paul. The banner CT Eng
land is composed of three crosses. that or
St. George, the patron saint or England;
st. Patrick. the patron saint OF Ireland:
and that of ST. Andrew. the patron saint
of Scotland The orifiamme of St. Deniss
Abbey was borrowed by ,. Louis, ny
Philip le Bel. and Louis lie Gros at the
Germany. The Pope sent consecrated coi-
ors to Charlemagne, and TO Philip OF Spain
national flags in the world. besides the
flags of the various colonies and parts or
the empire, such as the flags of Canada
and of Ireland. the flags OF Prussia ana or
the free cities of the German empire. The
banners of the Knights of the Garter are
hung in St. Georges Chapel, and those OF
Henry VII, at Westminster. The banners
of an enemy are suspended in the English
churches. There was formerly religious
form for the conservation Of banners, and
the dignity Of "Canneret.' was the first
among the second order of nobility. The
title of Knight Canneret was the highest
rank in chiValry and was usually obtained
in consequence of some distinguished eX~
ploit in battle. The knight was distin-
guished by n square banner on his lance.
the other knights bearing an indented per-
nC n. and he had the privilege Of command
ing a separate body in the held, without
attaching himself, like others. TO the SER
vice Of a nobleman. The English troop
ing of the colors' had a strange origin,
for tradition in the brigade of guards at
tributes the institution of this parade to
William. Duke of Cumberland, colonel or
| the Codstream and afterward of the First
Foot Guards, who was scandaliZed at tho
unsteadiness OF officers scarcely recovered
| from their midnight potatlons when they
appeared on parade at the then unusual
| hour of in the morning 1t is said that
| the royal duke devised the maneuVers,
| which required each officer and noneomtnis-
| stoned oficer 10 march slowly and solitar-
| ily in a straight line direct 10 his post.
| The least unsteadiness was certain of de
| lection Although the necessity of this
| our in its original form. 1t has been cus>
| tomary to have the display on the SOW
reign's birthday since the accession OF
| George /.
DANISH TRADITIONS.
The Danish national flag is crimson
cred emblem of victory and triumph to
| the Danes.
| The ancient flag of Denmark was the
| raven one of the sacred birds of the ia
nous Odin and this banner floated on the
| ships of the old sea kings who formerly
| infested English shores, and was retained
| as the national emblem until the COM
| mencement OF the thirteenth century. AT
this time Waldemar III. the husband Of the
beautiful and beloved Dagmar. was King
| of Denmark. On June %. 1919. a terrible
battle was fought at Volmer between the
| Christian and pagan Danes. The Chris
| tians were nearly overcome when Anders
| Sunneson the Archbishop, and his holy
| brethren ascended hill overlooking the
| battle. and. initiating Moses the Arch
| bishop stretched forth his arms in suppli-
cation and prayer to God. While he could
| hold UP his hands the Christians prevailed
but when they dropped from fatigue the
pagans had the advantage, so his brethren
supported his arms. The banner of the
| conflict. when a crimson banner, bearing
| on il a white cross. was seen descending
| from heaven. and voice was heard to
say: When this sign is borne aloft you
| shall conquer. The whole Christian host
| gathered themselves together under the
| heaven descended banner of the cross, and
assured of victory. utterly routed their pa
| gan adversaries. who took 10 flight in alb
Jeet fear. The Christians then assembled
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God for the victory. The King conferred
| the honor OF knighthoOd on thirty-five of
his braye warriors under the banner of the
cross. which was then called the Dame
| brog, or the banner of the Danes. The
| last fragment of this heaven-descended
| banner is said to be still preserved i'm the
| Treasury of Northern Antiquities in Co
/ penhagen. 1t is. however. merely a part
of the staff. richly inlaid and ornamented
| 1871 by Frederick vi from person in kiel
into whose hands it had fallen. The old
banner was taken to Kiel in the year 1ns
| by Frederick ~ from Gottorp, to which
place the Duke of Holsteir -Gottorp had
carried m I'd it n;, as spoil % 90 OF var He deposited
| hung above the high altar but at the
! restoration of the church il sold, to-
gether with other things as old rubbish,
the exception of the piece of the stafr
Such then. is the history of the royal ban
daughter of the kings of Denmark
| The French do not appear to know the
origin of the tricolor. The most probable
theory of it's adoption is that the red and
| blue were borrowed from the ancient badge
OF Paris. used by the citizens since the
white of the Bourbons was added in defer tTe
ence to the wishes of the Garde Rationale
which was still loyal to the King: still,
| self. with his own hand. made the change.
when, at the foot OF the staircase of the
Hotel Hotel de vile. he placed in the white
| by Bailly. However this may be- some
| time elapsed before the tricolor became the
| national flag. The flag given by King
| Humbert to the Italian ironclad, Umberto
| l. which floats at her masthead measures
| nearly ten yards in length and is six and
half yards wide. The silk of which il
| is made is of Italian manufacture The
sewing and embroidery of the Savoy arms
was done by the Industrial Girls School.
| called "Duchessa di Galliera." An apron
covered with jewels and borne in the van
of Persian armies. 1t commentaries Gao
| Persian blacksmith. who raised a revolt
| which was successful. Thus a leather
apron covered with jewels still does honor
| to his memory. The Corean flag is curl
Gus. and typifies the two elements OF Gre
| alton. namely. the male and the female
| This is contrived by the representation of
| a sort of globe. one half blue and the
| other red. The flag itself is white, and,
| in addition TO the center ball. displays In
| the corners strange and complicated de-
| vices which were invented by Chinese
| Emperor some thousands Of years ago.
Mrs. sweets Revenge.
| Detroit Free Press.
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