The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-09
LONG A POPULAR FLOWER.
For 400 Years FIeur de Lis Has Been
Used for Decorative Purposes.
From Harper's Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
For 1000 years the huer-de-lis has been
popular symbolic decoration. II appears
sphinxes, and 1t was used by the early
Persian and Assyrian Kings upon scep-
tors and crowns as an ornament symbolic
OF fruitfulness, honor and royalty. Solo
mon, in building the house of the forest
of Lebanon and the house of Pharaoh's
daughter, sent to Tyre for Hiram, the wild
ow's son, who was filled with wisdom
and, understanding and cunning to work
all things in brass" and he made two
chapters of molten brass to set upon the
tops OF the pillars, land upon the top Of
the pillars was lily-work." And he made
a molten sea to contain 1900 baths, land
the brim thereof was wrought like the
brim Of cup with flowers of lilies" This
was 1.OO5 years before Christ.
According to the legend, in 491 A. d. an
angel appeared to Clovis, the first Chris
tian King of France, and bestowed upon
him fieur-de-.is. From this time it was
considered as the emblem OF royalty in
France, to which country is due its pres
ervaton until modern time.
why Is il, oh, Heavenly Father" says
Hippolyte Raulin, in a discourse on the
ffeur-de-lis, that Thou who hast planted
all the trees and forests of the earth, that
Thou, Greater Of the universe, shouldst
have sanctihed but one city, of all birds
shouldst have chosen but the dove of all
beasts but the lamb, of al people but one
to receive Thy law, and of all flowers In
the scrld shoudst have preferred the lis %
The Able Dufresne, alike wishing 10 trace
It's origin to a holy source, says: "Since
earliest sacred writings the lily has been
the expression, the sweet image, of all that
is good. beautiful and holy. Its graceful
stem lifts IL above al other flowers. ana
purity has no more perfect emblem than
its alabaster whiteness"
It's history in France goes back TO the
first Christian monarch, Clovis. The heurs-
de-ls have been found in the Abbaye de
des Pres and on the tomb
OF Fredegonde, who died in 597 Several
portraits Of Charles lie Chauve exist, show
Ing him with fer-de-lis in his crown In
572 Lothaire for the first time used seal
with the sceptres surmounted by feur-de-
lis Hugh Capet and all his successors !
wore them, and he was but one of fifty |
monarchs who used the lis in |
France. where though three different
races succeeded one another in the coun- |
RVS rule, It remained the royal emblem |
or over 100 years. 1t was not until l179 |
however that the arms of France were |
irst formally mentioned. French kings |
'eturning from the crusades, brought with |
hem Eastern customs; tournaments were
Introduced in imitation of Arabs and Per-
ians. Then Louis lie Jeune. arranging for
he conservation of his son Philippe Angus
e at Rheims, ordered that his garments
'e covered with fleurs-de-iis, and after this
he kings wore them without number
All ecclesiastical and secular Institutions
4 royal foundation received the neur-de-
is into their coat of arms. They were in
reduced as ornaments for the appearance |
n all military games; they were sprlnkled
Yer the flags and standards Of the army;
hey surmounted the helmets of princes.
nd decorated their armor and coats Of
all; they trimmed the heads and TANKS