New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-07
UNCR0WNED M0NARCHS
nenmark's Nesc King. Viii Dispense
scith a Coronation.

-,.usrk's new SIler has announced his intention
:, so,rirr the ranks Of uncrowned naonanchs: that
% NJ sovereigns who have decided to dis
y u s,b any ceremony Of coronation. His two
p....sors on the throne Of Denmark did not
pl'N. :, necessary TO be crowned, and the last
co., Eiue 10 he solemnly invested with the In
- royalty Christian VIII. in 1889 a po-
fe -enou-ned for his ecoentricities his profit
ten and for the colossal character OF his pota-
g. among the principal other sovereigns now
nol mo have dispensed with coronations are
49, william King Leopold Don Alfonso
bLs = snsin Queen wilhelmina Of Holland. King
~ NJ. emmanuel Of Italy and the kings OF Greece.
,,.,ssris and WurteTnhers
bae-~-o- Williams reason for refraining from a
.on ceremony is that he does not wish to be
CO.. as merely King OF Prussia. while. on the
hs,d II he were to be crowned as German
oth e n would. by reviving the South German
In ICES os Prussia interfere with the gradual
.-..ss Of .srnaleamation OF the various petty
P,-,,ss az Germany, with a homogeneous empire
e+e.-rnsrk the King has decided to do without
- .o-o,stion owing 10 the intensely democrats
Sl.,sr,s Of his people and TO the conviction that
81. soainions st any rate. . ceremony Of that
. ,rorld be considered IN the light OF anach-
60, and as out Of keeping with the spirit Of
IRE sse
NAY BE JAMES B. HAGGNs DOLLARS.
-. rpdoph Festetics. who is now suing Prin-
: louise q Belgium in the Viennese courts for
.,so g The divorced husband Of Miss Ella Hag
go !, New-York and San Francisco. granddsugh-
q :. ,ls lanes 3. Hagg1n, a conspicuous figure
x = a-,s-icsn turf The princess declines to pay
o. ornt mentioned on the face Of her prounis-
= note held by the count. the ground that
= -.s-slr received from him $4,000 and that the
S.,.,,e represents sn altogether usurious rate Of
$50 ne money was loaned TO King Leopold's
..,-s,s-. II the time when she still under
~ .oT6e n hla her ~
- s-,rn her physicians at Bad Elster.
,-.r,. Rudolph lWho is only remotely related 10
-. 7.ssIlo Festetics OF Tolna chief OF the
F.-fv master Of The court and grand cupbearer
-. Eiug Of Hungary is a most eccentric indi-
- snd the record Of the yachting cruise upon
- bs embarked with his American bride at
- r-sncisoo Immediately after their marriage, IN
80 ,ropld furnish the most sensational and ex-
citing reading
,-ss-lv three years were spent sailing about the
- visited South Pacific islands. shipwreck. en-
rrts-. with cannibals and all sorts OF other ad-
centuries being experienced, until finally the count
deserted his American wife at Singapore She
,bsreupon returned 10 her parents in this country
tnd obtained g divorce from him
rbs Yacht on which this cruise Was undertaken
,,,s equipped with the money given by James 5.
psgrlu 10 his granddaughter at the time OF her
marriage The same money used in getting
,orsther the fine ethnogrsphical collections which
,bs count has lately presented 10 the National Mu
,sur AZ Budapest. and possibly IL is some OF the
-aerin money which the count gave Princess
Louise that she might escape from Bad Elster and
obtain not only her liberty. but also her divorce
from her husband. Prince Philip OF Coburg. In
osed American dollars are now 10 be found figuring
N almost every transaction and in nearly every
drsma Of the Old World
HOW BADGES" DIFFER FROM CREsTs
= London weekly newspaper IN referring TO the
operation which has recently been performed
POOR old Lord Abergsvenny mentions this most
sorely tried % narquesses OF the very few
English mobiles 10 possess badge This is mis-
TAKE There is Z long list OF houses Of the titled
ll6 untitled aristocracy Of ancient origin who still
retain badges part and parcel OF their heral6ic
dsyoss. while in Scotland nearly every OF the
great chieftsins has his badge. The latter. which
dae hack 10 the Norman kings. and earlier,
entirely distinct from the armorial bearings
and also from those crests which nowadays almost
everybody uses and adopts, generally without q
shadow II tight AS the bearing OF crests was in
oden tines restricted solely their individual
Tossessors. and z coats OF arms were frequently
q TOO elaborate q description, with their many
eusrserings. be embroidered on the garments OF
Tetsiners. badges consisting OF single figure
employed 10 designate the family 10 which such
dependents belonged. None but the private herald
o. the house bore the fun coat of of his lord
upon his dress or 1sbard. There were also plenty
q instances OF tenants OF great baronieS, and also
cases Of knights and souires who assumed the
0sege Of their feudal lord as part and parcel Of
Their srrnoral bearings. This accounts for the ex-
lsenoe OF the Pelham gold buckle. the badge OF
'ne Ear o. Chichester and Of the Dukes of New
castle or the escutcheons OF so many OF the county
4salles q Sussex. One OF the earliest instances
I" badge was that OF King Henry IL who as
tlnlso TIE Pls-ta-C5enista- Plantagenet. The
iSoee o. the princes OF Wales has ever since the
Gays Of Edward the Black Prince consisted of
lnee ostrich feathers. The badge OF the Dukes of
hamilton and Of all the other members of the his
'oiie Scotch house OF Douglas IS a heart. while
Ia Of the Dukes Of Rutland is d peacock. OF the
-stA Of Pembroke g. dragon, of the Dukes Of Nor
-o-A Hon, and OF the Duke of Northumberland
ALFer crescent Indeed. the badge of the Dukes
" NoFlhun beTland II referred 10 in the ancient
1s4se The Hermit Of Warkworth":
Tt uinstres % thy noble house
Al clad OF blue.
" IN silver cresosnts Lheir
attend IN order due.
- scotand the heraldic badges consist almost
A''IsFeiy ~ branches - trees. sprigs leaves or
s'S Thus The badge OF the Camerons is a
I.S OF OAK that Of the Drummonds a sprig Of
ny mat o. the Gordons a bunch OF ivy leaves
- =, O ne GrahaIns sprig OF laurel. that OF the
ss-''es sDrig OF hawthorn. that Of the sinclairs
Dahea of clover while, Of course. the badge of