The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-17
GBNEALoaIcAL SKETCH.
lrhe PennIneton Family.

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 The following interesting article rn the Pennington family of England. is copied from an edition of The Annis. ton Hot Blast of about two years ago. It Is from Sir John Pennington that the American family descends. A lin- eal descendant is Mrs A. J. Adair. a charter member of Katherine Stcsf Chapter. The article is reproduced In full with the exception of the cut of the historic bowl. which is called The Luck Of Muncaster
 "Treasured Gift of Monarch
 Luck of Muncaster Hall a Rells os
 Unfortunate King"
 In Muncaster castle in Cumberland England, the seat of Lord Munca ster there Is, in the oldest part of the buil'i~ ing, room which IJ 'snOwu as the Kings room. According tO traditiGp this was once occupied hy Henry VI. Di 1t may ba seen four ancient bedpos's of handsome carT Id oak in an nSre!- lent state If pressr'a.Ion. and which are believed to belong .o 'he bed ip which the King slept.
 It was in the year 1461 that he was at M1ncaster. The Wars of the Roses were convulsing the kingdom at the time. and the unfortunate king, flee ing for his life after the defeat of his troops at Towton, made his way into Cumberland, where he was reduced to wandering about in a destitute condi- ton on the hills. Here he was found one night bv some loyal shepherds, who conducted him safely to Muncaster castle, where lived Sir John Penning- ton, an ancestor of Lord Muncaster, who was a devoted adherent to the .Lancastrian cause. Henry received hearty welcome. and lay concealed at HE,.w. e.k g.v~ a Nvh enemies made active search for him, high and low. At length his presence there became suspected, and he could no longer remain in safety. Before setting out on his travels again Henry took sorrowful leave of his faithful host. Silver and gold and jewels have I none to give he said. but this will I give you. and along with it the bles- sing of the most unfortunate of princes He thereupon presented Sir John with a curious glass bowl in which he had been accustomed to keep holy water, and. kneeling down. he prayed that every blessing might await the friend who had shown such cop- stancy to him in his heavy misfoh- tunes, and further that a male heir might never be wanting to this ancient race. Tn conclusion. the king assured Sir John that the family would pros per 70 long as they preserved the bowl unbroken So saying, he went out into the world once more to try and retrieve his Nroken fortunes
 Four and half centuries have pass ed away since that pathetic scene was enacted within the grim walls of Nun caster castle but the bowl is still in existence. 1t is of glass. of a pale green color, with a simple ornamental tion in gold and enamel, and Is about six inches in diameter and two and a half in height. Delicate and fragile as it Is, the care which has been bestowed upon it has preserved 1t while genera tion after generation of Penningtons have passed away, and thus it has been brought down to the present day a valuable relic of the past. rich in as- sociation of historical incident and heavy with the interest with which centuries of devotion have invested it. It is only brought out now on very rare and important occasions, and the only use to which it is put Is that 1t is employed as a christening bowl for the baptism of members of the family
 Florence King Draper. Historic Dishes That Are StIIl Good
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 From an article in The New York
 Times.
 While there can be no doubt that the cooks of today are far greater artists than thair nredecSsSOrS of a century