Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-01

College of Heraldry before her marriage
to the dauphin. 1t is said her audacity
In including the escutcheon of England
among the quarterings. as X that country
were a part of her estate, first excited the
indignation and resentment of her cousin
Queen Elizabeth This is undoubtedly
true and it was only foolish vanity of
the bride of a prince who never stopped
to consider how other people might re-
gard such presumption.
John Knox and Mary's Tears.
There are many relics of the beautiful
and hayward queen still remaining in the
apartments she occupied. Among them is
the chair in which she sat from day to
day. doing her interminable needlework.
and which she occupied when she received
the Rev. John Knox. who. according to
people of Scotland in his own image"
but was never able To make any per-
manent impression upon his passionate
and reckless sovereign. We are told that
visits to the palace he talk, with her
SO solemnly that she greeted SO much
that one of her pages was kept busy
bringing dry pocket handkerchiefs and
CARRYING away those that were saturated
with her tears. John Knox's biOgraphers
insist that he was very tender hearted
and never liked to q woman cry, but
Mary's grief did not seem to have much
effect upon MIN, any more IMAM MS ad-
monitiOns had upon her
A suite of rooms occupied by Charles J.,
when he was a princeling are also pre-
served. very nearly as they were when he
left them, and indeed Holyrood has suf-
fered less alteration than any other of the
royal residences and ancient castles of
Scotland.
James ~ Made Hollywood Brilliant
Hollywood was most brilliant during the
reign of James ~. who was a lad of f1f-
teen when he came to the throne. and
even at that age had many things to re-
breach himself with in connection with
his fathers death. He bitterly regretted
having been dragged into a conspiracy
against his unfortunate parent. and for
several years wore a chain Of iron around
his waist, next to his skin. as penance.
and added a heavy link to it every year
as his girth increased. Next to Robert
Bruce he was the greatest Of Scotland
kings and the best, the noblest and the
ablest of the Stuarts. Learning. COM
merce, printing. music. painting and many
other arts and industries were introduced
and encouraged by him, his faults lean
ing to the side OF virtue He cid more
than any other king to builL. up Edin-
burgh. He subsidized manufacturing in
duced his mobiles to build residences and
TO spend their money there. founded
schools. increased the number OF courts
and made justice impartial.
Although Margaret. his queen, was only
fourteen years old when he brought her
q bride to Hollywood. they made their court
the most brilliant ever known In Scotland
and one of the most brilliant in Europe
II he had not been beguiled by Anne OF
brittany. wife Of Louis XII, into sup
porting the cause of France against Eng
land. the progress Of Scotland might have
been even more rapid than it has been.
Other kings have spent more or less
time and held court at Holyrood.
Great Gallery Of Portraits.
Sir Walter Scott in "waverly'' describe.
a ball that was given in the great picture
gallery. where his hero met Flora Nc
Iyor and was received by her as "a sec.
ond brother. The picture gallery is
noble apartment. twenty feet from the