The Washington herald., 1909-06-06
HERALDRY IN AMERICA

lover again IN the elaborate decorativs
scheme OF The horel wil6 excellent arts
+ nc effect The Hotel Cecil in London,
( instead of simple E0we- or crest. bears
on us letter heads the elaborate and
complicated c0at-O--arus or the Cecus-
tie family name o. the Marquis o. 81.
lsbu-y-
{ The Hotel Adlol. in Berliu-5y the vay.
the only hotel IN the world which vas
( formally dedicated and opened c a
reigni1g sovereign. The German Emp -0--
/ also having 1splaEed deep interest 20
its construction and 6ecCrati0l-dlSp-a
an eagle standing on a globe in its Gre
/ the word ~Ad-on. which is the name OF
+ the proprietor. resembling The word Adj
ier-- meaning easzc In German The Ad-
+ Len. the home and rendezvous Of The
most exclusive American society n Ber-
lr, has beea selected for Col R00sev zlrs
temporary home while l5ct-r-rg a- the
university ~ Berlin In 1910 Louis Adl0n.
the son Of The proprietor. L0renz AJl0a.
while on visit Co this country recently.
ra.d his respects 10 President Tar. LLs
German Ambassador. Nicholas Long
wo~ta, and other prominent people On
the night 90 yke election the American
colony Of Berlin. headed 5y Ambassador
E-lL met az The ACl0I. awaiting returns
AS soon as j. became known thar TAFT
was elected there was a scene OF greaf'
entLIsiasl- and it was decided 20 0Ger
the congra-Clat-ors 81 those present %
PresLderl-e-ect Taft a cable was sent.
and the reply thereto by 1Ir TAFT a5-
dressed 70 AR AdlOr, is LiElly priced by.
him
Washington hotels also have che.r re-
spec-ive cCars-of-arus. as fo- instance.
the Raleigh bearing the upright boa-'s
head CT So walter Raleigh, the Shore
ham, the Arlington. tie New Willard
also having -Lel- arIoTial idelIifc2Iioni
marks Replying 20 an inquiry with re
gard 20 the subject under discussion. the
following appeared recently in the public
press
Aprop0s Of the latter statement tsrolan,
ccat-of-arusf the story Of the expari-
elce OF former British Minister 20 thisf
country Viii r0- come amiss. This nan
re-0iced IN the name Of John Fi-nes
-w1solton Cramptor, and he rerreseuret.
bis government IN America for four
years in the early SOS shortly after his
arrival he sent his carriage 20 be re-
paired a. one ot the local shops. Going
there few days after he had received no.
tee that The repairs were finished. he
saw IN -he sJoTerOoD a number Of other
carriages bearing his cO3r-Of-arus- Il
What does this mean2- he asked Are
al of these carriages meant for me- else
WAY do yCu use my bearings TIE pro-
prle1or assured him that the several car
rl1Ees in evidence were not intended as
presents TO him but that some OF his
patrons had admired ne c0a--0f-arms on
the panel OF his coach so Huca that he
had reproduced Them on an the carriagesi
be happened 20 have ia his shop.
The coat-of-aruns borne by a noted
Washington family has on a shield seven
leaves from the elm tree The tale that
accounts for this is. that the father OF
the house once. when on a hunt. saved
his king from being killed BY a Wild
bear, whereup5n. there being no sword
available. che king picked Up the first
thing az hand. which happened 10 be the
brancl Of az elm tree, and knighted
him. and the origin Of MANY other coats
of-arms are quite as simple The car
enGCu cOat-Of-arms Includes several red
crosses. which recalls the service Of thac
family in the crus2des. and in most other
{ cOats-Of-arus that date hack so far there
are reminders of that romantic period.
The Essex bra bearings are = silver
field. win a scalloped red cross IN its
center. bouquet-the little pouch used
by the Crusaders for carrying water-iz
each corner. and on Top % the crest is a
Saraeen. wearing both cap and eOro>
net