The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-08
CORONATION OF THE new KING
TEE MOST BRILLIlNT SNOW
THiT iINDGN EVER SEES.

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WIN It's 0ualnt MEDIEVAL DFeas.
The quantity CARRIED heralds Nill pro-
claim George V. King to-morrOw nom the
steps Of ST. James's Palace. nom Temple
har and from the Royal Exchange, but al
MRlnnd will wait eHpsCtant for the most
hrilbAnt holiday in English life, CORONA
ton day. George V. is King In fact ~
veil e in name, but until the Archbishop
a Canterbury on a day yet 20 be named
ssll upon his head the great crown said
70 BE- worth nearly a million pounds and
ooassoTstss the Queen he new reign can
hardly b. SAID 20 have begun
There Il much Of interest to anti
qnarias and TO lovers Of MEDIEVAL Gus
tons in the proclamation ceremony oil
tomorrow. but the crying Of the herAlds
and The ceremonies that accompanied the
proclamation are colorl~us In comparison
With tho splsndOr and the mAgnihcen'
pamp Of the coronation There are lev
Give In England who were in the streets
q Lsond,a the day Victoria vas crowned
IN june, is1s. but many have vivid rscol-
lantiOns Of the great spectacle when the
laas King was crowned on August .. 1870.
Ths episode Of tomorrow is glimmer
81 what is 10 come on coronation day.
Thshsralds Who will call aloud the name OF
0sorgs V. are an interesting body. They
ere the sOvereign's 'oficers Of arms
arms being used here in the heraldic. not
The military, senss. Their duty " to
supsrintsnd public ceremonial such a.
excavations, funerals. creations Of mobiles;
a., 70 decide upon the proper badges OF
onat aFmor Of tho nobility, TO grant,
Funord and blAxon arms and record gens-
alogiaM For instance, tho Lancaster
haFald h the inspector Of regimental
oolors. The head Of the college s the
Earl Marshal. hereditary dignity Of the
Dukas Of Norfolk Every Duke Of Nor
folk II hereditary Earl Marshal aud Chief
nutlar OF England. Sir John Howard.
R.6., distinguished himself in the French
waFs Of Henry vi. and in lass, after re-
oeivinR other distinctions. was created
Earl Marshal Of England and Duke OF
Norfolk. A Earl Marshal he was author
ind 20 bear. either in the Kings presence
or absence. a golden stat tipped at each
end with black. the upper part adorned
with the royal arms and the lower with
thoss Of his own family. To support
the dignity q grant Of go year forever
Was made
NEXT 10 the Earl Marshal some the
Kings Of Arms-Garter. CArencoux and
Norroy for England. Lyon and Ulster FOR
Scotland and Ireland. NsHt 10 the Kings
come the heralds. SIX In number, for
ENGLAND Chester, Lancaster. York, SOM
srset, Richmond and Windsor. Two ex-
tgaor6inary herslds arp Maltravers and
Surrey, and there are others FOR SCOT
land and Ireland. Next arr the four
pursuivants for England - Rouge CroiH.
Bluemantle Rouge Dragon and Port
cullia Portcullis got his name from the
device Of which Henry VII. was very
fond. Il appears on his tomb IN Henry
Wis chapel IN Westminster Abbey,
and IL u supposed 70 mean that as a port
@allis is an additional security ~ gate
90 HE descent from his mother strength
sned he title by conquest. Rouge Dragon
Rets his title from the device Of Cadwal-
lader. King Of Wales. whom Henry VII.
claimed a. one oF his ancestors The
red dragon. 'ddraig Roch,- IL still used
IN the principality a. national device
Rouge Croix - borrowed from the color
Of Sc Georges cross. Bluemantle was
% called from 'hs color NJ the mantle 81
the knight Of 81 George.
Here IL the way that the herllds who
take part in the ceremony Of to-moTow
and who will have an even more conspicu-
Gus part IN the ceremonies n coronation
day, appear m their costume. The
tabard y the sleeveless coat. u-aT.ng
the arms uf the hcralis LORD, 10 MS
case the King II England Tn" tahard
10 open Ut the sides wth a square collar,
and IL winged a. the shoulders The
royal arms are embroidered On the back
90 the front and on N" -b-cvss How
brilliantly the heralds APPEAR may %"
gathered from an estimate II materials
Tor tabard
Three and a han wards Of hIus SATIN
two and hall wards ~ crimson satin
one and a half wards uf yellow satin.
three Yards IT gold cloth. two sounds
aix ounces " Venice gold. sR ounces II
Venice gold lace. Uue pound ~ ,ulprri
silk. eight ouncrs uf black suk. eIght
ounces n pearls ant -plngle- FOR the
coat. three and quarter wards Of Grim.
sOn taiieta for the lining
All Of this maguliy"Hc' - topped bv a
Tudor hat. while underneath tho gor.
Rsous tahards the heralis wore costly
garments II brilliant hue
A mental T.oturr n tine ancient col.
lsge Of Herald- IL apt tp give ou" faint
idea At least Of the pOmp and spI-nd OF
Of the coronation CEREMONY. hut inter.
estinR a. they are. and really important
a. their duties are by weight - tradition
and custom they lr" only tiny episode
Of what ir always England most mag
nifceut holiday
When Edward WI va crowned. more
than halt million people went ~ London
10 minRle with London millions In the
celebration The nations sent special
envoys The colonies u The empire wrr.
represented by their most distinguished
men The display Of military strength
both Of the home force and from tho col.
NNtNHt AAti I'N-lNNA .l'+ ivy was
streaming with lags IN. whole popula.
ton was half dehrOus from JOY and sr
citement II ~ quite possible that the
coronation u George Y viii IAN E'fIa
short II the magnihCenoa achieved when
his father assumed the crown Ita
coronation II an English King l. q tai.
ieau which - record Oi English history
When the time comes. al London will
try 20 crowd into tho streets adjoining