Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-08
They Are Exhibited as a Spur
to Enlistment.
Description Of the Famous Diamonds
:. Rubics and other Gems That ne
mind All Engiishmen os Their
Empires Glory.

of speculation, CRITICISM ana amusement
on the part ~ tho majority Of Aineri-
| cans staying in London during that first
crowded period before transportation
could be arranged.
1t is Impossible for any American citi-
zen to understand the delight, the
reverence almost, with which an Eng
lishman conempls tes the Grown jewels
the orb. the staff tho ampuila and the
crowns. It IL not that they mean royalty
with a capital r to him. II IL that he
sees in them the secret and history of
| the power OF the greatest Empire OF the
world the nation on which the sun never
sets. 10 the average Engishman those
sparkling Jewels are admirable not be-
cause they ar" cut in 'O0 glttterins
| facets, nor because their Bondst value
| is in seven figures.
| Schooled as ne has been in The history
| of his native land. he sees once moro In
| his minds eyes the various glorious oc-
casions OF the realm when these Jewels
| We're claimed, the events which their
! possession has marked tho state occs-
sions the royal crown has sraced. And
! II is this sentiment and this reverence
| that has made the lord chamberlain de-
! eide to open the gates for an exhibition
! ~ the Jewels and to renew AT this time
! of war the steady flame of patriotism
/ in every Establishments breast for All that
/ pertains to the history and grandeur Of
his country.
CROWN Is LIGHTER NOW.
The present crown of England is called
/ 81 Edwards Crown and its shape and
! form date from the earliest annals ~
English history. MANY OF the stones
/ have been used over ana over again in
the various crowns for centuries and
centuries. for although the form, has
never been changed, the weight has
been made less. Poor English kings they
/ used to have to parade through the
streets and stand nine and ten hours al
a stretch. With a crown which weighed
! six pounds on their heads
Perhaps tho most famous stone in the
I imperial crown. historically il tine
famous uncut ruby glowing bright and
1 smooth below tho famous Culinan dia e
! rnond For the ruby armies have fought,
kings have been murdered and treaties
made which have lasted to to-day. Don
| Pedro, tho cruel king Of Castle, murder
ed the king Of Granada for it, and
with this Kings death came an end to
the romantic Kingdom Of Granada. And
| a few wears later when tn. Adventurous
! Black Prince son Of Edward III
1 Of ENGLAND and ruler Of Aoui-
! taine was nix,ne I'm tho affairs
OF Snain and aiding Pedro aeainst his
! brother Henry. Pedro in a hurst Of affec
ton gave him the thing he nr,zed al.,ve
all others. the black ruby. which the
English ,rirc. uore lilo h,,.;n, .ra
| in the front of his helmet all during the
battle If MALARIA.
t'pon his return 20 England tho lowe,
! was finally given to his son Richard n
/ and later >appeared in the helrne, or
/ Henry Y at the famous battle ~ Aejn
court. Its first appesrance in tho crour
! was in 400 and +, WAS AZ This tirna TINT
| another precious stone which is in the
present crown was taken from rho
mace. which is q rart Of tho coronation
regaiia. and added to the headnterc Of
/ the king
,,,.,,,
! 81 NE i''F 'N ~
ms stone is the wonderful sapphire
/ from Edward the Confessor $ ring, and
was supposed way back in the 10Th
century to have healing properties.
, Edward the tonfessor used to stretch
out his hand with the sparkling blue
| sapphire on his finger over the head Of
| the crippled and the sick and the blind
/ and they went away cured.
Then there is an amethyst which Will
I liam the tonqueror wore in his helmet
for good luck, and there is the sapphire
which was Charles lis fnvorte, and
| which he wore exactly over his fore
/ head
] s,
crown. No ono has forgotten the Won
| derful stone which was discovered few
wears ago which was So big that moth
| Ing could be done with It, and that was
! finally cut into five exquisite enormous
stones, the largest OF which is in the
head Of the Imperial staff, the second
largest in the crown. and two others
diamond replace d the famous kohinoor,
the Mountain OF Light which was re-
moved TO be set in the Queens crown.
which is made entirely of diamonds
! The English crown has no fewer than
27S5 diamonds and ,ta2 pearls in the
crossed arches. and nearly a thousand
! lesser stones sprinkled through to give
| ruby, the emerald and the sapphire md
even less valuable ones. az few tur-
/ quoses. topazes and opas The Jewels
are mainly in the broad band which fits
over the forehead and the pearls out
line the arches which eliminate in the
cross AT the ton This spaCe is filled in