Evening star., 1937-06-13

of the tragedies that befell the re-
clplents OF the gift and, later, the
sorrows and disappointments that have
come to Queen Mary of England: one
is inclined to agree with the prophet,
that after all what is there but vanity
and veXation Of spirit.
Rare Book Printed by
Wynkym de Worde.
An ancient copy of a book that
appeals to all that is romantic N
ones makeup is The Chronicle of
England published in 1928 by Wyn-
kym de Worde-who was, by the way,
associated with Caxton-and printed
in old English. 1t contains an ac-
count with illustrations and a small
Woodcut of the crowning OF King
Arthur, and in the text this charming
information: "' after his fader's
dethe and how he drove out of this
londe Colegrin and the Saxons and
Childrik of Almagne" OF course one
IS inclined to take the legendary and
romantic in the case OF good King
Arthur OF the Table Round, rather
than the historical: The immortal
Celtic, English and French poetry
Malorys "Morte d'Arthur" and Tennv-
sons ''1dylls of the King" That beau
tiful description:
Down from the easement
over Arthur smote,
Flame-color, vert and azure in
three rays ="
Those lines Of Tennyson's: And
near him stood the Lady OF the Lake
clothed In white samite. mystic
wonderful she gave the King
his huge cross-hilted sword
There, likewise, there I beheld
Excalibur,
Before him at his crowning
borne, the sword
That rose from out the bosom
of the lake,
And Arthur rowed across and
took it-rich
With Jewels -
and then the knights sang: The
King will follow Christ and we the
King"
Coronation Ceremony
Brought Down to 1887.
There is, however, limit to all lows
and one has to reluctantly pass on
with glance at Ashbys book of the
"Masque of the Edwards of England"
the gorgeous, illustrated copy of the
coronation of George w, first gentle
man OF Europe q. Leopold G.. Wick
ham Legg's English Coronation Rec
ords,' edited with reproduction OF
mss. and prints in splendid colors
Edward VII" handsomely illus
trated in color :. a delectable copy
OF the history of George lis and
queen Caroline's coronation, with this
delicious text on title page: The
herb-Woman with her maid servants.
streWing sweet herbs" The bathing
facilities in the eighteenth century
made the streWing of herbs more eff
cacious than the strewing of roses
Mr.. John Davis Batchelder, who
makes his Winter home in Washing
ton, has lent rare and unusual print
OF Queen Elizabeth, holding her scep-
ter and orb, with ships Of the Ar
mada in the background and the
camp Of Tillbury and then the
London Illustrated, to bring the his
torical ceremony down to the present
day. If the shades of any of those
who attended the coronations of CEN
turies past should venture into the
beautiful room of the Rare Book Di-
vision, where the exhibition now is
assembled, they would feel quite at
home, for the order and costumes Of
the ritual have not changed.
How the Other Half Live,
Mr.. Ihlder Pleased by Improvements.
Having feasted on the glories and
splendors Of the kings and queens of
past centuries and a mental, long live
George VI and Elizabeth, we visited
the housing show at old St. Johns
Church, Georgetown, and saw in pie
lures, graphs and statistics how the
other half live, many OF them only a
few steps from the Capitol. Not pretty
show, but doubtless most gratifying
to Mr.. John Ihlder, executive officer
of the Alley Dwelling Authority,
whose meter is housing and then