Show See Britain's Past Pastin in n Heraldry Show Relics of History Opened to ta Public for First Time London the first time In his tor tort the public was admitted to the tho sacred precincts of the college of her her- heralds aIds when that Institution held an ex- ex exhibItion exhibition here to celebrate the tour four hun hunI hundred hundred I dred and fiftieth ot of the I granting ot of Its charter by King Rich Rich- Richard ard III The Heralds ling hing ot of arms arms Lancaster herald Rouge Dra- Dra Dragan tan gan under the direction of the heredItary earl marshal of En Eng Eng- England land are ara Ine inextricably linked wIth the spacious days ot of British history when men were all brave and jousts and tourneys occupied that place In public affection now filled by ball games and the grIdIron Even today the college Is an extremely busy Institution par par- particularly when n a coronation or some other otIler magnificent state function is In prospect Its ever every day work calls caUs for forthe forthe the qualities of artIst and lawyer poet and magistrate master of ceremonIes and arbitrator Heraldry Is a fine art which Is also an exact science and It Is one ot of the duties ot of the college to direct direct and control the design ot of the crests and coats of arms with which the most newly Dewly created wIshes to em- em emblazon blazon hIs automobile and household silverware Further the college ren ren- ren renders ders dera Indispensable Ben lee to stUdents ot of history and genealogy with Its ancIent records and Its deep knowledge ot of precedent and custom Stresses Value of Tradition In times when many disruptive ten tendencies are at work the talus alue of tradition tIon Is brought home to those who have the stability and continuity ot of our civilization at heart said the fore foreword ord to the catalogue of the corn com exhibition and that sen sen- sen sentence tence may help to gh gite e some under under- understanding standing or of one of the most amazing and fascInating shows ever seen In London The college of heralds Is so old old- It was probably In exIstence long be before before fore its charter was granted In 1848 that It refers to centuries as lIghtly as others speak of years In this ex ex- ex were ere seen pedigrees of the century which trace the orIgin ot of the Saxon kings back to Adam and Eve ThIs magnIficent vel vel- vel vellum lum makes the Intriguing suggestion that Adam dyed d ed of the goute Earl of Lemonade Recorded The college ot of heralds touches at atso atso so many points In the history or of these islands that It was not surprising to see a pra prayer er book of King Charles II lent by bv King George while VI hile near by bv was the tho pedigree of Admiral Lord Nelson and signed In the admIrals admIral's OVI own n shaky hand This tree Is of very modest sire compared with some or of orthe the vast charts which were on dis display play The negro slave Henri Henn ChrIstophe who became kIng of HavU created a nobility of hIs 0 own n which Included two peers with the hIgh soundIng titles of the Duke of Marmalade and the Earl of Lemonade The original register of arms ot of thIs exotic no nobility was In the lie exhIbItion Among grants of arms was the draft ot of a grant to John Shakespeare of Stratford on Axon on father of the poet and an Interesting note in defence ot of his lus gran granting tang these arms by the garter king of arms of that day dav when It was claimed that they too closely resembled resembled bled the arms of Lord Mauley Of particular American Interest was the picture of Heralds proclaimIng the Peace of Versailles In 1783 by whIch the independence of the thirteen col onles was recognized by the mother country |