Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

the door was placed large canopy, bearing
above it the great crown of Sweden, while
the hallways and staircases are filled with
flowers, exotic plants and symbolic oriental
decorations. More than an hour before the
ceremony the square in front of the palace
was filled by large crowd, which the
police had hard work to keep back
to make room for the arriv-
ing carriages. At IL o'clock a COM
pany of Grenadiers OF the life guard ap-
peared, wearing high bearskin hats and
parade uniform. They lined the vestibule
and staircase leading to great hall of as
sembly, rectangular room having at one
end platform on which was a chair of blue
velvet embroidered with gold, the seat of
the King, who is honorary President of the
Congress.
On the platform at either side were re-
served seats, those on the Kings right for
Ministers of State, the diplomatic corps and
foreign correspondents; on the lett for
special delegates of foreign governments,
universities and learned societies The re-
mainder of the hall, which was not large
enough for the gathering, was soon filled by
the members, many of them standing in the
aisle. Only small gallery in the rear gave
place for few spectators. On the ceiling is
Ehrenstrahl's immense allegorical painting,
small copper plates painted with the arms of
the mobiles who composed the order.
AsTRANGE FEELING.
The strange feeling of being in full dress
at noondav was soon forgotten as the guests
crowded in in court costume and full deco
rations, diplomats, ministers of State, re-
gents and professors of universities, and
oriental groups in strange costumes. The
Al.
filed the half hour of waiting. Precisely
at noon the sound of military music was
heard from outside the hall, and we knew
that the King had come. The audience rose
and remained standing as he came in, bow
ing to right and left, followed by the Crown
Prince, the President and Secretary of the
Congress, the court martial and adjutants.
The involuntary expression which came
to everyone's lips was: "What a splendid
MANI His handsome, florid face is set off
bv gray hair and beard, and his broad
shoulders, erect and large figure, well be-
come his Office. Trained at sea, he has the
bearing of captain who treads the deck
with full confidence in his own powers of
command. He wore the splendid uniform
of an admiral, over it the broad blue sash |
of the Order of the Seraphim, stars and |
decorations in quantity, and immense gold |
epaulettes A deep silence was kept BY the |
waiting audience as the King came on the |
platform, and passed in front of the foreign |
delegates, who were introduced by Count |
When through with this ordeal, which he |
didn't seem to enjoy particularly, the King
took his seat, with the Crown Prince on his
right and the uncrowned mortals were al
owed TO sit down thereafter. The Prince
las his fathers tall and straight figure, but
lis complexion is darker, and his thin and
ather hectic-looking face does not give the
Impression Of strong personality. He
Sore generals uniform and the sash of
he Seraphim Order. AS soon as King
oscar had put on his eyeglasses he rose and
cad in French his address of welcome-or
ather shouted it out as though he were
living commands from the bridge in a gale
ulture, which seems to be hereditary in the
3ernadotle family, he is considered the best
in his kingdom.
A ROYAL COMPARISON.
In his address he compared the luxuri-
usness of the East with the simple hospi-
alitv of the North, bat he welcomed the
elegates to the land Of the Vikings and
agas in language so rotund and eloquent
hat 1 regret have not space to give it in
Ill. In closing, he said: LEND an ear to
ne mystic murmurs of our mighty forests,
, the sweet harmonies of the waves which
2ress our shores; contemplate the virgin
eauty of our valleys, the majesty of our
fountains, the somber depths of our
ords, and in leaving us you will take with
ou, 1 trust, an atmosphere of poetry and :