The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-16
QUEEN McroKlx,s CORONATION.
Al Description ef flAe Rwen& ms Seem ~ aha
Fasnous Dean e~taniey.

IA Description of fAa &WAm& m@ Seem nv &h@
Famous Dean staniey.
The following concerning Dean STAN
ley's view Of the coronation og Qnoen
Victoria Ii taken from i recently pub
lished life Of that remarkable man:
Az 1880 another gun announced that
she was at the abbey door, and IN
about d quarter OF IN hour the prpcss.
sion appeared from under the organ,
advancing mp the purple approach 20
che Chancel, every one leaning oyef.
and Ia they came. First the great dukes,
struggling with their enormous trains,
then bishops, etc, and then the queen,
with her vast crimson train outspread
BY eight ladies Ill In white followed
By the great ladies Of her court III enor-
nous crimson trains and the smaller
aides with delicate sky blue trains trail
ing along the dark 1oor. When she
came within the full view Of the goT
geous abbey she paused % 6 Tor breath
and clasped her hands The orchestra
broke ont into the most tremendous
crash Of music / ever heard u was
glad when they said unto me. Let us
10 into the house of the Lord.
Every one literally gasped for breath
from the intense interest," and the rails
az the gallery visibfy trsmbled In one's
hands from the trembling of the specta-
turs. / v saw anything like It's
Tears would have been o relief. One
felt that the queen must sink into the
earth under the tremendous awe. But
at last she moved on 70 her place By the
altar. and. as 7 heard from my cousin
who had Q place close by, threw herself
ON her knees, buried her face In her
hands and evidently prayed feryently.
For the first part the silence was se
great that OF my extreme point ] could
hear quite distinctly the tremulous but
~articulate voice of the archbishop. Att.
erward it was quite inaudible The
great drawbacks were the feeble re-
sponses TO the service and the feeblenest
Of the acclamation-hardly any at all
at the recognition and only tolerahls
nc the coronation. That was the crisis
Of the ceremony and the most striking
part. The very moment the crown touch
ed her head the gums went OIL, th.
trumpets began and the shouts She wa
perfectly immoyable, like o statue. Th'
Duchess CT Kent burst into tears, ans
her lady had TO put On her coronet 70
!, her. The amounting was very beautiful
from the cloth OF gold. The homage ais
from the magnificent cluster In the ven.
center.
It was 3 take oil, though q necessar.
one, / suppose, that throughout her fac
was turned away from the spectator
! toward the altar. AL the movement
were beautiful. She was always accom-
! panied by her eight ladies floating abcu
! her like . silvery cloud. Il was over q
! S:SO-that In, she went out then wat
: her crown, hex orb and her scepter.
walked home. The rest had to wait al
s for their carriage which was force
! back by the length Of the line 20 Ken
nington common. The crowd In th
J streets to see the return Of the processio
! was stupendous. II was all more like
dream than reality - more beautifE
than / could have conceived possible.
should wish almost never 10 zee hs
again; that, q this was the first imae
I had sven had Of hen, 70 IL should
7 the last