The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-01
PREPARING FOR THE
GREAT JUBILEE
London Is All Agog Over the For rthcom.
Ing Grand Ceremonial
THE PLAN OF THE DECORATIONS
IL viii Aim in General Effect to SYM
bolize the Immensity, the Diver-
sity. and the Present and Storied
Magniticencc of the British Empire.

special Correspondence OF The Irlbune.
London, April 12.-Thc jubilee din
is waxing louder as the time
draws near and preparations are as
suming definite share, and, l can do
nothing better in order to show you
what is transpiring in the way Of dec
orations and jubilations than to APP
pend the following cutting from Il re-
cent Daily Telegraph:
Last nights Gazette contains the
official proclamation for the celebration
OF June % as a Bank Holiday through
out the United Kingdom, and also u
decree of the Lords of the Privy Coun-
Gil directing the LORD Archbishop Of
Canterbury t. prepare = special form
of prayer and thanksgiving for the pro-
lection afforded to the Queens Ma
je5ty during sixty years of her aus
picious reign, and that such form OF
prayer and Thanksgiving he used in all
churches and Chapels i'm England and
Wales. and in the town of Berwick
upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the 20th day
of June next.
DECORATIONS.
"On Wednesday next the Court of
Common Council will consider Il
scheme OF decoration for the streets
through which the Queen will pass on
June 30. The West-cnd vcstries and
other public authorities who have seen
the sketches and designs have, it is un-
derstood, expressed general approval
of them. The plan has been devised
by Mr.. Frederick Nigcrs and the more
practical details drawn out by his
brother, Mr.. George Nigers, the former
being an artist, the latter an architect.
Mr.. Alma Tadoma, r.. a., Mr.. VI. Fl.
Armstcad, Mr.. Caldcron, r. ~, and
others who have seen the scheme speak
highly of its merits. Decorations, too.
have been consulted. ana it is believed
that the expenditure would be less in
the end than for a series of isolated
efforts.
THE leading idea of the plan is to il
lustrate the features that have made
the Empire what It is under Queen
Victoria. In this, of course, a leading
place would be assigned to the SER
vices of the army, and at APPS
ley House, where the decora-
tions would begin, they would par
take of a military character. Al.
along Piccadilly would run masts and
pcnnantS. as well a electric lights, and
at the top of st. 'Jamcs's street thc In
dian Empire would he symhUli2ed un-
der "A huge Durbar canopy enriched
with oriental hangingS and devices.
III Pall-mali the Union flag and all
sorts of small arms woulG be the lead
ing points about Il United Service
arch, and onward to Trafalgar square
there would hC line of decorated pill
lars. with shields, on which the names
of those OF the reign whose heroic
deeds are written in history would be
inscribed. Similar standards i'm the vi
Cinity of the Law Courts would Ccle-
brate legal names; in Fleetstreet they
would be literary; and famous preach
ers and divines would find place round
st. Paul's. Canada would he repre-
sented by an immense arch filling the
whole Strand before ST. Mary-le-
Strand church, Tall fir masts would be
tipped with glass for ice. and snow,
TOO, would be portrayed. Hanging be-
tween them would be golden nets, en-
bodying the harvests of he" seas, which
would be brilliantly illuminated at
night, and below corn, maple and fruit
would form great trophies.
OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.
AT the entrance of the city. where
the Queen will halt to receive the
Pearl sword Of Queer Elizabeth at
the hands of the Lord Mayor a state
ly canopy Of crimson and gold damask
would be spread. Already the design
for this fabric, into which is worked
the national emhlems of the Rose.
Shamrock and Thistle. the Imperial
Crown, and the queens cypher, is upon
the looms of Spitalholds, and the silk
weavers are in hopes of orders that
will keep them going by night ana day.
as a similar canopy would also be
erected high above the steps of St