The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13
JUBILEE EVENTS
ALL IN A JUMBLE
Continued from First Page.


erected. Thames street will be lined with
Venetian masts as far as the Hundred
Steps, in addition to the handsome arches
which the Southwestern and Great West
ern Railway com panies have promised to
place upon the royal ronte in the vicinity
of their stations. Venetian masts will
also be placed IN High street and Park
street to the Long Walk where the Q cen
drives to Windsor Castle, the north front
of which is TO be Illuminated at night.
The open-air service at st. PauPs will
rea ly be limited to the duration of the
actual ceremonial on the steps of the
cathedral First of all the "Te Deum
Laudamus," especially composed for the
occasion by D.. George C. Martin, the or
ganist of ST. Paul's, will be sung. The
choir, with its $50 voices. drawn almost
entirely from the churches of London,
will be assem- bled upon the upper portions
of the ste ps leading to the west door of
the cathedral. while the massed bands of
the royal artillery and OF the school OF
military music, mum bering fully two hun
dred players, will strengthen and support
the singers.
DR.. Martin will preside over all this
from a conductors rostrum to be erected
in the very center OF the terrace dividing
the two flights of steps. Fn front of the
choir and bands the various dignitaries,
clerical and otherwise, who are 20 take
par, in the service, viii have their places.
Dr.. Martin will be informed of the process
sion's approach by electric signals. Upon
receipt of this signal he will touch another
electric button which will cause the cathe-
draI bells to peal forth in a welcome to the
Queen.
The "Te Deum'' to which I have re-
ferred will be the central feature of the
days ceremonial. With regard TO the
special setting of the familiar words
which will be used on the occasion. il is
not too early TO note the broad and appro-
pirate spirit In which the composer has
approached the task. AS far as may be
gathered from brief examination of his
new lie Deum," DR.. Martin has realized
very mpietely the nature and necessi-
ties of the proceedings his work is de-
signed to adorn. Amid such surround
ings as those which will make memorable
the thanksgiving service OF June % ten
der and delicate music, however worthy
under other circumstances, would be
merely so much effort wasted.
Avoiding, then, pitfalls of this charac-
ter, DR.. Martin has couched his music in
sounding ana iubiant yet fully ecclesias-
ticaI form. In a word, the composer has
answered the call made upon him with
dignity and distinction, and has provided
a song of praise which is likely to live as
long as the memory of the jubilee exists.
At the conclu ion of the TIE Deum the
versicIes will be intoned by the whole
Al.
choir responding. Here again music ex-
pressly composed by DR.. Ma rtin will be
used. Then the Dean and choir will in
tone the Lords prayer. after which in all
prob2 bility special collect will be read
by the Bishop of London. This do ne, the
Archbishop of Canterbury will pronounce
the blessing. and then the entire assem-
blage will unite in singing the hymn, "AlI
people that on earth do dwell" To the
strains of this final song of thanksgiving
the Queens procession will slowly leave
st. PauPs.
1t has also been decided that the Queen,
instead OF riding in the memorable state
coach, will go about during the jubilee in
an ordinary open carriage. The we'll
known landau in which the journeys be-
tween Buckingham Palace and Padding
ton are customarily performed is now in
the hands of the coach-builders, and is to
have it's sober, claret-colored exterior
changed for bright crimson picked out
with gold. The wheels are to be fitted
with indiarubber tires.
The royal Princesses are to occupy seven
carriages, which are in general use when
the court is in London. They will be of
the ordinary modern form, and when the
coach builders, who have them now, are
done with them they will be a goodly
sight to see. Forty extra carriages have
also been hired by Queen Victoria's order,
and these are to have the royal arms
painted on them for tue occasion.
They win not be genuine royal carriages,
however. and are for persons whom the
royal mind does not consider in the first
class. Speaking of the carriages reminds
me of the fact that though the Queen will
be the chief, she is not the only feature of
the coming pageant, for the number of
her relatives and friends who will be pres
ent is enormous. Every country with
which England ho'ds diplomatic relations
Will send representative. and out of re-
spect to the Queen that representative
must either be possessed of royal blood or
else be man OF great prominence and
worth. The Queen is related by blood to
so many royal personages that no one
man can tell who they all are. The