The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-06-23
LONDON ALL lGLOW
Modern Babylon Rivals in Splendor the Ancient
 Cha|dean Capital.
CITY BAPTIZED IN GLORY
ILLUMINATIONS AT THE CZAR'S
 CORONATION SURPASSED.

Brilliant Symbols of Loyalty and Affec-
 tion, of Imperial Grandeur and the
 Growth of the Empire Met the Eye
 Everywbere-Au was Brilliancy, Sparkle
 and Color of Dazzling Radiance-"v. R.
 l." and Other Royal Mottoes-American
 Embassy Brilliantly Illuminated-The
 Jubilee Procession n Pageant Unrivalled
 in Magniflcence-Queen Greeted With
 Loyal Shouts and Cries All Along the
 of the Day Remarkably well-Bodies
 and Dignitaries in the Mighty Column
 Other Exercises of the Day.
 London, il p. m., June 22.-With the coming of night the crowds which had filtered out of the processional streets after the great show Wedged back again to view London alight. The sight was worth the trouble and risk both considerable. The illuminations were achieved more artistically than the decorations by day. Tonight those of the metropolis are like everything that had previously transpired during the morning hours, greater and more re- splendent than anything in her his tory. The symbols of loyalty and af- lection, of imperial grandeur and the growth of the empire that had met the eye in painted and gilded mottoes, de- vices of paper and bunting and spang- led cloth were now reflected for miles in lines of fiaring gas, glow-worm oil lamps, opal globes, paper lanterns and transparencies, incandescent lamps celluloid flowers and hundreds of de- vices in thousands of colored crystals. Everywhere was brilliancy, sparkle, color, at many points a dazzling radi- ancy, under the mild summer sky.
 As was the case with the draperies, the decorations by day were confined principally to the route taken by her majesty this morning and may be said to have begun at Hyde Park corner Every house showed light in some way, and where it was sufficiently brilliant the effect was decidedly enhanced by the day draperies, though the empty stands added rather a weird effect. Leaving the park the first notable il- Illumination was that of the Bachelors club, where a large medallion, sur mounted by crown, the center bear ing the w. R. IT. all in cut and color ed crystal within the emblazoned words God Save the Queen" marked the front of the club, every window of which poured out a stream of light. The Junior Constitutional, the Badminton, Naval and Military, and Isthmian clubs followed suit with many colored devices, while the private residences facing Green park were not for mo- ment outclassed.
 Turning into clublanG proper-from the top of St. James street to the end of Pall Mall-the domain of the aristoc- racy was as they wished it, resplen- dently hamboyant. The Guards, the Army and Navy, the Junior Carlton, Atheneum Travellers and Reform, were illuminated with crystal devices, with lines of gas jets following the lines of the building that are all ways so finely effective Tn the case of the Reform club the organization lived up tc it's name by using electricity only. One of the private buildings had it's facade picked out in lights of purple and fine gold radiating from a medal lion portrait of her majesty shown in cut crystals.
 Marlborough house instantly caught the eye as the turning into Pail Mall was slowly accomplished. Across the four pillars at the entrance of the grounds was noticea ble a large branch in the form of laurels in various shades of green with natural berries, around a crown surmounted medallion inscribed "V. R. l." The prince of Wales feath- CTS and badge figured in the design, the whole being of the most beautiful crystal. Round the corner at York house, illuminated crystals a large heart formed of Rose petals and May blossoms.
 Passing out of Pail Mall the celluloid balloons, the pretty daylight effect of which has already been referred to, quite Justified French taste, the incan- descent glow lamps hidden in flower petals. suggested nothing so much as childs dream of Titania's Court.
 Fleet street from the Law Courts to Iudgate Circus was a dazzling vista of -1rismatic and radiant devices, end ing up on Ludgate Hill in the massive dCme of St. PauPs brilliantly lit by search lights, standing with its huge golden cross to Greater London and be- yond.
 Nothing in all London or elsewhere exceeded in artistic beauty and bril- liancy of display the scene from the Wellington statue. with the Bank of England on one side and the Mansion House on the other. The official home of the lord mayor was bathed in so much light that all the beauties of the day seemed to fit in and charmingly mingle with that of the night. On the top of the pediment a splendid star of India burned it's brilliant points into the sky. Prismatic gas globes outlined the facade and a portion of the side, while the royal crown encircled by wreath of laurels in incandescent lamps stood out prominently in front of the build ing. encircled by a wreath of laurels in incandescent lamps. The crown was fanked on either side in crystal gas lamps with "v. R"-the universal let ters recalling the incident of her majes- tvs first visit to the city when, oppo-