The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-07-23
Ar THE JUBrLEE PARADE.
Prices Charged for Seats at the Magnificent Pageant-Queen Better Looking Than Her Pictures Represent Her.

105 Great Portland Street,
 London, w., July ?.
 When last wrote you I was just
 starting on search for seats to view
 the procession. Well, traveled from Hyde Park corner through Piocadilly.
 Pal Mall, Strand, St. Paul's church.
 yard, and Cheapside, right round to
 London Bridge without finding any
 seats for a guinea that I wanted.
 There were hundreds at from three to fifty guineas each. Finally saw on a
 warehouse at the end of London Bridge sign Good Seats for Guinea" went to the top of the four story build
 ing; on a slantlng slate roof were six rows or seats. with no protection from the weather, but they gave a good view or the procession crossing London Bridge. l selected six seats; they hand ed me the tickets; handed them a ten pound note, the man said, I want twen- ty-seVen pounds sixteen shillings more. sad, six seats at a guinea each are SIX guineas. An, said he, those seats are SIX guineas each. Said I; Show me
 your guinea seats. They were away 1 round the corner close up against chimney, where by standing up you could just see over into the street but
 not much of the procession. So it was all the way through the borough road
 untll l came to St. Georges circus, a
 large open space with an obelisk in
 the center, and six different roads ra- alatlng from it in all directions. Here was fortunate in securing for six gulneas the exclusive use of the side entrance to coffee house, the proprie-
 tor erecting stand close to the street,
 Wlth SIX chairs on 1t, which gave us a
 clear View, and near the circus being such large open space the troops were
 massed here and there, detailed in squads of six to different streets all around the neighborhood
 As fast as one body of troops was de- tailed another company would come, f1rst company of Life Guards Red, with their magnificent mounted band; they were detailed, but the band re- mained In the circus, delightlng US with Its music all the four and a half hours we were waiting. Then came several
 other bodies of mounted troops with
 their bands. After they were all de-
 se'tiNo SehiiiS d puuy Ol odllOiS lIOHl luC navy; they were loudly cheered Then
 last of all came a large body of the ambulance corps with their cot stretch- CTS, and ambulance wagons, attended by nurses They were all detailed off to the different side streets near the line of procession. Every few minutes a general officer in gay uniform, cooked
 hat and plumes and decorated with medals, would gallop up and give or ders to some of the subordinate offi- cers, as to the movement of the troops, and then gallop off again, so that we had no lack of amusement the four and 8 half hours we were waiting. And then the scene Itself Is very interesting. The circus itself large space, sur rounded the high buildings. many of them covered with seats away up to the roof and there were seats at every window and the roofs were filled with gaily dressed people, the ladies with flower gardens on their heads predomf- hating. The obelisk in the center was decorated and festooned with flowers all around. The circus at the edge of the sidewalk was solid line of police; in front of them line of mounted guards from different regiments. the Lancers, Hussars and Life Guards looking especially brilliant On looking around at the immense sea of faces that shone from the buildings all around it reminded me of what the Coliseum of ancient Rome must have looked like when filled with spectators. About F o'clock the space was entirely clean. with the military in front of the police. Behind them and back of them one solid mass of people filled the side walk At 12:30 o'clock the head of the procession made its appearance Your excellent paper has already had such a good account of the procession that I can add nothing to it. We had an ex- cellent view of the queen and all the noted personages. Here I must, say that the queen is much better looking than her pictures make her My grand daughter took some snap shots, which l will show you When we got back after the procession had passed we went on to the roof and watched the crowd separate. It was a wonderful sight The moment the last of the pro- cession passed, the military and the police closed in and the large vacant space was filled with the crowds from the sidewalks dispersing in all direc- tions. From the roof 1t looked like a swarm of bees or ants It was a sight we shall never forget or regret. Next to Paris, and then home by St. Louis July 31. T. HURLE.