St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-14

of the death OF Lord Beaconsiield and is
known all over England as primrose
dav" Az the funeral Of Lord Beacons-
field the Queen sent a large design OF
primroses with The words, "These were
his fayorite nowers.' She referred her
late husband, but everybody supposed
she referred to BeaconsGeld and so the
primrose has always been associated
with his memory and the anniversary OF
his death is "primroscday." Onthel9th
of April, 1897, his statue in front OF
Westminster Abbey was visited by
thousands OF people The base was
completely buried in primroses and all
around the statue were beautiful iloral
designs. The clubs of which he was
member, the Queen and admiring friends
all over England sent their tributes, and
one large design was contributed by an
English resident of Hong Kong. Only
primroscs were used in the decorations,
and there was delicate blending OF va
rious shades OF yellow, violet and green
And it was strange coincidence that on
the anniversary OF the death of the states
man whose motto was "Peace with
honor" and who wrought so potently
upon the destinies of the Eastern question
that war was declared between Turkey
and Greece. Possibly, but let us hope
not, before "peace with honor comes
the whole map of Europe will be
changed.
On June 20 next the Queen celebrates
the Goth anniversary of her reign and
will have reigned longer than any other
English monarch. This event will be
called the diamond jubilee" and will be
fttingly celebrated on June % by the
greatest parade that London has ever
seen. In brilliancy and magnifcerce it
will vie with the functions connected
with the coronation OF the Car, and
Englishmen all declare it will surpass
that notable event. The procession will
be several miles long and of course there
is great demand for seats along the
route of march. The lowest price | have
heard quoted is $50 seat and in houses
where chairs can be placed next to win
dows much higher prices are charged.
In many houses and stores all the win
dows are already engaged and seats all
sold in grandstands which are not
yet erected. One man is particularly for
tunate and has "dead cinch" on the
the Jubilee. His block is so old that it is
I to be torn down, and an enterprising
? Englishman has contracted to tear the
| block down and build on it's site modern
p brick block. complete in every detail
He does this for the privilege of having {
= grand stand on the site jubilee week, anc
after tearing down the block and build
ing a new one he expects to net a hand
/ some sum. In the meantime the mer
c chant will have obtained new bloc
e free of cost. People are coming from al
S over the world to attend the jubilee
V some provincial governors and thei
suites have already arrived and all tn
royalty of Europe will be represented
1t is expected that at least 10000 Amer
/. cans will come over, though | think thi
o number is rather large. Here's success
g to the Queen jubilee and more years 70
this kind and beloved ruler.
The British government does nothin
by halves and it naturally follows tina
the British Museum, the two nationf
Il art galleries and the museums at Scout
D. Kensington rank the highest in til
n world for their respective collections
r And all these places are free to the publ
70 ON most days and have recently bee
- opened Sunday afternoons. Over half
n. million people visited the British Museul
- in 1895 and probably more last year.
all these buildings catalogues are sold {
q cost, guides, who are forbidden to +
ceivc fees, are ready to answer any que
j, tons and in the museums there are re
M taurants to allow a days visit. II
=, articles are splenddly Labelled and t
:. rooms of all these buildings are not on
" well lighted but comfortably heate
- Such luxury as heat in gallery w
4" never felt in Italy except at the Vatica
re AT the geological gardens where the
are 2400 fish, flesh and fowl a shillit
admission is charged and over 10000
people visited the ZOO" last year. The
various places are constant educate
b. to the people and even the children c.
/ a give you points on the machinery mod
| in the South Kensington museum or t
in you where TO find the rare animals at t
he Zoo Another thing that surpri:
not you is that so many of the articles in
10 these galleries and museums are given
the the people Some OF the best pictures
)od the galleries. some of the finest anim
to in the 900" and some of the rarest sp
,eo- linens i'll the Natural History museum
dea the gifts OF loyal Engishmen from
you over the world. This is just one sort
airs loyalty to a nation upon whose poss
sed sions the sun never sets and whose s.
ned ereign has reigned for 60 prospcrC
ago years.
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