The record-union., 1897-05-23
Everyone Appears to be Out for the
Golden Shekels.
fronts of Buildings Along the Route
OF the Procession Disfigured by
Hideous Scaffoldings, Preparatory
TO Erecting Seats for Spectators
Even Churches tiave Been Sold to
Spectators - Provisions and Al
most Everything Else Doubled i'm
Cost.

LONDON. May 22.-(Copyrighted.
1897, by the Associated Press. .)-London
IS already plunged into the Queens ju-
oilee preparations, and for the next six
weeks IL promises to be the most un-
comfortable city in Europe. Along the
route OF the procession the fronts of the
buildings are disfigured by hideous scat
IoIdiaS, preparatory to building seats
Even churches like st. Martin s-in-the-
Fields have been sold to specula tors.
VINO have almost completely covered the
ed1hce mentioned with building prepa-
ratlons and a little sign reading 'Serv-
ices as usual being about the only in
dication left of the church proper st.
PauFs Cathedral is likewise disfig-
ured by huge stands.
The price of provisions has already
advanced and everything has at least
doubled in cost. For the jubilee week
several of the large hotels refuse to
make any definite arrangements for
rooms, even to old patrone, until a week
before the jubilee. Every person who
has been able to do so has let his or
her house for the celebration. and is
preparing to flee to the country. The
fact is that everyone in London is. to
Tuesdays drawing-room at Bucking-
ham Palace was by far the smartest OF
the year. The weather was beautiful,
and enormous crowds of people lined
the streets in the neighborhood of the
palace and hall. A striking feature OF
the day was the many State carriages
in line. The coach of the Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough eclipsed all of
long time to finish The body was of
deep red, and the coach was adorned
in addition to a ducaI crown and coat
of arms, by princely coronet, as the
Duke of Marlborough is a Prince of the
Roman Empire, and, as the Daily
Mall rays "he is not inclined to abate
one jot or title of his titles" The sup
porters of the carriage are in the shape
of red mounted silver serpents we call
silver ornaments, made by a skilled
jeweler on the hammer cloths. There
We're three footmen behind the coach.
They wore red liveries, which were COW
cred with gold embroidery, that part
of the work being done in Italy, in or
der to insure the embroidery against
furnishing.
There is a story printed here to the
effect that when the Duke of Marlbor-
ough ordered his liveries he chose the
brightest red, but the tailor refused to
make the liveries of that color. and
pointed out to the Duke that the par
ticular shade of red which he most ad-
mired was confined to the use of roy
atty. The Duke, as result was obliged
TO be contented with the shade of red
used by his ancestors for the liveries
of their servants.
The Duchess of Marlborough wore
more jewels than any one present at the
drawing room, and her very tall dia-
mond crown and her necklace, COM
posed of the famous Vanderbilt pearls,
caused a sensation
The trial at Edinburgh of the suit for
divorce brought by Sir Charles Henry
Ross of Balmagowen Castle. Rosshire,
against his wife Lady Winifred Ross,
is furnishing considerable gossip, as the
parties to the suit are prominent. The
proceedings, which were commenced
last year, were resumed on Wednesday
before the Edinburgh Court of Sessions.
Lady Ross is a sister of Lady Olivia
Cairns, who was cited to testify The
correspondents, DeBath and Brinton,
are officers of the Eighth Hussars and
Life Guards respectively. Some of the
evidence presented was of a nature too
disgusting for publication. The hus-
bands charge of adultery was fully con-
firmed by the testimony of the serv-
ants, who told extraordinary tales of
the conduct of Lady Ross with the CO.
respondents, both in the house aD6 at
secldued hooks in the park at Bahia
gowen. These details were so salac:ous
that Lady Ross left the court