Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-06-22
THE JUBILEE DAY.
London Streets Arc GorseOusly D,Gc-
rated.
EAGERNEss 10 SEE THE QUEEN.
People Remain in the streets All Night
Difficulty Of Gwuers to Reach
Stats

of Twelve had not died away In the
midnight air when fro IN u huudrej
metropolitan sleeples tumult1us peAls
announced jubilee day. The vast
crowd that filled the miles OF streets
and squares answered with ringing
cheers anu here and there the singing
OF "Goo Save the Queen"
The crowds that peopled the streets
and squares all night In the hope OF G
good view OF the procession today
were ans ing in their sublime
patience. Waiting for twelve, four
teen and sixteen hours, as many oil
those people are doing, jammed to-
gethsr, 10 u feat OF endurance tina,
could only be lusta'ned by some over.
mAsterit q desire. Quite half OF these
lubilee " alters weio women, many VI
them with the pale, csreworn look OF
the London worker, yet all enduring
the back.breRkiug teuie usness with
the utmost goou-natuIe. Some mad
camp stools, some sat on projections OF
buildings, on curb stones or leaned
IN doufwaye, and the angles
made By stsnds. Refreshments
were in order everywhere .nd the
police had little trouble, CHEEKY gooJ
humor being the note OF the night.
During the long hours snatches OF
song aud occasional bursts Of oueerIns
showed that the people were deter
miued TO enjoy tue festival OF patriot.
lem AMI lOyslty to Inc utmost. A
clear staI.lit sky and cool air kept the
spirits OF tn, crowd at the tOpmost
point through ut the vigil. Win the
dawn the nope Of queeh's weather
merged in certaiDty anu the world
here prepared Itself In fullest conf.
dence Tor q Gay oil pleasure.
The earliest active Indications of the
great event-spart from the people
waiting twas shortly before @
O'clock the arrival OF vsstry carts TO
freshly gravel the roadwsys alter tue
fashion which prevailed In the good
OLD days VI Sam Pepys. Then little
later the inevitable precursor OF any
procession, the police. began to arrive
ia great numbers, 5000 being distri-
bulel along tine line Of march.
The streets on the north side OF the
Thames were closed t. ordinary vshl-
cles aud traffic ut 1880, on tue south
ULu0 NJ LOtiNuu DIluK6 nAu
been closed 10 all trt Mo at Midnight
anu Wesimiustsr bridge anu other
bridges at this moruing ri which
hour all persUne were removed from
Westminster snd l. inuon bringes.
The FIRST great u ifli Guilty OF the police
was assisting Owuels Of seats on stands
anu housts to get to them, they being
permitted to drive 10 them up to 10
O'clock, Tor there was "a vast interval
between title 10 u seat ana actual
possession, Tue crowds on the siue.
walks were quite Wiling to give pa
sage TO the favored mortals who owned
seats but to do 20 was difficult. 1t was
M attempt to divide six INTO Jour with
no remainder. And tho difficulty was
further Increased by tho arrival OF the
troops, alter $3.50, taking up their AZ
pointed place.. The wise, however,
had reached their seats In stsnus or
obtained access 10 houses where they
had bought windows by o'clock TO
1880, 1t was only the inevitably lac
callers who had TO push and struggle,
In the case Of ladies much 10 the d IN.
age Of their toilettes. AT length order
was evolved out OF cha0r, many OF the
extremely late corners were peremp-
toriIy shut out ond every body settled
down 10 walt. Inc picture was COM
pleie. The last t0uchts OF decorator,
ulhoisterer and florist had bsen given,
the fne effect Of the decorations could
be viewed, the faces were IN their
places.
THE DECORATIONS BY DAY.
Decoration for her mnjssty's jubilee
has been universal ana without stint.
Could the queen have passed this
morning through some o the wretched
streets of her great Lonuon, some VI
these narrow, ill-favored alleys where
pale faced children come 10 believe the
tky 10 only yard wide, where there
10 wnnt anu hunger anu uisense the
year rounc-the could have fund no
more striking evidence OF her abiding
place In the nearts of her people. The
reeplendeDt West End with It's Grim.
SOL glory, great bsnners, triumphant
arches, paiterres oil costly blossoms
meant no mere, II half 30 much as
the tiny paper flag, the yard or 30 OF
narrow rea, white ami blue stretched
along window sill and round COM
mon n>wer pot with its single rose,
mouest decorations, when formed to-
usy's spTists Tor the oh lldTeb OF the
shsdows OF the Whitecnapei, bpi,ai.
helds H0xton or Sh0IedItcn alley.
ways.
IL, however, to the ak and three.
quarter miles oil the professional route
mat one must turn tor the jubiiee
decorations. In describing them 1t
may be said at the outset the art OF
street decoration 10 not understoou In
LonJon. While here and there much
tnat is beautiful meets the eye, II Is
not possible 10 escape the fact that the
ensemble has been ruineu by lack OF
concerted effort. Tins means en-
ployed have bosn as varied "a the ends
achieved. While there is plenty OF
REQ, white ard blue the greatest Ieli-
ance has been placed on yal crimson
trimmed with Y IL. MJtto.s arr
p.ubtiiul, with SCROLL, bsDners, tags,
the royal arms, the Imperial N ono
grbms, poitruits OF the queen In every
pOssiUle iorm OF Reproductions and IN
limited hliusiOns To ''le37-ls07.p IL
the richer stie.tv are cLuulies,, crstlJ
pIussoms, but paper II iweis hGve mol
pe'h ususineu, esq eclaily in such
cecoihtiois Ms are IN the street proper
htu me green VI Evergreen anu fiji aud
"uiei garment the trumpbal laIcGes.
Nenetlan masts, idiy waving PEI
nous, hbi.lds, apd staudsrus OF t1sgs,
u "ers anu ferris lend mote oil the
picturesque than perhaps anything
else. ILeIe are no tcrolIs or dec ira.
lens stretched across the street ny the