The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-06-26

SpanGled clothes. bullion rmbrblutrleS and
accoutrnmeHt>. splendid ,rapI,ugS and
more splendid trapriuc> for men. >aSh"S
and stars. crosses and mcIa.S-mcialS
for the trimea. India. Scrngapatam. the
Nile, Ashautcc. AfghaniStdn. thitral.
South Africa. China and dozens Of others
and here and there the finest Of them all.
the most highly pr.Zed the world can
show. the Victorian cross: death dealing
weapons, swords and revolvprS: carhiuce
and cutlassrs. batteries of artillery. men
OF splendid physique and horses with rare
action fully entered in the spirit and
meaning of it all. the fondly carried coiurS
for which these men would die, and over
all the rich strains of that music they
best loved to hrar-the sight was one to
stir the blood as only soldiers have stirred
it since the dawn of time.
But the scores o1 troops and C0mra-
nicS were literally too numerous to men
tion except as brilliant whole. II
seemed like nothing 80 much a. some
stream of FURNISHED gold flowing he
tween dark banks of human beings gath
cred to witness its passage To land ot
light.
The Queen at Last.
The empire had passed in review and
the head of il all was now to cumc-hrr
majesty. The royal procession proper
WAS interviewer with the crowd of wait
ing dignitaricS of all sorts. First came
being headed hy I'll" Prince of Wales and
the Dukes OF Cambridge ana Conna"ght.
and tn" Earl of WcmySS.
Then followed alOn" the lord licutrn-
ant of London. his grac" the Duke of
Westminster. in Il lord licutcnant's dress.
The duke was followed Ivy Il glttoring
cayalcadr Of officers. the HEADQUARTERS
staff. To them Succeeded field marshalS.
Next came three officers of the auXil-
Iar! force in attendance" on II. X. H..
the Prince of Wales CJuerrrS. gentle
men in waiting and military attaches.
brilliant lot Of gentlemen with Il gilt
, t"rlnG array of titles. uniformed in the
dresses of all the courts Of Euroor and
half its crack regiments and wearing
all ITS stars. Then Il complement from
the Kaiser. Il dcrutati"n from tn" First
FrusSlan Dragon guards. Queen of
Great Britain and lrclands Own
After the Germans cam" the most bril-
liant group of all the soldicry. the officers
of the imperial Scrvic" troops. tlI, In
dlanS in their uniforms. Il miXtur" of
English regular army and natiy" dress
which were brilliant I" n degree not to be
witnessed outside of countries ,-hrrc
harharic spl"nd"r and ingenuity in cIn-
broldery lS the rule. 1h" SWarthy feat
urcd fellows We're suggestive. in IN
moved count"nanccS. of all the lark
mystery of tn" East Many also wore
massive gold earrings with enormous
stones, Will" som" W0r" III addition gold
ankletS ahlaz" with sapphir"S and cIH-
Grads
The special rnyoyS not numbered
among the princes followed the Ilnilns
in eleven tWO-hOr>r iaudaUS from the
royal m.ws-all painted in lake and yer
million. The royal arms were on She pan
els. royal crowns on III" tops. \ Epr-
EcouS cOachman rcpo>cd III each bon.
clad in royal scarlet. white knee hr,,,.hrS
and silk stockings his important mead
beWiggcd with white hurs" hair and
crowned with Il magnificent thr" cor
uprcd hat decorated with ostrich pluIh">.
The crowd now began IT, show more
eager interest i'll the approaching vch-
cleS-thcy were nearer and nearer To the
Queen. Five road landauS. painted like
those which had just vanished, only
horSed by four horses. four with bays
and the fifth with the Dutch blacks of
the royal news. appeared first. he oC-
,IIDantS of these laniaUS We're princes
and princcSScS of tn" blood, III" closest
attendants upon her royal majesty. To
say uaught of her scores of NOR" or less
affcctionatc cousins from n"ighh"ring
princiIalitieS.
.'shc's Coming.
Then the first part OF the s"v"rcisn's
escort rode im:a view the Second Life
guards As thir w"ll-kEown brilliant
uniforms appeared the whisper ran cl"c-
tricaIly She's coming. The guards
were soon succeeded hy the escort of
British and foreign princes. Many faces
were known, recognized and Chc"rci.
This brilliant escort WAS composed OF
tn. flower of Europ"> thrones.
Following the princes came the guard
of honor twenty-five officers of Hatly"
Indian cavalry CorpS-m"n ot tnc phys
iuue picturesque uniform aud strange
faiths But for these tn" crowd had few
eyes. for the commander chief who
followed behind them. none. hey could
see the Queens horsC>-it was tn"
Queen ut last.
\ cheer broke forth that seemed -
shake the ground. renewed again and
again AZ her majesty carriage ap-
preached The famous eight llanovcr-
an creams cream in color with log tails
white cold. almost tiShlkc eyes and PINK
noses their names richly woven with rib
honS red white and blue were now pass
ing Gorgeous they looked in their new
state harness. saddle cloths of royal blu"
velvet with rich trngcS uf bullion. the
leather work morocco Hhoy" and blu"
morocco hencath. -littrring "v"ryWh"r"
with the royal arms. The liverl"s of til"
poStillonS Wcr" in keeping with tn" mar
ness and had cost $500 apiece. For once
since the prince con>Ort - death th"
Queen permitted the mourning band tu
be removed from the mems arms: there
was no note of sorrow.
The carriag" in which her majesty
rode now came abreast. II proved to Er
carriage with Il li@ht-Tuunng body.
built about Il quarter of Il century ago.