New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-23
A DAY OF JUBILEE.
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rondor June 22-IOndons most spendid
naeeant pre-eminent for statelness, scientinc
management and popular enthusiasm, lehds u
self naturally TO hyperbole; but In one essehtiai
respect language does not need to be restrained
The public faith In the gracious queen oruei
Ing Of the elements for the benefit or her SUD-
tects on festal days was fully confirmed Ihere
was glorious weather for an imperial fete OF STU
pendous magnitude and unexampled briiiiancy.
II was needed for there was a dazzling reVei ol
color in the usually sombre streets or Lohdoh'
but under the blue dome Of a sky frescoed WITH
neacv clouds and illumned with sunlight the
eaudiest hues and most violent contrasts III
decoration were harmonzed. The moving
noeeant with It's wealth Of color and glltterihS
splendor required strong sunlight as 1t passed
for seven miles under the eyes OF hundreos ol
thousands Of spectators. Light was not lacking
70 revel its radiant beauty and stately magnil-
ce,ce II was O. dreamlike picture which hred
tbe IMAGINATION Of the duest sightseer ana
convinced rejecting men that 1t symbolized the
greatness of a worldwide empire
The crowning scene of this pageant was at d.
PauIs. where the Queen arrived at noon three-
quarters OF an hour after sending out d 'eie-
graphic message OF thanks to her SUBJECTS
throughout the world, and entering her carriage
n, Ruckinpham Palace for her triumphal prog
ress The Cathedral bells were heard when she
passed the griffin at Temple Bar after returning
10 the Lord Mayor his sword, and merrily they
Yang until the eight cream -colored horses. with
their gorgeous trappings entered st. Paul 3
C,hurchyard and drew up in front Of the long
flight of stone steps.
NO HITCHEs IN THE CEREMONY.
The ceremony had been carefully rehearsed
under the direction Of the Master or the BUCK
hounds and there were no bitches The car
riages with the royal guests and the special en-
VOWS of foreign Powers ranged on each side
of Queen Anne's statue. a cavalcade or princes
formed around it. The Ministers of the Crown
were close at hand, and nearby were the eleven
Iremiers from the Colonies. Behind the Queens
carriage on the stone steps were the two Arch
bishops and the Cathedral clergy In splendid
gold embroidered vestments the choir and or
cbestra-in all 80 singers and musicians. To the
right and left were stands for the diplomatic
cor2s and distinguished guests. To complete the
settine Of the scene Colonial troops from every
cline had halted on Ludgate HILL and the open
snace was afame with scarlet and blue uni
forms. Every window and open-ar stand front
ipg unon the Cathedral was occupied by wealth
and fashion.
When the Queen appeared the bells were no
longer pealing. and strange hush fell upon
the churchyard She was not the only figure
on the scene. as was her grandson. the German
Emperor. two years ago when the imperial yacht
appeared at Holtenau at the mouth Of the Bal
tic Canal and he was welcomed by the artillery
of a fleet Of all nations. This was not an In
genious bit of royal meodrama, like that scene.
The Queen was surrounded with princes. en-
vows Ministers and Colonial statesmen. and two
princesses were close beside her In her carriage:
but she was logically the only commanding
figure in what was destined to he a historical
picture Every eye was fastened upon her as
great and good sovereign. who had reigned glori-
ously for two generations. She filled the scene
with her gracious preselce, great and illustrious
as were those gathered around her.
A HISTORICAL TABLEAU.
1t was something more than money-makng
show. In which syndcates and spectators had
been trahicking for many months: 1t was his
torical tableau which painters would transfer
to canvass as a companion picture for that OF the
coronation OF the shrinking. demure. grlish
Queen who had been anointed in Westminster
Abbey sixty years before.
The service opened with the TIE Deum written
for the Jubilee by DIR. Martin. organist OF St
Pauls. and heard last Sunday In the Abbey and
other English cathedras. 1t was composed spe-
clally for orchestral accompaniment, and as per-
formed to-day was a massive and harmonious
work. jubilant in spirit 1t produced pro-
found impression by its majestic movement and
ioyfu outbursts Of thanksgiving and praise.
The service had been shortened until the
oanons had only n sentence or two to ntone,
the Dean the Lords Prayer to repeat. the Bishop
of London q thanksgiving prayer Of hundred
words to offer and the Archbishop of Canter-
bury the benedctlon to pronounce.
The cream horses then started once more on
the Queens circuit. and princes and ENJOYS
were again in motion, the choir singing the "Old
Hundredth" as the cavalcade passed on.
THE PASSAGE OF THE PAGEANT.
This ceremony was witnessed only by a IA
vored few. since the crowd had been largely ex-
cuded from the churchyard. and every avenue
of approach had been barred The passage OF
the procession was a pageant shared on nearly
equal terms by Piccadlly ST. James's. the
Strand Fleet-st. the Borough and Whitehall.
Those who were In the first half of the route
had the best portion Of the spectacle as early as