The silver star., 1897-07-01
LONDON'S PAGEANT.
AN OVERWHELMING SUCCESS,
The Weather Perfect. the Parade Magnifi-
cent and the People Enthusiastic
Queen Victoria Rides Six Miles Without
Apparent Fatigue.


London. June 22-To-day was the
great day of the jubilee. Queens day,
| the elimination of the celebration, and
without hitch or untoward event the
whole complicated program was car
ried out.
Victoria herself was the center of in
terest. For the first time in years, she
rode in royal procession through the
streets of London. and though the pa
scant that preceded her has never been
equaled in the worlds history. it was
the Queens presence that dominated
the whole grand procession.
Her majesty endured the fatigue or
her siy-mi.e ride well. She smiled in
response 10 the acclaims of her sub
iects, and afterward expressed her
pleasure in the days doing. So that,
even SO far as the central figure WIS
concerned, the celebration was a great
success.
All day London was blaze of bunt-
ing and flowers: at night a blaze of
myriad colored lights The decorations
by day and night immeasurably sur
passed all previous attempts. even the
great fett. which Paris gave the Gar.
The pageant was alike unapproacha-
ble. Troops from the SHOWS of Canada
and from Australian deserts, from all
the wild countries where the British
dag now waves. guarded by conquered
natives. subject princes from India.
royalties from every European court,
made il an aggregation which no other
nation could begin to muster: and II
may be centuries before England VIII
call them together again.
The predictions of evil for the jubilee
have failed. The spectators who
would have made it mere show for
money making are defeated and
ruined. hut the wave of loyalty and en-
tlIus.asm which has been aroused in the
hearts Of all Britlns Is worth all of the
millions of pounds the great show has
cost.
All the perplexing arrangements In
connection with to-day's festivities
worked to perfection. The weather
was also perfect 1t WAS cloudy in
the morning. but there was sunshine
from the time the Queen emerged from
the palace The sky was cloudless and
the weather was Just warm enough 10
he pleasant. There We're no empty
seats along the route followed by the
procession. but the spectators sold
the ten-guinea seats for one guinea
and in many cases spectators gave
their seats away. Evidently the crowd
was not 50 large as expected. The ma
jority OF the seat holders had to leave
their homes before o'clock this
morning.
The procession was practically in
three sections as far as 81. Peters,
though the two last en- route to the ca
thedral We're consolidated as they
moved into Plcadilly. The first 10 take
position. the colonial division. formed
on the embankment and moved by the
palace. where her majesty viewed it
from n window over the route TO st
Paul's. The march began at s;i3 and
the great cortege proved welcome re-
lief to the waiting multitude. The pro-
cession was headed by an advance par
ty Of royal horse guards. Then fol-
lowed the band of the same corps play
ing the inspiring Washington Post
March, Close upon the band came n
portion of the picturesque Northwest
mounted police as escort TO the first
colonial premier. the Hon. Wilfred
I-aurier. The Northwest policemen.
to whom evidently n saddle has never
been q novelty. made a striking appear
ance. quite rs brave and serviceable
looking the South Wales mounted rifles
with their grey scmi-sombrerors and
black cock-plumes who succeeded
them. escorting the premier of New
South Wales. the Hon. :. II. Reid.
Then came other colonial troops from
New Zealand. South Africa. New
Foundland Sierra Leone. Guinea, the
Royal Niger Huassas and others.
The second procession passed tie pal
ace fifty minutes after the colonlals
had climbed Constitution hill. 1t more
than croquently filed in the picture OF
Britain's war strength: more than mag
nlhcently completed the carnival of sor-
geous costume and color. Scarlet ana
blue. geld. white and yellow. shining
culssars. helmets. plumes and tassels.
furs and gold and silver spangled
cloths: bullion embroiderics and accou-
trcmcnts: splendid trapplngs and more
splendid trapp.ngs for men. crosses and
medals. Death dealing weapons.
swords and revolyers. cutlasses. bat
ieries of artillery. men of splendid ply
Sidue and horses with rare action en-
tered into the spirit and meaning of 1t
all. they carried colors for which these
men would die. aud over all the rich
strains Of that music they best loved
80 hear-the sight was one 10 stir the
blood as only soldiers have stirred 1t
since the dawn Of time. But the scenes
Of troops We're literally too numerous
to mention except as n brilliant whole.
II seemed like nothing so much as
some stream of FURNISHED gold flowing
between dark banks of humanity gath
cred to witness its passage To land of
light.
The empire had passed in review and
the head Of II all was now TO come. her
majesty. Tile royal procession proper
was interviewer with crowds of dignl-
tarles of all sorts. First came the aides
de camp to the Queen. these being head
ed by the Prince Of Wales and the
Dukes of connnught and Cambridge
ard the Earl OF Wcymss.
Then followed all the lord llcutennnts
of London. his grace. tho Duke of
Westminster. X. G.. in lord lleuten-