The herald., 1897-06-23

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when the 1andaus with the ladies an
lords in waiting and the princesses wer
la their allotted positions. All the Ia
dies wore light toilettes of blue lace an
pink, the latest Parisian dainties. The
the envoys' landaus started. TIL
princes next mounted their horses an
ranged themselves in groups of three.
The carriage Of the Empress Fred
erick Of Germany waited until the other
had gone, while the Duke Of Cambridg
chatted with her highness. In the mean
while a platoon of the royal servant
lined up on each side of the great door
on an inclined pia torn from the door
to the place to be occupied by th'
queens coach, which was placed in po
sition and carefully tested by Scotch
gillie.
After q momentary wait a,hoarse- roal
of cheers, started by the royal anthem
played by the band outside, announced
the arrival of the prince and princess ol
Wales The prince wore the uniform Of
Q field marshal, and the princess was
dressed in pale lilac, and wore lilac
bonnet with white feathers.
At 11:11 a. M hustle on the main
staircase announced the coming of hel
majesty. Queen Victoria slowly de-
scended the stairs assisted by scarlet
clad and white turbaned Indian attend
ant. She was dressed in black, wore a
black bonnet trimmed with white anG
carried a white sunshade. AT the foot
of the stairway her majesty paused for
q moment and touched an electric but
ton connected with all the telegraphic
systems throughout the British empire,
and 1t flashed around the world the
message:
From my heart, thank my beloved
people. May God bless them"
Her majesty then seated herself IN
her carriage, the royal trumpeters
sounded a fanfare, the princess Of
Wales Joined the queen and Princess
Christian of Schleswig-Heidele Joined
the party. The princesses seated them
selves opposite her majesty, and at 11:12
the queens coach started. Two gillies
in Highland costume, wearing the tar
tan of Macdonald of the Isles, the 30 :
called crown prince Of Scotland, occu
pied the rumble.
AS her majesty emerged from the por-
tico the sun broke brilliantly through
the clouds and the queen raised her sun
shade.
The minor royalties next dropped In,
followed by richly y-caparisoned steeds
intended for the use of the princes The
arrival of the princes who were to take
part in the escort formed a splendid pic
ture. The quaint-looking crown prince
of Montenegro, with black, glossy hair
under a dull crimson cap, and wearing
q crimson jacket heavily embroidered
with gold and with short pale-blue
skirts, was greeted by the German
princes, who were in fine uniforms, evil
IDENTIFY donned for the first time.
THE DAY BEGINS
LONDON, June 22.-The last stroke of
IL had not died away in the midnight air
when from a hundred metropolitan
steples tumultuous peal Of bells an
the diamond jubilee day. The
vast crowd that filled the miles of streets
and squares answered with ringing
cheers and here and there the singing
Of God Save the Queen"
The crowds that peopled the streets
and squares all night in the hope of
good view of the procession today were
amazing in their sublime patience.
Waiting for twelve, fourteen and six
teen hours, as many of these people are
doing, jammed together, is feat of
endurance that could only be sustained
by some overmastering desire. Quite
half of these Jubilee walters were wo-
men, many of them with the pale, care
worn look Of London women, yet all
the back breaking tediousness
with the utmost good nature. Some had
camp stoole, some sat on projecting
on curb stones or leaned in
doorways and the angles made by
stands. Refreshments were in order
everywhere and the police had little
trouble, CHEEKY good humor being the
note Of the night. During the long hours
snatches Of song and occasional bursts
If cheering showed that the people were
to enjoy the festival of pa
triotism and loyalty to the utmost. A
clear, starlit sky and cool air kept the
spirits of the crowd at the topmost point
throughout the vigil. With the dawn
the hope of the Queens weather merged
into certainty and the world here pre-
pared itself in fullest confidence for a
lay Of pleasure.
The earliest active indications Of the
great event-apart from the people
awaiting twas shortly before 6
o'clock, the arrival of vestry carte to
freshly gravel the roadways after the
fashion which prevailed in the good old
days Of Sam Pepys. Then, little later,
he inevitable precursor of any process
sion, the police, began to arrive in great
numbers, 5000 being distributed along
the line Of march. The streets on the
north side of the Thames were closed to
ordinary vehicles and traffic at 1870; on
The south eide at a. m. London Bridge
iad been closed to all traffic at midnight
and Westminster Bridge and other
bridges at 5 this morning, at which hour
all persons were removed from West
Minister and London bridges.
The first great difficulty Of the police
was assisting owners of seats on stands
and houses to get to them, they being
permitted to drive to them up to 10
o'clock, for there was a vast interval
between title to seat and actual pos
session. The crowds on the sidewalks
we're quite willing to give passage to
he favored mortals who owned seats,
out to do SO was difficult. 1t was an at
.empt to divide six into four with no
and the difficulty was fur
her increased by the arrival of the
roops, after $50, taking up their ap-
pointed places. The wise, however, had
'eached their seats in stands or obtained
access to houses where they had bought
windows by Z o'clock. It was only the
inevitably late callers who had to push