The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-22

London, June q. This is the day of
days. The last stroke of I2 had not died
away In the air when the metropolitan
steeples sent forth volume of music
herstofore unheard by mortal ears.
Ii Is to the six and three-quarter miles
OF the professional route that one must
turn for what are considered jubilee
decorations. The means employed have
been as varied as the ends achieved
Will, there is plenty of red and white
and blue the greatest reliance has been
placed on royal crimson trimming. Beau
tiful flags, the royal arms, the imperial
| monogram. portraits of the queen in
every possible form of reproduction and
| unlimited allusion to 1S37-lSq7 In the
richer streets are countless costly blossoms
but paper flowers have not been disdained
| and especially in such decorations as are
In the street proper in laurel garment Of
| the arches.
Buckingham Palace itself was undeco-
rated, save for the royal standard which
fioated about it. In the streets the dec
orations were as lavish as was commen-
| surate with the prosperity of the inhab-
| itants. Flags, banners and imperial de-
vices of every sort were displayed. many
windows had hangings of some sort gen
| blue and many others added flowers.
In short. by decorations as by everything
| else, London was transformed into
| vast court at which an enormous multi
tude OF people attended.
How the Queen Was Dressed.
| A hustle was noticed in the crowd ay
ii 10. and the word was passed along that
the queen was approaching. The queen
| was dressed in black, wore black bon
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slowly seated herself in her carriage.
| The royal trumpeters sounded fanfare,
| the Princess OF Wales joined the queen
and then the Princess Christian of
Schlesweig Holstein joined the party. AS
her majesty emerged from the portlco the
sun broke brightly through the clouds
The queen raised her supshade. The
Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cam
briuge and the Duke of Conpaught took
their places about her majesty's carriage
and the latter took its place in the pro-
cession. which started at once.
The crowds that peopled the streets and
squares all night In the hope of a goou
view Of tho procession today were amaz-
ing In their sublime patience. Waiting for
twelve, fourteen and sixteen hours, as
many of these people are doing, jammed
together, is feat Of endurance that could
only be sustained by some overmaster-
ing desire Quite half of these Jubilee
walters were women, many of them with
the pale, careworn look of the London
worker yet all enduring the back break
ing tediousness with the utmost good
nature. Some had campstools, some sat
Oh projections of buildings, on curbstones
or leaned in doorways, and the angles
made by stands Refreshments were in
order everywhere and the police had little
trouble, cheery good nature being the note
of the night During the long hours
sratches of song and occasional bursts of
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termined to enjoy tho festival of patriot
ism and loyalty TO the utmost
A clear starlit sky and cool air kept the
spirits of the crowd at the topmost point
throughout the evigil. With dawn the hope
of queens weather merged into certainty
and the world here prepared itself in full.
est confidence for day of pleasure.
Earliest Indications of Activity.
The earliest active indication of the
great event-apart from the people await
ing twas shortly before six, the arrival
of vestry carts TO freshly gravel the road
ways, after the fashion which prevailed in
the good old days of Sam Pepys Then
little later the inevitable precursor of any
procession, the police. began TO arrive in
great numbers--eight thousand being dis
tributed along the route Of march.
The streets on she north side of the
Thames were closed to ordinary yehicular
ira tlic at 1880, on the south side at s a. m.
London Bridge had been closed to all
traffic at midnight and Westminster
Bridge and other bridges between, at 8
this morning ut which hour all persons
were removed from Westminster and Lon
don bridges.
The first great difficulty of the police
was assisting owners of seats on stands
and houses Co get to them, they being
permitted TO drive To them up to 10 o'clock
for there was "a vast interval between
title TO "A seat and actual possession.
Difficulties of Seating.
The crowds on tho sidewalks were quite
willing to- give passage Co the favored
mortals who owned seats but to do so
was diflcult-it was an attempt To divide
six into four with no remainder And
the difficulty was further increased 10y the
arrival of tho troops, after $780, taking up
their appointed places. The wise how
ever had reached their seats in the stands
or obtained access TO houses where they
had bought windows by z O'Clock TO $780,
10 was only the Inevitable late corners
who had To push and struggle, In the case
of ladies, much to the damage of their
toilettes. AT length order was evolved out
of chaoS-many OF the extreme late
co mers were peremptorily shut out and,
everybody settled down TO wait The
picture was complete. The last touches Of
decorator, upbolsterer and florist had been
given, the fine effect Of the decorations
could DO viewed, the faces were in their
places.
The Decorations by Day
Decoration for her majesty's jubilee has
been universal and without stint Could
the queen have passed this morning
through some Of the wretchod streets of
her grent London, some Of those narrow
ill-favored alleys where pale-faced children
come to believe tho sky is only yard
wide, where there Is want and hunger
and disease the year round-she could
have found no more striking evidence Of
her abiding place I'm the hearts of her
people. The resplcndent west end with its