The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-09
QUEEN LAVINlA'S NIGHT.
EI-MAYoR sTRoNG VIII HELP HER
PUT ON HER ROYAL OBoRN.

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CrvwuSa oueen win iris Fantastic Tees
with Cir Kuisht 2. FFeiinEhuysen neea.
Al irascible slittle man with q square-cut
brown beard sat in his private Office yesterday
afternoon, rehearsing . song. The little man,
DOT % long ago, held asplace Of some prominence
in tho,city Government. He was not famous
then az q flowing fount OF song, but rather Of
cuss words and tobacco. People outside Of the
office could not hear the words Of the song, but
they could SEQ the little man pound the time
gently (oh. very gently, for his foot IL notori-
Gus for gout) on the lid Of the desk with the
heel of his boot.
"What IL he singingf' askod an inQuisitivo
visitor OF an Office hoy.
"Ain'tchor heardi" said the young man, with
some contempt, "the old mans goin' ter do
coronation of dc Queen; sure he Is"
'Queenf'' said the ignorant stranger. What
oueenf'
DE Queen Of De Hollant Tamea.' snorted the
young man disgustedly. "Why. say" he add
Cd, pointing at the man on the other side Of the
glass door, cant you hear dati' The boy
threw back his shoulders and pranced In time
to the pats Of the old mans foot on the desk lid.
As he danced no sang:
Now all 70 Dutch shout loud acclaim
To your queen with Irish name.
An II you're French IT'S all the same.
Forshss the ohief.hoss Holland Damoi
Holland ! Holland ! Holland Da- e-amei
"Aro those the words of his sonsf' asked the
visitor.
'Dono," said the youth. "but IL dey amt dey
erter bal An him dressed in brown velvet
at i least ts of what xt the t boy had sha to iSf sim w an1 r. ptf.
Tonight the Holland Danes. are to crown their
4Issin .T TnS Sq Feet o e h sSs pTess ss wne k MsS nSi e
famous. q year Oh. 90 ago whsn she wrote 3 lay
Capt. Y S.'S cSsp%an q of iis TsndsriSIn. Then sSe
founded the order OF tho Holland DANES. She
Dutch names and believed themselves to be OF
Dutch descent. She also appointed many men
1f promi1 renee , to be i Knights Mor Of M The aS ~ ID
Chinatown. Last fail she put . brass tablet
marx the site Of an ancient Dutch stsdte6inS.
There was much bunting, pomp. champagne
It is not known Just whom the Queen first
realized that she bad not been owned. But
the correction r. moan e the on 9Sss %, l. a t. Ss E sos se fss
having been postponed so long.
The ceremony is to take place at the Waldorf
Astoria tonight The court programme ID as
$50 0'Clock-The Queen will leave the Resi-:
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Coach win wear orange tulips. The coach is
one in which Thomas Jefferson Is said to have
been drawn through this city. Two.masters Of
remoniesi In q coach-which Thomas Jefferson
10 said never to have occupied-win precedo
the Queer's coach. The route will be Forty
second street to Fifth avenue. to Thirty fourth
street, to the Waldorf-Astoria go
S:45 so'Clock-The Knights and Danes will
greet the Queen in a vestihule especially re-
served for that purpose. Knights will bo pro.
videdswith extra hats that can. be fearlessly cast
$3.50 o'CIock-The procession will form in
tho Colonial Room and proceed at once to:the
throne room tho Waldorf ballroom. Two her.
aids and three knights, all In costume, will pre-
code the Directress General of tho order. Mrs.
Joanna G. Mitchell, who will carry the crown.
Two Knights-Marshals, six ladies of honor, and
six flower girls will precede the Queen. Six
pages will. take the Queens train. which VIII DO
six yards long. The court will follow.
go o'C1ock-The Queen will assume tho
crown. The electrician In the gallery will turn
purple lights on the whole company. The Or
chestra will throw 6ts.
9:1O o'Clock-The Coronation Bail will be-
gin, The Queen will dance on the dais with Sir
Knight T. Frelinghuysen Reed. The rest will
dance on the humble fioor.
10:59h o'Clock-The procession for the ban
ouet room will form.
IL oCiockCThe procession will arrive in tho
banquet room and the feast will begin.
12So'Clock- Ex-M William L. Strong
will begin to speak. No one has attempted to
set a time for the beginning Of the next speech.
But there will be others. Places at the BAN
quot table have been reserved for $50 guests.