New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-10


the end of which he heard to say: well
this Is IT, The two-'oss keb goes fust. and /
follers. Right, waits till the master OF cere-
monies comes II pays is respecks and then
we goes AT a walk to the Waldorf. kerrect.
Soon afterward the coachman noticed the re-
porter. Ere. young teller. are you news
paper man." he asked. on being answered. III
the affirmative. he remarked: well, look mere
now. YOU put my name in aVeht oru'
queen since I've been in this bloomn country
Bill Scutcheon of London. that's me- champion
four-'oss driver of America and Europe. ana
Mir Scutcheon proluccd an envelope with his
name and address and an English postmarK.
BY this time the crowd had attained large
proportions, and the services OF two pohcehieii
were needed 70 keep clear the pain py Which
Her Majesty was to enter the carriage
tedious wait followed. but the crowd was almost
as patient as that which one finds waiting lot
hours for glimpse Of the Prince of Wales at
Charing Cross station. 1t had got around that
a queen Of some kind was coming, but just what
kind Of a queen one not even the coachman
and policemen seemed TO know.
AT $40 the carpet which the royal party
TO pass was laid Five minutes later the
glass doors of the hotel were thrown back, and
in few minutes more the queen and her at
tendants appeared
. WORTH WAITING FOR.
We'll, 1t was worth waiting for" exclaimed
one Of the bystanders. when the royal process
sion had passed with the carriages And it GER
tainly was worth waiting for. To say nothing Of
the august character of the chief parsonage,
her costume and the costumes Of her attendants
were of a gorgeousness and expensveness sell
dom seen IN this country. There little
trouble al the door the queens train.
which was borne ny two dmnutive maids OF
honor, and this circumstance allowed the crowd
more time than it otherwise would have had TO
admire the queen in her yellow and silver coro-
nation robe, and the courtiers with their long
cavalier locks and their brilliant seventeenth
century clothes.
One little circumstance initiated in some
slight degree against the impressiveness OF the
departure. An elderly woman who followed the
queen. although not forming a part Of her
court. il-advsed enough to remark loudly,
just as the procession reached the door Those
children will catch their death Of cold. She
spoke Of the maids of honor who wore decol-
lete frocks Thereat Of the elder maids
turned impatiently and replied "Oh, do shut
up" 1t was small thing. but to sensitive
minds II somehow spoiled the effect
AN EMBARRASSING HITCH.
The procession. which before mentioned.
consisted of two carriages. the masters Of cere-
monies in the first and the queen and her ladies
walking pace. thereby giving pedestrians
cellent chance to see her majesty. At the Wal
dorf-Astoria another little hitch occurred through
the error of the driver of the first carriage. He
drove to the wrong door. and the queen was
placed in the irritating position Of the king in
The Isle Of Champagne" She alighted from
her carriage. expecting to find her courtiers
waiting 10 escort her to the coronation rom.
and found no one not even the crowd. which
had rushed to the first carriage and was look
ing at the master Of ceremonies. After some
shouting and confusion the error was rectifed.
and Queen Lavinia swept in state through the
portals of the hotel. the courtiers In front OF
her. the court ladies behind her. the little maids
of honor holding her train. and the pages BRING
ing UP the rear.
The ballroom Of the Astoria decked elabo-
rately with American flags, which ought to he
in better business than adjoining a coronation.
and Dutch flags, that could not be expected TO
know any better. The door was guarded by
men in clothes which must have been hired
from the costumer at no small expense, wearing
powdered wigs and dark boards, or whatever
i'm that line they happened to have, and look
ing IKE Queens Counsel making attempt
- ba cav at funeral 1t is a pity to be un-
kind TO them They must have felt their own
absurd position keeny They certainly did not
appear good -humoreo
NOT POLITE IN PUNCTUALITY.
II punctuality be the politeness Of princes,
Queen Lavnia more polite than the
average Of royalty She was 20 enter the hail
at O'Clock and the populace which was let In
TO see her got a little tired OF waiting for she
did not arrive TIL after 10 o'clock. But then.
what rights has a populace? II II will have a
queen il must be thankful to be stepped on.
But after so long the herads marched IN
and made incoherent sounds through hre truih-
pets II may have been historical Tor them 10
try TO to talk through these tin things, though
some who present said that 1t was not
but II was certainly highly ridiculous.
The procession got in its own way. the knights
and ladies being unused 10 royal professions
as they were to their clothes, and when 1t had
twice disentangled itself it formed two lines
leading up to the throne, and the queen walked
bet tween them and took her seat. The Directress-
General whose title. indeed looks more pictur-
esque in Dutch. but this part OF the account is
for New Workers. had brought the crown on
little cushion. and she placed IT on the head
OF the Queen. assured her, on her allegiance
that it was straight (at least. that was what
the pantomime looked like TO the spectators,
and then stepped back 10 allow the Regent TO
present the sceptre. Next appeared the Lord
High Hotel Porter. and gathered up the carpet
from the dais and carried it off, so that the dais
could be used for dancing 1t was then that the
A bright ray now white. red, yellow or
blue shone down on Her Majesty and the boy
and Girl who danced Dutch minuet on the
dais This part was really pretty. The music
from Don Giovanni was USED ana the ioyai
crowd was consoled for having to listen TO Mo-
Fart by the fact that the coronation march
which had been played was composed by the
Queen herself and that the next dance music
was hers also 1t different from the music
of Mozart who only subject ana not
even a Dutch subject--oh, so different
After the lights had come up again there
was great discussion among the rabnle as 70
whether the queen would dance on the moor Win
the scum that covered it, Some OF her ministers
II was said had advised her TO dance only on
the daIs and they had not been enthusiastic
about her doing that. But the queen was IN
gracious mood. and in the end she came Gown
from the throne and took her place on the moor.
though some one whispered that she would nave
To flag her train before she could dance. But
this was a vulgar expression from one VINO had
never been AT court and had no business 10 he
there this time. and the queen danced In a
manner that did credit to her throne ana her
THE BANQUET.
Half past 10 was the time set for the ban
Duet but it was nearly midnight before the
Youthful hcrads commanded the guests to par