The evening times., 1899-01-06
ROYAL PAGEANT LED
BY QUEEN LAVIDIA
State Parade Oh the East Side
of New York City.
Bounty Distributed to Children by
the Noble Dame.
A COrtese Led by Ten Bicycle Po-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Ladies' in

New York, Jan. 6.-Layinia Dempsey
Queen of the Holland Danes, broke forth
! in all the gorgeous regalia of her exalted
Office yesterday to mystify and awe the
citizens of the East Side. Ever since
Queen Layinia was crowned at the Wal
dorf-Astoria some months ago she has
kept herself in royal seclusion, so far as
public functions are concerned, and even
when her exalted sister in royalty Viii
helmina, was crowned Queen of Holland
she maintained her rigid reserve. FoI
some time, however, Queen Layinia has
been contemplating a new display, and
yesterday was the day named. The queen
gathered together at the Holland House
her loyal followers yesterday afternoon
preparatory to an invasion of Tim Sui
livan's district. The party, dressed in cos
tunes of the sixteenth century, were to
leave the Holland House at 2 O'Clock but
owing to the fact that there were not
enough wigs to go around there was a de-
lay. After much hustle and hustle the
oversight was remedied and the procession
was ready to move.
Queen Lavinia was gorgeous in her coro-
nation robes and wore her famous diamond
crown. The knights were gayly resplen-
dent in wigs, red-heeled shoes, plush
knickerbockers and all the regalia of cour-
tiers. 1t was an inspiring sight. A detail
OF ten policemen was furnished so that
the procession might not get lost or dam
aged. Queen Lavinia made a gay start in
an open carriage, scattering flowers along
her way. 1t was her intention to visit No.
299 East Broadway, where an entertain
ment was to be given for the benefit of
the Sunday kindergarten.
Some time after o'clock a hustle was
heard in the hallway. The crowd took up
the cry of Here she comes" and pushed
around the entrance way of the hotel.
First Central Office Detectives Flay and
Stransky, looking anything but courtly,
marched out side by side with as much
pomp as an inch and one-quarter soIes
could make. They cleared the crowd in
twentieth century English, with touch
of Mulberry Street dialect. Then came
ten stalwart bicycle policemen under the
charge of Roundsman Schuessler, who was
in reality the chief Of the heralds of the
queen. After the bicycle policemen had
taken their stand on either side of the en-
trance way, where carpet had. been
stretched and an awning placed to the
curb, Queen Lavinia appeared, a bewilder-
ing picture in her royal coronation robe
and with her crown sitting jauntily on her
bepowdered hair-the crown that cost $780,
600, and begemmed with diamonds, rubies,
sapphires and topaz. murmur of admira-
tion ran through the crowd. Every femi-
nine neck was craned, and suggestions,
comments and airy persif1age were in
dulged in freely.
Holding the train of the rich coronation
robe were four pages. They were Masters
William H. Traffton, Christopher Kiersteb
Traffton and Misses Cornelia Stephens and
May Moore. The two latter were flower
girls as well as pages. Miss Sarah Banck-
er Traffton walked beside the pages and
the flower girls in a gorgeous robe, and
acted as sort of female equerry, and gave
the pages sundry and manifold orders ss
to holding the train. The pages were re-