The evening times., 1899-01-06
endent in velvet capes, silk hose and

splendent in velvet capes, silk hose and
silver buckled slippers.
Following these were Mrs. j. Mitchell
drectress general Of the Society of Holland
DANES; Mrs. Frank Stewart Ostrom act
ing registar; Mrs. William H. Traffton, re-
| cording secretary; Mrs. Virginia Topham.
corresponding secretary; and Mrs May
| banks Stacey, treasurer Some of these la
dies wore robes harmonious with those OF
| the Queen and some wore robes approxi-
mating it. All had powdered hair and all
seemed imbued with the Importance of the
occasion.
The Queen got into a covered coach. as
did the rest of the ladies and the pages and
flower girls. Detectives Flay and SSansky
got into the forward coach and as soon as
they were in produced cigars and began to
| enjoy themselves Chief Herald Schuessler
sounded his whistle and the bicycle police
men got on their wheels, and away started
the procession.
1t did not look like a pageant 1t had
more the appearance OF a funeral process
sion of a bicycle policeman without the
hearse The only thing to disillusionize
the observer of this notion was the clouds
of cigar smoke that emanated from the
royal coach occupied by Detectives Flay
and Stranshy. Two of the bicycle police
! men had touch of the grip, and disturbed
the pageant by violent sneezing.
The procession proceeded east in Thir-
tieth Street to Second Avenues south in
Second Avenue to Houston Street. thence
to Chrystie Street, TO Division Street. TO
Jefferson Street and thence to East Broad
way and Pacific Hall When in Second
Avenue, the bicycle policemen rather tend
ed to disturb the dignity of the pageant
by sprints with trolley cars
At Pacific Hall, where the Rev Dr. Mich
ois, of No. f10 Madison Avenue. was acting
as master Of ceremonies. the Queen had
already installed her richly bejeweled arm
chair, the one in which she was crowned
Queen. This was placed on a pedestal,
which was also taken from the palace OF
the Queen. Both the royal seat and pedes-
tai were placed under bower of palms and
flowers. Twelve maidens clad of gorgeous
attire, and wearing green and while wells
and yellow cassocks, and each holding a
lighted taper, filled the dingy hall with the
melody of their songs and ,recitations In
the gallery was an orchestra of seventeen
pieces.
Prior to the arrival of the royal train the
Rev. DR.. Nichols announced that Just as
soon as the Queen was heralded' the band
would play "The Star-Spangled Banner"
ana requested the maidens and the hundred
or more East Side Hebrew boys to sing.
At 4:3G o'clock William H. Traffton jr..
one of the heralds, entered the hall, and al
the top of his voice shouted, "The Queen
has comet! Soon afterward Her Majesty
walked in, in company with the royal suite,
She was received with more or less ap-
plause. She bowed gracefully, after the
fashion Of a queen, deigning with benign
grace to appear before her subjects. She
carried in her right hand the jeweled in
sigma Of her high Office, as Queen of the
Holland Danes. The Lord Chancellor pre-
tod
of East Side women. some of them fresh
from the daily routine of the sweatshops.
At the close of these formaIities an anna
teur camera fiend created a sensation
among the spectators by sudden flash of
the powder used for the fashlight purpose.
One aged woman collapsed, and had to be
lifted from the floor. Her Majesty smiled
complacently at the incident, and ordered
the windows to be lowered in order to allow
the escape of the obnoxious odors which
followed the explosion. The camera fiend
was ordered from the hall by Detectives
Flay and Stransky.
Then came the Rev. DR.. Nichols with
bag of beans. which he scattered among
the spectators, to the amusement of the
queen, and ordered that none but boys
should pick them up, He said the bows
getting the large beans would receive mu-
sical toys, and those getting the small
beans would receive other prizes.
The great majority ,of the boys, who
were all Hebrews, got pictures of the Mes
siah. The boys, not liking the gifts
threw the pictures away. One of the lads
acting under instruction. called for three
cheers for the Queen of Holland and
everybody laughed, including the queen
herself Then she arose from her seat
and, taking a slipper from under the folds
of the royal train, threw it into the crowd
with the announcement that the boy Sc
curing the lost slipper would be rewarded
with gold ring. During the excitement
that followed, in which the Queen was