Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-26

blocked the street 10 the palaoe A
dozen policemen were irving to keep
The crowds back 10 lei Inc carriages
pass into the palace court. The poiice
wouldn let any one pass a certain
point without the green ticket. and as
had been given one before leaving the
palace on Saturday / felt quite inn
p0ftant when / passed an the barriers
and walked into the palace our
wraps were taken by seryans. and we
were shown up 10 the big room. All
was lighted up and the servants were
gorgeous I'm blue satin knee breeches.
with buckles and white silk stockings.
black slippers and black coats with
gold trimmings Each looked az If he
realized his own Importance more than
the emperor himself The salon was
full OF men OF all descriptions military
ana professional, ambassadors and con-
GUS, men OF court and men not OF
court The officials had on all their
badges and medals and the doctors and
professors wore their long robes Of vel
vet
In our gallery were three bay win
dow effects. The middle one we Occu-
pied, IN the one on the left OF us over
looking the throne was the empress
and her children. ard IN the one on
the right were the ladies of the court.
No women were IN the han below The
salon Us a corner room, and on the
longest side between four windows rs
the throne. The band began 10 play
and In came thirty or forty young men
dressed In court costume. satin knee
breeches and so forth These halted
when The first two reached the throne.
and after them came "a long line OF
court officials through the lines made
by the front group. on each side Of
the throne were two pages as sim and
straight as II they We're made OF stone
Then came the emperor dressed In
white satin uniform. with large black
boots. which reached above his knees
His coat was covered with gold braid
and medals and he carried q sword
Then came four men, IN pairs. each
carrying a large satin cushion. and on
one was the crown. on another the
scepter and on another two gold cas-
kets which probably contained other
important insignia OF royalty. These
were each set on stools az the four
corners OF the throne Following the
emperor came a long lire OF men who
took places reserved for them Every
hhul was hAhuulnk ana hIleI the ttn-
peror bowed and seated himself on the
throne we all sat down. our choir gave
them a piece from Handel and then
man read a long paper on the acad-
envy and It's Advancement The em-
peror stood up and made a very fine
speech, after which three hooks were
given him by the assembly our choir
sang again and then his majesty went
out. / forgot 20 say that the crown
prince was present "a tall boy Of TWEEN
~. rather good looking In his uniform.
The whole scene made a very striking
plcture-one that | shall always re-
member. We stayed a little while and
then went home ! believe / am the
first Of our Utah people TO 90 into the
palace By invitation or 20 see Il In
state. Generally the palace is dead
furniture and everything shrouded all
up so that things won't spoil-and this
view Of Il Is about all the tourist us
ually sees. The Elders and rest Of my
Utah friends here were quite proud 10
think ] had had the unusual opportun-
ity.
ct III H.