The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-25

knee breeches and 1ow-buck!ed shoes.
| peered out from the CinderelIa-like
coaches that would have been the envy
of Alice in Wonderland
Overhead in the midst Of the pageant,
| the great griffin, which marks the city
| boundary, spread its wide, fantastic
wings like some great Hindoo god In
| their gold liveries the whtte-w igged
coachmen of the lord mayor looked down
| contemptuously upon the soldier, herald
and peer
In the olden days a veritabIe bar or
| gate separated the city from without To-
| day ten strong policemen stretched red
| silken rope across the thoroughfare in
honor of the citys ancient privileges
| AS the clocks struck the time the Of
| ncer IN command of the troops cried
| attention. The rife stocks came down
with a click upon the asphalt pavement
and two gold-laced trumpeters appeared
| at the griff1ns side.
| The lord mayor and sheriffs, mace bear
| ers, chaplain, remembraneer and the
| White-wigged judges of the city courts
! left their carriages and grouped them
| selves together between the lines of
| drawn up troops. Then the city marshal.
| who was on horseback, wearing uni
| form Of scarlet, gold-laced, with scarlet
| plumeS, rode up to the barrier and the
| norroy king of arms, whose green and
| gold tabard outshone those of his coll
leagues, appeared at the Imaginary bar
his trumpeter blew a shriIl blast while
| the lord mayors trumpeters answered.
and then the city marshal rode up TO the
| barrier and demanded ''Who goes there?''
The norroy king of arms replied that it
was the kings herald, come to read a
proclamation. Enter, herald" said the
marshal, and the herald was conducted
m n
were still grouped in the street.
The herald then read the proclamation,
to which the mayor and aldermen re-
Piled:
ALLEGIANCE TO THE KING.
We, with one voice. consent, tongue
and heart pledge allegiance to King Ed
ward VII"
The trumpeters blew a blast while the
wondering crowd stood bare-headed and
silenced, not knowing what to do, till
military band in the procession struck
up, God Save the King" This familiar
air has still but one meaning in ENGLAND.
and the crowd took up the words feebIy,
with God Save the King on the tongue.
but with God Save the Queen in mind
"A Few streets further on the proclama-
ton was read again, and the procession
advanced by way Of Ludgate hill, to the
royal exchange. The final proclamation
was made in front of the royal exchange
The square before the exchange. with
the prlSon-like walls of the Bank Of
England on one side and the massive Of
fetal residence of the lord MAYOR on the
other, was stage setting whose age
and sohdity befitted the portentious cere-
mony. There were no decorations except
nags at half-mast, save the city's red
cross on white field over the Mansion
mouse. The royal standard hung above
the exchange and over the surrounding
business buildings flew the Union Jack.
Black was the universal color worn bv
the people. Hardly a bright bonnet or
gown. relieved the somberness of the
crowd. Soldiers and policemen formed an
almost solid lane down Cheaps.de. wher.
the pageant was to pass. The people h.
nlhd them, crowding for a sieht over
tnelr shoulders, were of all classes from
prosperous brokers to East end costers.
Inc mass was subdued and remarkably
orderly, an impressive contrast to the
usual London holiday crowd. The roofs
OF the exchange, bank and Mansion house
ana the windows and balconies overlook
Ing the scene were filed with sold rowe
of people. Big policemen kept a clear
space in front of the exchange. At about
III o'clock the procession, which was dis
aPpointingiy short, though gorgeous.
swept down from Temple bar at a randi
pace and was received silently The Of
hcials entered the exchange by CornhiI
and appeared on tho top steps The lori
mayor with the sword leader. leading.
sherliIs; aldermen. recorder and city
marshal following
READ BY LORD MAYOR.
flourish Of trumpets imprer sed silence
upon the crowds and the lord MAYOR m
covering, stepped forward. All hats
came off and the men remained bare
headed throughout the ceremony undar
for Wv
hour. The lord mayors voice was strone
and his oratorical words were distin.
guishable a block away, While he read
the warrant of the privy council to the
herald. Thereupon the spectacularly at
tired herald, bareheaded, also for tha
third time delivered the proelama+:on
Probably no one fifty feet distant heard
MS words, at the ending he raised II :
voice and shouted: God save the king
putting particular stress upon the words
When the lord mayor finished reading
the warrant with the words. s.hi9
majesty, King Edward VII" the crowd
for the first time, cteered feebly but
without unison, seeming to feel that too
great display Of enthusiasm for the king
may appear to partalse of disloyadty to
the memory of the departed queen.
| 1t was only when the herald shouted
| God save the king" that the populace
responded heartily with cheers, mary
| people echoing the shout of GOO save
the hing and waving their hats.
| The lord mayor in the meantime Bro
ceeding to the Mansion house. stepped
| out on the upper balcony and said. in
ringing tones: Join in singing from
the bottom OF your hearts, God Save
! the King
The response was uncertain. for the
| people feared TO undertake the unfamiliar
words until the common sergeant Oegaf
adviser of the corporation) led off, where
upon hundreds joined in. This was re.
peated three times, each time hundreds
more taking up the singing until it he
| came mighty roar. Then came more
cheers for the king and for the queen
consort, hearty but solemn and of y
| vastly different sort