Evening star., 1901-02-02

carriage. 1t was finally accomplished, and
the pail and the regalia of the British
crown were placed on the coffin.
The king and the others with him then
mounted, and the procession started.
Procession Not Noteworthy.
The procession, apart from the gun car
riage bearing the coffin, and the royal fam
lily and official mourners about it, was not
noteworthy. Parliament, the judiciary and
the commercial bodies were not represent
ed. Royalty, the army and navy monopo-
Iized the pageant Three thousand soldiers
and sailors, picked companies, represent
ing all branches of the service, cavalry,
artillery, infantry. yeomanry, militia, vol
unteers and colonials, formed the advance
escort They marched slowly and with
out music. Most of the uniforms were
covered with dark overcoats, and the
standards were draped with black, the
officers wearing bands of crepe on their
sleeves. The infantry marched in col
umns of four, with rifles reversed. They
were half an hour in passing. Then came
Field Marshal Earl Roberts and his STAN
and after them four massed bands playing
funeral marches. Three hundred musi-
clans announced the coming of the body OF
the queen. There was a long array or
court officials. under the leadership of the
Duke of Norfolk (the earl marshaD. all
attired quantity and brilliantly, bearing
maces or wands, most of them elderly
men, who for years had served the royal
lady for whom they were performing the
last offices.
Most of the spectators expected an i'm
posins catafaluue, and the coffin was al
most past before they recognized It's pres
ence by removing their hats. 1t was pa
thetically small. oblong block, concealed be-
meath a rich pail of white satin, on the
corners of which CLEANED the royal arms
Across the pail the royal standard was
draped, and a large crown OF gold, en-
crusted with jewels, rested at the head OF
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carriage just over the gun. On the loot
of the coffin were two smaller crowns with
a gold, jewe:ed scepter, lying between
them. The eight horses which drew the
gun carriage were almost concealed pc
meath their rich harnesses. A large bow OF
purple was attached to the coffin. Ihls
was the only symbol of mourning.
Around the coffin walked the stalWart
bearers non-commssioned officers OF the
guards and household cavalry, and on
either side were the queens equerries,
,ords-in-waiting and physicians. All the
uniforms were covered with long, dark
coaks.
The spectacle was so quickly past that
the spectators hardly realized 1t or had
time to bare their heads, or comprehend
the details, when group OF magnihcentiy
attired horsemen, with sparkling helmets
and coats, mounted on beautiful chargers
was before them.
King Looked Grave and CarewOrn.
Immediately after the company about the
coffin three royal mourners rode abreast
King Edward VII was the central figure OF
the three, but no less ostentatious person.
age was seen in the procession. A black
chapeau, with plume OF white featners
was on his head and a long black CLOAK
was buttoned around him and hung down
over the big, black horse which he was rid
ing. the kings familiar face seemed grave
and careworn. He looked straight ahead. ap-
parently at the gun carriage on which was
the body of the sovereign whose glory ana
RESPONSIBILITIES he had inherited. He did
not see, or give no sign of seeing, the long
ranks of soldiers hedging back the populace
about him.
ed women. the multitudes of uncovered
heads. the purple draperies and the general
Wreaths everywhere. He passed ike man
alone who neither knew nor thought OF the
world about him, and the sentiment his
nresence inspired was only sympathy and
pity The people seemed to see In the king
one of themselves, and the deep murmu"s
which arose here and there carried rote
of sorrow and love almost as deep as the
expressions which greeted the passage OF
the coffin Of their queen
Beside King Edward rode Emperor VIII
liam. his nephew and neighbor. The unique.
commanding figure of the German emperor
could not for a moment be mistaken He
looked every inch a soldier and the COM
mander of men. His imperial majesty
glanced right and left as he rode, and his
hand was frequently raised to The red and
white feathers hanging over his hat as he
responded to salutes. Emperor William
also wore a black cloak over his new Brit
tsh field marshal's uniform, and tle splen-
did white charger beneath him pranceu up
and down, giving his majesty an opportn-
nity to display fine horsemanship.
On the kings left rode his brother, the
Duke of Connaught, a man Of soldierly APP
pearance, almost unnoticed and unreccg-
hIyt tha
In the second rank, behind, rode two
more sovereigns, the kings Of Greece and
Portugal, both glttering with gold lace.
There followed a dazzling array Of mem
bers of royal families, numbering about
forty in all, and riding three abreast. so
close were they together and so quickly
did they pass that individuals, prospective
rulers of empires, kingdoms and principal
tiles could not be distinguished.
The next section of the procession IN
cluded the six royal carriages.
A far from numerous military escort. In
cluding a deputation from the Queens
German Dragon Regiment, composed the
last section of the procession.
Ten minutes after the coffin appeared the
funeral procession had passed and the mu-
sic of the dirges drifted back across st.
James Park.
Cheers for Little "Bobs."
After the funeral party itself, the DOM
mating figure of the day was Field Mar
well-known bronzed face came in view the
people forgot the solemnity Of the occasion
and broke into cheers, also shouting
''Bobs'' and other expressions Of familiar
approval
The military attaches Of all the embassies
and legations were with Lord Roberts
staff. In the front rank rode the American
attache, Major Edward B. Cassatt, in an
infantry officers full dress uniform.
The funeral procession occupied two
hours in passing from Victoria station to
Paddington, distance of three miles.
The decorations everywhere were i'm
pressive but not elaborate. Purple drap-
cries. hung with green wreaths, predomi-
mated. Flags were on most of the build
ings.
The really impressive exhibition of
mourning was the black clothing worn by
practically all the people, who, as the
streets. windows. stands and roofs every
where were covered with spectators, gave
the whole scene a somber hue.
The grounds of Buckingham Palace were
filled with civil officials and their families
Pensioners from Chelsea and Greenwich
had the sidewalk outside the palace.
st. James Park was packed with a crowd
of about 10000 people, who overran the
flower beds, stood on the fences and
swarmed In the trees, sitting on the
branches and clinging to the limbs during
the long, chilly hours of waiting. It was
| too much to expect the populace to MAIN
| tain mourning demeanor, and they