The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-02

sailor Prince Louis OF Battenberg. and the
sturdy young Crown Prince Of Prussia,
Every one OF these nine Princes and po-
tentates eiittefed with all his decorations as
If to accentuate the startling cQntrast be-
tween themselves and the women in solemn sd,,;
These ladies' were ied by Queen Alexandra.
who walked less tnan a full step IN front
duchess Of Saxs,Goburg5 may be she
outstepped her companions merely during
the moment while spassane my stand. and
all the other @adi1s, except the Queen and
RoYxG Re- !wE cS%Gsf:S' %5MES fHRow-
OFF ALL APPEARANCE OF POMP.
The next rank of three black-gowned nun
like royalties was made OF Princess Chris
tan. Princess LouiEe and Princess Beatrice
the Duchess Of Ccnnaught. thezDachess of
Albany. the Kings unmarried daughter.
: Victoria, and l4e,wife of Prince Chares OF
saehes shsspesse setSaf of sSe skiras sr
skirts SO long as to touch the ground. As
i have said before. not single order or
decoration to Indicate that they might not
be the humblest women in England distin-
guished their dress.
Though heard some others pretend to
recognize the faces of these royal women.
/ was unable to see through their wells. /
recognized the Queen first by her position,
next by her remarkable carriage. which is
queenly in the extreme. and by the COM
manding poise Of her head.
The eyes OF the multitude fingered upon
the splendid pail over the comm and Its load
Of royal symbols. then were reluctantly
drawn away by the sight OF the King and
Kaiser. :
The appearance Of the men and the stoop-
ing women In black. pressed close together.
walking with dainty short steps at first
suggest I'd to every one that they were serv-
ants. on at most might De maids In wait
When it was realized that royalty had
thrown off all appearance of pomp and was
exposing itself in unaffected humility before
the people u stified ejaculation Of surprise
burst out along the line. In an instant all
women and many men were soboing. 1T
would be hard to blame them. Never before
has any man OF this generation seen so
many women CT the highest power demean
then,selyss 80 haa,bly s,, aId practice 6; CO gsnu
cree of their subjects. ..~..
COFFIN TAKEN on 4
BOARD THE YACHT ALBERTA.
This was one OF the astonishing features
Of this unique pageant. Its first marked
small nai % afYair and and to- took less % than twelve
minutes to pass a.siyen point: II was made
the whole was SO artisticaliy massed and
arranged. It's features such gigantic sur
prises; it must remain for an time nor very mo-
as perfect as Beethoven's beautiful funeral
march. which timed its progress. Every
foot fell at exactly the same instant. every
horses boof touched the ground In perfect
unison with the beat Of the music: there
was never a pause. a hitch or an Interrupt
lion. fkalI IeSpictAcuh, ndll sphoSts .ifS
pageant moved down the hill like running
water or, to put II better, resenbled mas
terpiece OF harmony.
The second triumph Of the occasion was
the spectacle of Kings and Princes In all
the splendor of their dress decorations, yet
all marching humbly as so many privates
in an army along the sloppy highway.
The third surprise, the eliminating III.
umph was the black mass OF modest royal
Wona nhood which threw its somber hne
across the middle of the picture as one
Sometimes sees u streamer OF crepe nut
tering before a Raudy flag. i1
line or guards separated the royalty
from the rest OF the procession. which con-
sisted of the ladies in waiting and members
of the household OF King and Kaiser. as
well as the servants and tenants OF Os-
borne. =, .,
vay 10 Trinity Pier and in n covered house
on the wharf the coffin rested a few mo-
ments then was carried aboard the roya.
Yacht Alberta, to be placed upon the purpie
dias set under the royal canopy. supported
by four purple columns The yacht vas
half covered by canvas awning ana diS-
played no signs of mourning OF any sort
II looked Just as II always does: ike one
of those small paddle boats m New YORK
There was a moment just before the coffin
was taken aboard when the royal men un-
covered their heads and the royal women
stood still. bent over In token or deeoest
respect for the dead. II must have oc-
than unfortunate II was that trtning illness
kept her husband from paying this next TO
last expression of respect to the iiiustr1ous
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