The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-02-14

LONDON. Feb 14-There is always
large crowd Of Londoners able. willing
and eager 10 witness a gratuitous show and
great throEss were 10 be observed in the
early hours this morning on their way TO
Westminster TO see the King open Par
liament in person. The morning Was gle
riously fine. but intensely cold. just the
kind of weather that would be likely to
chill the ardOr Of the waiting multitudes
Carpenters we're still at work putting the
finishing touches on stands. while baIco-
MES we're being covered with crimson
cloth The precincts in the vicinity of
Buckingham Palace were thronged early
with loyal EEglishmen and women who
were anxious 10 feast their eyes on a spec
tacle unprecedented for novelty and splen-
dor.
The people Of London in past years have
witnessed nothing OF the kind. the annual
Lord Mayors show. with its gingerbread
spIendOr. which reminds one OF a circus
procession, being the nearest approach to
today's function that has been seen by
almost the oldest inhabitant
Precedent Established.
speech was set up today. Heretofore ad-
vance copies of the royal address have
been given to the press. This was not
done today. and the speech WAS net given
out until after it had been delivered
The multitudes who had been waiting
so long saw the first display of royal
eqnipages between ! and 1:30 O'Clock in
the afternoon when, at short intervals.
six carriages went PAST portions of the
route leading to the House OF Lords.
where they we're 10 be in readiness TO re-
eeiye the King and Queen, the Duke and
Duchess of Cornwall. the Duke and Ouch
ess OF Connaught. the Prince and Princess
Christian. Princess Henry OF Battenberg.
Princesses Louise and Frederika Of Han
over, the Duke OF Cambridge. and the re-
spective suites
These drove in closed carriages known
as town coaches and each was drawn By a
pair OF horses The coachnen and footnen
were clad in voluminous scarlet cloaks with
great scarlet capes and wore cooked hats
The only sign Of mourning were the black
gloves worn by the coachmen and footmen
and large black rosettes below the berses'
ears
As each carriage bearing ROYAL person
ages passed. the soldiers who lined the
route, presented arms. but the crowds.
whether they we're unaware who were in
the carriages OF were reserving all the de-
monstration for the King ard Queen. did
not raise a cheer Even the Duke and
Duchess Of Cornwall and York passed in
silence.
The Lord Mayor, in a gorgeous coach
and q company OF thirty beefeaters.
dressed in red and black medieval garb,
with their breasts covered with war med
ais. were practically the only ones in
this part of the procession who we're uni
versalIy recognized.
But it vas not for this that the thou
sands lining the mile between the Palace
and Parliament had been waiting for
hours in the frosty sunshine.
At Buckingham raIae.
Outside OF Buckingham Palace there was
an imposing scene A dense mass Of pee
pie stretched IN front and to the right and
left. On either side Of the entrance the
First Life Guards, in their brilliant red
clOaks and with their white pIumed he'll
NETS glittering III the sun, were drawn up.
Within TIE lines was the detachment Of
giant greDadiers mentioned as attracting
so much attention in the Queens funeral
procession while next TO the gates were
the Second Life Guards. in glittering
breastplates. with drawn swords.
Shortly after 1:3O O'Clock the Guards
Band within the courtyard struck up
God caya fEa Kim -v3 - Z - "a z.-fa-r-
the whole procession was in motion
First came a searlet-coated. mounted
groom and two Horse Guards. followed
at short interval by a company OF the
Guarzs
Then came the first royal carriage
drawn by six bay horses ridden by Dos
tilIions. with the walking men all richly
clad in the royal scarlet gold-laced Iiv-
cries. Three similar carriages followed
All these bore the high officers of the
Kings household the usbers. silver
sticks. controllers, etc The horses were
magnihcenuy capaTisoned and their
names were fantasticalIy intertwined with
silk Of the peculiar color 50 often men
tionee In connection with the Queens
funeral trapDings-
After the fourth carriage the band Ct
the Life Guards IN the fore court Of the
palace struck up, God Save the KING
and the fifth carriage appeared drawn h.
the six famous royal black stations. These
great horses were even more picturesque
than the more famous cream coIored ones.
They were almost covered with duH. black
leather trapplugs richly studded with gold.
n this coach rode The Duke of Portland.
Master Of the Horse, the Earl Of Penn
broke. Lord Steward; the Duchess i Buc-
eleugh, Mistress Of the Robes. ana Lady
suheid, Lady Of the BedchamLer-
Then came the cloud Of The cortege-
First there was a glitJering escort OF the
Life Guards followed by the KL.g's mar |
shalmen. walking two and Two, and the
Kings footmen in state Iiyeries walking
IN the same manner
Cheers for the King and oueeu
Then came a roar of welcome from the
crowd Hats and handkerchjsfs we're |
waved and there was cheer after cheer. |
which finally merged into a continuous
shout as the eream-coIored stations
decked in red and gold trappings with
blue rosettes and ridden By gorgeousIy |
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