Arizona republican., 1901-06-23
PREPARING FOR CORONATION
 # x OF THE # # BRITISH KING AND QUEEN


 possibly King Edward VII, knows when the coronation. the most gorgeous and elaborate ceremony of our time, is to take place. but it must come pe- fore long. and the knowledge or that fact is making things lively among the great jewellers and robe makers oi London town, and Is worrying every peer and peeress. Incidentally. the price of ermne Is rising steadily
 His Most Excellent and Christian Ma jesty will not be any more kingly aiter he is crowned than he Is now, he VIII have no new prerogative and his SUD- jects will have no new hold on hlin' He could follow the unfu,lilled sugges- ton of his great uncle William w., ana abolish the ceremony altogether, 1T he chose, without blocking the wheels oi government in any way. But he would block the wheels of trade if he did 90, and that is where the rub comes. As nearly as can be estimated. the coronation will lift about s7,0O0,0O0 out of the pockets of government and peer age and high society generally and transfer it to London trades folk. Otherwise the only practical use Of this big expenditure will be to provide the most gorgeous spectacle that has been saan since the coronation or George Wand the only persons who will get the full benefit of 1t will be the precious few who will be permitted to get into Westminster Abbey on the great day. The general public will have | to content itself with a look at the corr onation procession, and, judging by | the experiences of the late queens fu-
 neral and at the new kings opening of
 parliament good many thousands ot those who stand for hours in the hope
 of seeing some thing will go mournfully i home at last, with life almost crushed
 out of them. and without having seen
 anything more inspiring than the back
 of other peoples heads.
 l HOW THE MONEY GOES.
 But the lorda and ladies who see and take part in this wonderful show VII.
 have to pay dearly for the privilege, for the government will have to pay rather less than $l,0C0,00o of the total
 expense. The coronation of George "
 cost the taxpayers almost exactly sl.- 0O0. GOO aside from what was spent out
 of private purses. That monarch had waited 80 long before getting his crown that when he did get 1t he made the
 occsdon the most brilliant that has ever
 been seen in England and perhaps in
 any other country. The present king
 has the same excuse, but Is of a rather more economical turn of mind, and has Lnot an equal taste for display.
 | I have been unable to learn what Queen Nlctora's coronation cost, but it was certainly much more expensive
 than that of her predecessor for Uncle
 William, finding that his id, a of abol-
 ishing the ceremony altogether was
 not popular. cut down the government outlay to s20o.000. of which s6o,00O was
 spent in fitting up Westminster abbey
 S20, GOO in coronation medals and $l5,00' for fireworks and for keeping open pub, lie the aters on the night Of the corona
 ton.
 Work has already been begun on th' coronation clothes for the king an, , queen, and it is a lucky .ting for then
 that they do not have to pay for thos' garments out of the privy purse. It |
 not yet known just what they vii
 cost. but 1t is believed that the figur |, will be something like $l00,O0o. Georg " spent more than that on robes, an, James IT, although he abolished tn , coronation procession from motives O . economy. spent half million dollar , in arraying the person of the queer - which was fair, considering what fat . had in store for her. It was only fou U years later that the radlantly beautifu ? queen Mary Beatrice dressed in gar a ments that one of her maids woul . have been ashamed to wear. had to ru :, through a back door of the palace an get across the Thames In a small boa . to save her liberty If not her life. q CLOTHES FOR KING AND QUEEN e As the king is the head of the stat e church, his garments will have to som
 extent an ecclesiastical charactc, ID When he opened parliament he Wore n military costume underneath his gora
 cous parliament robe, but thatywouldn o do at all for coronation, and in cor d sequence the College of Heralds Is bus q trying to arrange what sort of thin L. he ought to have on. It doean't reall ,e matter so much for over all will be h D. great robes of state, and tradition SUI Is plies nearly every detail Of these. Bot l. the king and queen will have to haN ,t three each of these wonderful garmnt Id one in which to enter tho abbey, or ,g in which to be cOnsecrated, crawne ,h and to take the sacrament, another w leave the abbey, According to custo it the entrance robe is of crimson velvt 2 lined and trimmed with ermine. and ti
 go!rg-away mantle an equally elab, Id rate confaction of purple velvet ar ,, ermine.
 Id The mantle that will be thrown ov "A the kings shoulders just before his col ,u secration Is the most intere sting of q ut three, however It must consist of he white lawn surp!ce, trimmed wi oe most precious lace; supertunic re brocaded cloth of gold, lined with erin
 son; a stole of the same material. wi as St. Georges Cross embroidered on ne and over all mantle of cloth of go IS with a long train. Winterhaltel
 painting of Queen Victoria taking t
 cath of the sacrament shows the ty
 of garment admirably,
 NEVER CAN BE WORN AGAIN '', These garments must never be wo v" second time. and all this product .u the skill of hundreds of workmen. ht pypansa of many fbnncop1, l