The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-31

been the envy of Alice in Wonderful |
Overhead in the midst of the pageant
the great Griffin, which marks the civI
boundary, spread its wide,. fantastic
wings like some great Hindoo god
In their gold liveries, the whits-|
wigged coachmen of the Lord Mayor
looked down contemptuously upon hi
soldier, herald and peer. In the oda|
days a veritable bar or gate separated
the city from without. Today tel
strong policemen stretched red, sili
en- rope across the thoroughfare in hor|
or Of the city's ancient privileges.
CHALLENGE IS GIVEN
AS the clock struck the time, the Of
ficer in command or the troops caIsI
attention." The rifle-stocks CAM
down with click upon the aspha
pavement and two gold-laced trumpe'
|ers appeared at the Griffin's side. Tn
Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, macebeareH
chaplain. remembrance and the white
wigged judges of the city courts ld'
their carriages and grouped themseVe|
together between the lines of drawn-uPI
troops.
Then the City Marshal, who was o.
horseback, wearing a uniform OF sea-
let, gold-Iaced, with scarlet plumes
rode up to the barrier and the King-Oi
Arms, whose green and gold taoaf1I
outshone those of his colleagues aF
|peared at the imaginary bar. III
trumpeter blew shril blast, which w
Lord Mayors trumpeters answers
and then the City Marshal rode up
the barrier and demanded: WE
goes there?" The King of-Arms
swered that it was the Kings herS'
come to read the proclamation.
Enter, herald" said the Marsas
and the herald was conducted to ~
Lord Mayor and Aldermen, VINO We
|stiH grouped in the street.
REPLY TO PROCLAMATION
The herald then read the proclans
|tien, to which the MAYOR and Aldern''
replied: eve, with one voice Wv
sent, tongue and heart, pledge ap NJ,
lance to King Edward VII ~
ltrumpeters blew blast while the W.
dering crowd stood bareheaded anu
fenced, not knowing what TO oo u
a military band in the procession s'i MA,
UP God Save the King" This iaip u.s..
air has still but one meaning III hH
land, and the crowd took up the w y,
feebly with God Save the klhs ~.
the tongue, but with God save
Queen" in mind. oc,.
A few streets further on the pr
nation was read again and the piy T,g
sion advanced, by way of Luoea,e -or.
to the royal exchange. The hnd' N.
lamation was made in front % ~
royal exchange. The square oeiO' -.
exchange, with the prison-llKe va and
the Bank of England on one sue m
the massive official residence Oh
Lord Mayor on the other, was Se5e
setting whose age and soiidi''
flied the portentous ceremony ese
There was no decoration except o-oe
all half-masted, save the citys reu esos
on a. white field over the m', obo,g
House. The royal Standard hung eli dim
the exchange and over the suriouT acs
business buildings flew the onion I'm n
Black was the universal color VT W., q
the people. Hardly a bright DON - ~
gown relieved the somberness " .,od
crowd. Soldiers and policemen -. neiis
an almost solid lane down Cneai Tts
where the pageant was to pass, Cor
people behind them, crowdine ~ 81
sight over their shoulders, Wel ',.ors %
classes. from the prosperous BROKE
East End costers. ,or,ars'
The mass was subdued ana -aet =
ably orderly, an impressive conu'