Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-25
CORONATION A DRAG
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suspected Of having adopted the idea at
the suggestion of the kaiser.
Lord Palmerston said: There is no
question of merit about the Garter" a re-
mark which apparently will also apply to
the new order of imperial princes.
There is talk of the king creating twelve
new peers at his coronation, including Sir
Ernest Cassel, who rendered valuable serv-
Ices by consolidating the kings debts as
the prince Of Wales and arranging easy
terms for their payment. Upton is not,
apparently, to have a peerage, but must be
content with a baronetcy. Among the
prospective new mobiles mentioned is Colonel
CORVALLIS West, the fa~ther-in-law Of the
duke of Westminster and Of Lady Randolph
Churchill. This title, in the ordinary
course of events, would fall to young Corn
wallis West, so Lady Randolph Churchill,
after all, may become a peerless. Lord Ed
mund Talbot, the duke of Norfolk's brother,
Is also mentioned for a peerage. The duke
Of Norfolk's only child, the earl Of Arundel,
who has been paralyzed from birth, stands
in the way Of Lord Edmund's succession TO
the dukedom, but his son ultimately will
have 1t.
Curtail Flowers at Opera.
There will be an innovation In the deco
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nation performance. The singers petitioned
the management against smothering the
house, as on former occasions, with flowers,
for the perfume affected their voices, which
1t is said are particularly susceptible in
this way. The management being at the
mercy Of the prima donna. who is as neces-
sary to the performance as royalties them
selves. promised to use artificial flowers,
but this was objected to by the king. 8
a compromise only the grand tier will be
decorated with real flowers, while the more
remote parts of the house will be festooned
with artificial ones. More than one member
Of the royal family objectr to the perfume
of flowers. When Princess Victoria enters
the royal box she always instantly removes
the bouquet placed opposite her chair.
Many well-known Americans continue to
pass through London on the way to the con-
tinent, but only an inconsiderable proper
tion speak Of returning for the coronation.
President Roosevelt's sister, Mrs. Douglas
Robinson, has taken rooms on Charges
street.
Foxhall Keene has rented a house on Aid
ford street, Park Lane. Mrs. Lewis Chand-
Ter is staying at the Carlton. The Bradley
Martins have come up from Scotland to
their house in Chesterfield gardens, and they
intend to give a grand reception and con-
cert on July 4. Mrs. c. George Croker will
remove from Clarides soon to a house in
Mayfair. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Emmett are
here on their way to New York. Among
the most notable of the recent arrivals is
Mrs. Johnson of Washington. who has al
ways cherished the friendships she made in
London, when her uncle, President Blu
chanan, was minister to England. When
ever she came here she was specially re-
eelved by Queen Victoria and will be among
the foreign guests specially invited to the
coronation.
The imperial coronation bazaar in the b.
tanic gardens promises to be a stunning af-
fair. Mrs. Arthur Paget will have charge
Of a stall displaying s15. 900. 900 worth Of
jewels. That she has succeeded in getting
the loan Of these wonderful gems from the
greatest English families lie another re-
markable testimony to her cleverness and
influence. One prize will be a motor car
precisely similar to the kings and valued at
81, 900. The stalls will be kept by all the
fashionable beauties.