The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-07-11
CORONATION BAZAAR.
Notable Function In Which Many
Americans Took Part.

LONDON July 10.-The Coronation Ba-
zaar, which is probably the biggest affair
of it's kind ever held, and an organization
which was chiefly due to the energy of Mrs.
Cornelius Adair, Mrs. j. II. Choate and
other prominent Americans. was opened by
Queen Alexandra this afternoon The ba-
zaar was held under temporary structure
covering 10000 square feet in the botanical
gardens, Regents Park. IL was in aid of
the Hospital for Sick Children. Over 5000
tickets at a guinea each were sold in ao-
vance A bank had been established on
the ground and dinners were served at 2
guineas, meal without wine.
One of the features of the affair was to
have been the railing of a number of motor
cars, pianos and various articles of jewelry.
For these tickets to the value of thousands
OF pounds had already been sold here, on
the continent and in America. but the po-
lice interviewed. In the House Of Commons,
yesterday evening, the home secretary Mr..
Ritchie, announced that the proposed raf-
fles were a violation of the law and they
would not be permitted.
The Queen, in semi-state with an escort
of the Life Guards and accompanied by
several members of the royal family, drove
up to Regents Park at o'clock in the
afternoon. Her Majesty was welcomed by
the Duke and Duchess of Fife, the Duke
The Indian princes, the colonial premiers,
almost all of the members of the diplo-
matte corps, many OF the ministers and
representatives of the nobility were as
sembled on a dais. From amid a fanfare
of trumpets the Queen declared the bazaar
opened. An inspection of the stalls, of
which there were nearly forty, was then
begun. At each stall her Majesty
ceived by the ladies who organized il. At
the American court Mrs Choate and Mrs.
Whiteaw Reid accompanied the Queen on
bar fot1r iY1Gn he mi N
consisted OF eight elaborate stalls. Con-
suelo. Duchess Of Marlborough, watched
over the embroideries and American books,
Mrs BradleyMart supervised American
preserved fruits. Mrs. Eaton had charge of
the candles, Mrs. ROnalds presided at the
American bar, the Countess of Oxford
(who was Miss Corbin. of New York; and
Mrs. Ralph Vivian sold parasols and fans,
Cora, Countess of STAFFORD, had old silver
for sale, and Mrs. Arthur Paset disposed of
lewel-v The lsst-named stall was one of
the chief features of the show. It's contents
were valued at f30O0,000. Many splendid
Jewels were lent for exhibition purposes.
especially by j. Pierpont Morgan, though
purchases could be made from 81 10 10000.
The latter price was asked for the De
Beers 2O7-carat diamond shown at the Buff
fslo Exposition. and for the great Southern
cross pearl. In addition to these was the
stall of works of art and fancy articles. at
which Mrs. Choate and Mrs. Reid and the
ladies of the American embassies pre-
sided Among the aristocratic saleswomen
was the Duchess of Marlborough who i'm
her stall had three hundred pounds worth
OF china sent for sale by Emperor VII
liam other stockholders included the
Duchess of Leeds. the Duchess of Suther-
land, the Duchess of Somerset, the Duchess
of Wellington the Duchess OF Westminster,
Princess Alexis Dolgorouk and Princess
Henry OF Pless. while countesses and ladies
bearing minor titles abOunded. Lady
Strathcona. wife of the Canadian high COM
missioner. and Lady Macdonald presided
over Canada's section. which was decor
ated with maple leaves.