The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-15

the base OF the spires, so that the en-
tire bodies of the churches with the ex-
ception of their roofs will be hidden.
The Carpenters and the Abbey.
AS for Westminster Abbey itself, the
amount of carpentry work that is be-
ing done around it is a thing that
makes folk who love the old church for
it's romance sbudder and gnash their
teeth. To begin with, the western en-
trance and the approach thereto, are
disfigured by a mass of scaffolding
where a strong force of laborers is at
work on the temporary building in
which the King and Queen will robe
before their coronation. And, as if this
We're not enough, operations are just
beginning on the side of the Abbey,
where an immense stand, to run along
the whole length of the building, will
be placed.
So the timber men and the building
contractors of London are rubbing
their hands and chortling as orders
come piling in and every laborer who
can handle a hammer and saw has
more work than he can attend to.
Prices in both trades have gone up to
an amazing figure and they are almost
certain to go higher yet as the demand
for timber and workmen grows keener.
Pounds upon pounds, too, are falling
into the Golfers of the people who
manufacture street decorations; and
the gorgeous ornamentation of the
London streets through which the
royal procession is to pass win be one
of the sights of the day.
Every London borough which the
coronation route crosses is arranging
for decorations to cost thousands and
British and continental firms are work
s,,e- - T-h o.
ornaments. In the royal borough OF
Westminster the decorations are to be
unusually striking. Six miles of the
coronation route lie in this borough and
the streets composing it will be lined
with Venetian masts swathed in red
cloth and decorated with golden
crowds, with garlands and with parti-
colored streamers.
Imitation Marble Decorations.
The finest scene of all, however, will
be Just in front of the western en-
trance to the Abbey where a whole for
est of imitation marble pillars will
be raised. Each one will bear the
golden figure of saint while, in about
the center of the column a crown and
shield, emblazoned with the ROYAL
Arms will be hung. From below these,
graceful garlands will stretch from
one GOluiIlIl " dilOluGis DGSAdCS A1lC0O
there will be at least four triumphal
arches, also in imitation marble, and
also bearing the Royal Arms, besides
being decorated with rich gilt. From
the curves formed by the arches, loops
of prairie grass, ornamented with diff
ferent colored balls will hang.
Though the business that will be
done in seats on the grand stands on
Coronation Day promises to be start
ling, there will be even brisker trade
in seats IN windows. Even now, it is
hard to find a shop, or Office building
of any sort which is not advertising
windows to view the coronation pro-
cessions." Almost all of these windows
have been bought UP by rich syndi.
cates-most of the stands also are be-
ing built by syndicates-who are plan
ming to charge whopping prices fol
them. Some one has estimated thai
these windows will accommodate about
100000 spectators, that the grand
stands will probably seat 100000, while
10000 more will find places in the show
windows of shops, almost every one
of which along the route will contain
a tier of seats Added these figures
give a total of 100000 people who will
be seated in one or another along the
coronation route. Present indications
are that the humbleSt of those seats
will sell for two guineas, or $40 apiece
To attempt to say what the more
desirable will bring would be rather
a rash prophesy; but if you calculate
that each one of these three hundred
and seventy-six thousand spectator:
pays only $40 for his seat, you have 49,.
100000 changing hands.
To keep the crowd back, the line Of
march will be hedged with troops AND
policemen. The soldiers will come
from India, from the Colonies: some
of them will be Volunteers or Imperia,
Woman, and there will be $4,000 oil
them in all. So you can imagine the
scene-the pavements, from the shop.
fronts to the curbs, black with people
pressed back by the thin, red line" OF
troops, the windows of every story
white with faces, thousands looking
on from endless stands, and other
thousands peering down from the roofs
1t is expected that the London streets
through which the procession is tc
move will be impossible at in the
morning.
Energetic Americans who come tc
London with the intention of seeing
King Edwards Royal Progress un-
doubtedly will see 1t. in spite of high
prices, crowds and the unfamiliarity
of their surroundings. But even should
they miss it-as so many missed the
Queens funeral-they at least viii
have the rare opportunity of seeing the
biggest city in the world giving itself
up TO frolicking in a way that prob
ably II has never done in all long years
Of its history. Even the merry-mak-
ing Of the Diamond Jubilee time prom
ises 10 be surpassed
A Good Time for Every One.
II will be rather an interesting thing
20 see Just how stin old London goes
about diEpOrtinR itself Continental
cities. like Paris and Vienna go IN for
that sort OF thing al regular intervals
and do IL well because they are acoua-
letting yourself go" comes more nat.
urally % The Latin than ~ does - fhs
AHglo-saKOn temperament All the