The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-15
LONDON ASHAMED
so-CALLE DCELEBRATIoN DE- scRIBED AS DRUNKEN REvEL.
Scenes May Be Renewed-l.ow Feared
 That Coronation Week Will Be a ! Disgrace to the Metropolis.

| and the season of the Kings enthroning I have taken possession of London. or, if stated from another point of view. the neople of the metropolis have seized the double occasion as an excuse for a l month of restrained or unrestrained self l indulgence.
 1 Mondays so-called peace celebration | certainly developed disgusting orgie. | such as has never been seen in London l in recent years Scores of men and wo- | men lay drunk on the pavements of fash- | ionable West End thoroughfares at mid- | night. The horseplay reached the point | Of murder, which was committed through sheer passion for violence, and outrages committed in the. name of peace only reached the knowledge of the general pub l lie in the last day or two through the medium of the courts and Coroner's in | quiries
 Decent London feels itself disgraced. and no wonder. The press rings with I protests and condemnation. It occurs to l no one. apparently, to inquire into the ! underlying significance of such an effect | on victors who at last succeeded in crush ing nation that had defended it's inde- pendence so valiantly.
 I slt ds naturally feared that similar or worse scenes will disgrace the coronation days. Already it is evident that there
 as during the jubilee of 1897 of those who
 dislike mobs, however peacefully in- | clined.
 Peace has brougnt a severe fall in the | sSN'Nh htl tatt lS sttil ftuTt GuTlOuss | is that when the public is largely given
 up to merrymaking the theaters and oth- CT entertainments are in most cases only
 half pat t-onized. The managers complain | that instead of boom they are strug- ghng with an almost unprecedented de- preston.
 | The reason for this is that society. which has been unable to entertain for nearly two years on account of the court | mourning, is indulging in an unprecedent- ed round of dinners, receptions and balls. One of the finest performances of Aida" ever witnessed was given at Cotent Gar | den last night, but the house was half empty because the King was holding court. It is feared that this situation will continue for at least a month Despite the sad lot of public entertain CTS the season as whole has been fully as brilliant as was expected thus far and for the immediate coronation fes- tivities. their magnificence will fall noth- ne short of the great expectations. There is little to add in regard to the developments in the matter of prepara- tions for the coronation. The repaving of the streets. the erection of stands and arches, and decorations are proceeding steadily. Everything is apparently being | done with deliberation and on a scale as | though what was being prepared for the | forthcoming coronation were to remain | in place for the next two or three events of that kind.
 The Earl. Marshal issued during the week the official order of the procession
 in Westminster Abbey itself, in which | about 25o people will take part. First will come the ecclesiasties of the abbey. | followed by the heralds with their stand
 ards of Ireland. Scotland and England. | The last will be borne by F. S. Dy-
 moke. who, as Lord of Manor of Schrib- | blesby, is the hereditary champion of | England. His ancestors since 1887 have | entered Westminster Hall on horseback. | and have thrice thrown down the gaunt- I let, prociaiming a challenge on behalf of | the sovereign. The banquet has now been 1 abolished and the championship will lapse | with Dymoke, who has been made a l standard-bearer in compensation for the | other honors.
 l Then will follow the high household of- | ficials and the Archbishops of York and | Canterbury. Next will come the bearers | of the Queens regalia, and then the
 Queen. followed by the ladies of the | household.
 Next will come the bearers of the | Kings regalia and other high officials, | such as the Earl Marshal, etc. The King
 will follow with a numerous train of mo- | bles holding high court offices. The
 whole will be brought up by the yeoman | of the guard. 1 On either side of the Queen and her 1 immediate supporters there will be five | gentlemen at arms; on either side of | the King will he ten of these gentlemen | at-arms. with the lieutenant. harbings sr l standard bearer, and "clerk of the | eheque."
 | Immediately before the King will be the Duke of Marlborough, carrying the l crown of St. Edward, with which the | Archbishop of Canterbury will crown tho | King. The Duke of Marlborough will do this in virtue of his office as Lord High Steward. This, strictly speaking. is one of the most important of all the royal offices, and at one time possessed the greatest dignity and importance. The Lord High Steward a one time acted un- der certain conditions as the Vicerny. It is a significant mark of royal favor to confer such high distinction uron young peer coming so soon after giving him the Order of the Garter. A newspa-
 per, commenting on the appointment, says:
 ''The distinction is sufficiently unusual
 to suggest that the Duke IS destined for
 higher things The Lord High Steward
 even the First Duke of Marlborough was
 never called upon to fill It may be that
 the successor following in the footsteps of
 his grandfather will do something to re-
 store the glories of the dukedom, the
 occupants of which between the first and
 seventh Dukes left only one point of
 semi-public record-namely: Horace Wal
 poles acidulated allusion to the third
 Duke as one who, with the best counten-
 ance in the world, looked clumsy in his
 robes."
 The troops at the front will be repre-
 scented at the coronation by ten selected
 non-commlssioned officers and by ten men
 from each army corps, and possibly also
 by representatives of the colonial corps
 now serving in South Africa. This will
 amount to a body of some 2,500 or 5000
 men who must have sailed yesterday or today if they are to be here in time.
 One of the greatest present anxieties of the peereSSeS Is how to keep the cor onet on the head. It cannot be too firmly fixed, for 1t has to be quickly taken off and then replaced. in accordance with
 the ritual of the service. The jewellers have been inventing all sorts of devices to overcome the difficulty. One firm punched holes in the side of the coronets SD that d hatpin could be inserted An other attached to coronets elastic bands of the exact tint of the wearers hair. Others gave 1t up. and told their GUS toners they must dress their hair to suit
 tho stability of the coronet rather than their looks. Another serious point is how the peeresSeS are to carry their costly cor onets when the service commands that they be uncovered. An ingenious jeweler devised an arrangement of crossed bands of narrow white silk inside the coronet. in which the peeress slips her wrist and carries her headpiece as she would an ordinary hand sa1chel.
 The correct method. however. according to the authority of old prints of preVi- vious corona ations. Is to hold up the cor onet between the fingers and thumb.
 The Kings golden -obe has finally been completed. It Is a gorgeous garment. shaped like a priests cape. composed of the finest cloth of gold and elaborately embroidered in rich colOrs. Unlike the cloaks in which previous sovereigns were crowned. it has no opening at she arms and shoulders in order to allow the pass age of the amounting oil. Twenty to thirty girls of the Royal School of Art Needlework spent three months in mak- ing the robe.
 Among the many ancient customs which the King has revived is one which makes II