New-York tribune., 1902-06-29


.sht. 1909: By The Tribune Association)
-,sI 20 The New-York Tribune by French Cablep
dom June 2S.-The highly encouraging bull
- fron1 the palace this morning have dis
- the public gloom, but President McKin-
,nexpected relapse is remembered, and the
,4ious comment made among officials is that
%. the King is doing as well could be ex-
-..d the operation of marked sever
~ o,d his condition must continue to excite
x;ous forebodings until the surgeons state
- -here is no cause for alarm. They assert
&C, he is out Of Immediate danger, but admit
,+ the recovery must be protracted. There
nany signs of the public relief The great
I'D of patient watchers around the gates Of
-. nalace. standing in silence and waiting for
.s,gs of the King. has been thinned out. 1t
ossnted visibly the worlds attitude of pain
eel suspense and sympathetic solicitude. This
..stude has been relaxed in front of the palace
,s everywhere in what a week ago q
.ssaI capital but what is grim and gray
Io,dou IN incongruous masquerade Of crumpled
s-eeu and crimson fnery in rags and patches.
Tnpressve services Of inteTcession will be held
,o.norrow at St Paul's and other churches, but
.sere is already hopeful talk of substituting for
.,er, in the course of few weeks a service of
,aflonal thanksgiving for the Kings recovery.
prooosaIs for the revival of the naval review
ers iupractice bic, but there will be early next
n,esk, If the King continues to mend, review
:. the Indian contingents and colonial troops
nv ths Queen and the Prince Of Wales. This
narade can hardly fail to be picturesque func-
-ion and the colonial premiers ard the military
os5cals are taking great interest in it.
There has been a complete suspension OF So
essl eayety until the King be pronounced
eut of danger Balls, public banQuets and dane
,ug parties postponed. and all diplomatic re-
oeptions suspended What had been heralded
as the most brilliant season London had ever
known has been suddenly transformed into the
ouietest and most stagnant
The opera is going well, profting by the
shrsnkage Of private entertainment. The smart
set must have some chance to display their da-
nonds and a good excuse for late suppers at
the restaurants. The theatres are filled nightly
with tourists Nine Bernhardt's engagement
closss tonight .'F'rou Frcu" having been the
hest work Of the week NJ. Coquelin follows her
at the Garrick in 'Cyrano de Bergerac-' The
enc hundredth performance Of Ben Hur VIII
be celebrated this week at the Drury Lane. Sir
Henry Irving entertains the colonial preniers
and 8 large number Of friends at stage supper
this week. after a performance of Faust
The jewellers and dressmakers alone can form
en- approximate estimate Of the cost OF the coro-
nation clothes and diamonds which were not on
exhibition Thursday. The Queens crown is de-
scrsbed to me by who has seen 1t IN the
hands OF the jeweller as containing four thou-
sand diamonds or other Jewels. and as valued
q, s40oOO or ESQ OOO without the famous Kohl
noor which flashed In the front The jeWeller
was employed nine months IN making this
crovrn Nearly all the peeresses had their jewels
reset or polished for the ceremony which was
deferred One firm OF jewellers had two hun
dred coronets In hand a few weeks ago.
The world will not know until another corona
ton whether the peeresses carry their coronets
upright between the thumb and finger as IN the
old prints and how high their hair was dressed
as a safe foundation for the insignia of rank
The titled ladies made point OF refusing TO De
photographed in their coronation robes before
the ceremony and the few illustrations printed
were drawings supplied by the dressmakers.
with peeresses' heads inserted. These pictures
were hardly more trustworthy than the full
page Illustrations Of the coronation scene In the
Abbey supplied by enterprising journals in ad-
vance Of the postponement Of the ceremony
How many millions were expended upon the
coronation robes, dresses and Jewels 1t is fole
to conjecture.
Two opinions are held respecting the next
coronation. one assumes q repetition OF this
years programme on the same scale OF mag
nifcence a year hence II the King be living. or
the following year IL there be new reign; the
other presupposes a shrinkage OF the court
functions at every point, and an abridgment OF
the ritual In the Abbey next October In event
Of the Kings recovery. A Scotch member Vi
Parliament assures me that the court officials
can never be kept under restraint, and that the
coronation whenever il comes VIII require the
same scenic setting and costun1ing within the
Abbey and in the streets.
It is hardly credible that either the court OFF,
cials OF the public will desire to repeat the coro-
nation preparations either this year next on
the same scale. The truth has been discerned
that London mas become so great capital ano
the privileged classes so large that coronation
is almost an unmanageabl Bile function The King
himself may be said to have fallen victim to
II, for his rnalady is largely attributable to
overwork and the court functionaries them
selves have been under terrible strain for
months. AS for seating accommodation, 1t was
30 heavily overdone that the stands for the
second days procession would have been hardly
more than half filed. / made a complete tour
Of the two routes a few hours before the post
ponement was announced. and observed that
seats were TO let at nearly every stand
The confusion and losses caused by the col
lapse of the festivities have made deep i'm
preston upon seat spectators. tradesmen ana
underwriters Many compromises will be ef-
fected but stall owners. caterers, livery dealers
and other contractors. il the disputed cases are
Sent to the courts. have recourse TO the old
Principle OF English law and assert that the
postponement Of the celebration was caused by
the act Of God and that they cannot be held
accountable. Public feeling may change with
the lapse Of time. but after the sudden shock
aid poignant disappointment this week. there
VIII be hearty approval OF the curtailment or
the ceremonies next October. if the Kings re-
covery allows. and they may be unbedecked or