The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-11
CORONATION BAZAAR
POLICE PREVENT. THE RAF-
FLING OF ARTICLES.
Tickets to the Value Of Thousands
Of Pounds Sterling Had Been
Sold, But the Authorities
Were. Inexorable.

London, June 10.-The coronation bazaar
which is probably the biggest affair>of its
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 orened
by Queen Alexandra this afternoon. The
bazaar was held, under temporary
structure covering 10000 square feet, in
the Botanical Gardens. Regents Park.
1t was in aid Of the Hospital Tor sick
Children Over 5000 tickets at guinea
each were sold In advance. A bank has
been established on the ground. q nntrs
were arranged by Ritz ct two guineas Ter
meal without wine. and altogether every
facility was offered to those desiring to
spend money. SSM
One of the features Of the affair was
to have been the rafting of number
OF motor cars. pianos and various articles
of jewelrv. For these. tickets to the
value of thousands of pounds sterling
had already been sold. but the police in
tervened. In the House OF Commons
yesterday the Home Secretary. Mr..
Ritchie. announced that the proposed raf-
fles were a violation OF the law and that
they would not be permitted.
The Queen. in semi-state. with an es-
cort of the Life Guards and accompanied
By several members of the royal family
drove up to Regents Park at o'clock
this afternoon. Her Majesty was well
coined by the Duke and Duchess OF Fife.
the Duke and Duchess of Teck and other
notabilities. The Indian princes, the
colonial premiers almost all the members
OF the diplomatic corps, many of the
miners and representatives Of the nobilf-
ty were assembled on a dais from which.
amid fanfare of trumpets the Queen
declared the bazaar opened.
An inspection of the stalls. of which
there were nearly forty, was then COM
menced. at each stall Her Majesty was
received by the ladies' who organized 1t.
At the American Court Mrs. Choate and
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid accompanied the
Queen on her tour of inspection. The
American court consisted of eight eIabor-
ate stalls. consuelo. Duchess of MARI
borough, watched over the embrodieries
and American books; Mrs. Bradley Mar
tin supervised American preserved fruits;
Mrs Eaton had charge of the candies,
Mrs. Ronalds presided at the American
bar, the Countess of oxford. twho was
Miss Corbin OF New York; and Mrs.
Ralph Vivian sold parasols and fans.
Cora. Countess Of STAFFORD, had old sil-
yer for sale and Mrs Arthur Paget dis
posed of jewelry. The last named lady 8
stall was one Of the chief features of the
show, Its contents were valued at sl3.
000. coo. a
Many splendid Jewels were lent for ex-
addition purposes. especially by ]. Pier
pont Morgan, though purchases could be
made from pound to 10000 pounds, The
latter price was asked for the De Beers
207 carat diamond shown at the Buffalo
Exhibition and for the great Southern
Cross pearl
Tn 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 Embassy presided.
Among the aristocratic saleswomen was
the Duchess Of Marlborough, who in her
stall had 800 pounds worth of china sent
for sale by Emperor William. Among
the features of the bazaar Is concert
hall in addition to all other sorts OF
amusement.
Wealthy supporters OF the bazaar pro-
yided motor cars to take visitors free of
charge from all parts OF London to this
notable coronation function.