The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-09-01
CORONATION IN BELGRAv1A.
How the Approaching Spectacle was Viewed by the Gilded Aristocracy.

How the Approaching Spectacle was Viewed by the Gilded Aristocracy. The scene is changed from Westmins- ter Abbey to a dining room in Belgra- via, and the date from Saturday, the 9th of August, to Sunday, the Sd. gathered round a too bountiful board; and amid the rich fumes of myonnaise and quails and whitebait and cham pagnecup there rise the mingled voices of the great Coronation Chorus"
 Enthusiastic Young Lady: 1T can think of nothing but the coronation. Where are you going to see it from?'
 Facetious Young Man: "oh! from Birmingham. That's quite near enough. The whole thing is such a frightful bore. You know what they say London is just now. Allboardand no lodging"
 New Peeress: q really envy the duchesses. They have such good places in the front row. shall be poked away under the gallery quite at the back. I don't believe I shall see a thing. But. after all, one will be able to say one has been there"
 Faeetious Young Man: "Oh! you could say that anyhow. It's not good enough to get up at four in the 7norn- ing for the sake of saying that Char ley FitzBattleaxe thinks just the same as do about it, but of course as he's a peer he's bound to go. He's bad hand at getting up early, so he's going to sit up playing bridge all night, and then have his bath and go straight to the show"
 Stout Peeress: Our creation is rath- CT old. so I have got very good place, but the chairs are too dreadful. Such stiff backs, and only nine nches to sit on, and horrid wicker seats which will make marks on our velvet"
 Thrifty Peeress: Well, really don't know where I shall have my luncheon. It seems monstrous to have to pay two guineas at the House Of Lords for a sandwich and a glass of claret The Watermans in Deans Yard have most kindly asked me to go to luncheon with them, and it would be an immense sav- ing. But they are strict teetotallers, and feel that, after all those hours in the Abbey shall want something more supporting than lemonade. So am rather divided. I dread the idea of a teetotal luncheon, but two guineas for a glass of claret and a sandwich is rather much"
 Nervous Peeress: T am so terrified of being faint in the Abbey. I am go- ing to take chocolate and meat lozenges in my coronet, and some brandy and water in my smelling bottle.''
 Chorus (confusedly): "oh, no, port wine is the thing. No-rurn and milk My doctor says whiskey Whiskey? |? Oh, no; sal volatile is much the best, and Plasmon biscuits. Not sandwiches T hate sandwiches Cold chicken. But can we eat in church? Isn't it rather odd? Oh, the Abbey isn't exg- actly a church, you know. Isn't 1t? should have thought it was. Well--no -our vicar tells me that was never consecrated. How very curious! At least it was only consecrated by the angels, not by the bishop. We'll. of course, that makes a difference. Still, don't like the idea of eating and drinking in it. So I shall have some pate-de-foie-gras and champagne in the carriage, and eat till the very moment get to the Abbey, and begin again the very moment I get out"
 Lively Young Lady: "I'm not afraid of being faint-only of being bored in that long wait. shall take something to read while mamma is stuffing herself with her sandwiches"
 Facetious Young Man: What good idea! Shall you take Modern So- ciety' or the Pink 'Un'?"
 Grave Young Lady (intervening): Neither. hope. People seem to for get that after all is religious service. If one must read, I think John Ingle- Continued on Third Page.)