The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-04-13
GROWING OF QUEEN
A BIT OF HISTORY.
This Event Is Described by an Eye
witness in a Letter to Her
Daughter.
SHE WORE ROBE OF CRIMSON.
Audience Was Very Enthusiastic
10 See the Royal Uncfes
Doing Homage to
Their Niece.
SHE WORE ROBE OF CRIMSON.

Following is an extract from a letter
dated at an address in st. James square.
London. June %. 1888, and written by Lad
M to her married daughter in India:
We'll, IT is all over. and by the time this
letter reaches you and dear George it will
all be forgotten. Her Majesty looked beau
tiful and so dignified and gracious-but let
me begin at the beginning.
Your father and 1 were IN our separate
seats at s o'clock In the morning.; such a
rush, my dear. over breakfast! And Lady
NJ, whom 1 found myself next, told me
that she had been in her place since 7:15
and had not by any means found heself
among the first people present. I cannot
say l envied her-our own journey to the
Abbey from st. James square was sufii-
GENTLY disagreeable. The streets were
packed so that John had to keep the horses
at a walking pace all the time. and before
we were free OF the carriage a cold. slight
shower fell: about ten minutes was the
time 1t lasted, but, honestly. the, clouds
looked so black that l felt sure the poor
in the midst of a genuine London driZzle.
My fears were falsifled, l am glad to
say. / suppose you and George want to
hear the whole story from the beginning;
what 1 did not see as well as what l did
see. So far az the outside businesses we're
concerned. you must, my oears' therefore,.
ldht SoLHt VI IuN tdic as q
as possible to 10 o'clock the head of the
procession moved from Buckingham Palace.
When the Queen stepped INTO her carriase
in the Enclosure and the bands struck up
the national anthem. My dear; we could
hear the guns and the music ana the eheer-
fdgeting dreadfully for the last hour. muir.
INJURED. THANK goodness, and was not
sorry. though 1 must say me constant pass
along the aisles made the waiting anything
but monotonous.
Happy, But Frightened.
Reggie, who had a splendid place OUTSIDE
the Marble Arch dsn't it a shame, my dear.
they are talking of removing it to that
dreadful Tyburn suburb. told us a1terWards
that the cumbrous state coacn emeIseu rom
under the gate at the very moment that the
new ROYAL standard was being hoisted on
the arch. The Queen could be seen perfectly
so he says-in the m ma ,oo OK an ba ane gas. anS
kind. but lust a little bit frightened: GER
tainly the look of fear had quite worn on
when We saw her. Really, as q as can
only novel features of the procession were
the equipages of the foreign Ambassadors
Extraordinary whlch wste III the ne Layers e9 IN in
their splendid uniforms, being even more
conspicuous than their ambassadoriai mas
tiers and coming in for a good zeal more
The most striking and elegant coach
was the of Marshal Soult. 1t appears
carriage used on occasions of state by the
last great Prince Of the House OF Condo, the
fatber ~ ,ha INC de Bourbon. For my part
1 was quite content to see the white-haired
old veteran without his ss tra bs eames and ssnn L
hlipq nm The .siIe than I did for any other
actor in the great ceremony: except: Of
course, her Majesty. , Your Of 9ld ibs fr n1oi
cession. and r. may interest you to know
that it passed from the palace up Constitu-
ton I'M. along Piccadily, st cS James street.
WhitehaIj and Parliament street, to the
west door Of westminster Abbey.
Ny dear, it took them an h0 WiId and ana a
ing ali the way. And while we are waiting