New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-06
LONDON POOR MADEGLAD
ONE TENTH OF CITY'S PEOPLE
CHESTS OF THE KING.
..,,~,,r Kindred FEASTS AND EIGHTY
THOUSAND WAITERS-CNEAAM-
PIED ROYAL BOUNTY.
,,.p. right. 1sc2 By The Tribune Association

-ssI TO
,aon Iuly About one-tenth of the popu
,st,on Of metropolitan London enjoyed the
Irt.g,s hospitality, and at least eighty thousand
attendants waited upon them at eight hundred
.saasts in the twenty-nne Doroughs. The
.+o+istics Of this unexampled bounty to the
7o,don moor might be extended to the mileage
of the tables the tonnage of the provisions con-
s,,n7A5 and many other details; but the spirit
of LOYALTY and affection of the masses for their
sovereign could not be summed up in cold fig
ures nor could the perfection of the organiza-
lion with which the general scheme of the en-
,ertainrnert had been worked out be disclosed
in this way. Every onlooker at these dinners
was impressed with the heartiness with which
the Kings health drunk and his special
message received and with which the national
anthem was sung. The King. in consequence of
his illness commands without doubt the sym
uathv of the masses to an exceptional degree.
The largest company of diners at any one
place was at Fulham, where the Bishop of Lon
don said grace and the Prince and Princess of
Wales were spectators. The greatest number
under a single roof 10000 at the factory
of the London General Omnibus Company
where Princess Christian was warmly received
Thirteen members of the royal family were in
defatigable in visiting many dining places as
possible.
eight hundred dinners. There were two courses,
one with a choice of four or five kinds of meat
and vegetables and plum pudding for a sweet,
and ale beer, cider and ginger ale were served.
and every guest had quarter of pound of
chocolate and a souvenir coronation mug
Thousands of we'll do women waited upon
them and eighteen hundred musicians, singers,
reclters and other artists entertained them. To
every man was presented package of cigar
cites and another of tobacco. but there was
little smoking. There were prolonged entertain
rnents at more than half the dinners. Arthur
Roberts leading the way at the great hall of
the Law Courts and the grounds Of London
Hospital, and nearly all the concert singers
and music hall artists of London offering their
professional services. Most of the professional
performers had the good taste to appear hand
somely dressed. as though they were enter
tanning West End drawing rooms instead of the
poorest people of London.
One of the most interesting scenes was the
dinner for the blind at Bury-st Mission Hall
under the special patronage Of the King and
some Of the most fashionable people of Bel
gravia. A large company of blind collected
from many districts, and after the dinner there
a merry hour. in which the sufferers forgot
the pathos of their lot Mrs. Percy Donovan
sang for them, Mrs Martha Gielow, of New
York. gave a series of Alabama plantation en-
tertainments. and there were comic recitations
by the Rev. Herbert Marston, a blind preacher,
and II L. Meares, a clergyman. who was nearly
blind.
The entertainments provided for the King
six hundred thousand guests were enjoyed even
more heartily than the excellen. dinners and
masses and classes We're brought into sympa-
thetic touch at the close of the interrupted
coronation festivities INF