The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-05

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 Parade of Great Color.
 When the city gates were. opened at dawn. the people were astir And packing the streets behind the yellow. red and tha blue uniformed cavalry detailed all, ,s to seep uninterrupted stream of humanity poured from the castle gates into the city. First of all came the couriers. strong it Is to see that the road Is kept lear. and to announce the approach of the court to the local magistrates.
 Carts and carriers conveying the per attendants streamed after tho courtiers. It was 7:45 o'clock when at last the ad- vance guard of cavalry appeared. No bad specimens of the race, by any means, since both hands held the bridle, is . question dinicHlt to answer. To add tn the coloring of the scene. they served . purpose.
 A string of carts came next, bearing the court eunuchs, several of whom have exerted most baneful influence upon China's recent history. Then came . yellow jackets and pc peacock feathers Se. spoke their exalted birth or high rank Here the people strained their necks. for the imperial chairs were visible. They were were ea isss yess WSsn sS sss iper.l party. terrorstruck at the possibility of pursuit and capture, travelled as unosten- easer ss ss Uurnea Ss a ss Buddha foresee the case when they might once more render efficient service But here comes the bodyguard. order the dense crowd dreams of disobeyins. l It is followed by the relay outriders and pullers of the yellow-drasoned chair. More resembling a platform draped with with jade stone jewels. borne by six teen stalwart men in handsomely em- broidered silk gowns, and pulled by twenty men in the same costume. is the Poor Kuang Hsu! me desire to ben eft his people. to be their tien tsz' in deed as well as in name, only serves to aakns his ,s Me the old she dragon had determined upon his death, and only the intervention Of there is no doubt that death would have followed if his existence had not been indispensible to the she devil.
 Steal a good glance at him now. as he sits tsere. staring straight ahead as It Is worth noticing. though. that he precedes the Dowager. Last year. people say. 1t was she who led the procession. this time he occupies the proper posi- ton.
 Not a chair or cart intervsnes when the imperial chair of the venerable" lady appears. She is well worth the risk of q good look. A mass of yellow-dra- goned silk enwraps . figure sitting bolt upright. The deeply furrowed yellow skin bears evidence of age and care. but the piercing sleam of the eyes. As she passes attendants scatter small silver sticks or tablets among the crowd, while she looks on, her glance taking in the pression changing to one of scorn: This. then, Is the woman who decides the fate of 400.0oG, 600 human beings. One wonders if she has any idea of the extent of the den remarkably well.
 Bensnd her chair follows her personal baggage. It is the only case since the procession of the imperial party began when carts are permitted to separate the chairs. It shows contempt for the real Empress, the wife of Kuang Hsu, whose chair follows the Dowager's train.
 Young Empress Highly Painted.
 There is some confusion and the bear CTS halt for few moments, but long enough to permit good look at much bepainted young woman who might be pretty but for the powder and gewgaws which almost hide her features. The eyes indicate fright rather than curiosity. No fit helpmate this for man who would struggle for his manhood against the prejudiceI of his education and against the indomitable energy of a wu- man whose soul is steeped in blood.
 The procession passes on; here is the chair of the heir apparent. If he Is not with his father Tuan in Mongolia he Is properly caged, but the chances are that the woman who made him will unmake him. Tie name of P'u Chun will not again appear in history, or If it does 1t will be only to record his death.
 The long procession is closed by the Manchu princes of the blood and a cav alcade of notables. the last of whom Is Yung Lu. minister of the Grand Coun- cil. and the present favorife of her who will be obeyed. He looks like a man of determination and not devoid of intelli- gencc.
 Now the court is off for K'ai-Feng-fu and 1t will become the seat of the Chi nese Government, and that the woman who stands alone against the world will build another forbidden city rather than humiliate her proud self by returning to the old one, which the barbarians have footed.