Omaha daily bee., 1902-06-16
Grand Equipment of Vehicle Will Probably
Never Be Used Again,
IRISH PLANNING BIG DEMONSTRATION
Will Celebrate in Londsn While Coronation
is Taking Place,
'LoNeFELLow WILL NOT SEE CEREMONY
Many other NOtRbIes Cannot Attend
FestivitieS-Poey's Corner Will
BE Crowded TO Utmost
Capacity.


Copyright. 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, June 15.-(New York World
Cablegram-special Telegram. )--The Marl-
boroughs' coronation coach will outshine
all others in gorgeousness. 1t is an enor-
nous affair, slung on leather straps and
capable Of carrying three persons comfort
ably on each seat. 1t will be drawn by
two magnificent heavy Flemish stations
The weight is too great for ordinary car
riaEe horses. The body Of the coach is
painted crimson, accentuated by black
lines. The hammercloth covering the coach
mans box and hanging on each side is Of
the same color. The dukes coat of arms In
silver is on the roof over each door is
a ducal crown of silver. Two lackeys will
stand up behind in state livery, with
white wigs and gold-beaded canes.
Each horse will have an old-style foot
man, also gorgeously appareled, walking
beside 1t, each carrying whip. The whole
outfit cost $22 900, 1t is said. Rarely IL
ever can it be used again.
Edwin Abbey is buslly engaged on his
grand picture of the coronation, which he
was commissioned by King Edward to paint.
The picture will have portraits Of all the
chief actors in the ceremony. who are now
sitting to the artist in his London studio.
The decorations of Westminster Abbey will
be left intact the Friday, Saturday and
Sunday after the crownlng, so the artist
can paint them in accurately. There Is
intense jealousy among the English artists
, because an American was chosen to paint
this historic work intended for Windsor
castle. but there is no question about his
selection from an artistic standpoint.
Irish Make Plans.
The Irish party is planning to make
az grufi tan In n,tl,I
Edward is being crowned in Westminster,
to call attention to Irelands estrangement
at this moment OF otherwise universal re-
1oicing throughout the British empire. A
special meeting OF the party has been
called for next Tuesday in the House Of
Commons, and declaration will be drawn
up stating why Ireland refuses to partici-
pate in the festivities, and in arranging for
coronation day a protest meeting in the
city hall OF Dublin.
Two members Of the party, in defiance OF
the general sentiment OF their colleagues,
have accepted invitations for the corona
, ton Both are Ulster men. One is Dr.
Thompson, an ex-naval officer; the other is
Samuel Young of Belfast, a dlstilIer.
:, Great sympathy is felt for the countess OF
Essex. nee Adele Grant, who went to Paris
for final fitting Of a matchless series of
gowns to take the shine out of everybody,
> but broke down under the ordeal and is
coming back TO London in an invalid car
1t is doubtful II she can even appear at the
coronation ceremony.
Princess Hatzfeldt, born Huntington.
gave very smart dinner at ClRridge's, but
'in going down stairs the prince had an at
tack OF heart failure which at first caused
alarm. He could not go to the table but
the dinner proceeded, with the princess
looking extremely handsome in white, with
, splendid emerald butterfly broach and
innumerable diamonds. The only other
Americans in the party were Mrs. Leggett.
her daughter and Mrs. CORVALLIS West
Mrs. Bradley Martin will give another
big dinner June 23, but cannot hope to
beat the record of a royal princess and
four duchesses who were among her guests
June T.
Mrs. John W. Mackay. who now has
with her Mr.. Mackay. her husband, and the
Princess Calatro Colonna her daughter,
will give party June 25, at which Calye
VIII appear, Caruso the tenor, about whom
smart" London has gone crazy, KubelIk
and Plancon.
Among the recent American arrivals are:
+. c. Havemeyer. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry
Tiffany, Mrs. Ogden Armour and Mr.. and
Mrs p. M. Lydie. All are at Carlton.
where c. T. Yerkes has settled until oc-
tober.
LOnEfeIlow Cannot Go.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow will not
see the coronation. For that matter neither
will Geoffrey Chaucer nor John Dryden.
who might as British poets be thought to
nave better right to peep at the COM
ing brilliant ceremony, NOR Ben Johnson,
Edmund Spencer, or even John Milton
. The ethgies Of the poets are in fact at
this mOmpnf
iating process Of being completely boxed
up by means OF unromantio deal boards.
This is not an indlgnity, however, or at
east Is not so intended by the Board OF
Works, which has ordered Il done. The
object is to guard against the possibility
OF the nose or other features of the illus
trious writer's being accidentally knocked
on. either owing to the preparations for
the coronation or in the crush in the abbey
on the great day. The statues Of the Ia
nous statesmen, Lord BeaconsheId, Sir
Robert Peel and the duke Of Marlborough
among them, which stand in Parliament
square close to the abbey, where the crowd
will be especially dense, have been pro-
tected in the same way and are now igno-
miniously hidden inside OF strong wooden |
cases
At the coronation the poets corner will |
be packed full Of peeresses. A picture |
shows the historic spot with the bust Of
Dryden in the foreground and that OF Long
Fellow, the only American in the abbey, !
Just beside him on the right. Next comes
the tomb OF Chaucer. The three busts at /
the end are those OF Barton Booth, actor
and ancestor Of Edwin Booth Drayton, the
poet, and John Milton. Just underneath
ahe bust Of the author OF Paradise Lost
Is the medallion of Thomas Gray, held by
the muse Of poetry.
Three Drowned In Lake Huron.