The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-05-29
MORE CORONATION PLANS
oNE KING WILL BE PRESENT.
r-..euts which King Edward
u,,u Give Are Ready-A1l Invita-
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FAIRY land.
london MAY 26.--Lewanika, king Of
p.ro+ye.,nd Northwestern Rhodesia), the
only king who will be present at the cor
nation Of King Edward, has arrived from
South Africa.
oba presents which King Edward will
o;va "a the loreign ENJOYS are now ready
Ws,telav Re,u, the American special
ambassador, aud his associates will re-
oe;ve pins and brooches of gold. mostly
N the form of the initial e. set with
,,,bies ana pearls, with gold enameled
crown above. In a few cases, perhaps
oost,;e, presents will be made to the heads
of special embassies.
Practically all the invitations to the cor
onation service have been sent out. The
dowager peeresses will sit with the reign
inc p,eresses and wear similar robes and
eorons,s. In this way, it Is pointed out,
many celebrated women who have been
separated by bitter family feuds will be
brought together for the first time in
MANY years. The eldest sons and daugh.
tiers of peers will occupy separate seats,
which rather complicates matters from a
family view.
Among the guests not having admit
lance by right Of rank, but who were
specially invited by the king to attend
the service, Is Mrs. Arthur Paget, daugh.
ter of the late Mrs. Paran Stevens Of New
York, and wife of Major General raget II
the Scots GUARDS. Mrs. Paget will preside
over huge coronation ball July 2, in aid
Of the kings hospital fund. 1t will be
held at the Crystal palace, where $4,000
square feet will be laid out in parquet
flooring, the largest area, it is said, ever
laid down Ior dancing All the members
Of the royal family are expected to be
present.
The royal celebration night at the
grand opera, Convent Garden, June 80, u
expected to break all box office records.
A stall will cost ~ guineas, which means
10000 gulneas for royal visitors, cabinet
ministers and other high personages, hun
dreds of seats already having been al
lotted. Such boxes as are not taken by
the court will cost from w guineas to
100 guineas Many of these already are
sold. 1t is estimated that Covent Garden
will hold that night 1900.
Jean de keszke and Madames Melba,
Calve, Nordica and other stars will take
part in the program, which will include
selections from "Lohengrin," "Siegfried,
''Tannhauser'' and "Lucia di Hammer
moor"
Among the coronation festivities the
Ascot race meeting bids fair to be the
most popular though this year the king
will have stand to himself. The rush
of applications for admittance to the
royal enclosure, where King Edward
formerly watched the races, is UMPIRE
cedented. The lord chamberlain, the earl
of Clarendon, with only 1900 tickets at his
disposal, has been obliged to disappoint
hundreds, among whom are many dis
tinguished persons who have previously
been accustomed to mix in this exclusive
gathering. The price of tickets also has
been raised to guineas.
almost fairy city" is the way one
"AAeSI AOiccUStS l/OuuOuS appearance uuA
ing coronation week. Arches and fes-
toons. planned by municipal artistic COM
mittees, will be erected in every quarter
OF the metropolis. The preparations for
these however, are anything but fairylike.
Each week sees London more hideous with
unfinished stands, many of them shutting
out all light and many of them having
the peculiar smell of rain soakea pine.
Over 500 coronation bonfires already
have been arranged for in the provinces.
Al curious precedent, in celebration of
King Edwards browning, has been set
by the corporation of the city Of London.
which has decided to make personal
gift of $4,000 to the king, to use as ne
sees At, in token of the continuance of the
corporations ancient loyalty to the SOW
ereign. This is exclusive of the appro-
priations for decorations and entertain
ment, or for the kings hospital fund.