The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-04-27
WILL COST AT LEAST MILLION
This, While More Than Queen Vic
toria's Cost, is Small In Comparison
With Some Others-Humorous
Pairing Of Peeresses.

( eat saying. AS to the pairing OF the
Deseosses. listen to this from London
ok1sepondenti
Some OF tbs pseresses are debating
whethsr or not to attend the coronation,
ewing 20 the way they would be paired
70 preoedenee
srfNor Instance the Marchioness OF Head
eu1 Rosie Boote OF eayety fame, would
10 with the Warehouses Of Bath,
Christian Scientist and the very cream
q exclusiyeness. Tho Countess OF Ork-
oSy, Connie Gulchrtst, also from the
gayety boards. would be linked with the
Countess Of seaheld. rigid Presby-
Her1an and very devotional.
Another grievance IN that space OF
IS inches square is allowed for q peeress.
How arc tho worthy ones, arranged in
their court costumes. to squeeze into
that space The King takes the greatest
Interest IN the most minute details. The
princesses OF tho blood are to be most
Eorseously apparelled Their gowns will
be deep violet in color and the material
will be Of the best Lyons velvet very
soft and flexible. The mantle will be
the old-fashioned manteau du cour court
mantle). which is bordered with two rows
OF gold lace an inch and a half wide,
and by third narrow row. It has pic
ruresque hood lined with miniver. The
train itself Is three yards long. The maids
Of honor are to wear particularly pic
turesque cloth of silver gowns. They
Will form glitterinE background for the
royal purple robes of the princeSSes.
The cost of the coronation ceremony is
another interesting topic. From the es-
inmates now before Parliament Eng
lands bill will not fall short OF $1,000 900.
or about M.160 minute for the pageant.
These figures are not considered ex-
cessive. as coronations go. To be sure,
st COST the royal treasury only s3i7, Jos to
crown Victoria, while her predecessor,
William w, so economical that the Gov
ernment's bill was only a trifie more than
100000; but on the other hand, the fourth
OF the Georges spent s12, 050, 600 at his cor
onation, while the present Car of Russia
came to the throne in a blaze of glory
which cost his country all of s25000,000.
Another rumor is to the effect that His
Majesty, King Edward. has thought fit
to consult an American woman, Mrs
Arthur ii. Paset. as to the desirability Of
tile acceptance of the New York Chamber
of Commerce by the Prince of Wales
hi court circles it is almost assumed
that IL the Prince goes to New York he
vii go in q semi-private capacity, for
IL he should go as the official representa-
tive OF King Edward there would arise
many awkward questions Of precedence
and etiquette which it would be desir-
able to obviate.
King Edward has a new auto-car, made
by an English firm. 1t is q horsepower
and is said to be elaborate triumph OF
advanced amtomobilism. In connection
with the Kings fondness for autos, it is
Interesting to note that the Hon. Walter
Dcuglas-Scott-M ontagu. who recently has
been driving the King around the coun-
try, was summoned to appear before the
Hampshire magistrates on the charge
Of furious driving.
Preparations are making for the attend
anco of royalty at the Covent Garden for
tho opera season. The Kings box. which
will. as before. adjoin the box which the
Duke Of Bedford holds in perpetuity as
ground landlord. is being entirely refitted-
It is to be hung with old tapestry and
igttened with white frieze. The royal
entrance, staircase and Withdrawing
room will all be decorated with pale
shades Of gray touched with white and
cold. A small staircase will lead direct
to tho Kings smokng-room, whence ac-
CESS IL obtained to the Omnibus Box. to
which Lord Farquhar, the Marquis de Sow
eral, the Portuguese Minister Count AL
bert Of HenEdorff and other friends of the
K!nU arc subscribers. The Queens box
adjolns tho one occupied by the King
while beyond this again is the Duke of
Flies box. IN the stalls will be found
great number OF crowded-out subscribers.
and even tho first tier has been requisi-
toned, thu applications having largely
c1oseded all those Of previous years.
There 81 little news in London literary
circles. THE Quarterly Review" con-
dennis Stephen Phillips work as neither
original az poetry nor genuine as drama.
but is more hospitable TO Benjamin Kids
principles OF Western Civiliza ton
Hare is an anecdote of Herbert Glad
STONE. who was married recently. AIR.
Gladstone was addressing .. women's SUI
to, r 1> of arn
and In the course of his speech he paid
q graceful compliment to the eloquence
OF tho women who. had addressed the
meeting. He further calamity remarked
on the great pleasure which it gives the
other sex to listen to women talking.
Pausing for a moment after this obser-
walton, Mr. Gladstone, like his audience.
was thrown into an unexpected state OF
anerriment by q male voice, which pro-
ceeded from the back hall. and proclaimed
IN the broadest Yorkshire dialect: Eth.
lad. thou'rt moan wed yet, I see'st.
In religious circles smoking church
services are the latest innovation and
promise to spread and attract many OF
those who habitually spend Sunday
morning in the vicinity of public houses.
awaiting the hour Of opening of those
places Archdeacon Wilberforce. of
Westminster. started the movement dur
tnE the present week He invited the
men who were fitting up Westminster
Abbey for the coronation to spare u
per, of their dinner hour to religion,
gave each man an ounce of tobacco. and
told them to come and smoke and make
themselves at home during the service
Tho men were delighted by the novel
proposition, and have been assembling
in the cioisters daily to the number of
upward OF one hundred. They join in
heartily In the hymns and Lords Prayer.
occasionally taking a drink from their
beer cans, though they invariably re-
move their caps and pipes during prayers.
Hers Is a. sIdelight on our recent guest.
Lesiie's Weekly says:
Prince Henry of Prussia. who was
recentiv the nations guest. was dearly.
loved by. his father. the late Emperor
Frederick. It was to him that the En-
psrcr wrote on asa,ip OF paper. when he
was no longer able to speak: You, at
least. have never given me moments
sorrow, and will make as good husband
as you have been a loving SON. And aft
ter his death II was learned that the
Sa,,ov,e,.f,y had left the largest norton of