The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-11
GIVES AWAY A PALACE
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to the cathedral, and the great edifice
n mas crowded with people in every cor
The lord mayor of London Sir
Joseph C.Dimsdale, and the cornora to-,
OF the city attended in state. and in
the cholr We're seated Princess Henry
OF Battenberg, the Duchess of Fife ana
me Duchess of Albany, with the rova1
chlIdren, large number, as well az
the Earl OF Dudley, Lord Roseberrv
the Earl and Countess of Aberdeen. -
number of prominent colonial visito oTss
ana Others. The very elaborate and
prolonged service included several of
the musical numbers which were nov
FORMED at Westminster abbey vesfer-
uSy ana the celebration of holy com
Very Striking Picture.
The sermon was preached bv the
Blshop of London, the Rt. Rev. Arthur
+. w. Ingram, and the officiating cle e,tgu
wore capes of cloth of gold which. with
the robes and insignia of the memhers
OIL the corporation of the citv and thn
prlIllant dresses of the ladies in the
congregation, made striking picture
Inc scene was especially impressive
mnen' at the close of the service, the
vast gathering joined in singing the
national anthem. 'iie
Inc newspapers today have been
Idtner RIDICULOUS in some of their com
ments upon the events of Yesterday
10 read these papers one would i'm
asIhe mat no one had ever looked 70
De IA petter health than did King Ed
Maru, ana that never was seen s1ch
an array of beautiful and gracious
prlhcesses as shared the ceremony
one exception to the foregoing is fo11od
~ reynolds Weekly Newspaper. which
had good foundation for its descrin-
llon OF and attitude of the crowd of
$ u.s. The paper acknowledges
mat "a mighty greeting" was Accord
ed King Edward and Queen A1exan-
dra, but says: e'Ai-
Ihe one man the populace knew
ana desired to cheer above them oil
was Lord Kitchener. He was no gill
ca peer, because he was descended on
cue ieIt hahd side from the harem of
seventeenth century monarch. He
sat his horse like a centaur . ori,,,
stern and never smiling figure: a. man
VINO had accomplished something, His
tory may rate his achievements moor
put history Will have to say he work.
ed. The crowd was not repealed bv Lord
SIeec colo and almost callous in
dlIerence 1t lavished cheers upon him
with very wealth of profusion.
"Dick, Tom and Harry"
WONDER, though, what these
mighty personages who, for all the
crowd cared, might have been figures
In wax work, thought of the Conduct
of the multitude. The crowd would
have naught to do with your pinch
back, half-dozed royalties; your Beck
lenburg-Strelitzes, your Schleswig-
Holsteins, nor even your dukes of
sparta. Crown Princess of Germany
and Henrys of Prussia were passed by
as though they were Dick, Tom and
Harry. Even the Prince and Princess
OF Wales passed by with little more
than murmur of appreciation.
Perhaps the most satisfactory fea-
ture of the occasion was the gen
eral refusal of the democracy to make
themselves absurd by over-effusive
demonstrations. Of the thirty or forty
royal @personages not more than half
dozen aroused what could be called
enthusiasm. Queen Alexandra's pon-
ularity was once more proved, but
some of the princesses were seen to
be bowling gracefully in response to no
SITUATIONS whatever"
TomorroW will be celebrated
throughout the nation as a day of
thanksgiving at the kings recovery.