Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-21

land were crowned and which tradition
states Is the yerlable stone once used
AS Jacobs pillow. II Is said to be q
good omen II the stone gives forth
sound like a sigh when the king seats
himself as that Is an infallible token
that he is not only the legitimate SOW
erelgn, but win have long aud pros
porous reign. The chair in which the
queen viii sit TO be crowned Is not so
ancient. having been made In 1889 for
Queen Mary II was last used IN 1891
by Queen Adelaide. After the amounting
the archbishop places the ST. Edward
crown on the kings head and the va
rious insignia Of royalty are offered
him The sword Of state Is art about
him, Bible IL presented to him. the
solemn "Te Deum" Is chanted and the
act Of enforcement " then considered
complete
As the crown Is set upon the head Of
the last English Edward and the first
Edward OF the house of SaXe-Coburg
mighty shout goes up Of God save
the king" The peers. till that mo-
ment uncovered, will put on their coro-
nets and the bishops their miters, while
a fanfare Of trumpets proclaims the
great event that has taken place In the
abbey. salVos Of cannon carrying the
tldlngs to the people outside the walls
Leaving his coronation seat, the king
proceeds TO the throne Of homage,
when, In accordance with q medieval
custom, he receives the allegiance OF his
highborn subjects first princes Of the
blood who with coronets removed,
lightly kiss their sovereign on the
cheek. while the lords spiritual and the
peers imprint their kisses on his hand
Each one repeats the formula in use for
centurles-J do become your liegeman
OF life and limb and OF earthly worship
and OF faith and truth, which | viii
bear unto you to live and die against all
manner of folk, 50 help me God While
this homage is rendered gold and silver
coronation medals are thrown by the
lord treasurer tosthe choir aud lower
galleries.
The coronation Of King William and
Queen adelaide rather than that of
Queen Victoria has been taken AZ the
basis for this latest function, as the
latter ceremonial did not include the
browning OF consort. The crowning
Of Queen Alexandra viii Immediately
succeed that OF King Edward, and not
until this has been done may the peer
esses assume their coronets. Above the
queen as she sits in her coronation
chair viii be held canopy of cloth of
gold similar to that which Is held above
the king. only it will be supported by
four beautiful duchesses instead of by
four garter knights. The four ladies
who are considered to have been sig
nally honored by this choice are the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess or
Montrose, the Duchess OF Portland and
the Duchess OF Marlborough. The last
named, as Is well known. was formerly
Miss Vanderbilt and is an American by
birth She Is one Of the most beautiful
Of the quartet and Is the first Amer
lcan upon whom has fallen the distlnc-
ton OF attending a queen In this ca
paclty.
As, aside from the solemn import OF
the ceremonial in its civil and ecclesi-
astlcal aspect. much OF the coronation
grandeur depends upon It's meretricious
glare and glitter. an alusion to the at
tendgnt expenditure may be excused on
the ground that 1t is consplcuously OBJ
truslye
AS compared with former ceremonlals
Of the sort this latest coronation far
exceeds in cost any similar function
that has preceded H. The only one that
has approached II is that Of the last Of
the Georges, and this did not exceed
81. 500, 600. including sl25.OOO for the cor
onation robe and S225, 900 expended on
the crown.
Queen Victoria's coronation cost only
s350000, and that of William ~. did not
exceed Sl5O.OOO The coronation which
most nearly approached It In modern
times was that OF Car Nicholas Of
Russia. which reached a total, includ-
ing the expenditure by government and
civic authorities, Of $40 O00 600. Stll the
mere matter OF expense is not TO be
thought OF in connection with an event
that will probably outlive the centu-
ries and survive until remotest times
10 most OF the English people the
coronation ceremony Is the concrete
presentation Of that tradition and rev.
erence for antique custom that is in
grained In the national life. A king
without coronation would present to
them as sorry spectacle as a king
without a crown. In fact, the function
and the emblem go together and are in
tended 10 90 down 10 history one and