Evening star., 1902-08-09

containing official members Of the Prince
and Princess of Wales household, the 1st
Troop of the Royal Horse Guards, the car
riage of the Prince and Princess of Wales
and the I'd Troop Of the Royal Horse
Guards.
The Kings Procession.
The kings procession was escorted by
the Royal Horse Guards, the kings barge
master and twelve watermen. These car
riages followed:
First-Hon A. V Spencer and H. E.
Testing and the Hon. Mary Dyke and the
Hon. Sylvia Edwardes, maids of honor to
the queen.
Second-Lord Knolys the kings private
secretary; Sir D. NJ. Probyn, keeper of the
kings privy purse, and Sidney Robert Gre
Vile.
Third-I4ord Colville of Culross, lord
chamberlain to the queen; Lord Chelmsford,
Vice Admiral Culme-Seymour and the Hon.
Charlotte Knollys, lady of the bed chamber
to her majesty.
Fourth-Viscount Churchill, a lord-in-
waiting; the Earl Of Pembroke, lord stew
ard of his majesty's household; the Dow
ager Countess of Lytton, lady Of the bed
chamber to the queen, and the Duchess Of
Buccleuch, the mistress of the robes.
These carriages were followed by the per-
sOnal staff to the commander-in-chief,
Lord Roberts mounted; atds-de-camp to
the king, consisting Of ten colonies of vol
unteer regiments, seven cOlonels Of yeo-
manry regiments and nine colonels of mill
tia regiments. Nearly all the above aids
are members Of the peerage. Following
them came the honorary Indian aids, in
Guiding Pertab Singh and the Maharajah of
Gwalior, then seventeen colonies of regu-
lars, ten naval marine aids Gen. Sir Alfred
Gaselee, Armiral Sir Edward Hobart Sey-
mour, Gen. Lord Kitchener, the headquar-
ters staff of the army, Lord Roberts, the
commander-in-chief; twenty-five of the
yeoman guards, six extra equerries to the
king, seven eQuerries- n-ordinary, an escort
of colonial cavalry, an escort of Indian cav
airy and an escort of the Royal Horse
Guards
Then followed the state coach conveying
their majesties, attended by the Duke of
Connaught and Prince Arthur of Con-
naught, followed by the royal standard and
an escort. After these came the Duke of
Buccleuch, captain general of the royal
company of archers; Earl Waldegrave,
captain of the yeoman guard, and the Duke
of Portland, master of the horse followed
by the equerries-in- waiting and the royal
grooms.
The rear division consisted of an escort
of the Royal Horse Guards and the reserve
squadron Of the ID Life Guards.
Peers and Peeresses for Spectators.
In Westminster Abbey the doors Of that
edifice were scarcely opened and the gold
sticks and ushers had barely found their
stations before the seats began to fill.
Peers and peeresses swept up the nave
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trasts with the deep blue OF the CARPET AS
they arrived before the thrones they sep
arated, the peers going to the right and the
peeresseS to the left
Even when practically empty. the abbey
presented an interesting, picturesque effect
! the oldest feature of which consisted in
every seat being practically covered by
large. white official program, IN the center
of which was placed small deep red
book of service.
Without the tapestries or light furnishing
of the tiers upon tiers of seats which rose
fifty feet high, the combination Of white
| and red program by itself produced a gala
effect. The preliminary eulogies Of the
decorative arrangements were hot over
, stated. The entire scheme had been car
ried out harmoniously, and even the stands
did not seem out of place. A peculiarly
beautiful effect was presented by the
kings and queens boxes, comprising half
a dozen rows of chairs in white satin
relieved only by the crimson CT the seats
BEYOND the decorations Tor the sea ting of
the spectators there was little attempt at
any display, and the old gray arches lent
their stately perspective to the scene, un-
touched by flags or any CLEAN OF color
The Display of Jewels.
What most struck the eye in the Abbey
was the marvellous display of jewels, that
certainly surpassed anything previously
seen at court function in England. The
combination of these with the magnificent
robes and beauty Of many Of their wearers
made a memorable sight AS beautiful as
any coronet there was pearl and diamond
| tiara worn by Lady Londonderry, whose
dress was heavily embroidered and covered
with pearls and diamonds. She also wore
diamond stomacher with bracelets and ear
rings to match The robe itself was en-
broidered in silver and gold worked in the
pattern of the family arms and coronet. and
was fashioned after the style in the days
of George III, with big red velvet sleeves
The Duchess of Portland was superb in
| her great coronet of diamonds, in the cen
ter of which was the famous Portland
stone. which flashed and sparkled in a
thousand colors in the dim light. The
duchess was the object of general atten-
| tion. Her diamond necklace and mag
nificent ropes Of pearl were unrivaled even
| by those worn by the Duchess of West
minister, whose Jewels are old family heir
looms and have been regarded as without
equal.
Lady Chesterfelds coronet was one Of
the largest worn in the Abbey, no restrlc-
| tion seemingly having been made regarding
| its size. She had 1t especially made to suit
| her, and 1t was in striking contrast to
! many others worn by peeresses, who seem
| ed to have made it a point to wear the
| tiniest possible coronets. just large enough
| to encircle the knot of hair worn on top of
| their heads la Josephine.
1t was perhaps. after all, the Americans
| who made the bravest show, and on this
| occasion, as on many others, they played 6.
very prominent part IN the days cere-
| monies and contributed by their beauty and
the magnifcence Of their robes and Jewels