The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10


ity that cheered their coming.
KING. PALE AND DRAWN,
APPEARED UNUSUALLY GRAVE.
Shortly afterward came the Prince and
Princess Of Wales's procession. and finally,
within a few minutes. their Majesties'
state coach appeared at the gateway and
the King and Queen smiled and bowed In
response TO the mighty roar of cheers that
dwarfed all previous welcomes.
The scene in the vicinity was remarkable.
On the roof Of the palace were perched a
number of fashionably dressed ladies. mem
bers of the household, and their cheers with
the fiuttering of their handkerchiefs as the
King and Queen entered the royal coach
gave the signal for the deafeniHg plaudits
of the populace which greeted their Majes-
ties as they emerged from the gates.
The ovation was taken up by the crowds
which thronged the Mall and was repeated
ly acknowledged by the occupants Of the
state coach.
The King looked pale and rather fine
drawn and was by no means as brown and
robust as previous reports had led one to
expect, and while punctiliously bowling from
side to side he did so with a gravity very
unusual TO him.
He seemed to sit rather far back In the
carriage and moved his body very little.
His curious crimson robes and cap, simply
a band of ermine with a crimson velvet
cap, doubtless gave him the unusual ap-
pearance.
QUEEN LOOKED RADIANT;
PRINCE OF WALES sTOLID.
The Queen. beside him. was radiant. She
never looked better. The cheers which
greeted the pair were loud and unmistak-
ably genuine. and very different from the
perfurctory applause which usually greets
the appearance of members of the royal
family.
The three professions to the abbey were
carried out according to programme, and
the only striking features of the first two
were the gorgeous state carriages and the
beautiful trappings and horses.
The crowd paid but little attention to the
occupants Of the vehicles
In the last carriage of the first process
bion sat Prince Henry of Prussia, on the
back seat, but he was so occupied with
talking to the Duke of Sparta that he
seemed not to notice the crowd. The
Prince Of Wales also seemed very indiffer-
ent and stolid. but the Princess of Wales
bowed and smiled constantly.
It was not till the Kings procession
came that there wss any show OF enthu-
Eiasm. Lord Kitchener. Admiral Seymour
and General Gaselee, as they rode together,
of course came In for much attention but
they all seemed to look straight ahead and
pay little attention to the people along the
route.
Lord Kitchener, in the resplenient full
dress uniform of General, also looked I'm
familiar. and many persons did not recog-
nize him. The Indians were undoubtedly
the most picturesque feature of the process
-
drawn by the fat Hanoverian horses which
figured in all of the late Queen victoria,s
PROFESSIONS. seemed much more like fairy
land than usual
The progress of the royal cortege was
marked by no special incident with the ex-
ception Of an accident to Lord Edward
Pelham Clinton, one of the grooms-in-
waiting.
1t was continued triumph, and reached
its climax on the arrival at the abbey,
where there was scene Of unparalleled en-
thusiasm which did not cease until their
Majesties disappeared in the annex.
The accident to Lord Pelham Clinton Gre
ated considerable excitement in the Mall.
The waiting, in a closed carriage
was passing York Steps when his convey
ance ccllided with another royal carriage
going at high speed in an opposite direction.
The horses fell, and there appeared to be a
bad mix-up. The police extricated the teams
with some difficulty, and Lord Pelham Clin-
ton, who was only slightly hurt proceeded.
NOBELITIES SWEEP INTO ABBEY
IN THEIR GORGEOUS ROBES.
In Westminster Abbey the doors of that
edifce 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
their scarlet and ernline making vivid con-
trasts with the deep blue of the carpet As
they arrived before the thrones they sepa-
rated, the peers going to tho right and the
peeresses to the left.
Even when practically empty, the abbey
presented an interesting, picturesque ef-
feet, the oldest feature Of which consisted
in every seat being practically covered by
large white official programme, in the
center Of which was placed a small deep
red book of service. Without the tapestries
or light furnishings of tiers upon tiers of
seats which rose fifty feet high, the combl-
nation OF white and red programmes by 1T
self produced gala effect.
The preliminary eulogies of the decorative
arrangements were not overstated. The en-
tire scheme had been carried out harmoni-
ously, and even the stands did not seem out
of place.
A peculiarly beautiful effect was present.