Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03

sentence were over, the king-at-arms lifted
up his staff and exclaimed:
Now King Oscar is crowned king of Nor
way, he and nobody else!''
Cheers, fourishes of trumpets and the
royal salute of 112 guns followed.
After a prayer by the bishop of Trondh-
jen the king rose from his throne and re-
turned to his chair in the nave. Then the
queen was conducted to the throne and the
same ceremonies were gone through with,
except that she was anonted only on the
brow and handouts. The coronation clos
ed with the singing of the concluding verses
of the cantata written especially for the
corona ton, divine services having been be-
gun by singing the first part
In the procession back to the Stiftsgaar-
den, the king and queen walked in full re-
gal pomp, wearing the royal crowns and
carrying scepter~ and globe. 1t was l: 80
o'clock of the afternoon when the last of
the procession disappeared behind the
Stiftsgaarden gates, and the coronation was
over.
OF course there followed a banquet II
was spread in the banquet hall and 700
guests were present. And, of course, the
new king will mark his coronation with
banquet along similar lines in the same
hall. In such fashion does tradition hedge
a king about in spite of all sorts of latf-
tude guaranteed to him by SO powerful
document as national constitution.
The oath that the king takes before the
storthing, Immediately on assuming his
kingly duties, is set down in the constitu-
ton:
81 promise and swear that T will govern
the kingdom of Norway in accordance with
its constitution and laws. SO truly help me
God and His Holy Word"
SIS
The castle in which the king and queen
| will live occupies a commanding elevation
| in the city of Chrlstia mia. overlooking
portion of the capital and the harbor. 1t is a
/ tn af
| spacious park. It's cornerstone was laid in
| 1923 by King Carl Johan tBernadotte). 1t
was completed in 1s4s, and by reason both
| of it's short life, as castles go. and the i'm
| provements that have been put on it from
| time to time, 1t is one of the most modern
| royal residences in all Europe.
A goodly portion of the castles fittings
| belonged to King Oscar. These now
being replaced by the Norwegian govern
ment, and in other ways the castle is be-
| ing made ready to receive the new rulers
| and the youthful crown prince. whose
| apartments and those of the future crown
princess are on the second and third floors
respectively, the. one directly above the
| other.
The second is the main floor. II is reach
ed by broad and sumptuously decorated
staircase. On the right are the kings
| apartments, on the left the conference
rooms and the large salons for receptions
| directly under the kings, the suites being
connected by a private stairway. These
rooms are being wholly refurnished King
| Oscar had his furnished with silver we'd
| ding gifts and family portraits; the queens
| also were largely fitted with mementos of
| her reign. About the onl ythings that will
be permitted to remain in the apartments
are the portraits of the Bernadotte family.
| hanging in the kings Office and constitut-
| ing its decorations. As the new king has
| Bernadotte blood in his veins, the portraits
| will not be in bed taste.
The council room. where king and min
listers confer, has always been simply fur
| nished. The state and royal libraries cover
the greater portion of the walls A Spar
| tan could ask for nothing palmer
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| The state banquet rooms. the various sa-
| Ions, the audience roon-aH are rich ex-
| amples of various styles of interior decora-
| tion There are numerous rooms for ladies'
and misunderstanding and other court
| funetionar:es A royal chapel is in the
| north wing On the second floor. Store ana
guest rooms take up the major part of the
| third floor, while the basement is given
| over to the servants, kitchens. laundries.
| etc. There are one hundred and fifty
/ rooms all told thirty-five on the second
floor and fifty on the first.
| The massive chandeliers that formerly
were striking features of the great salon.
/ running through the second and third
| floors were removed and sold atpuhiic
Lsauction when an electric lighting system
| was Installed in the palace. In time these
chandeliers came into the hands of Crown
| Prince Christian OF Denmark and ii Is said
1 that one of his gifts to his son, when he Is
! formally placed on the Norwegian throne.
will be these chandeliers
/ When the new rulers feel like it they can
ascend to the fiat roof of the castle. mount
1 the platform at the fagstaffs base. and
! from this vantage point survey not only the
/ entire capital but the ford on which il rs
/ situated and many square miles of faeepic-
1 turesitueiy rugged country as well. Then
they should ind tllear neN residence n,lsn