The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-30

say Of some Of it's freshness as news, l shall
venture to describe what We saw, begging
the readers indulgence il l betray a lack Of
familiarity with the technical phrases en-
ployed on UGH occasions.
The coronation took place at Trondhjem,
the former capital, a city situatedon one Of
the numerous fjords that indent the western
coast. The building selected for the occa-
sion was the Gothic cathedral, the largest
in Scandinavia, which was commenced in
the eleventh and completed in the four
teenth century.
II is a historic building and belonged TO
the bshopric Of which Iceland was a part
before America was discovered by Column
bus. The cathedral has suffered from sew
ersl fires, Inc a part OF it was in ruins for
three centuries. II is now sufficiently re-
stored to furnish a larger audience room
than is to be found in most cities Of the size.
THE SPECTATORS.
Under the dome a circular space was left
for the royal party, while the visitors were
seated, the foreign representatives nearest
the centre, on raised seats in the v and
t~ransepts. A broad aisle was left, EXTEND
ing from the entrance through the centre
to the chapel at the other end.
just before time for the King to arrive
a company Of W hite robed Lutheran priests
marched from the chapel to the door, and
a stalwart body Of men they were. They
marched back at the head Of the procession,
| the King following, his crimson, ermine
lined robe trailing many feet behind-or
il would nave trailed but for the fact that
it was carried by four attendants.
The King was accompanied by several
| officers and followed by the standard bearer,
holding Rloft the royal banner. Then came
| the Queen, wearing q robe similar to the
Kings, but 1t only required three attendants
to keep its folds from the ioor. She was
attended by three maids OF honor.
The King and Queen were escorted to
thrones On opposite sides Of the aisle, and
the representatives OF royal families 90
cupied seats next to them. The Prince OF
Wales sat nearest the Queen, next to him
Prince Henry OF Germany, ard the American
Ambassador next. Near the King sat Dem
marks representative, then Russia's, and
next to him the representative Of France.
There was gold braid g~alore-some OF
the foreign representatives had enough
on their clothes to put the Sultan OF Sulu
TO shame. | never before saw so much
gold, and I have been wondering since
whether there may not be a new yellow
peril OF which our financiers have little
dreamed.
THE o
Our represen tatives used less OF this
-ornamentation (they all wore militar y
uniforms) than those OF any other country
and the question arises, What is going TO
become OF the honest dollar II, with the
spread Of the IDEAS Of a republic, the amount
of gold braid is decreased and a vast guam
tity Of gold IL poured through the mints
into the volume Of the worlds currencyp
II might so enlarge the volume Of money
as TO make the money changers clamor
for the demonstration Of gold and then
the silverites would be called goldbugs
for insisting upon free and unlimited coin
age Of goldl
After some excellent music, instrumental
and vocal, q member Of the clergy assembled
a pulpit not far from the King and the
Queen and delivered q n earnest address
He was a typical Norwegian. powerful Of
frame and strong Of face-such as we might
imagine one Of the Viking chiefs TO have
been.
Then there was more music, and II may
interest the readers to To- that all the
music wa prepared for the occasion. the