The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-26

morn. As on the previous day | was
never one moment in doubt as to the
| direction to take. for the countless per
sons making their way through Lon
| don : otherwise disturbed streets have
only one object in view and although
| | pass scores the long line stretching
tahead always guides me
Waited All Night.
] On entering PiccadiIlv I am greatly
lastonished 10 find both sidewalks lined
with rows of people who also stand
several deep in the street As ] made
MY way back to the hotel on the pre-
vous night, which was towards mid
nght | passed numerous persons, who,
armed with campstools and provisions
mad taken up their stands at advan-
| tageous positions. Among other places
the neighborhood of Westminster Hall
was the most favored quarter. These
ardent spectators stood or sat through
the whole night which was indeed
! tempestuous one, for severe thunder
storm broke over the city in the early
hours Of the morning and the streets
still wet are evidence Of the torrents
that must have fallen.
With thousands of others | make my
way between the masses on both sides
| who have been there since dawn. and
! they are only withheld from covering
| the whole width of the street by two
rows of policemen who stand side by
side the whole length of the route along
which the funeral IS to pass. As | con
| tinued down Piccadllv the enormous
! crowds here greatly lessen my hopes of
reaching my destination IN time If at
| all. and on coming upon street lead
! ing into Piccadilly which is not vet full
I wisely decided to give up my inten-
, ton Of reaching Hyde Park corner and
take my stand in the front row with
Others who are waiting until the traffic
| is. stopped and We shall he allowed to
close the mouth Of the street. When
this occurs I shall be in the front row
and being taller than the majority, my
hopes Of seeing the procession without
anything obstructing my view are
greatly increased.
1t is Just after six clock on beau
tiful MAY morning. The sun IS shining
hut has not vet grown warm enough to
plake himself oppressive. The prospects
are Indeed promising and all are in
good spirits around me.
Crowded the Boobies.
so impatient and restless that even
against the opposition of the police
! we form in front Of the street and.
althoughg there are two rows of tall
British policemen in front of me, my
view, I find. is excellent. and I can see
| the street Scarcely have we taken our
positions when there is genral flock
ing to the point from different points
behind and gradually 7 feel myself be-
ing pushed closer and closer against
those next to me and soon we are so
| tightly packed that we are unable to
move I have foolishlv brought light
! overcoat with me in case of rain and
find it all 7 can do to keep it from
being pulled from my hands.
Advantage in Inches.
The advantage of being tall now
presents itself to me more than it has
ever done before and still ] have not
vet experienced its full benefits, which
I do before the day is over. BY cram
ing my neck and slowly and painfully
twisting mvslf round. | am enabled TO
obtain a superficial view of the crowd
surrounding me- Never have | seen
so many confined to so small space
and the crowd of today compared with
that of the previous day made the lat
ter appear very insignificant indeed.
! As on that occasion the crowd before
NE IS all-embracing. there are people
, Of all standings and representatives Of
all the different nations.
No Peach Baskets.
Women ere everywhere in evidence
! and have wisely come in caps. small
hats. or bareheaded. One and all are
dressed in black the majority bear