The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-05
not ALL PEACE AND JOYOUSNESS At THE GROWING OF THE KING"

side Of the water the title of kerchief-
bearer would have followed him to the
grave.
] 1t is devoutly to be hoped that the ladies'
will not suffer to the extent Of the danes
Of George " court from the high tenn
perature when George V comes to be
crowned. for it is sad to live in history,
embalmed by the pen of Huist, who said:
THE very great heat was nowhere more
visible than in the havoc which il made
upon the curls of the ladies. many Of
whose heads lost all traces of the fri
seurs skill long before the ceremony of
the day concluded. The wax candles at
the time of the banquet meeting fell
without distinction Of person upon all
within reach'-rather indiscreet Of the
candles to be so familiar In their atten-
tions-"and the splendid dresses of the
peers and ladies were .ydined by 1t: and
escape was impossible, for the wretched
tenants of a slave ship were never more
closely packed together If a lovely fe-
male" he adds. dared TO raise her eyes
TO discover whence the unpleasant visi-
tation came. she was certain 10 receive
an additional patch upon her cheeks.
which in order to wipe OFF obliged her to
wipe away some of the roseate hue which
had been impaired to her countenance at
her toilet, thereby obliging her to wear
double face-of nature on one side and
Of art on the other''
tpnnCf a hoH haf 80 -
grease, thought not as long continued,
was the shower of sparks that fell on the
devoted heads OF those who saw George
III crowned. The service was so long
that darkness had fallen, when 5000
candles burst into sudden radiance,
lighted for the first time in the history
of the nation practically simultaneously,
for trains of prepared fax had been laid
to all the wicks and the snake of fire ran
from one to the other in the twinkle of
an eye. For several seconds it rained
fire on the heads of the spectators. as
large fakes flew from the ignited fax.
The Queen, not expecting this stage eff
feet, was affrighted beyond all descrip-
ton. and her ladies were little calmer
At this same coronation the people in
the galleries were hungry after their
long fast, and some ingenious soul
thought OF the plan of tying together
handkerehiefs in to long ropes and low
ering the end to the banquet hall beneath,
where their friends who were so lucky
as to be in reach of the table secured
fowls, hams. and bottles of wine, which
were tied onto the improvised rope and
drawn back to the galleries as long as
food and patience held out.
King James II curtailed the magnlfi-
cence Of the procession at the time of his
crowning by shortening the distance trav-
ersed, his reason for the economy being
that it would cost half as much as the
jewels he proposed to have provided for
his consort. He is said to have expended
so much energy on the matter of her
magnificent attire he paid little attention
to his own, and wearing the same crown
that had served for Charles II. whose
head was much larger had a decided
misfit, so that II was necessary for the
keeper OF the robes to hold il in place, as
it threatened to slip down to the royal
nose.
This gave Sir Henry Sidney. who was