Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
All European Nations Will Be Roy
ally Represented.
DUKE OF NORFOLK EARL MARSHAL
Great 0verhauling of Robes and Jew
els for Event.
QUESTION OF GARB is PARAMOUNT
Crown, same as Used by Edward and
Victoria, Merely Altered TO Fit
the Head of the Present
RuIer-RifIes to Call.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

BY PAUL LAMBETH.
LONDON, Aug 1S.-(Special to The Bee.)
With the formal announcement made
with az, the pomp and ceremony of |
medisvbi' times that the cornation of King
George is to take place next June, the
work of arranging for the grand ceremonial
affair will be begun at once and pushed
with vlgor There will be none too much
time for the work of the coronation of an
English king is no small matter. Every
European country Will be represented by
some member of its royal family of a
Kingdom or by n special embassy in the
case of a republic, The American states
will also be specially represented.
Arrangements for the entertainment of
the guests must be made, questions of
precedence must be settled and the thou
sthpe and one details of the pageant must
be provided for
One OF the first steps to be taken will be
the appointment of coronation cimmlt-
tee, which will commence at an early date
10 draw up suggestions for the arrange
ments for the function The duke of Nor
folk' as earl marshal will be at the head
OF this committee. On this occasion the
procedure will be considerably slmplified
because there is recent precedent. At the
accession
otherwise and matters of Importance gov
erning the coronation were so vaguely
understood that will be remembered. II
was necessary for court of claims 70 sit
and Investigate the titles to various rights
and privileges which were claimed as the
exclusive possession Of more than one
person.
Dress for the Occasion.
m
who figured at the last ceremony of the
kind, there Will be a grand overhauIinc of
robes and Jewels that should certainly
serve again-coronets, trains and fur TRIM
mings especially. = 80
marchioness appeared at King Ed
wards crownins In some OF the parapher-
MALTA which her grandmother had worn
at Queen Victoria's coronation; and It ,s
quite the proper thing to come out In
ancestral possessions that suit the occasion
OF course, everybody knows that King
\ Georges crown will be the which his
faher and grandmother used altered To
IN the head. Queen Mary viii probaiy
have one made purposely, of her own
dl9monds with some crown Jewels to help
out, as Queen Alexandra did
Perhaps the kings mother may decide IN
attend the ceremony, as her sister the
Empress Marie Feodorovna did in Russia
when the present Tsar was crowned. This
was correct in Muscovy. but will be an in
novation in this country where royal
widows usually keep in retirement How
ever, Queen Alexandra is so popular It
viii greatly please folks TO see her.
aaeen's own 10 Can.
In a few weeks time England will be
invaded" by some 600 officers and men
OF the queens own rifles, OF Canada. who
We being brought over here by their com
@nding officer Sir Henry Peiatt, at his
~VpA expense They are TO be encamped
at Aldershot but it is probable that thew
will be marched through London. when
they will be certain of a most entbusi-
astic welcome
Postal savings Pointers
a pointer for the new United States
postal savings banks may be found in the
fact that scores OF oblong money boxes
are now living at the controller Of stores
department of the general postoffice.
They are submitted with the tenders for
the new postoffice home safes" in which
the public are to be invited to place their
savings and to deposit them at intervals
at the postoffice
The boxes. which are OF pocket size. have
an aperture at the top through which the
money will he dropped and a patent con-
Wivance at the bottom by means OF which
me pOstoffice authorities will be able N
remove IT, The boxes have TO be made in
such manner that II viii be impossible
for depositor himself TO withdraw any
money he places in the box Ahont three
weeks will elapse before the type Of safe"
which is to be used is decided upon.
BY comparing a return Of the postoffice
saving bank Just issued with the returns
FOR previous years we find a steady in
crease I'm cash deposits a decrease In tho
last three years i'm cash withdra walls and
an increase Of the balance due TO deposl-
tors since 1906 of 100000, mskinE the total !
sum of fls4OOoOOO. The amount due to de-
positors Is almost as large as the national
revenue for year.
Mosauito-PrOOfl Linen.
Tie Johnathan Holt. the first MOSQUITO !
proof ocean going steamer. arrived I'm the
Mersey from the CLYDE shipyards recently
All the doors, windows and portfolios are
fitted with copper sauze to prevent the
entry OF the Misunderstanding insect
Illuminated shells.
a startling invention for Illuminating tho
track OF shells used for night firing has
been successfully tested bv the British ,
admiralty at Fort Albert, near Yarmouth
Isle OF Wight II greatly impressed the ,
admiralty experts who witnessed the opera I
tons. To the base OF the shell a metal ,
cylinder is attached by screw movements !
and the act of firing the gun causes a /
powerful illuminant To burst into flame. c
II burns brightly throughout the whole OF
the trajectory OF the missile and is espe- I
cially useful i'm testing the effectiveness Of 2
range at night time both over sea ana 4
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