Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-11-04
A VAST PAGEANT OF EMPIRE.
Plans for the Growing Of King George
Next June,


Next June.
London, Oct. 25.-It is probable
that London will scarcely be able to
accommodate all the visitors who will
croNu into this city next summer, for
thern has been arranged round Of
festivities in connection with the coro-
nation of King George and Queen
Mary that will draw people from all
the ends of the earth.
Although nothing official regarding
the Nat date of the coronation has
been alr' unced it is generally accept
ed that it will take place in the week
commencing June IS, probably on
Wednesday, June 81. Already the ar
rangements are well in hand. 1t is to
be made { vast pageant Of empire in
which all the overseas dominions will
take part
Each will be represented by a con-
lingcnt of troops, and the procession
which will accompany their majesties
from buckingham palace to Westmin-
ster and the forces that guard the
line of route will be thoroughly typi-
ical of the might and strength Of the
empire.
The word has gone forth that moth
ing must be wanting to make the event
worthy of the empire. Socially the
last fortnight in June and the early
Il Of T,,l y,,il ha 90
ampled gayety.
First and foremost will be the Fes-
tival of Empire at the Crystal Palace,
in which no fewer than 10000 per-
sons drawn from all parts Of the en-
pire and from all ranks Of society will
take part. The pageant which will be
seen at the Crystal palace will be al
most as brilliant a spectacle as the
coronation itself.
Then there will be the great impe-
rial exhibition at the White City.
Every country in the empire will
be represented. There will be a
hundred buildings devoted to an
exhibition of their arts and industries
and the home life of their people.
There are committees engaged now in
distant lands selecting inhabitants
typical Of the various races.
In addition to gold miners, back
woodsmen and other pioneers Of the
empire there will be aborigines from
Australia. Maoris from New Zealand,
Red Indians from the Far West, the
semi civilized tribes from the Fiji Is
lands, colored people from the Mata-
belle and Bechuanaland, Eskimos from
the frozen north and Cinnamon from
the Malay Peninsula. The homes and
habits of these people with their work
will be shown.
The United Kingdom too will take
its part. The resources and indus
.ries of England, Scotland, Ireland
and Wales will be in evidence. In
some of the many buildings there will
be replicas Of noble British mansions,
while the grounds will contain repre-
sentations of some Of the beauty spots
of the United Kingdom.
Earls Court Is also to reopen its
doors with an attraction which Is to
make London open its eyes with Won
der About this time also there will be
the Horse Show at Olympia Begin
ming with the Ascot races on June IA,
there will be an uninterrupted round
Of festivities in and around London
lasting for many weeks.
Record crowds Of visitors are expect
ed. Already scores Of rooms have
been engaged at the big hotels and
hundreds of passages have been book
ed on the great steamship lines from
all parts Of the world. The invasion
Of Americans, which is growing in
volume year by year, will exceed any
thing yet seen, says manager of one
of the leading shipping lines The
manager Of one OF the chief tourist
agencies says: London will next
year be the capital not Of the British
empire only, but Of the world. From
the universal inquiries we are receiv-
ing l am convinced that there will be
such a crowd as even London has new
er seen before"
Although London was never so well
supplied with hotels as at present, ex-
tensive alterations are being made In
number of these establishments to
meet the demand for accommodation.
One big hotel in the Strand has just
added two floors to it's already lofty
height while many Of the smaller ho-
tells are Fastening to absorb as much
Of the property in their neighborhood
as they can.
The route of the coronation pro-
cession has not yet been decided upon,
but nevertheless wholesale booking
OF seats to view 1t are being made. 1t
has already been arranged to erect a
great stand on piece OF unoccupied
land in the Strand capable Of accom-
modating and catering for no fewer
than 10000 persons and other big
schemes Of like kind are in contem-
plation.
The people who are booking seats
thus early are not all residents Of this
country. From all quarters Of the
globe inquiries are arriving asking for
the best positions. Before the end Of
the year it is probable that 100000
places will have been engaged. A d.
rector Of a leading booking agency
told a reporter:
This morning we had communi-
cation from Java requesting that
score of seats be reserved for corona
ton day for a party coming over from
that island.
Another letter from Burma asks
for the exact date Of the coronation
ceremony and what are the best seats
obtainable.
1--WE have also got orders for seats
| from Calcutta and other towns in In
| dia. The greatest number Of inqui-
ries, hoyever, come from Americans
and 1t is probable that an unprece-
dented invasion Of people from the
United States will be seen here next
June"
The coronation will bring to this
country royal personages from the
courts Of Europe, although no reign
| ing monarch ever attends a corona
| lion. In the thousands Of invitations
which will be issued to less exalted
guests the mayors of all the principal
cities Of the empire will be included.