The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-05-17

tie hail Upon the casket lay the royal
regaiia-his. held marshaFs sword, the
crown. the sceptre and the orb.
As the band OF the COldstream Guards
Edward favorite among the reEi-
ments OF which ne was cOlonel-played
Chopin's funeral march. the procession
crept through the yards and gates OF
buckingham and into the streets Of the
city
It advanced slowly. at the funeral
walking pace save Tor the melancholy
music no sound marked its progress
on every side were hundreds OF thOus-
ands Of human beings. probably two
millions and a half IN all, Yet al was
silence for mile after mile Of the me
tropOlis' streets. The city Was hushed.
Mourning Emblems In Streets
Through the Mall. Pail Mall, and /
Whitehall to Westminster lay the route
The CITY was shrou5ed with mourning
emblems. Sixty feet apart, on each side
Of the way. rose graceful Venetian
masts, topped with gilt crowns draped 1
with purple velvet and laurel wreaths-
Upon the lamp posts and upon the 1
sides OF houses were draped streamers /
OF the royal mourning color, Offset 1
with sOberly contrasting green Of laurel 4
And on every hand, in the by-streets. |
at windows, upon roofs ciinging 10 1
every vantage point, were the crowds 1
hundreds OF thousands OF human beings, /
tensely watching a dramatic spectacle, ]
and yet Uttering no sound save that OF D
sobbing-
The Uniforms Of the Kings troopers
picked men. many OF whom served The 4
widow before they did EdWard-served i
only to emphasize the sobriety OF color 1
In the crowds
Lawmakers Assemble
As the procession reached Westminster
It slowly fled into the great han OF the
edihce, The equeTries holding the horses
that drew the carriages led the vehicles
TO one side after the royal women
alighted-
within Westminster there were as
sembled the members Of both houses OF
parliament. At the request OF King
George they had formally met earlier
IN the morning and proceeded to the
han. there 70 receive the body OF Ed
ward.
AH standing. with the lord chancellor
IN the van, the two legislative branches
that for a year have been engaged In
bitter warfare united TO receive the COT
IN OF the man who once ruled them all
Al were standing; no seats were pro-
The ceremonies-bv the known wish Of
EdwaTd-were brief. But they were i'm
pressive- The Archbishop OF Canter-
bury of7ciated, assisted by Canon VII
berfOrCe- During the ritual no sound
was heard IN the vast hall except the
1
SObblng catch from ore OF the royal
women That sob echoing through the
hall dampened the eyes OF many men
who are world figures
AS the body was carried to the CaIa-
falque the choir Of Westminster Abbey
augmented by that from the Chapel
Royal sang
Guards Garry Coffin
The coffin was borne by the Grenadier
Guards. who stood watch at Bucking-
ra- rzrrFr he
path lined with royalty They laid the
heavy caszet on the five-fOOt-hiEh Grim
son dais, and then fell into the position
Of guards while the insignia were being
arranged, lying upon the royal standard /
and the Cream-tinted pau which had
lain upon the coffin Of Queen Victoria
The rappings OF the royal dead were
sTTayed before the services The reii-
ElOuS ceremony took but little time.
Then began the public lying-In-state-
The selection Of Westminster Hall for
the lyinS-in-state Is an innovation Not
since 1850 has q monarch Of England (
lain there IN death The last ruler was
George II, who was borne by torchIight
from Kensington place 20 the princes
chamber, adjoining St Stephens, and
left there for a few hours before the
final services at Westminster Abbey.
The adoption OF this plan for Edward 1
is due 70 the great favor with which
~
ments Of William Ewart Gladstone. Ed
wards catsfalque rests upon the exact
SPOT wnere lay that OF the Grand Old
Nan Il Is possible that the present
ceremonies VIII establish a lasting pre-
cedent-
Boobies" Have Busy Day.
For all that the funeral pomp Of Ed
ward harks back TO oIden days. a touch
OF modernfty - almost inconEruous
marks the arrangements. The cats-l
faIque is lighted BY clusters Of electric
bulbs Prom 6 T. m to 10 at night the
public VIII file by IN the next two days
as well az this evening.
No sooner had the ceremonies at the
hall been finished than the great rush
70 get a glimpse Of Edwards coffin be
Lenders 1900 vyorId-faned '7bobBiss"
we're hard put 20 handle the vast Thong
ever quarter Of the city q steady
Etrezn poured toward the hail Vehicles
were caught In jams and held helpless
IN spite OF the traffic police All tram
lines were swamped- Every street was
black With the influx Fully $4,000
people, according 10 the estimates Of Ire
police. came into the city 10 see to-
days pageant, besides the 600 OF SO
that arrived previously to stay through
the funeral Friday.
Jam Is Terrific.
The troops thrown IN heavy cordons
about the square and near streets were
IN little better position than the police
SO terrific was the Jam at spots that
several women were crushed. Some
narrowly escaped death when they slip
ped and fell
But in the end, the streams Of sub
jects were started through the great
hall in steady lines fling By the cata-
fRlque-
To give all the opportunity TO see the
GasKet Of their lamented ruler would be
a task equal TO draining the BIediter-
TaDean through the Suez canal The
great crowds supplying the files that
passed ceaseiessly through the hzu con-
rinued 10 gather as me dav wore on.
and IN the afternoon there were as many
seeking entrance apparently as there
had been the momert rhe doors were
thrown open t. the public.
Even Jhe crowds that marked the
funeral 0f Victoria were ecIipEed fOdav
according to many estimateS-and this
was but the preliminary pageant TO the
funeral Of Friday
ROYALTY Guarded