The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1911-06-22
LONDON SCENE
OF BRILLIANCY
STREETS THROUGH WHICH RuL-
ERs WILL PASS SCENES OF
WoN0Rous BEAUTY.
Immense Hosts WHO ThrOng .he
Thoroughfares Through Which the
Procession Will Pass, Marvel at
Handiwork.

London, June 21.-The streets
through which the king and queen
and the royal procession pass on
their way from Buckingham palace
to Westminster Abbey. for the coro-
nation and the longer return route,
have been decorated on a scale nev.
er before attempted in London.
The Mall to the new admiralty
arch, the outlet into Trafalgar square
and Whitehall, has been flanked by
great stands of officials and distin
guished guests, which shut out the
beauty of St James park and the
gardens of the residences opposite,
but behind these stands on the one
side, Clarence house. the residence of
the Duke of Connaught, St. James
palace, Marlborough house and the
houses forming Carlton House Ter
race, have been most elaborately dec.
GRATED, forming backing of bril-
liant colurs
From Arch to Abbey.
From the admiralty arch to the alb
hey, the Westminster city council
took charge of the work and with the
assistance of a committee of artists
have carried out a scheme worthy of
that great thoroughfare and in bar
mony with the magnificent architec.
ture Of the public buildings and gov.
ernment offices which adorn the cen
ter Of British oficialdom. The com
mittee departed entirely from the
traditional idea of Venetian masts
and festoons of paper flowers. which
are invariably brought out on any
public occasion in London. and have
adopted plan unique. so far as Lon.
don is concerned.
Monster Columns.
Along either side of the street
have been erected 81 columns of Fl.
orous plaster, which have been made
to look as permanent as the build
ings behind them These columns.
connected with garlands, bear gilt 6g.
'ures OF victory, lions and erifins |
Al the Charing Cross end of White
nall and again at the Parliament
square end there are terminal col
umhs 80 feet high, surmounted by |
white lions supporting the portculis
the coat of arms of the city of West
Minister These lions bear white ro-
settes on the gold collars, with black
ermlne marks ON the body and tbe
gold portculis printed on the side.
They have baan r,odoIoa e -
Westminster lions and are feet 6
inches high. The remaining columns.
90 in number, bear alternately
winged figure of Victory blowing a
trumpet or a griffin. On each col.
umn, bronge caplets carry the shields
OF the kings and queens of England
from William the Conquerer to
George V. The garlands connecting
them are composed of oak and laurel
leaves, with punches of roses of
York and Lancaster.
Colony Arches.
The scheme has been further elab-
GRATED by some of the colonies erect.
ing arches in the center of the road
ways. That of the province of Onta-
rio consists of two pylons carrying
huge figures, emblematic of the COM
merce of the province. One shows a
farmer shearing a sheep, the other
a figure of prosperity with conu.
copia. Four Corinthian columns bear
the arms of Ontario on an ornamen.
tai shield
New Zealand erected an arch Just
beyond that of the Canadian province
which shows the industries of that
dominion.
The buildings Immediately around
the entrance to the abbey have been
covered by stands, but these are gar.
landed and festooned with bright
cloths, bunting and flowers.
Trafalgar Square.
Trafalgar square, through which
the procession passes on it's return
from the abbey, is one mass of color
The street decorations harmonize 10
some extent with those in Whitehall
but here as in Cockspur street, Pail
Mall st. James street and Piccadilly
the residences and business premises
have each carried out a subsidiary
scheme, which adds to the magnif-
cence of the whole.
Millions Of Flowers.
Flowers, artificial and natural, en-
ter largely into the plans, ST. James
street particularly being a bright
bower of blooms and foliage. Up this
short street, where one OF the best
views of the procession is obtainable
because of the rise in the roadway
slender Ionic columns ear blue vases
filed and overlooking with delicate
ly tinted roses. Garlands of roses
antWine the CAPITALS. and between