The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-07

King George is taking an active
service; learning his part SO as 10
uvold the slightest possibility OF a misa
take. He Is being instructed therein
ny ns IN, INC Archbishop Of Canterbury and
Dr. Armytagc Robinson. until recentIv
Dean or Westminster but now Dean
Oh ord Wells .,ii, who Is the grentest expert
ana authority about everything reIat-
me actual coronation takes place, there
MI MI, nc AT least two, ana probably.
lnren other dress. Tchearsals or tho
whole service, with the King present
In person In his robes. and the full
rogulia In use. a5 S.,4
II VIII be remembered that; on tho
ward, he was Just recovering from /.
severe operation II was out Of Tho
question under the circumstances thar
nc should take part In these very
iatSuing i,cliearsals. and in consc-
Iuence thereof Major General John
Brocklehurst. E1ucfry OF Queen Alex
anira uncle Of Sir Philip Brockc-i
hurst. the young baronet OF South
Pole exploration fame, was selected
10 take the Kings part IN the rchear-N
sails Day after day the Genaral--its
mat time coloncl7z-sat on tile throne
OF King Edward the Confessor in tho
old Abbey. was anointed. robed. crown
cd. invested with sccptrc and with
sword OF state. and received the kneei-
u,
ing 10 the latter The kiss OF peace
Inasmnch as all this took place be-
Tore tho actual coronation OF Edward
VII, II Is just a question IN the minds
OF some people, AS to whether General
-Brocklehurst Is not really The lawful
ruler OF England. Scotland and Irc-3
land. seeing that he was crowned and
Archbishop OF Canterbury. prior 10 tho
coronation Of Edward VII, and of his
son George V.
!.
ton Will be the part PLACED therein.
for the first time. by the children OF the
sovereign. For il lis the young Prince
Of Wales and his brother who VIII he
ter his coronation. When Edward MI.
was crowned the i'rst 10 offer homage
was the. then Prince or Wales. a man
OF near forty; and when Queen Victoria
was crowned, the nrs, 10 offer their
homage We're her uncics, each ofthcm
over sixty. n
I. In mentioning the new Earl of Car
Isle the other day, and in descrbinl;
his home and his family, omittedt,o
given up their lives In the defense OF,
their country. One, the Hon. Oliver
Howard. suecumbed 10 fever three years
ago, while holding the office or Brit
ish Resident and Governor in North
crn Nigeria. while another. Hubert, wa9
killed in the battle Of Omdurtnan.S DIV
CT Howard spent several years farming
IN British Columbia, before going 10
Egypt. 7lF ~ "a II
Hubert Howard will be recalled lit
connection with his championship Of
the insnrEent cause in Cuba. prior to
the Spanish american War in 1898, ana
ne spent much time among the Cuban
rebels. by whom lie was looked upon,
as warm and loyal friend. His lovn
Of adventure likewiseblcd him out 10
Mashonaiand TO serve In the forces oc
the Chartered Company against King
I>obensula, and he tookapa in a NUM-
n m ut In not Of
which he was badly wounded. lie did
not know ftar, ana when. at Oxford.
some one dared him TO ride down ~
long hight OF stone steps leading from
one OF the halls to the cloister. on his
bicycle. he brought his machine into
college, which in Itself constituted NJ
breach Of rules, conveyed 1t toithc top
of the steps and then started down
at lightning speed to the bottom lie
escaped fortunately, with few bad
bruises. hut the bicycle was smasbcdi
downright, 1911. by the Brentwood,
Company.) j