The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-24
Pageant More Brilliant.
Than That Of Coro-
nation Day.
KING AND QUEEN
SEEN BY MASSES
At Sunset Heavy Rain Pours
Down and Makes Impossible q
Celebration Planned as Fit
ting Finale-State Banquet
at Foreign Office Mag ll;;55.i5s
nificent Affair.

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London, June aa.-A heavy rain. !
down constantly throughout the ght.5
brought bitter disappointment h to-
hordes Of people who were bent upon
ittingly celebrating after dark as a.
climax to the royal progress OF King.
George and Queen Mary through the
streets OF London to-day To- day g,
procession was on an even granderS
scale than that OF the coronation. 81 b:
Hundreds of thousands OF persons
had planned to View the illuminations
and all wheeled traffic was barred fronil
the principal streets. 3. K, 5:is t5sN
The illuminations everywhere were;
turned on at dusk and sparkled their!
brightest in the rain. but only frac2si
| ton of the crowds expected turnedj
out to witness the effective displayss
Those who braved the elements en-
5oyed the fine show OF electric emblema,
IN clubland and along Piccadiliy4H
whore the mansions or John fiays,a
Hammond. American special anba ssa.,
dor to the coronation; Lord fRoths-iS
child. the Duke OF Wellington and theSi
Duke of Devonshire were q mass O O.
glowing colors, and on businessSs
houses down the Strand to the heartt
of the city. 5E.5 q q
The feature of the day. was n thss
royal progress through seven 4 miles
of London streets. over long route
through the poorer section south OF
the Thames. With the gaudy Indian
troops. colonials and detachments OF,
Great Britain's finest soldiers In jlines
the procession made a fine pageant q III
Nvnye THnnds to Populacc. AZ
A great and constantly. changing
| throng remained in front of Buck--t 4
i'ingham Palace. all afternoon. The;
King and Queen and the Prince OF
| Wales several times appeared on they
balcony and waved their hands. and
| the enthusiasm of the people each
| time was given vent to In a great
| roar of cheering. There was a great
! dinner at the foreign office to- night.
] where Sir Edward Grey the foreign
| minister, entertained in state King.
George and the members of the royal
| family and all the visiting royal per-,
sonages and the special representa-,.
| tives to the coronation. ~ jI..il5f
The Duke Of Argyll, Princess Henry
| of Battenberg, Princess Louise of Rat-
| tenberg and Miss Campbell, niece OF
| the Duke of Argyll, We're consptcuouS
to-day In distinguished company or
l25 persons who witnessed the roy an
progress from Stratton House, thee
| residence of John Hays Hammond u Al
| large American flag f1oated over tha
| house. The royal party, with MR. anoH
Mrs. Hammond. occupied WINDOW In
| the ball room, and as King George
ana queen Mary passed the monarch9Il
recognized them and exchange seiu-
! ia lions. ssai
| Luncheon was served after the pro-&
cesston had passed " httelaws ReidA
| the American amba ssador, and Mrs.
Reid came In to this. and in additioni
there were present the STATS of theA
| special and regular embassies, a dozerx
| officers from the United States battles
| ship Delaware, Mrs Robert Baconk
wife of the American amba ssador toa
France; Miss Bacon and Robert Ba con Z
Jr, Mrs. Andrew Carnegie and Miss9
| Carnegie, MIR. and Mrs. Charles P.sTafM
and Miss Taft and Lord Decies Ladyf
| Decies had not recovered sutficientiyh
from her recent indisposihon to ne{I
present. SS1{ u
In the afternoon Mr.. Hammond 5madeA
a round of calls on members OF thaE
royal household In a royal carriagaS
placed at his disposal from Buck1nga
ham Palace. tlti3ttA
| Grent stnte Banquet. fi3
The state banquet at the roreig1rs
office tonight was one OF the mosu
important social events of coronatiot93
week. Sir Edward Grey, the British,
| Foreign Minister, and host OF the oc.I
i CASTOR. received King George and
Queen Mary the Duke and DuchesE
or Connaught. Prince Arthur OF Com
| naught. Princess Patricia, Prince ana
S>HIiStiiii, Lie. LUMP bnSA Il
! Duchess OF Teck, the Duke and Duch-
| ess of Argyll and all the foreign royar
| personages and the special represen-
tatives to the coronation. Including
John Hays hammond Hear Admirai
Vreeland and Major General a Wa &
| Greedy. the American delegates S57#G
| Altogether sixty royal personagest at4
! tended the function. The entire CONS
pany numbered $50, among those pres-4l
| ent being various members OF the
| royal household, attaches of the foreign
| office. the Papal delegate. Mgr. di Hell B
monte Premier and Mrs. Asquith. thu
| Duchess OF Devonshfre and the Count
| ess Mimic. 5s sssf
| The dinner. was served In the bnnSs
| quot hall ut two oblong ia bles and sig \
large tables. All were splendidly de- /;
| corated with flowers and silver cand !! II
labra and pictures loaned by the In &
dian Office and from other sources hung
on the walls, enhancing the effect of 1
| the handsome mural decorations. The
general effect OF the decorations WaA I:
extremely rich. j, ;sl ~ 81
The Queen and Sir Edward Gray ana
| a score OF guests sat ate the prtnospats n
tnblc, while King George and L X the 4
crown princess OF Germany. Z, with arkE4a
equal number Of persons were oppoaItas
them. at the head ofSthe other obIone
table The Duke OF Connaught and 4;
Premier Asquith also presided at tablseIS
The Grenadierj Guards band furnfsh;4
ed the music for The occasion, Il c;Js$
All the men were in biGok courHa
dress OF knickerbockers and q uroxTS.