The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-11
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tary Lord Stamfordham, Lord High Steward the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord in Waiting Lord Annaly, Mistress of
 the Robes the Duchess of Devonshire, Lady in Waiting Lady Eva Dugdale, and a bunch of aides -de-camp, equer- ries, lords and ladies in waiting and maids of honor Many other noble men and their wives, who are con- nected with the Court, but for whose passages the government hasn't the nerve to ask the country to pay, are
 going out at their own expense.
 After landing at Malta and Alden, the royal party arrives at Bombay, Dec. 2. They will be received by the Governor of the province and the lo- cal notables and will stay there until
 the 9th, when they start for Celhi. Bombay will be illuminated and gaily decorated and there will be several state processions during their stay in the city.
 December move will be made for Delhi, and the King and Queen will make their state entry into the an- cient Mogul capital the following day. They will be received by Viceroy Lord Hahringe and the heads of the Indian government, and about 15O native rajahs, sultans, and princes bearing all kinds of titles.
 The day is to be a public holiday, and a gorgeous procession, in which hundreds of elephants blazing with gold, silver and jewelled trappings, will participate. The King and Queen will ride on a monster elephant with gem-studded gold howdah, and gilded tusks, and the Viceroy and the Indian potentates will follow, similarly mounted.
 The royal party will take up their residence in the specially prepared camp, and until the 12th, the time will k I,o c of native rulers, and other functions. There are 4S7 such camps for the ac- commodation of distinguished visitors, round Delhi. the town being quite un- able to house the visitors. There are plenty of palaces that might have been used for the royal party, but It was deemed safer, both from the per- sonal and sanitary point of view, to lodge the King and Queen in a camp outside the city.
 December 12 the Durbar will be held. The King and Queen wearing their imperial robes and crowns will receive the homage of the Indian rulers, and the proclamation of the King Emperor will be read in every town and vil- lage in India Reviews will be held and salutes fired all over the coun-' try.
 The robes and regalia are being taken out, on the Medina, in special ly prepared zinc lined. burglar-proof safes. Prominent among the jewels worn by Queen Mary will be the fa- nous Koh-i-noor diamond, which is said to have been worn by an Indian emperor 5,00O years ago. There is a legend that if the gem is worn by male misfortune will overtake him, and for this reason it was not mount ed in the Imperial crown.
 December 14 there will be a grand military review of over 50.O00 British and Indian troops, and on December 16 the King and Queen leave Delhi. The Queen goes to Agra, and King George will put in a fortnight's hunt ing in Nepal. Some six hundred ele- plants and forty motor cars will be during the hunt, and the Sultan of Nepal has arranged for a fine brand of tigers and other wild to be rounded up for the Kings benefit. Naturally extraordfn- ary care will be taken to see that he comes to no harm, and the tiger that wants to get at the Kaiser-i-Hind will have to chew up several hundreds of beaters and attendants, who will Of course receive orders to sacrifice them selves if there is the slightest dan ger.
 December 30 the royal party arrives in Calcutta, and week of gorgeous festivities and pagentry follows. The principal feature of the celebrations will be the great pageant, depicting l scenes of Indian history, and which will be performed by over 5000 people. 1 Scores of native princes will take part l n this pageant, and they are all lend ng their jewels, trappings, ancient | armour, and elephants. Over 200 | comparisoned elephants will | De in the procession which will cover ,wo and a half miles.
 The King and Queen leave India | January 7, arriving in England Janu- l ary 29. hat it will spend $5,625. 900 on the Dur |