The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

bodice Of red velvet and the crimson
mantle must be exactly according to tine
prescribed thade OF color.
The Queens maids Of honor will rstab-
lish new precedent by wearing the
white roses OF the house Of York. and
they viii have no trains. because they
would be impeded in carrying the long
F., train Of the Queen herself.
| Apart from the summonses to the peers
who are called upon to attend the coro-
nation, "all excuses apart" q special
staft at the earl marshals ONCE Is deal
Ing with the immense number of invita-
tons TO the Abbey. The invitation card
represents the figure OF woman-an un-
conventional Britannia" with a scepter
and wreath, standing between corin-
THAN pillars. behind which there Is the
sea OF empire. The Kings arms are on
the left, the Queens on the right. and
at tha bottom of the card are the arms
of the dominions and dependencies. The
| symbolism Of this card is entirely i'm
perial in idea.
| distinctive feature to this coronation
Will be the presence of large numb r
| Of overseas representatives. They form
q great list, and tax the seating arrange
ments severely.
4
don has supplied the earl marshal with
/ large plans of the seats that have been
built up within the Abbey. Each one Is
numbered, and the Duke Of Norfolk's
corps Of assistants have the troublesome
task OF determining the place for each
invited person. Here again rank and
precedence present many problems. Sons
OF peers will be placed in one block Of
seats and among them win be q consid-
erable number of little boys from eight
years upward, who will be placed between
adults morally held responsible for the
good behavior Of the little folk. The
presence OF children Is to give a novel
and pleasing feature to the coronation
| ceremony.
Yet another part Of this immense organ
/ ization upon which many brains were At
work behind the scenes Is the arrange
\ sentatives and their suites. The foreign
once is undertaking this duty, and It is
dimcult to realize the immense amount
Of correspondence and work which this
| has entailed. The foreign ONCE Is In close
/ touch with the embassies, and has ap-
4 pointed gentlemen to attend upon the
different encourages to act as their guides
and to put themselves at the service of
the visitors in every way. Other gen.
/
ing for the hotel accommodations and
/ will be in residence with them.
For the assistance and guidance Of the
| invited guests In the Abbey a body of
gold-stan officers has been appointed.
/ Formerly at coronations they numbered
fifty. At the coronation OF King Edward
this number was doubled. and now again
the number has been very considerably
increased. These gentlemen will wear
/
dered badges around one sleeve, and they
i will carry a stan surmounted with a
crown. Their ONCE is to assist the heI :
| aids to usher the guests into their seats,
and among other amiable duties to come
with smelling salts to the rescue OF any
fainting persons.
One hundred thousand pounds viii be
spent in London alone for decorat ation
and illumination of public buildings.
| e15,0O0 of which is to be expended upon
Mansion House alone. London Bridge
will be decorated with lattice pilasters
/ and hr trees, connected by lines of
i wistaria.
In fact, Il is estimated by expert pyro-
technists that more than one million
pounds sterling will be spent on fire.
works in the United Kingdom, not to
mention the colonies.
| A feature of the river fete to be, held
at Richmond will be naval battle" on
the Thames.
Cockspur street, the center Of the
shipping district. will present a remark
able spectacle. Oceanic House alone VIII
sport 5000 electric lights. An immense
star thirty feet in diameter and contain
/ ing 1900 lamps will surmount all, and
will contain a fifty-foot model OF the new
liner. the Olympic, lighted up with elec-
tricity. FLANEUR-
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