The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-06-30

I while the scenes of enthusiasm were
repeated in smaller scale through
out the kingdom.
Following the browning of the
king all the peers put on their coro
nets. The king, seating himself upon
his trone, received "the people," in
accordance with the ancient custom
Today, however, in order to shorten
the ceremony, 1.-The people" were
represented by one peer for each OF
the five orders of Great Britain's no
bility.
The browning of Queen Mary inn
mediately followed that of the king
With pomp and circumstance her
majesty was anointed, crowned and
given her ornaments" To the
disgust of the suffragettes, the
ceremony for queen is brief,
and after it was over Mary,
trated herself ''reverently" before
the king on his throne.
Socialists Thunder Against Monarchy.
While all this ceremony was going
on in the Abbey, London was enjoy
ing itself in varied ways. In the
parks socialist orators Numbered
against the monarchy and predicted
the social revolution, their auditors
applauding the sentiments and then
turning away to cheer the king and
queen as they proceeded on the re-
turn journey to Buckingham palace,
in the magnificent coach by eight
milk white horses. Other thousands
filled the 400 hideously ugly board
parks, from which a quarter of a
million people witnessed the royal
procession. Over a thousand stands,
with capacity of 100000, have been
erected along the route of tomor-
rows royal progress of the king
and queen through London.
The stage of today's great show
was in charge of the Earl Marshal
of England, the Duke of Norfolk,
who is celebrated as the nobleman
of oldest lineage in England. He is
the chief of the officers of arms or
heralds. He and his assistant fix
the rank and the position of every
body at state ceremonies. His as
sistants include the kings of Arms
Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy for
England; Lyon for Scotland, and
Ulster for Ireland. The total cost
of today's ceremony, and the addi-
tional pageants to come, in estimat-
ed at $25,00O,OO0, and this staggering
sum is exclusive of the tremendous
sums spent by private persons. One
item, the employment of $4,000 sol
diers and sailors to line the streets
and take part in the procession to
the Abbey will alone cost about So
100000, including the transport as
selected detachments from beyond
the seas.
Ahkoond of Swat There.
small army of foreign sover-
eigns, princes and potentates were
present at today's ceremony, and are
being entertained in a most lavish
manner by the british people-one in
nine of whom are paupers. Included
among the royalties, and the most
of all, were a number of
oriental rulers. Among these were
the Maharajah OF Jeypore, the All
koond of Swat, the Khan of Kalat,
The Maharajah of Nabha, the Rajah
Of Sikkim, the Nizan of Hyderabad, |
The Rajah of Bobbill, the Sultan of
Perak, the Maharajah of Jubbulporo, |
the King OF the Yonnis, and the |
lam of Navanagar. These potenates |
bore gifts to his majesty typical of |
heir countries, such as white ele- !
)hants, sacred monkeys, prayer I
wheels, opium pipes, magic hats. !
,oomerangs, cats, snakes, and tigers.
Today's ceremonial was rae first |
great state occasion on which the |
Cullinan diamond he greatest in the |
world, has been worn. The Cullinan |
WEIGHS oaO hdTdIS, WHlle Tic hOlll-
loor previously the greatest diamond |
n the British crown, weighs only |
l02X-three quarter. When found,
he Cullinan weighed 1888 three
quarters karats, or a pound and a
bird, but it has been divided into
me large, oblong stone, one pende-
oque, or pear-shaped pendant, and
several smaller ones. The large one
s set in the band of the kings
rown, for state occasions. At other
lines it can be taken out and be
worm with the pendeloque, as orna-
nent by the queen. The crown is
/ dazzling mass OF precious stones of
learly every color of the rainbow.
The total of jewels is: The Cullinan
diamond, one large ruby, one large
'roadspread sapphire, sixteen sapph-
lires, emerals, four rubies, one thou
;and tire hundred and siXty-three
brilliant diamonds, one thousand two
hundred and seventy-three rose dia-
nonds, one hundred forty-seven ia
lie diamonds, four pear-shaped
,earls, and two hundred seventy
hree pearls. The garments, jewels
md regalia worn by the king dur