El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-22

Of royal purple. and with this the king
wears the imperial crown.
The crown placed upon the head OF
king George today is the historic crown
of ST. Edward It is of sold gold,
studded with diamonds, pearls, rubies,
emeralds and sapphires. This crown
has passed through some of the dra-
matte stages of English history, being
destroyed at one time in the uprising
against monarchial authority, and re-
placed later for the coronation OF
Charles H.
The Queen's Seepter of Gold.
The queens scepter with the cross
is of gold ornamented with diamonds
and other precious stones. The
queens coronation ring is also of gold
set with rubfes There are many other
traditional features Of the royal re-
gala which figure in today's ceremon-
les. including the royal scepter, the
virgo, the staff, the four swords OF
spiritual justice, temporal justice, etc.,
the great golden spurs. the ring of
alliance, and many other quaint and
beautiful survivals OF ancient days.
The American representation at the
coronation pageant viii include the
American ambassador Whitelaw Reid,
accompanied by Mrs. Reid, and the
American special ambassador, John
Hays Hammond with his wife and
daughter Mr.. Reid will be attended
by the officials of the American en-
bassy, including the secretary Of the
embassy, William Phillips and Mrs.
Phillips; the naval attache command
er Simpson and Mrs Simpson; and the
military attache, Maj. Slocum and Mrs.
The American special ambassador,
Mr.. Hammond, has as his military aide
Gen. Greeley, and his naval aide ad-
miral vreeland Although hundreds Of
prominent Americans have attempted
to secure admission to the abbey few,
if any. have been successful Presi-
dent Taft's brother, Charles P. Taft,
and the latters wife, are among the
few not holding official positions who
have been granted seats in the, abbey.
This was done by command of king
George on the suggestion of the Brit
ish ambassador to Washington, James
Bryce.
American Women Prominent.
The American wives of English MEM
bers Of the mobility figure prominently
in the exercises of the day Among
these are three duchesses, namely, the
duchess of Roxburghe, the duchess Of
Manchester and the duchess of Marl-
borough. formerly Miss Goelet of New
port, Miss Zimmerman of Cincinnati
and Miss Vanderbilt of New York, re-
spectively. Others are the marchioness
of Dufferin, fromerly Miss Davis d
New York; the countess of Essex, for
merly Miss Grant of New York; the
countess of Suffolk. formerly Miss
Letter of Washington; the countess of
Granard, formerly Miss Mills of New
York; the countess of Donoughmore
formerly Miss Grace of New York; the
e CST.ox forTaor1x- Miss To-
tin of New York. and the countess of
Tankerville, formerly Miss van Marter
Of New York.
Other American wives of British
peers are the viscountess Falkland;
lady Cheylesmore; lady Marlborough;
lady Monsoon; lady Leith; lady Ash
burton and lady Bateman.
Many Princes from India.
Many princes from East India IN
their gorgeous costumes are to be in
attendance. They include the sultan
of Perak and the sultan of Kedah, and
the honorary Indian aides de-camp Of
the king, including the maharajahs of
Idar, Gwalior and Bikanir, who with
the Gaekwar of Paroda, are among the
special guests, but the Indian deputa-
ton is restricted on this occasion ow-
ing to the kings intention to visit In
dia later on and hold an imperial dur
bar at Delhi
The special ambassadors and ENJOYS
of those states and republics unrepre-
scented by princes form an interesting
group, together with the delegations
from the overseas British colonies.
The latter include the prime ministers
of the Dominion of Canada, Sir Wilfred
Laurier; commonwealth of Australia,
the Hon. Andrew Fisher; Of New Zea-
land Sir joseph George Ward; OF
South Africa, the right Hon. Louis Bo-
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