The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-24
THRONGS WITNESS SECOND PAGEANT
 OF CORONATION King and Queen Lead Grand Procession Through the
 Streets of London BIG RAIN SPOILS
 NIGHT OF REVELRY People Who Could Not Afford to See Coronation Procession Greet
 Majesties With Cheers of Welcome


 poured down constantly throughout the night, brought bitter disappointment to hordes of people who were bent upon fttingly celebrating after dark as a climax to the royal progress of King George and Queen Mary through the streets of London today.
 Hundreds of thousands of persons had planned to view the illuminations and all wheeled traffic was barred from the principal streets.
 The Examinations everywhere were turned on at dusk and sparkled their brightest In the rain, but only a frac- ton of the crowds expected turned out to witness the effective displa--. Those who braved the elements enjoyed the fine show of electric emUlems in Club land and along Picadily, where the mansions of John Hays Hammond, American special ambassador to the coronation; Lord Rothschild, the Duke of Wellington, and the Duke of Devon shire were a mass of glowing colors and on business houses down the strand to the heart of the city
 The feature of the day was the royal progress through seven miles of Lon don streets. over long route, through the poorer section south of the Thames. With the gaudy Indian troops, colonials and attachments of Great Britain's finest soldiers in line, the procession made a fine pageant.
 A great and constantly changing throng remained in front of Bucking- ham palace all afternoon. The King and Queen and the Prince of Wales several times appeared on the balcony and waved their hands and the enthusiasm of the people each time was expressed in great roar of cheering.
 There was a great dinner at the for eign office tonight where Sir Edward Gray, the foreign minister, entertained in state King George and members Of the royal family, and all the visiting royal personages and the special repre- sentatiVes to the coronation. N
 The Duke Of Argyle. Prince Henry of Batterberg, Princess Louise of Bat tenberg and Miss Campbell, a niece of the Duke of Argyle, were conspic- uous today in distinguished company of 125 persons who witnessed the royal progress from Stratton House, the res idence of John Hays Hammond.
 The royal party with Mir. and Mrs. Hammond occupied 9 window in the ball room and as King George and Queen Mary passed the monarchs recog- nized them and exchanged salutations. Luncheon was Served after the pro- cession had passed.
 American Guests
 Whitelaw Reid. the American am bassador, came into this and in addi- tion. there were present the staffs of the special and regular embassies, a dozen officers from the United States battleship Delaware. Miss Bacon and Robert Bacon, Jr., MTs. Andrew Car negie and Miss Carnegie, Lord Decies, Lord Fairfax, Consul General Griffiths and Mrs Griffiths, Sir John darlington, MT. and Mrs. Charles P. Taft, and Miss Taft, Mrs John Ward, w. L. A. B. Bur dette -Coutts, Ingram Blake, Mr. and Mrs. Lindon Bales, MT. and Mrs. Tenn pleton Crock, MT ana Mrs. William: Crocker, Albert Crockett, Lord Greville and Lady Greville, Lord Sandhurst and Mrs. Kinshan, Judge William F. Moore and Mrs. Moorc, Mrs. Frank Macley, Frederick Martin, MT. and Mrs. E. l.. Ryerson, MT. Robert Sands, MT. and Mrs. Payne Thompson, Mrs. Post Wheel CT and Mrs. H. H. Webb and Miss Webb. Lady Decies had not recovered from her recent indisposition.
 King George and Queen Mary today showed themselves to the masses as distinct from the more favored classes who were able to ob- tain access to the circumscribed area of yesterdays pageant.
 Todays procession was on an even grander scale than the coronation.
 The route was more extended, in cluding a circuit of some of the most populous districts of the capital and the crowds that looked on were cor respondingly greater. Then, too, their majesties were accompanied by larger escort.
 The scenes along the route were to a great extent a repetition of those Of yesterday with a much greater crowd of spectators. The procession began to form in the yard of Buckingham palace ana the aOJacenl SliNttS a' 1 NNiOSi> and two hours later 1t was under way.
 Between lines of cheering thousands. the royal party made stately the pro gress from Buckingham palace by way of Constitution hill, Piccadilly, Trafal- gar square, through the city over Lon don bridge, by borough road and Vest minister bridge, thus making a com plete circuit.
 The pageant included four full squad rons of covalry repl esenting all branches of that arm of the service. life guards, dragons and lanciers, each ac- companied by its own band and d sec tion of horse artillery.
 These were followed by all the mili- tary and naval aide de camp on duty, the war office staff. deputat!ons of for eign officers. the royal suite, the mem bers of the royal family and the for eign prices and the colonial Indian es- corts, who Immediately preceded the state carriage.
 In the royal equipage with the King and Queen rode Harold Marshal Kitch- ener and the bearer of the royal stand ard The royal escort brought up the rear.
 Everywhere the King and Queen re- ceived an enthusiastic welcome from the visitors of the hotels, from the business men of London proper. who had brought their wives and children out for this day, and again from their
 
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