The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-22
; THE ROYAL CHILDREN AND THE CORONATION CH
KING GEORGE,

any, a long column of surpliced chor' isters took up their positions and tht service commenced with triumpha march by an orchestra and choir ot 800, under Sir Frederick Bridges di rection
 At 10 o'clock the full pomp of tht ecclesiastical procession was formed for the purpose of carrying the re galia to the vestibule to await Their Majesties arrival. To the strains o1 70 God our help in ages past the march down the aisles began and as the clergy, led by the Bishop of Lon don in flaming scarlet disappeared through the western doors, the way was prepared for the royal proces Sion'S entry.
 The thunder of drums outside an nounced the principal actors arrival shortly before II.
 First came the foreign princes and princesses in wonderful robes in which the royal purple predominated their long court trains borne by pages and their coronets carried on silken cushions before them.
 The Duke of .Connaught, brother of the late King Edward and uncle of the present monarch. in the full uni form of field marshal under his royal robes. took his seat as a royal duke in front of the benches reserved
  At King Edwards coronation the seats of the royal dukes had three occupants. the Dukes of Cambridge, Connaught and, Cornwall and York. Today Connaught was left in solitary splendor. His uncle, the Duke of Cambridge, is dead The Duke of Cornwall and York has risen to the throne, as King George V. And the Prince of Wales. though now the wear CT of his fathers former titles, is not yet of age and cannot take his seat among the peers.
 The Duchess ofs Connaught. Prince Arthur and Princess Patricia took their seats in one of the royal boxes.
 Entrance of Royalties
 Then trumpeters and a few heralds, blazing in crimson and gold, announc- ed the arrival of the royal children, the Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, George and Henry and the Prin- cess Mary. The eldest two boys wore their blue. cadet uniforms, the others court dress. All took seats beside but slightly lower and in the rear of the thrones.
 outside and the crash of the guards band as it broke into the national an- them proclaimed that the King and Queen were alighting from their coach at the Abbey entrance.
 The orchestra struck up the hymn "1 was glad' and at the same instant there marched down the aisle the two, followed by the canons of the Ab- bey in their darker copes of crimson worked with gold. with the dean bringing up the rear.
 As the clergy disappeared behind the choir screen the heralds, pursuit wants and officials of the three great chivalric orders of the Garter, St. Pat rick and the Thistle made their ap- pearance, fairly shimerfng in their Plantagenet tabards of cloth of gold emblazoned with the royal arms.
 Behind them, carried by The O'Con- nor Don, Hereditary Standard Bearer, Henry Scrymgeour Wedderburn and Hereditary Kings Champion Frank $. Dymoke respectively, came the ban- ners of the three kingdoms-the blue and gold of Ireland, the red lion of the Scotch and the ancient leopard standard" of England.
 Next marched the Duke of Yelling ton. alone, bearing aloft the Union Jack. Two small pages supported His Grace's train and a third staggered under the weight of his coronet, on a cushion in front of him.
 Following came the royal standard, borne by the Marquis of Lansdowne. the red dragon banner of Wales. up- held by Lord Mostyn, the standard of India, carried by Former Viceroy Lord Cursor, the standard of Canada in the hands of Former Governor General The Earl of Aberdeen, the standard of Australia held aloft by Former Gov ernor General Lord Northcote. and the standards of New Zealand and Africa. carried respectively by Lord Plunket and The Earl of Selborne. The appearances of the Colonial banners was a new feature in English corona tibn processions.
 Tn line behind the Duke was Keep CT of the Crown Jewels Sir Robert C. Low bearing a velvet cushion with the two ruby rings and a sword. At his heels were the four knights of the Garter chosen to hold the golden can opy above the Kings head during the Each was clad in the white satin dress of his order. with his garter on his knee and ruby vel vet mantle about his shoulders.
 Ministry in Line
 Premier H. H. Asquith, in his sim ministers uniform of blue = -A---