The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-06-29
BRITISH KING rs
CROWNED III COST
Of IMMENSE SUM

ed to the altar, and, uncovered, his
right hand upon the great Bible,
took the oath. Next came tho
amounting with oil. The King was
Givested of his crimson robes, and
four knights of the Garter held over
him a pail of cloth of gold, while
the choir chanted:
"Zadok, the Priest, and Nathan,
tho prophet, anointed Solomon
King; and all the people rejoiced and
said: God save the King. Long live
the King. May the King live for
ever. Amen. Hallalujah."
Taking the sacred ampulla and
! spoon from the altar, the Dean of
Westminster poured some of the
holy oil into the spoon, and the
Archbishop dipped his fingers in the
oil and anointed the King, in the
form OF a cross, on the crown of the
head. on the palms of the hands, and
Oh the breast.
Then the royal spurs we're brought
followed by the sword of state: and
tie King was invested with the i'm
perial robe of cloth of gold, and the
orb with the cross Vas delivered to
him. The ring was then placed on
the fourth finger of his right hand,
and the Duke of Newcastle put the
royal gloves on the Kings hands.
Followed in quick succession the de-
livery of the sceptre with the cross
and the sceptre with the dove.
a $IO.OOO,O 900 Crown.
Then came the crux of the cere-
mony when the Archbishop placed
upon the head of the King the I'M
perial crown, a mass of precious
stones worth at least $40, 900, 900.
The Cullinan diamond, the largest
in the world, and hundreds of other
stones, rubies, sapphircs, emeralds,
and pearls, dazzlcd the eyes of the
heholders when the crown was
brought to view.
After a prayer the guns at the
tower fired a royal salute, and all
London broke into wild cheers, while
the scenes of enthusiasm werc re-
peated, i'll a smaller scale throughout
the kingdom.
Following the browning of the
King all peers put on their coronets.
The King, seating himself upon his
throne, received the people" in ac-
ccrdance with the ancient custom.
Today, however, in order to shorten
he. ceremony, 1.-The people" were
represented by one peer for each of
the five orders of Great Britian's
nobility.
The browning of Queen Mary i'm
mediately followed that of the King.
With pomp and circumstance Her
Majesty were anointed. crowned and
given her ornaments. To the disgust
Of the suffragettes, the ceremony for
4 Queen is brief, and after it was
Mary, following ancient GUS
tom, Frustrated herself "reverently'
the King on his throne.
While all this ceremony was GO
ing on in the Abbey, London was en-
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
away to cheer the King and
Queen as they proceeded on the re-
turn journey to Buckingham Palace,
in the magnificent coach drawn by
eight milk white horses. Other
filled the 400 %hideously
ugly board stands built along the
and, parks, from which a
quarter of a million people witnessed
royal procession. Over a thou
stands, with a capacity of $780,
300, have been erected along the
route of tomorow's royal progress of
King and Queen through Lon
don.
Cost is 500 200, 900.
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 nobelman of
oldest lineage in England. He is
chief of the officers of arms or
leralds. He and his assistant fix the
rank and the position of everybody
at state ceremonies. The total cost
Of today's ceremony, and the addi-
tlonal pageants to come, is estimated !
at $4,000, 900, and this staggering
is exclusive of the tremendous !
spent by private persons. One
item, the employment of 10000
soldiers and sailors to line the streets !
and take part in the procession to
the Abbey will alone cost about
$a,O00,00O, including the TRANSPORT
of selected detachments from beyond
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