The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-22

present
 Prince Renders Homage.
 Then came perhaps the most touch l ing and human part of the ceremony 1.-the Prince of Wales stepped for
 ward to do donage for the royal
 family. Removing his coronet, the
 boy knelt before his father, while all the other English royalties knelr in their places, as the clergy had done.
 land repeated: 'I, Edward, Prince of Wales, do become your Hegeman of life and limb, and of earthly worship | and faith, and truth I will bear unto
 you to live and die against ali man.
 ner of folks. So help me God" And
 rising, with flushed face, the Prince
 kissed His Majesty, who pressed his
 hand warmly.
 All the other royalties, who had of q
 course substituted their own names in
 repeating the oath with the Prince.
 then advanced to kiss the monarch. and to touch his crown in token of their readiness to support the throne. | The royalties having resumed their 1 seats, the peers next took the oath
 dukes first, marquises second earis
 third, viscounts fourth and barons
 last, the senior of each order. from the date of the peerages creation.
 kneeiing on the steps of the throne and touching the crown at the con ! clusion of the ceremony. The Duke
 of Norfolk took the oath for the | dukes, the Marquis of Winchester 1 1Oi Iut LldTQuI5eS, the EdTl or SnTeW- | bury for the earis, Viscount German !, ston for the viscounts and Lord Kin
 sale, whose title dates back to 1172, | for the barons.
 1 This ended the homage. and the | trumpets pealed once more the
 drums rolled and the great assem- | blaze shouted: God save King
 George! Long live King Georgei
 May the King live foreverw All this time the Queen had remain | fha al
 mony of her coronation, which fol-
 lowed, was much shorter and simpler than the Kings.
 | Her Majesty knelt on faldstooi between the altar and St. Edwards | chair and was annointed while four
 duchesses held the canopy over her. | Then the Archbishop of Canterbury placed the royal ring upon her finz- l CT, lifted the queens crown from the altar and placed it on her head as he | had placed the kings crown upon the l Kings. And all the princesses and peeresses put on their corOnets and
 the congregation shouted: God save the Queen.''
 Mary Is Enthroned
 Having received the scepter in her right hand and the 'Ivory rod sur mounted by the dove'' in her left. Her Majesty then went to her throne. sup ported by her bishops and ladies-in- waiting and bowing deeply to the King as she approached him.
 This practically concluded the cere- mony, but the communion service having been resumed Their Majestfes discarded their crowns and scepters for time and knelt at the steps If the altar, where the King offered bread and wine and made his oblation consisting of a rich altar cloth and a gold ingot weighing a pound. At the same time the Queen offered her ob- lation of an altar cloth and "a marks weight of gold.
 After prayers, the Archbishop of Canterbury administered the bread and the Dean of Westminster the wine and the King and Queen. resun- ing their crowns and scepters, return ed to their thrones. to the triumphant strains of Sir Charles StanfOrd's "Te Deum' and the "Gloria in Excslsis."
 A few moments later Their Majesties prepared to take their departure, and passing on either side of the altar re- tired to St. Edwards chapel, where they divested themselves of such robes and insigna as they did not need for the return to Bucking gham Palace They retained their crowns and scepters. however. and the full state procession having been reformed, made their way from the Abbey to commence their triumphal journey back to the palace.