New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-23


and thistles I'm the Ger re VI iii,
which was bordered and me" VIZ
ermine. Magnificent jewels oo"'p'e.ou
the glory If this regal costume WIN"
differed essentially from queen h'e"
andra's coronation dress h'"''
train. ,,,,o
Tall. handsome girls. dressed III VIZ
tissue wcro moro effective than pages 40
trainbearers. Nearly all were ua' r,,,...
brilliant compilations like hd"s
Butler and Lady Victoria Cnrr'''s 'o"'
and one, Lady Dorothy Bro""''
type of blond Irish beauty
The Kings retinue was SO ,s.,,
and magnificent that he was 100
Mating figure than he might nave oee"
# passed ont Of the annex and throus"
tho nave and choir while the cho'r Was
singing Sir Hubert Parry's opening a"-
hem. II Was Glad" with the "'''''''
stor schoolboys' WHAT'S reserved io' '"'
arproach of the King. IL was 'o"ee''
ouainter. prandor than King Edward
procession had been
Slowly 1t approached the 'e',' a.
theatre headed by herS-as, the Aooes
clergy officials OF the royal hous''''o'
bearers Of the regalia and s'ahda'o
bearers.
Four kniahts Of the Garter
The archbishops and bishops. splendid
" vested. were attended by chapiains'
and the traditional coronation Junction.
aries were followed by purse bearers anu
pages. Four knights Of the Garter III
blue nantes. were ready to carry the
Golden Pail. and the Kings-at-Arr1s'
Yeomen of the Guard and Gentlemen-at-
Arms revealed in costume and weapons
the giories Of chvalry and medi4Vaiisin'
So varied were the splendors of pa
geantry and color that the King himse'''
with his Parliament roOe bordered ana
lined with ermine and the train carried
by eight psges, was sacrificed to the
grandeur of his own retinue
When the King and Queen were IN
their chairs by the south wall there was
a spectacle of Incompatible stateliness
and beauty. Bishops and clergy were
around the altar. The Queens retinue
was on one side and the Kings sup
porters were on the other. The chief per
formers were in the centre, and from the
steps Of the theatre 10 the choir ana the
west door the nave was a long line or the
Kings retlnue. with medieval costumes
| banners and gold lace.
The Prime Minister was in his own
place. near the throne. He was mol
masouerading az Lord Prvy Seal, nor
was he inferior in state to the Earl Mar
shall and the Lord Chamberlain. chief
servants of the royal household, nor to
the Lord High Steward and High Con-
stable. with Offices revived for single
day as "reminiscences OF the stored past
He was not acting as mentor for the
sovereign, like Lord Melbourne behind
Queen Victoria in 1898. but was there in
simple uniform as Prime Minister, an
office previously unknown in the records
Of coronation stage management
Sincere Radicals ReeonciIed.
This was the innovation which recon
ciled sincere Radicals like Lord Lore
burn and Lord Morley to their grandiose
trappings AS Lord Chancellor and Lord
President Of the Council. Another de-
parture from precedent was the multi
plcation of the standards OF Wales, the
princpality having for the first time its
own banner. Five overseas dominions.
too were represented by former Vice
roys.
There were fantastic contrasts in stat
ure which would have been comical on
the burlesque stage Lord Loudoun, with
the spurs. was giant of six feet three
inches. and the Duke OF Beaufort. with
the curtana. was nearly as tall. Close