The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-19
King Of England
About TO be Crowned

pageant seats can be obtained for as
low as IS a piece. For the better
seats coronation day prices range
from S25 indefinitely upwards. The
record Is probably $7,875 for house,
hold OF windows In Picadilly for cor.
onation day alone. In ST. James
street-club land-there have been
few places to let because club mem
hers are monopolizing them all.
The Decorations,
Street decorations are everywhere.
even in small, mean thoroughfares
miles from the routes of any of the
professions. Electric globes. colored
lanterns and enormous designs for
crowns OF the royal monogram are
profusely displayed. In addition to the
common run of illuminadons, search
lights are to be used, probably very
effectively on the nights of June %
and 23. The art of electrical display,
I it may be remarked, however. is de-
cades behind the United States In
every country in Europe.
Concerning the safety of visiting
royalties the authorities are doing a
lot of worrying With more than 200
of them in London the secret agents
are finding themselves fairly run to
death
/ The anarchists, socialists and revo-
| lntionary clubs In the city have been
/ raked with a fine tooth comb and
every foreign suspect has been round
! ed up and accounted for The major
/ ity have simply been warned and left
to roam about under the eyes of al
most countless special detectives, but
a few of the more dangerous have
been quietly railroaded out of the
country or locked up for coronation
week. The ceremonies over, these lat
! ter will be releasd with apologies.
The royalties in whose welfare the
secret service is taking SO deep an in-
terest have in the meantime driven
the officials of the royal court nearly
] distracted by the enormous demands
! they have been making in the way of
lodging and attendance. Including
both the visiting royalties and special
iSIiGoGItdllNSs WHY ittAh dS tiS
J. kings personal guests. there are up,
. wards of 500 persons each of whom
must be provided, if court etiquette is
TO be strictly observed, with apart
ments, an officer OF the royal house.
hold as an attendant, royal carriage,
4 a servant, and If he is particularly
4 important, q sentry outside his door.
All the Kings Horses.
! Naturally even King Georges house
4 hold and stables have been pretty
severely taxed to meet the present oc-
casion. Horses, carriages and ser
J wants have been brought into London
from all the royal residences through
out England ana even at that extra
ones have had to be hired. For the
royal guests benefit magnificent town
houses have also been placed at his
majesty's disposal by a number OF
noblemen and important officials in
Guiding the Earl of Lonsdale, Lord
} Iveagh Lord Howard De Walden aud
Lady Naylor-Leyland daughter of
William S. Chamberlain, of Cleveland.
Ohio.
Alone among the various countries.
| colonies, protectorates, spheres Of in
fiuence and dependencies included IN
the British empire, Ireland will be un-
represented officially at the corona
| ton. There are of course, Irish
peers, troops, police and individual
visitors on hand in large numbers but
not soul in behalf of the Irish peo-
pie
; The Nationalist members of parlia-
J ment have always refused to par
ticipate in any of England's important
Official shows. They were unrepre-
sented at the Queen Victoria jubilee
the diamond jubilee, and at the cor
onation and funeral of King Edward.
On the present occasion it was agreed
that inasmuch as Ireland seems TO De
| on the eve of home rule, clrcum-
: stances have changed considerably.
1t was also agreed, however, that IN
asmuch as the people of the emerald
isle are still deprived Of their consti-
tutional rights, they would not even
vet be justified in taking any part IN
the coronation ceremonies.