Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-06-22
Regal Banquet in Buckingham
Palace Scene of Imperial
Grandeur.
SERVICE COST S15,OOO,OOO
Shakespeare Ball in Albert Hall
the Other Big Feature of
Second Day Of Corona.
ton Week.

London, June 20-The most regal ban.
quet palace OF King or Emperor ever
witnessed and a gorgeous Shakespeare
ban under tho auspices of noted society
leaders stand forth as features of the
second day Of coronation week. The ban
quet In buckingham Palace tonight was
scene Of imperial grandeur. so far az
the assembly of royal and eminent per
sonages, the setting Of costly magnin-
cence and beautiful decorations could
make It. The King and Queen enter
tanned the visiting and English royalties.
all the special foreign delegations. the for
eign ambassadors and minister's. the Of
fcers Of state and the household the
members Of the cabinet and former cab
met members. the heads of the church
and Judiciary and of the army and navy.
The two largest apartments N the pal
ace the bail room and The picture gal
lery which adloin, were utilized as a
banqueting hall. ON the tables was dis
played the royal gold plate used only
on historic occasions. the cost Of which
is estimated at sl5,rIOGo0. It weighs eight
tons. This plate for the most part was
collected in the reigns of the four Georges
cut glass worth a fortune. ivory de-
wines dating back more than a cen
fury were on the board
THOUSANDS OF DANCERS.
The Shakespeare ball was held in Al
bert hall. The dancers numbered thous-
ands ana 400 boxes were occupied by tho
representatives of foreign nations and
the most prominent British officials. As
many az 20 quadrilles vere danced
simultaneously, tho participants rep
resenting groups Of characters from
shakespeares plays. Leading actors an |
actresses took part in these quadrlIc5
along with the leaders of PIE smart set
The Duke and Duchess OF Connaught.
Prince Louis and Princess Victoria Of
B&ttenberg, Prince Alexander of Teck.
Prince Henry of Prussia and the princess.
the German Crown Prince Frederick i.
William and the crown princess and
the Turkish. Russian. Austrian, Jap
| anese, Greek. Danish and American rep
rcseEtatives wero present
These functions were only part Of tho
days events. In the morning the KIM
| received most Of the foreign envoys
formally. In the afternoon. with thu
Queen, he went through a rehearsal OF
gave 4 special audience to John Hays
Hammond, who presented to His Ma
iesty a letter from President Taft The
King also received the Chinese, japanese.
| Turkish and Persian ENJOYS. who nrc-
scented decorations from their soveroign-.
| The other important events Of the
day Included lunches to the Dominion
premiers and mayors, party by thu
Duke and Duchess of Devon.hire an
a review of the colonial troops by War
Secretary Haldane.
| ALMOST CARNIVAL SPIRIT
| This has been a perfect summer Gay
and the population is Transformed as
nearly to carnival spirit as English
men ever could he. Countless ,lectrI
globes illuminate the streets. whic.
from curb to curb are filled with hum
dreds of thousands of people II
James Park and the West End civ.
region were jammed tonight to sui
location.
As the outcome Of an appeal by tn.
Duke Of DevOnShire TO the gcntltue'
of England" to realize at this tar.
their responsibilities to the empire,
meeting was held tonight in Queen
hall. Patriotic speeches were made
and a message of loyalty was sent &
the King. Lord Lorehurn. lord hi-
chancellor, presided and Lord Cur1o,
Of I<edleston. the Earl of Selborn5
Baron Anpthill, Lord Chief Justic
Alverstone, the Earl of Shaftshuty
Earl Cadogan and the ArchI!shop O
York attended The Archbishop of can
terbury sent a letter in which he ~
horted all to strive for Christian csc
izenship.
ono OF the most Interesting feature
the coronation is a compact by tie Est.
ished and Free Churches for joint S,r'
ices in many cities This is the first t'H
that the two bodies have united on sac
q scale for any purpose.
ATTENTION PAID AMERICANS.
Much attention is beinC paid to the pt'
GERS and men of the American batticsM
Delaware, which is now anchored WI
the other foreign Warshps at Spithet'
Captain Charles y. Cove and the six ser
y, Tor officers of the Delaware will come
Iondon tomorrow rs the guests Of t'
admiralty to attend the coronation. Cal
tain Cove will have a place In the Abbc'
= while the other officers will have seats
the admiralty stand to view the proCe:
sion.
= Tho scheme of decoration Of Strltto
house which w. l.. Burdett-CouttS la
loaned to John Hays Hammond, the sp'
q cal ambassador OF the United states,
one OF the prettiest and most olahorat
: along the route Of the coronation procc,
( sion. The whole front OF the house