Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-06-19
ALL LONDON is
IN GALA ATTIRE
Streets Crowded With Visl-
tors for the Kings Coron-
alton on Thursday.
HOUSING THE ROYALTY
Of All the British Posses
si0ns ireland Alone Is Not
Represented in the Event.
HOUSING THE ROYALTY
Bv CHARLES P. STEWART.

BY CHARLES P. STEWART.
London Correspondent of United Press
London, June 19;-England is to-day
on the eve of the most spectacular
event in her history, the crowning on
Thursday of King George V. and Queen
Mary. Not that the crowning of the
royal pair is of any greater importance
than similar events in the past, but that
the king and Queen, both with love
for ceremonials, and England and the
world at large apparently clamorous
for such pageant, have combined to
make the function the most sumptuous
of its kind.
Arrangements are to-day completed,
after months of planning and execution
those in charge of the affair realize, al
though with nervous apprehension that
all has been done that can be done.
So much ado has been made over the
coronation that it is only natural that
the expectancy Of the people should not
be unmixed with misgivings.
To Impress Kings Subjects.
Primarily, the coronation day pageant
is intended to impress the kings sub
jects with the greatness of the insti-
tuition of royalty and to create that en-
thusiasm for it which, in spite of all
the royalists' efforts, is so inevitably
dying out. With the decline, however,
of its political influence it is certain
that never in the history Of such dis
plays has any been turned so effectively
TO commercial account as the present.
From all over the world tourists and
money have been pouring into England.
For weeks to come the tourists will
remain, and the sum the London mer-
chants and landlords will gather in from
them is incalculable.
In their greed the traders have in
fact, to some extent overreached them
selves. The throng of visitors in the
city is, to be sure, enormous, but there
is little doubt that it would have been
far greater had not so many people
been frightened into remaining away
by advance news of the remorseless-
ness with which they would be bled if
they came.
The commercialization of the corona
tion ceremony has had still another eff
feet. Never a beautiful though a pic
turesgue city, London has been render
ed positively hideous by the enormous
rawboard grandstands which fill its
streets and public places and hide its
,,=ast buildings. The whole front of
"estmiuister Abeby for eample, is TO-
gay concealed behind one of these very
Ir1ghtru1 piles uIHgs. a JerIIre
outcry was raised among Londoners
themselves against the folly of endan-
gering the historic structure in this
manner, for in the event of fire, moth
ing could save it from destruction. To
all such complaints, however, the Dean
and Chapter, mindful of the fortune
they will reap from the sale Of seats
replied that an efficient guard is being
maintained and that, in any event, the
Abbey is insured for $250,000.
Great Stands Erected.
The handsome expanse of Parliament
Square and even the beautiful gardens
surrounding the Victoria memorial in
front of Buckingham Palace have like
wise disappeared beneath the monstrous
creations of the builders and carpen-
ters.
Humble citizens who wish to avoid
waiting for hours in the coronation day
crowds will be permitted to occupy
seats at the top of these mountains of
woodwork-not too near the procession
al route at the rate of $500 each. This
Is positively the best that it is posi-
BILE to do on Coronation Day, though
for the succeeding days pageant seats
can be obtained as low as $500 apiece.
For the better seats, coronation day
prices range from $500 indefinitely
upwards. The record is probably ST.
S75 for a houseful of windows in Pie
cadilly for coronation day alone. In St
James street -clubland-there have
hnn fort nj 10 144 IL
members are monopolizing them all.
Street 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 of
crowns or of the royal monogram are
profusely displayed. In addition to
the common run of illuminations
searchlights are to be used, probably
very effectively on the nights of June
% and %. The art of electrical dis
play, it may be remarked however, is
decades behind the United States in
every country in Europe.
Concerning the safety of visiting roy
slties, 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 anarchist, socialist and revolu-
tionary clubs in the city have been
raked with fne-tooth comb and ev-
cry foreign or home-bred suspect has
been rounded up and accounted for.
The majority have simply been warned
and left to roam about under the eyes
of almost countless special detectives,
but few of the more dangerous have
been quietly railroaded out of the coun-
try or locked up for coronation week.
The ceremonies over these latter will
be released with apologies.
Providing for Royalties.
The royalties, in whose welfare the