Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-22
WHEN A KING is CROWNED.
Side Lights on the Most Elaborate Func
ton in All England's History Mil
lions of Dollars Spent in Fireworks and
Decorations-Every Detail Planned.

been spent upon fireworks, while probabiy
! more than half that amount has been
spent in the colonies upon pyrotechnic
displays for tonight. and upon subsequent
/ nights during the season.
Six Of the fairest Young women Of the
realm were selected to be Queen Mary $
| trainhearers today. They were: Lady
4 MARY Dawson. daughter of the countess
of Dartrey: Lady Mabel Ogilvy, daugh-
ter of the Countess of Airlie: Lady Vic
| torta Darlington, daughter of Countess
] Carrington; Lady Eileen Putler. daughter
of the Countess Of Lanesborough; Lady
| Eileen Knox. daughter of the Countess OF
RanfurIy; Lady Dorothy Browne. daugh-
| ter Of the Countess of Kenmare.
| This was a departure from the custom
/ which Queen Alexandra attempted to es-
tablish by having her train carried by
| eight small pages.
| The moving picture men were a feature
/ of the day. being everywhere actively
/ engaged in swapping pictures of the cor
onation scenes. to he hastily developed
and sent off to America by the fastest
| ship. Representatives of all the leading
/ film producers in the world purchased
space along the route of the procession
and had their machines set up. Each
/ camera operator was attended by an as
sistant who conveyed the undeveloped
| films by automobile to headquarters.
Il
Paris will reproduce the pictures of the
procession tonight.
! The pink carnation known as Lady
/ Hermione is the flower that was select
ed for the coronation bouquet which
lers' company. Lady Hermione is the
English or border variety and favorite
of the queen She named that as her
choice for the coronation bouquet.
Several hundred blooms were especial
" grown for this bouquet. 1t was of
| fered in very beautiful silver or silver
| gilt basket OF Jacobin design.
/ For two whole days-today and tomor-
row-central London is and will be in
the hands of the authorities. and orders
will not be set aside for the most i'm
portant personages in the realm Even
| King George would have difficulty in alb
! rogating an order issued by Supt. Froest
| of Scotland Yard. Central London is
| walled in by houses and strong gates.
| over which even the talest man could
| not get a glimpse of the pageantry be-
/ yond. This day established a precedent,
for il was the first time that, the police
| ever walled in procession In London.
Hitherto cavalry held the crowds in
| check
| Col. Sir Charles Frederick, master OF
the household, was made responsible for
| the reception of the many guests Of the
1 king and queen, and his task has been
one of great magnitude. large num-
| Der of houses and of suites of rooms in
hotels were engaged. as it was found
| impossible to accommodate all the rep
| resentatives of foreign governments in
| the royal palaces, but wherever they
are housed they are being entertained
| just as IL they were in Buckingham
| Palace.
Field Marshal Kitchener, who was in
charge of the military preparations, has
/ been busy for six months arranging the
| details. A number of temporary camps
for the troops We're established in Hyde
/ Park, Regents Park Kensington gar
1 dens. Hounslow. Hampton court, Alex
andra and Lambeth Palace grounds and
Battersea Park. The marines are being
accommodated at St. Georges barracks.
A field hospital with 300 cots was es-
tabAshed in case any of the men were
| overcome.
| Eight Boy Scouts represented the Do
minion city Of Toronto in the Canadian
| Boy Scouts coronation contingent. The
boys came from Canada and were fea
ture of the ceremonies today.