The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-06
ROYALTY AT THE FORE
Europe's Interest Centering On The
Coronation---The Question Of Crom-
wells Head---Small Men
And Great Brains

LONDON, April 22.-Not for sew
eral years has there been so great an
exodus for Eastertide as London has
seen this week. There are several
contributary causes, chief among them
being the welcome change in the
weather, which, till the middle of the
week, had been more suggestive of
Arctic winters than of the poets
balmy spring. Now, happily, the sun
is shining brightly and the skies are
blue. Women have dotted their furs
and men their overcoats, and even the
British Meteorological Office, which
adds to official conservatism the eau
ton born of sad experience, with a
variable climate, ventures to predict
seasonable conditions for the Easter
holiday season.
Parliament rose on Wednesday
night for the shortest Easter recess on
record. The members will meet again
on Tuesday next, after a respite of
only two and one-half parliamentary
days. Probably not one in ten electors
could say offhand what stage the
Lords veto bill has reached, for in adj
dition to the fact that the public gen
orally is taking remarkably slight in.
terest in the parliamentary proceed.
ings, the imbroglio is complicated by
the curious procedure which, on Tues
day, saw Premier Asquith and Mr.. Bal
four settling between them in private
discussion the difficult question of de.
filming a money bill.
Foes Confer on Lords Bill.
Thus the Unionists, who have been
proclaiming the veto measure revolu-
tionary and that it was to be fought
tooth and nail, witnessed their leader
doing his best to assist the head of
the opposition exactly to define the
sentiment of the House upon one of
the main component parts of that en-,
actment.
The city is even more deserted than
the West End. The big business
houses began the process of clearing
up ready for boiling Office and shop
doors as early as Wednesday. That
day the court removed to Windsor,
and Premier Asquith and Chancellor
Lloyd-George left town, while the
gates of the Royal Courts of Justice
closed.
BY many the rush from London is
looked upon as a necessary if agree.
able preliminary to what is expected
10 prove the busiest season London
has known for many years. 1t will
certainly start much earlier than US
ual, indeed, it may be said to COM
mence on Wednesday next with the
wedding of Lord Linlithgow and Miss
Doreen Miller, which will be celebrat-
ed in st. Margarets, Westminster, in
the presence of a large and fashion
able congregation. In some respects
this wedding is the most important
that London is likely to see this year,
and many persons are cutting short
their Easter holidays in order to at.
tend.
There will be a large number of
other fashionable weddings, in fact,
one almost every day until the end Of
April, while the month of May, of
course, will have the usual large crop.
Opera at Covent Garden will begin
April %, and the Royal Academy will
open on May 1. By May the dancing
season will be in full swing. Practi-
cally every weekday night in the
month will have one if not more
dances, The more important are those
to be given by Lady Darnley, Lady
Portarlington, Lady Brassey, Lady
narrowly Evelyn, Lady Abingdon,
Lady Derby, Lady Waivers Harriet,
Lady Cooper and Lady, Butte.
Two great fancy dress balls also
will take place in May. One is to be
given by the Society of Painters in
Water Colors, and the other is one or
gained for May 1S in aid of the
Prince Francis of Teck Memorial
Fund for the Middlesex Hospital.
King Georges First Court.
The first court of the present reign
is to take place Immediately after
the court goes out of mourning for
the late King Edward, and will be
held by their Majesties at Bucking-
ham Palace on May 8.
The second court will take place on
the following night, and the third and
fourth are fixed for Wednesday, May
"a, and Thursday, May 25. The King
will hold a levee at St. James Pal
ace on May 20.
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