Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-06-22

pied by the elegantly upholstere
chairs of the peers and peeresssei
Back of these were immense ascend
ing tiers filed with the members G
the house of commons and their ladies
At each angle Of the transept wer
smaller stands for the accommodation
Of the foerign and colonial representa-
tives and other high personages
There sat the heirs to most of tht
thrones of Europe, prince and princess
Of the German empire; Prince Henry
the emperor's brother and his prin
cess; the Duke of Aosta. Yussaf
Izzed Din, the heir to the Turkish
thone; Prince Fushimi of Japan, with
the heroes of the Russian war, Ad-
miral Togo and General Nogi, in full
uniform, with much gold lace and rows
of decorations on their breasts; the
American official contingent, includ-
ing Ambassador Extraordinary John
Hays Hammond, with his aides, Ed
miral Vreeland and General Greeley
Ambassador Reid with his staff, al
most the only officials wearing plain
clothes and the Chinese Prince, Tsai
Chen, robed in gorgeous embroidered
silks. There too, was Manuel, deposed
king of Portugal.
Above the chorus stalls were arrang-
ed tier after tier of boxes displaying
the embroidered arms of the three king
doms. Above the chorus stalls were
other tiers of seats and altogether
nearly seven thousand people were
congregated as closely together as
they could be packed Among them
the only unofficial Americans were
Charles P. Taft, the presidents broth
er with Mrs, Taft and Miss Taft: J.
Pierpont Morgan and eight newspaper
correspondents. Mrs. Taft wore a
white satin gown, embroidered in bril-
liants and her jewels were pearls and
diamonds. Miss Taft's gown was
white tulle embroidered in pink, with T
crystal beads. She wore a pearl neck
lace.
Above the choir screen was an or
,hestral platform where there was an
of eighty musicians and sew
'ral hundred male singers, selected
rom the principal choirs of the king
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The whole complicated arrange
nents for seating from 1000 to 5000
,ersons were carried out smoothly and
With the best of order.
The arrival of the foreign guests at
racted constant attention. When j :
oierpont Morgan entered, many whis- ,
,ered his name as he shook hands
With several ladies in the diplomatic
,ircle, before proceeding to his seat,
lie was accorded decidedly warm
reception, as were Mr.. and Mrs Taft
Ind Miss Taft. The Americans occu-
oied prominent places in the second
'ow of the diplomatic gallery, Mr..
Morgan wore a court uniform of black
1elvet, knee breeches and silver but
ons and sword. Mr.. Taft had the
same costume, except that he wore
white vest. Ambassador and Mrs.
Reid had excellent seats on the floor
If the Abbey close by the throne. Mr..
Reid, who was readily recognized and
greeted, was in evening dress
md wore a number of medals of pa
.riotic societies. William Phillips, sec
'etary of the American embassy, was
N plain evening clothes.
These arrivals occupied attention
until the coming of the members of
he English royal family The official
guests making the first procession had
been seated when at 1920 o'clock the
royal procession entered. The Prince
Of Wales, boyish figure, was the cyno-
sure of all eyes and the cheering of
the crowds outside as he entered the
Abbey could be heard. Within it's
walls merrily ringing bells sent an
echo to the roof. There was a pretty
incident as the junior members of the
British royal family entered. They
we're saluted with blast of trumpets
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