El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-24

Usher hall and afterwards pay a visit
to the Royal infirmary. Their majes-
ties hold a court in the evening.
July 2o-In the morning the king
presents eolors to the Royal Scots in
the kings park and inspeets the vet
erars, the boys brigade. the Church
lads brigade, a detachment of boys
from Queen Victoria school. Dun
blame, and the boy scouts. y visit will
be paid to Linlithgow castle in the
afternoon
July 21-Their majesties leave Edin-
burgh.
Gala Performance In Theater.
The gala performance at his majes-
ty's theater on Tuesday, June 81, is TO
one Of the most brilliant functions
connected with coronation.
prologue written for the occasion
by Owen Seaman is TO open the pre-
ceedings. and this will be followed by
scenes from Money The Merry
Wives of Windsor" The School for
Scandal Julius Caesar" and This
Critic Ben Johnsons masque, "The
Vision of Delight" will then be given
and the performance is to conclude
with the singing of the national an
them.
The official program is as follows:
Prologue. spoken by Forbes Robert
SON
Scene from the merry Wives of
Windsor" in which Mrs. Kendall. Miss
Ellen Terry and Mrs. Charles Calvert
will appear
The second act of David Garrick,"
with Sir Charles Wyndham, Edward
Terry. Weldon Grossmith and Miss
Moore
The Forum scene from Julius
Cesar" the actors including Sir Her
bert Beerbohm Tree and E. S. Willard.
The Critic" including George Alex
ander, Arthur Bourchier. Cyril Maude.
Charles Hawtrey, Oscar Ascfe, Gerald
du Maurier. Laurence Irving. Lady
Tree, Winifred Emery. Marie Tempest.
Gertie Millar, Lily Elsie and Violet
Vanbrugh.
The Vision of Delight" in which
will be seen Mrs. Langtry. Mrs Patrick
Campbell. Lena Ashwelf. Ellis Jeffreys
Evelyn Willard, Gertrude Kingston.
Marie Loehr. Eva Moore. Lillian
Braithwaite, Evelyn D'Airoy. Lillian
Mccarthy. Mabel Hackney and Con-
stance Collier A large number of
other actresses and singers Will COM
pose the choruses.
The National Anthem" will be sung
by Miss Clara Butt
The king. and queen will be received
on their arrival at the theater by Sir
Herbert Tree and Sir John Hare, the
latter of whom will remain at their
majesties' disposal throughout the
evening, as representative of the
executive committee. which comprises
the following well known members OF
the dramatic professionals Charles
Wyndham, chairman; Sir John Hare.
George Alexander. Cyril Maude, Charles
Hawtrey, H B. Irving, Herbert Trench,
Herbert Tree and Arthur Boucher, or
ganizing secretary.
The entire grand tier of the house
has been rearranged so as to form the
royal box, in which the king and queen
and their principal guests are to be
seated while two other large boxes and
$50 stalls have also been engaged by
the court officials.
Decorations OF Real Fruit.
The design for the decoration of the
interior of the theater is a novel one
and consists almost wholly of real
fruit of the most vivid co1ors sur
rounded by its own leaves. For the
royal boxes and the vestibule in which
thes, majesties will hold a reception
of their guests, however, great masses
of crimson rambler roses. hydrangeas
and lilies viii be utilized. and these
will be toned down gradually to har-
homie witk the rest of the scheme. /
are to be draped with imperial purple
curtains. interlaced with fruit gar
lands bound with golden ribbons.
Small growing trees will be placed all
over the balcony, IN the center of
which a fountain of water will play. |
The general auditorium will be
adorned with a design in pink. white |
and crimson, with festoons of fruit and
garlands in green and gold. relieved |
by crimson banners with the royal |
arms placed below the seats of the /
king and queen. In the stalls and I,
dress circle the public will be required I
to wear court dress or uniform and in
other parts of the theater evening
dress.
There has been an enormous demand |
for seats and some very high pre- I
miums have been paid. The prices
of those places open to the public /
were fixed by the management as fol- /
lows; private boxes, from s2e2-50 up |
to 1925: orchestra stalls sos: dress