The Sentinel=record., 1911-06-24
MAGNIFICENT
 PAGEANT
SEVEN MILES LONDON STREETS COVERED BY THE
 PARADE.
Constantly Changing Throng Remain ed in Front of Buckingham Pal ace All Afternoon--Rain ln-
 terferes With Festivities.

London. June 23.-A heavy raiI which began at sunset and poured down constantly throughout the nigh brought bitter disappointment tC hordes of people who were bent upor fittingly ce ebrating after dark as { climax to the royal program of Kins George and the Queen through the streets of London today.
 The feature of the day was the royal program through seven miles oi London streets, over long route through the poorer sections south Of the Thames. WI. the gaudy Indian troops, colonials and detaehemnnts of Great Britain's finest sons in line, the procession made hne pageant.
 A great and constantly changing throng remained in front of Bucking- ham palace all afternoon. The king and queen and the Prince of Wales several times appeared on the bal
 
 cony and waved their hands and the enthusiasm of the people each time was expressed in great roar of cheering.
 There was a great dinner at the foreign office tonight where Sid Ed ward Grey, the foreign minister en- tertained in state King George and the members of the royal family and all the visiting royal personages and the special representatives of the coronation.
 The Duke of Argyle, Princess Henry of Battenberg. Princess Louise of Bas:enberg. and Miss Campbell, a niece of the Duke of Argyle, were conspicuous today in a distinguished company of 125 persons who witness ed the royal progress from Stratton house, the residence of John Hays Hammond, the doyal party with Mir. and Mrs. Hammond occupied a win dow in the ball room and as KinS George and Queen Mary passed tho monarchs recognized them and ex' changed salutations.
 King George and Queen Mary toda. showed themselves to the masses al distinct from the more favored class es who were able to obtain access t the circumscribed area of Thursday pageant.
 Today's procession was on an eve grander scale than that of the coro nation. The routine was more extend ed including circuit of some of tn most populous districts of the capit' and the crowds that looked on wei correspondingly greater.
 Then too their majesties were a' companied by a larger escort.
 The scenes along the route were great extent repetition of tho Thursday with a much greater crov of spectators present. The processt began to form in the yard Of Buc ingham palace and the adlace streets at 9 a. m. and two hou later 1t was unde" way.
 Between lines of cheering thou ands of the royal party made stat progress from Buckingham palace way on Constitution Hill. Piccadi Trafalgar square, through the c over London Bridge, by Borough rt and Westminster Bridge thus mak complete circuit.
 The pageant included four squadrons of cavalry representing branches of that arm of the serv life guards, dragoons, hussars 'aneers each accompanied by it's band and section of horse artille
 Those were followed by the ns and military aides de camp on Inc war office staff. deputations z. 'oreign officers. the royal suite,
 members of the royal family and
 ofelgn princes and the colonial
 van escorts, who immediately
 seaed the state carriage.
 ID the royal equipage with the
 sna queen rode Field Marshal K!
 sf and the bearer of the T
 'a'aard The real escort brough
 the rear.
 e'ywhere the king and queer
 s''ed an enthusiastic welcome
 W Visitors in the hotels from
 '''os Of Piccadllly. Trafalgar sq