The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-22


der way. and it arrived at the abbey
at o:66. This division made up of
the foreign ENJOYS was given Z recep-
ton second only to that accorded their
Hays Hammond, the American repre-
sentative, who rode In the seventh
carriage. was extremely cordial and
the Yankee envoy was kept busy smil-
Ing and bowling his acknowledgements
Women Faint I'm Crowd.
Az the procession started the lines
OF police and guardsmen forced back
the already dense crowds. crushing
people against the buildings at the
most c~ngested points. The result was
an epidemic Of Paintings. which oc-
casioned the ambulance corps the
greatest difficulty. owing to the trou-
BILE In reaching the victims and get
ting them out OF the crowd. A num-
Der of women were lifted bodily and
passed along oven the heads of the
throng.
The second section started at 10
o'clock and the third. in which their
majesties rode. at 1923. small
army of detectives. ostensibiy mere
spectators, kept pace with the royal
carriage, signalling to other detectives
in the stands. who in turn phoned to
Scotland Yard the progress of the
royal carriage and all the surround
ing conditions. In this way Scotland
Yard was kept in touch with the
King and Queen from the palace to
the abbey.
The sky was slightly overcast and
occasional sprinkles tended to mar
the brilliancy of the occasion.
Princes and Paupers.
One Of the most remarkable feat
ures of the day was the striking con-
trast between the fashionable crowds
In the expensive reviewing stands and
the untold wealth represented in the
procession and the poverty of the
masses on the sidewalks and the ac-
tual beggars who hung on the fringe
of the crowds.
Despite the fact that most of those
who crowded the sidewalks were
dressed in their best clothes. their
poverty was all too apparent. The
contrast would have been painfully
acute had not the police early in the
day driven the army of beggars from
the vicinity of the professional route.
The human wrecks, however. press
ed forward whenever the police re-
taxed their vigilance Thousands Of
those on the reviewing stands brought
their lunches and the beggars scram-
BLEED for the scraps that were thrown
away. Some of those in the stands
seemed 10 find great amusement in
watching the scramble for scraps OF
foods. and in watching the beggars
tear the clothes off one another in
scrambles for pennies
Violent Cutlery Against Waste.
DiItnrV lS.rh 0od
against the wasting of s25o,ooo worth
OF fuel in the $500 beacon fires that
are to blaze tonight on as many hills
throughout the empire in celebration
OF the coronation. The Socialist lead
ers have pointed to the fact that
countless thousands will suffer for
lack of fuel next winter and that to-
nights wastefulness Is an actual
crime.
The Labor Leader. one of the or
gans Of the lahoring class. declared
to-day Were the monarch the saw
Tor OF the people. the tribute OF rev
erence could hardly be more pro-
nounced Yet there has been a de-
crease In the real reverence felt for
the king. One glance beneath the
bunting shows that the manifesto ton,
80 far az the rank and file is concern
ed, IL devoid OF royalist significance"
In Westminster Abbey.
when II came time to place the
crown on the kings head. the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury. who, It was
feared for d time. would be overcome
and unable to perform this service.
showed less perturbation than the
King.
The archhishop's hands trefn bled
yisibly but otherwise ne seemed COM
posed. George WAS highly nervous
and perspired freely. He was seen
frequently to wipe the moisture from
his forehead and his nervousness was
so manifest that the scepter srembled
yis'bly In his hands.
The Prince OF Wales wore the robes
Of the Order of the Garter instead
of his cadet uniform. Lord Dash
ley carried hts train and Lord Revel-
stoke his coronet. The younger princes
wore Highland costumes.
John Hays Hammond had posi-
ton near the end of the line In the
abbey. but was ahead Of Prince Henry
Of Prussie, brother of the kaiser. as
the latter attended In his private
capacity.
Lord Kitchener Stumbies.
In the march up the aisle General
Lord Kitchener stumbled over the
and almost fell to the floor. His en-
barrassmens was painfully In EVIL
dence. ~ II was the only untoward In
cident of the whole ceremony.
Queen Mary withsiood the crown
ing ordeal much better than the king.
Her appearance was wholly in keep
ing with the exalted station to which
she was raised. looking far more
the part than her royal spouse.
The procession back to the palace
began at a:0s. Az their majesties
emerged from the abbey. the greatest
demonstration OF the day occurred
Cheers greeted the royal pair and. rid
OF the coronation depression. their
majeHties smiled and nodded their
Acknowledgement with more en-
thusie<m than they had ever been
known to show before. The return
trip evoked much more enthusiasm
than the journey to the abbey.
The royal pair reached the palace
at 1851 o'clock.
Almost Cause Riot.
A number OF incidents that looked
for while as though they would
result seriously marked the parades
to and from the abbey. The worst
occurred at Trafalgar Square. where
the police nearly precipitated a riot
when they attempted to clear q road
way for the procession. Many OF tho
spectators whom the police drove
back had been In their positions for
hours. and they stoutiy resisted dis
Judgement.
The police Tine was momentariiy