Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-23

Mary. were crowned king and queen
in the historical old Westminster ABB
hey. The crown was placed upon the
kings head by the archbishop OF
Canterbury at 12:37 o'clock.
The ceremony Of the coronation and
the accompanying pageant In the
streets of London when their maies-
ties drove through the streets between
hundreds of thousands Of thir cheer
ing subjects was magnificent In their
details despite unfavorable conditions
cloudy skies and drlzzllng showers.
Despite the inclemcnt weather the
streets were alive with hundreds Of
thousands Of people, hundreds OF
whom had camped out through the
night to hold their points Of vantage
in the public stands when day dawned.
A striking incident took place Just
as the king and queen were leaving
buckingham Palace for the drive to
the historic abbey. As they stepped
into the royal carriage the sun sud
denly broke through the leaden skies,
falling upton the Furnished brass and
glass OF the ancient coach.
Again in Westminster Abbey little
later, when the king solemnly took
the oath to govern his people accord
ing to the laws Of the land and was
proclaimed "king by the grace Of God,
Of the United Kingdom OF Great
/ Britain and ireland and OF the British
/ domlnions beyond the seas, kind, de-
/ fender Of the faith, and Emperor Of
India" the sun again burst through
the gray clouds and fell through tho
highly stained windows Of Westmns-
ter Abbey, bathing the impressive
scenes with It's splendor.
The king and the queen were driven
from the palace to the scene of their
|crowning IN the ancient carriage Of
state, enclosed in heavy glass and
Igilded until the exterior shonc Ike
Igold In the Fash Of the sunlight II
was drawn by eight cream white
horses from the royal stables and vas
thanked by outridcrs The cscor, was
the royal lifo guards and riding near
by were Lord Kitchener. commander
in-chief Of the military forces of the
day, and Lord Roberts
John Hays Hammond. special en-
yoy from the United states, early In
.the morning drove from his official
residence IN Plccadilly to the palace,
accompanied by Lord Sandhurst Mrs.
Hammonds gown was Of princess
style. II ls composed Of famous Mos
COW brocade, IN peacock blue moir
antique. backed with gold. The color
gradually changes In shade until II
becomes the palcst OF silver
The royal prosecclon was divided
into two divisions In the FIRST were
the foreign royalty special cnyoys,
ambassadors Of foreign lands and
military escorts Life Guards escort
ed the procession and n military band
. played incossantly. The procession
arrived at the abbey az 9;55 o'clock.
In the first four were the cousins Of
the king and queen. In the nth
were the children Of the king and
queen. This division left the palace
at 10 o'clock and was escorted by
1.-THE horse guards,
The royal coach with It's escort fol-
lowed the second division Detach-
ments Of Foreign troops marched be-
fore them.
! The vast concourse of spectators
awaiting the coming Of the royal
party many Of whom had been
standing In the fog and rain for many
hours, had begun to get impatient
before the thunder of twenty-onc
guns from the Tower OF London and