The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-21
LONDON AWAITING
GREAT SPECTACLE
London Thursday to Be
Thronged to See the King
and Queen Crowned.
National News Association)

King George and Queen Mary is the
one topic uppermost I'm the minds OF
the people of London today For while
the brilliant ceremony will be one OF
worldwide interest, It Is in London
that the great and glorious scenes as
ISOLATED with the event will be carried
on.
London tomorrow will be the scene
of such magnificent pageantry and rep
Tesentation Of power and might as Will
eclipse the glories OF the jubilee cele-
bration OF 1887 and 1897 and the coro-
nation OF Edward VII, in 1902, and
will provide for all who have the privi-
'lege of seeing It. a vision OF splendor
unequaled In recent times. King and
courtier. military and civil officials,
lord. mayor and citizens, have all. in
their respective spheres. concentrated
their efforts In the welding together
of the multifarious parts in a page
ant which will lack nothing in its
wealth of color and brilliancy.
Coronation Professions.
With that willingness which has
ever characterized the King and Queen
20 study, as far as possible, the wishes
OF their loyal subjects, arrangements
have been made for two royal process
sions through the streets of metro
polls. The first will take place TO-
morrow when their Majesties 60 from
Buckingham Palace to West Minister
Abbey to be crowned, and the second
on Friday when they proceed from
the palace to the city proper, where
they will be received by the lord may
or and corporation In state. This Will
mean n drive through the center OF
London, and then, in order that all
classes may have an opportunity Of
taking part in the celebrations. their
Majestics will cross London Bridge
and return on the south side of the
Thames, passing through some of the
meaner streets Of the metropolis. To
nine.tenths OF the people Of London
seeing the coronation will mean merely
seeing the great procession on Friday.
To Abbey and Return.
For the coronation ceremony tomor.
row the King and Queen will 60 to
Westminster Abbey by the shortest
route from Buckingham Palace.
through the Mall. the archway and
courtyard OF the Horse Guards, White
Nall. Parliament street and Parliament
Square. Returning after the ceremony.
which will last about two hours, a
longer route will be taken, by way OF
Charing Cross. Cockspur street. Pail
Mall. st. James street, Picadilly, Hyde
Park Corner. and Constitution Hill.
But few persons. in comparison with
the enormous crowds now In London,
will be able to get good view OF to-
morrow's professions. The most OF
the great stands that have been erect
ed have been placed on the route OF
Fridays procession. which Is expected
10 afford n more elaborate spectacle
than that Of tomorrow. Patient folks,
who rise early, may secure standing
room along the street curbs. but they
will have to stand on tiptoe to see over
the bearskin hats Of the Foot Guards.
tall fellows. all OF them. even II they
endure the hours Of tedious waiting
and have the luck to retain their
places.
Many Royal Visitors.
The coronation has attracted to Lon
don more royal visitors than has ever
been seen here mt one time before. In
the state rooms Of st. James's Palace
tonight the Duke of Connaught gives a
dinner in their honor. One OF the
most distinguished of the foreign dele
cations IL that from Japan, which in
cludes Prince Fushimi. Admiral Togo
and General Nogi. Prince Henry OF
Prussia. and his wife. who represent
the German Emperor and Empress, are
doubly related to the King. through
Prince Henry's mother Empress Fred
erick. and Princess Henry's mother,
Princess Alice. The Crown Prince and
Princess Of Roumania are well known
In England. The Crown Princess is
King Georges first cousin and spent
her childhood In England. She will
be perhaps the handsomest of the for
eign Processes attending the cere-
mony.
Duchess . Beauty.
The Duchess Of Aosta, wife of the
heir presumptive to the throne of
Italy. will be the Crown Princess Of
Roumania's chief royal rival in the
matter of good looks. She was mar
ried. when Helene d'Orleans, to the
Duke of Aosta, at Kingston on the