El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-21
Decorations of London for the
Coronation Extremely Brilliant
Rich and Poor Alike Guido
Themselves In Preparing
for Great Festival.
Tons Of Artificial and Real
Flowers, Many Arches
and Columns Used.

on their way from buckingham palace
to Westminster abbey. for the corona
ton tomorrow and the longer return
route, have been decorated on a scale
never before attempted in London
The Mall, to the new admiralty arch.
the outlet into Trafalgar square and
Whitehall, has been thanked by great
stands for officials and distinguished
guests. which shut out the beauty of
St James park and the gardens of
the residences opposite but behind
these stands on the one side, Clarence
house. the residence of the duke of
Connaught, St James palace, Marlbor-
ough house, and the houses forming
Carlton house terrace, have been most
deliberately decorated, forming a back
ing of brilliant colors
From the Admiralty arch to the alb
hey, the Westminster city council took
charge of the work and with the as
sistance of a committee OF artists, car
ried out a scheme worthy of that great
thcroughfare and IN harmony with the
magnificent architecture of the public
buildings and government offices,
which adorn the center of British Off
cialdom- The committee departed en-
tirely from the traditional idea Of
Venetian masts and festoons of paper
flowers. which are invariably brought
out on any public occasion in London,
and have adopted plan unique so far
as London IS cor oracG-
Columns sICu% the street.
Along either SIDE & the street have
been erected 81 columns of fibrous
plaster. which have been made to look
as permanent as the buildings behind
them These columns, connected with
garlands. bear gilt figures OF victory,
lions and griffins. At the Charing>
Cross end of Whitehall and again at
the Parliament square end there are
terminal columns 35 feet high sur
mounted by white lions supporting the
portculis. the coat of arms of the city
of Westminster. These lions bear
white rcsettes on the blue collars
and red rosettes on the gold collars
with black ermine marks on the body
and the gold portculis printed on the
side. They have been modelled from
the Westminster lions and are six feex
six inches high. The remaining col
umns, go in number. bear alternately,
a winged figure Of victory blowing a
trumpet, or griffin On each col
uznn bronze caplets carry the shields
of the kings and queens Of England
from William the C6nqueror to George
Y. The garlands, connecting them,
are composed Of oak and laurel leaves.
with punches of roses of York and
Lancaster.
Arches BY the Colonies.
The scheme has been further elab-
Grated by some Of the colonies erect
ing arches N the center of the road
way That OF the Province of Ontario
consists Of two pylons carrying huge
figures emblematic of the commerce of
the province. One shows a farmer
shearing a sheep, the other a figure
of prosperity with a cornucopIa- Four
Corinthian columns bear the arms of
Ontario on an ornamental shield.
New Zealand erected an arch Just
beyond that Of the Canadian province,
which shows the industries Of that
dominion
The buildings Immediately around
the entrance to the abbey have been
covered by stands. but these are gar
landed and festooned with bright
cloths, bunting and flowers
Trafalgar Square. through which the
procession passes on its return from
the abbey, is one mass of color. The
street decorations harmonic to some
extent with those in whitehall but
here as in Cockspur street. Pail Mall
St James street and Piccadilly, the
great steamship offices, hotels, clubs,
residences and business premises
have each carried out a subsidiary
scheme, which adds to the magnifi-
cence Of the whole.
Many Flowers.
Flowers, artificial and natural, enter
largely into the plans, st. James street
particularly being a bright bower Of
blooms and foliage. Up this short
street, where one of the best views OF
the procession is ohtainable because
of the rise in the roadway, slender
Ionic columns bear blue vases, filled
and overlooking with delieately tinted
roses. Garlands OF roses ertwine the
capitals. and between the columns
depend festoons Of natural laurel
leaves At either end of the street,
columns support figures Of victory.
At intervals along the thoroughfare,
baskets OF flowers with bows and
steamers, are suspended
Venetian masts carry the councils
decorations along Piccadilly, they
being connected and festooned with
flowers. The houses were embellished
according to the tastes Of the individ-
uaI owners. so here great variety is
shown. all. however, tending to make
the route OF the royal procession as
brilliant as human skill could make it
Decorations Are Many.
Even away from the route some
buildings have been decorated, but
these generally will be noticed In the
evening when London, and practically
all the cities OF the empire will be
illuminated. In every part and corner
of London bright lights will burn until
late, on the night Of the coronation.
and again the next evening. after The
royal progress through the city. II
the poorer as well as IN the weather
districts, elaborate preparations have
been made for the celebration OF the
kings coronation. The center of
London itself probably will be as bril-
liant with light as any spot in the
world The Bank Of England has been
practically covered with great devices,
which express loyalty and good wishes
to the soyereigns, and around the mas
sive pillars and over the roofs and
walls, strings OF electric light globes,
Of every color Of the rainbow, have
been strung.
The Royal Exchange and the Man
sion house, the two other world-famed
buildings which face the bank, have
been treated IN a. similar manner and
the occupieFs of the less stately but
almost as important financial institu-
tions in the immediate neighborhood
have carried the plan still further. so