The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-22
May the King live forever. Amen.
Hallelujah."


Hallelujah."
Taking the sacred ampulla and
spoon from the altar, the Dean of
Westminster poured some of the holy
oil into the spoon, and the Archbishop
dipped his fingers in the oil and anoin-
ted the King, in the form of cross,
on the crown of the head, on the
palms of the hands, and on the breast.
Then the royal spurs were brought,
followed by the sword of state, and
the King was invested with the i'm
perial robe of cloth of gold, and the
orb with the cross was delivered to
him. The ring was then placed on
the fourth finger of his right hand,
and the Duke of Newcastle put the
royal gloves on the Kings hands.
Followed In quick succession the de-
livery of the sceptre with the cross
and the sceptre with the dove.
Crown Placed on Head.
Then came the crux of the cere-
mony when the Archbishop placed
upon the head of the King the imper-
ial crown, a mass of precious stones
worth at least s10,OOO,0OO. The daz-
zling Cullinan diamond, the largest in
the world, and hundreds of other
stones, rubies, sapphires, emeralds,
and pearls, dazzled the eyes of the
beholders when the crown was
brought to view.
After prayer the guns at the tow
err fired royal salute, and all Lon
don broke into wild cheers, while the
scenes of enthusiasm were repeated
in a smaller scale throughout the king
dom.
Following the browning of the King
all the peers put on their coronets.
The King, seating himself upon his
throne, received "the people" in ac-
cordance with the ancient custom.
Today, however, in order to shorten
the ceremony, "the people" were rep
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five orders of Great Britain's nobility.
The browning of Queen Mary fol
lowed that Of the King. With pomp
and circumstance Her Majesty was
anointed, crowned and given her orna-
ments." To the disgust of the suffra-
gettes, the ceremony for Queen is
brief, and after it was over Mary. fol
lowing ancient custom, Frustrated her.
self "reverently" before the King on
his throne.
While all this ceremony was going
on in the Abbey, London was enjoying
itself in varied ways. In the parks
/ Socialist orators Numbered against the
monarchy and predicted the social
revolution, their auditors applauding
the sentiments and then turning
away to cheer the King and Queen
as they proceeded on the return
journey to Buckingham Palace, in the
magnificent coach drawn by eight
milk white horses. Other thousands
filled the 400 hdeously ugly board
stands built along the streets and
parks, from which quarter of a mil
lion people witnessed the royal pro
cession. Over a thousand stands
with capacity of 100000, have been
erected along the route of tomorrow s
of
through London.
Cost Of Ceremony.
The total cost of today's ceremony
, and the additional pageants to come
is estimated at $25.O0O000, and thi
staggering sum is exclusive of tn,
tremendous sums spent by privat
a persons. One item, the employment
, of $4,000 soldiers and sailors to lin
the streets and take part in the pre-
f cession to the Abbey will alone cos
s about $5,0000O0, including the trans
t port as selected detachments fror
s beyond the seas.
J. Large Diamond Worn.
e Today's ceremonial was the frs
great state occasion on which the Cul
nan diamond the greatest in the worlt
d has been worn. The Cullinan weigh
l. 1926 karats, while the Kohinoor pr
viously the greatest diamond in tn
d British crown, weighs only 1902 tire
is quarters. When found, the Cullina
d weighed 1888 three-quarters karats, {
e. pound and third, but it has bee
n divided into one large, oblong ston
c. one pendeloque, or pear-shaped pen
e. ant, and several smaller ones TT
ID large one is set in the band of Il
in Kings crown, for state occasions.
lie other times it can be taken out al
of be worn with the pendeloque. as orr
s. ment by the Queen. The crown is
e. dazzling mass of precious stones
III nearly averv cOlor Of tho rainho