The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-06-21
The City Was Taxed to Its Ca.
pacity Today
BY THE SIGHTSEEING PEOPLE
At Grand Banquet Last Night the Royal
Gold Plate, Costing $is,ooo,ooo, Was
Used, Shakespeare Ball Was
Also Feature.

London, June 2l The city is taxed
to its capacity It was coronation
show day Thousands flocked from the
suburbs to see the decorations and
watch the preparations for to-mor.
rows great event The crowds formed
an evermoving mass from the Victoria
embankment to Westminster Abbey,
and thousands of them saw the do
minion premiers come and pay homage
to their sovereign
Royal carriages and motor cars with
crown-emblazoned hoods moved every
where, carrying King Georges guests.
At intermission, services were held in
the churches Other attractions includ-
ed driving the king and queen through
the West End a national horse show,
parade of foreign officers, the review
of the Canadian troops by Sir Wilfred
Laurier, the Duke of Connaught's din
ner to the king, innumerable luncheons
and dances
Upward of 1000 ambulance men were
placed on duty. There is every reason
to expect fine day tomorrow John
Hays Hammond, special American am
bassador, had quiet morning The
kings first public act after the crown
ing tomorrow will be laying the corner
stone for the fishermen and seamens
home Of the Grenfell mission at st
John, Newfoundland r Immediately up
on his return to Buckingham palace,
cable land line connections will be es-
tablished and his majesty will press a
button for the Inauguration of the
cornerstone ceremony. When the king
and queen drove out to-day, the street
was hedged with dense masses Of hui
manity, who cheered
Enthusiasts are already beginning to
take up the vantage points in the open
parts along the route of to.morrow's
royal progress, it being their intention
10 keep an all nights vigil. Early seek
ers of places were mostly provincials,
who had travelled long distances to see
the coronation show. Women, armed
with camping outfits, seemed quite as
ready as the men to spend the night
bivouacking in the green park.
The most regal banquet palace of
king or emperor ever witnessed and
gorgeous Shakespeare ball under the
auspices of noted society leaders stand
forth as features of yesterday The
banquet in Buckingham palace last
night was scene of imperial grandeur,
so far as the assembly of royal and
eminent personages, the setting Of cost
ly magnifcence and beautiful decorations
could make it The king and queen
entertained the visiting and English
royalties, all the special foreign dele
cations, the foreign ambassadors and
ministers, the officers of state and the
household, the members of the cabinet
and former cabinet members, the heads
of the church and judiciary and of the
army and navy
The two largest apartments in the
palace, the ball room and the picture
gallery which adjoin. were utilized as
banqueting hall On the tables was
displayed the royal gold plate, used
which is estimates at Sl5,000000. 1t
weighs eight tons. This, plate for the
most part was collected in the reigns
of the four Georges Cut glass worth
fortune, ivory decanters, hundreds of
years old and old wines dating back
more than century were on the |
board
The Shakespeare ball was held in
Albert hall The dancers numbered |
thousands and 400 boxes were occu-
pied by the representatives of foreign
nations and the most prominent British I
officials As many as 90 quadrilles were I
danced simultaneously, the participants
representing groups of characters from /
Shakespeare's plays Leading actors
and actresses took part in these quad
rifles along with the leaders of the
smart set The Duke and Duchess of I
Connaught, Prince Louis and Princess
Victoria of Battenberg, Prince Alex
ander Of Teck, Prince Henry of Prussia
and the princess, the German Crown
Prince Frederick William and the I
crown princess and the Turkish, Rus
sian, Austrian, japanese, Greek, Danish /
and American representatives were pres
auf