The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-20
Full Dress Rehearsal of the Cor
OnatiOn Ceremony.
RECEPTION OF ENJOYS
Banquet to Royal Guests and
Heads OF States.
Shakespearean Ball Completes
the Program for Today.

London, June 2O.-A full dress re-
hearsal of the coronation ceremony,
the reception of ENJOYS from foreign
lands by the king and queen at Buck
ingham palace, the state banquet to
royal guests and representatives of
the heads of state and the Shakes
pearean ball at Albert hall make up
today's crowded program of events dt-
rectly connected with the crowning of
King George and Queen Mary. The
coronation rehearsal will depict the
cerem ony practically as it Will be per-
formed on Thursday.
The Shakespearean bell will be
notable affair, as it is expected that
King George and Queen Mary and
nearly all of the members of royalty
VIII be present. The state banquet at
Buckingham palace tonight viii be the
most elaborate of the kind ever given
in London. The famous Windsor gold
plate will be used.
Aside from these main events, there
are a large number of lesser features
constantly occurring, incident to the
continuous arrival of distinguished
foreigners and the innumerabie semi
official dinners garden parties, recep-
tions exhibitions and private events
which have sprung up in connection
with the coronation festivities Royal
carriages conveying the nations rep
resentatives on an interminabie round
of official visits, the passing and re-
passing of cOntingentS OF troops and
.ceaseless stream of sigbtseers with a
big sprinkling of frightened apparel
affected by the dwellers o. both the
near and far east, furnished London
with a day-long succession of thrills.
Among the troops were many in
strange foreign uniform and continen-
tai regiments of which King George is
an honorary colonel.
Nobility Furnishes Free Show.
Enormous crowds gathered early in
the vicinity of Westminster Abbey,
where the peers and peeresses fur
nished a free show, many arriving for
the coronation rehearsal wearing their
robes and carrying their coronets un-
covered while there were great
throngs near Buckingham palace to
watch the coming and going of the
uniformed ENJOYS attending their ma
jesties' reception There was nothing
else to be seen in the vicinity of the
palace which is bare of q decorations,
but thousands stood throughout the day
peering through the railings and salts
fed to watch the sentry curing the in
tervals between functions when the
covert was resting.
John Hays Hammond, special United
States ambassador, had a well filed
day With Mrs. Hammond, he IuncheJ
at KenSingtOn palace, the guest OF
Princess Louise, who is an old friend
of the Hammonds. At the luncheon he
met Princess Henry of Battenberg and
a small party.
At 3 O'Clock this afternoon Mr.. Ham
mond had an audience with the king at
Buckingham palace. Tonight Mr.. ard
Mrs. Hammond will attend the state
banquet, later going to the great
Shakespearean ball at Albert hall.
Hammond Meets the King.
At last nights banquet at Buckirg-
ham palace, given by the king and
queen to the special representative of
the various powers, Mr.. Hammond took
in the Princess Alexander Of Teck, the
queens sister-in-laW. Seated at the
same table with the American special
Ambassador were Prince Henry of
Prussia, the Chinese prince. Tsai-
Chen. eldest son of the regent #
China, the hereditary Princess Of Sake
Meiningen, who is sister Of Emperor
William and the Prince of Monaco.
Before the dinner Mr.. Hammond was
introduced to the king by the duke of
Connaught and following the banquet
the special ambassador introduced his
staff to his majesty. Later in the ev-
Hammond and conversed with him for
some time.
The fleet of foreign warships here for
the coronation was made complete this
morning by the arrival of the German
cruiser Won Der Tam. Sixteen ma
American battleship Delaware takes
the premier place both in the matter
of size and armament
The foreign naval officers came
ashore in large numbers and attended
a reception given by Admiral Moore,
val station at Portsmouth, at admiralty |
house. A garden party given at ad- |
nniraItv house this afternoon attracted /
a brilliant international throng.