Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-06-21
uNE0UALLEO DECORATION FOR THE
COURSE OF PARADE At CORONATION

! LONDON, June 21-The streets thru
which the king and queen and tn
royal procession pass on their way tt
Buckingham Palace to Westministe
Abbey, for the coronation and tn
longer return route, have been dec
Grated on scale never before at
tempted in London.
The Mall, to the new admiralty arcf
the outlet into Trafalgar Square anf
Whitehall, has been flanked by great
stands for officials and distinguished
guests which shut out the beauty Of
St. James park and the gardens o.
the residences opposite, but behint
these stands on the one side, Clarence
House, the residence of the Duke o.
Connaught, st. James Palace, Mari
borough House, and houses forming
Carlton House Terrace, have beer
most deliberately decorated, forming &
backing of brilliant colors.
From the Admiralty Arch to the
Abbey, the Westminster City Council
took charge of the work and with the
assistance of a committee of artists
have carried out scheme worthy Of
that great thoroughfare and in har
mony with the magnificent architec
ture of the public buildings and gov
eminent Offices, which adorn the cen
ter of British officialdom. The com
mittee departed entirely from the ira
ditional idea Of Venetian masts and
festoons of paper flowers, which are
invariably brought out on any public
occasion in London, and have adopted
a plan unique, SO far as London is
concerned.
Along either side of the street have
been erected GA columns of fibrous
plaster which have been made to look
as permanent as the buildings behind
them. These columns, connected with
garlands, bear guilt figures of Victory,
lions and grifRns, At the Charing
Cross end OF Whitehall and again at
the Parliament square end, there are
terminal columns IS feet high, sur.
by white lions supporting the
portculis, the coat of arms of the city
of Westminster. The lions bear white
rosettes on the blue collors and red
rosettes on the gold collors, with
black ermine marks on the body and
the gold portculis printed on the side.
They have been modelled from the
lions and are six feet
six inches high. The remaining COL
umns, 60 in number, bear alternately
a winged lgure Of Victory blowing a
or a griffin. On each COL
lumn bronze caplets carry the shields
Of the kings and queens of England
from William the Conqueror to George
V. The garlands connecting them
are composed of oak and laurel leaves,
with punches of roses of York and
The scheme has been further elab-
grated by some of the colonies erect
Ing arches In the center Of the road
way. THAT Of the province of Ontario
~ stva, pyioRs carrying huge
figures iSmblematic OF the commerce
Il NtHS 6f6t1AExss.s Une shows a farmer
stAs other figure of
ouuspef J SalasSsitk i stcornucopia. Four
Corint6 NJ 6l3Gn bear the arms of
)ntar36 j6n ~ u1mental SHIELD.
New ZtQlkd erected an arch just
leIaa A2l 1kshe-Canadian province,
~ Il industries of that
CT l1(o Immediately around
;hNg III NV fhe Abbey, have been
XXI aa3ds, but these are gar
I SSl va tooned with bright
;:I1t t&tl6g md flowers.
4 I'll t d9Are, through which the
If(e16 &}S4s on its return from
: r R1 61e mass of color. The
(6R2t3y Hons harmonic to some
- those in Whitehall, but
1441ly 6ckspur street, Pail Mall,
bDGk i sSt. and Piccadilly, the
= 15pip offices, hotels, clubs,
LEY rs md business premises,
rs Y kl Carried out a subsidiary
= winch adds to the magnifi-
y XII SGS whole.
r. NH artificial and natural, enter
|iGit S3t98 Ito the plans. st. James St..
H., being a bright bower OF
49, d foliage. Up this short
e. kssS&ere one of the best views
Weston is obtainable because
g tS9kse in the roadway. slender
? Slnmns bear blue vases, filled
e. S1il14 flowing with delicately tinted