The evening world., 1911-06-22

I've HhVIt lulplfSSiNt ihdH Nhe '"'t'"'"
aspect OF tho interior OF the Abbey bu
this was all transformed to-day. Wher'
usually is a gray and somewhat gloom!
atmosphere, was a mass Of blazin,
color.
Al the tombs and the noor OF tn,
great building wore concealed under i'm
menso carpets and hdngings OF dep blu
and amber. THE color scheme was riol
and Impressive, while Il afforded a sub
ducd BACKGROUND 10 the marvellous
mass OF theatrlcally colored robes oil
state and v-ariegatel uniforms with
their decorations.
Tho floor spa.s I'm the iransep, WI.
wholly occnp,.d rv the white uphol.
stored chairs of tse poeys and peeresses,
those OF The peers ON the south side and
the pccrrsses on the north. Back OF
these were immense stands In ascend
ing tiers Allied with members Of the
House NJ Commons and their ladies.
Many Commnners we're uniformed and
decorations. while the dresses ef ;he
ladies' were rl.h and striking
Al each angie OF the transopt we're
smaller stands for tlo accommodation
% the foreign ana colonial representa-
tlvos ana other high p6rsonages. There
were the heirs to most Of the thrones
of Europe, tho Crown Prince and Prin-
cess Of tho German Empire. Prince
Henry. the Enperor's brother. and his
princess. Tie Dixie or Aosta. Prince
Henry of the Netherlands. Yusuf lzzed
hin tho heir 10 the Turkish throne.
with a rcd fez on his hend. Prince Fu-
shinI OF Japan, with tho heroes OF tho
Russian war. Admiral togo and Gen.
Nogi. In full uniforms and with much
gold lace and rows Of decorations OF"
their breasts. the American official cop
tlngent. Special Ambassador John Hays
Hammond, with his aides. ADMIRAL
vreeland and Gen. 1reciey; Amhassa-
dor Reid with his STAG. almost the only
officials, wearing plain clothes. and the
Chinese Prince Tsai-Chcn, robed In gor-
geous embroidered silks. There. too.
was Manuel, the deposod King o, Por-
tugaL.
Above the choir stalls were arranged
tier after tier OF seats. the fronts OF
the boxes Displaying the embroiderei
arms OF the three Kingdoms. Above
,hs choir stalls were other tiers Of
seats. and altogether nearly seven
thousand people we're congregated as
closely together as they could be
hacked. Among them the only unofii-
cial Americans were Charles p. Tart,
The Presidents brother. With Mrs. Taft
and Miss Taft, and j.. Pierpont Morgan.
Mrs. Taft wore q whit. satin gown
embroidered in b%nfliants. and her
Jewels were pearls and diamonds. Miss
Taft's gown was of white tulle. EN-
broidered In pink with crystal beads.
She wore a pearl necklace.
Above the choi- screen was an or
ehestrAl platform where was IN or
ehes,ra of eighty musicians and several
hundred male singers selected from the
nrlncIpal choirs of the Kingdom.
rbe centre Of ALI interest was the
.r.a h.,weo, tho choir ind transepts,
which IL called the theatre. Five broad
s,-n. led nm 10 II. Il was covered with
carns, Of rich blue on which was
snhroidor.d tho emblcms OF the order
", a.. csr,or ana o,hsr heraidic de.
- ,ssara woro Tho two thrones for
~. xiv and Queen. covered with
crimson velvet and SILK. M before
them tho marvellous oriental rugs nve
hunara YEAR. old. ON the south side
80. ,na n.s, were chairs for the
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The wait for the arrival OF the pro
cession was made less ediou by thu
music Of the orchestra.
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