Arizona republican., 1911-06-22


 Duke of Connaught, St James pal
 ace, Marlborough house and the
 houses forming Carlton House ter
 race, have been most elaborately dec
 orated. forming a backing of bril-
 liant colors.
 From the Admiralty arch to the ab- | bey, the Westminster city council
 took charge of the work. and with
 the assistance of committee of
 artists have carried out a scheme | worthy of that great thoroughfare
 and in harmony with the magnificent 1 architecture of the public buildings | and government offices which adorn 1 the center of British officedom. The l committee departed entirely from the ! traditional idea of Venetian masts
 and festoons of paper flowers. which
 are invariably brought out on any ! public occasion in London, and have | adopted plan unique, SD far as Lon don is concerned
 Along either side of the street have | been erected siXty-four columns of l fibrous plaster, which have been made to look as permanent as the i buildings behind them These col 1 umns. connected with garlands. bear | gilt figures of Victory. lions and grif- | fins. At the Charing Cross end of 1 Whitehall and again at the Parlia | ment square end there are terminal | columns thirty-five feet high, sur | mounted by white lions supporting | the porticulls. the coat of arms Of the | city of Westminster These lions l bear white rosettes on the blue col | lars and red rosettes on the gold col | lars. with black ermine marks on the | body and the gold porticulis printed | on the side. They have been modelled | from the Westminster lions and are six feet six inches high. The re- | maining columns, sixty in number 1 bear alternately a winged figure of 1 Victory blowing a trumpet or a grif- | fin. On each column 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 Lancaster.
  orated by some of the colonies erect | ing arches in the center Of the road way That of the province of on tario consists of two pylons and carry huge figures emblematic of the commerce of the province. One shows
 a farmer shearing a sheep. the other
 figure Of prosperity with a cornu- copia. Four Corinthian columns bear the arms of ontario on an ornamen- tai shield.
 New Zealand erected an arch just | beyond that of the Canadian prov ince which shows the industries of that dominion.
 The buildings immediately around the entrance to the abbey have been covered by stands, but these are gar landed and festooned with brigh- cloths. bunting and flowers. Trafalgar square. through which the procession passes on its return from ! the abbey. is one mass of color The street decorations harmonize to some extent with those in Whitehall but here. as in Cockspur street. Pail Mall. St James street and Picadilly. the
 
 1 residences and business premises have
 each carried out subsidiary scheme
 which adds to the magnificence Of the whole
 Flowers. artificial and natural, en- ter largely into the plans. St James street particularly being a bright bower of blooms and foliage. Up this short street where one of the best views of the procession is obtainable because of the rise in the rOadways. slender Ionic columns bear blue
 vases filled and overflowing with delicately-t tinted roses. Garlands of roses entwine the capitals. and be- | tween the columns depend festoons of
 natural laurel leaves. At either end | of the street columns support figures of Victory. At intervals along the thoroughfare baskets of flowers with bows and streamers. are suspended. Venetian masts carry the councils decorations along Picadilly they be- ing connected and festooned with l flowers. The houses were embel- lished according to the tastes of the individual owners. so here a great va riety is shown, all. however. tending to make the route of the royal pro | cession as brilliant as human skill could make it.
 Even away from the route some | buildings have been decorated. but
 these generally will be noticed in the evening when London. and practic- ally all the cities of the empire will | be illuminated. In every part and corner of London bright lights will burn until late on the night of the | coronation, and again this evening.
 after the royal progress through the city.