Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-07
AK-SAR-BEN XXI
ISCROWNED KING
Royal Monarch Receives His
Crown at the Castle Before
Assembled Multitude.
JOHN L. WEBSTER IS KING
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appropriate words. placed the crown
upon the head of the king, who there
upon seated himself in the east chair
on the throne.
Enters the Queen.
Again the buglers blew their sum
mons and the queen entered, preceded
by the crown bearer, little Janet Pow
ell. With graceful dignity she walked
the length of the hall, assembled the
steps and took her place beside the
king. The king lifted the delicate
crown of silver, crusted over with
rhinestones, and placed it upon her
head with his own hands. Her maj
esty was then seated in the west chair
beside the king.
Immediately the governors and
mids marched up the steps and to the
throne, where they greeted the new
king and queen.
Once again the bugles sounded, and
sixty dancing girls Appeared IS
pecially trained under the direction of
Prof. William Chambers these gIrs
gave a most pleasing effect to the
ceremonies. Dancing for the enter,
tainment of the newly crowned king
and queen, the girls came tripping in,
the first group OF fully fifty, all
yowned in Ak-Sar-Ben colors, with
he red giving way to pink, and the
clark green to pale green. The whole
dior scheme of these dancing girls
suggested woodland colors. The
-obes were loose and flowing,
gathered at the waist by rich cord.
In graceful movements they tripped
md danced down the hall to the steps
# the throne to the accompaniment
II delicate strains Of music. ~.
More Dancing Girls.
Like flash, and just for an instant
icy seated themselves, when ten more
ancing girls entered from the south.
hese latter were very young, from
years to 5 years old, and were clad
y I the costumes OF butterflies and
ees. Circling and pirouetting up the
all the little tots circled and danced
bout the first group of dancers, when
hese rose and took up the whirl,
vhereupon all disappeared quietly and
lmost by magic. -,
The knights rose and filed out.
The orchestra struck up more fes-
i've airs, and President Everett
Buckingham and the rest of the board
If governors led off in the grand
march, each with one of the special
maids on his arm. Once around the
castle hall in the grand march, and
the respective couples swung into
the one-step and the ball proper was
in full motion.
Greet New Monarchs.
Hundreds upon hundreds of knights
md ladies now stepped upon the
hrone to greet the new king and
lueen, while the dancing had already
s:arted. The king and queen remained
on the throne for over an hour, dur
ing the first part of the ball, receiving
the greetings of their subjects.
The dance made the usual rich ap-
pearance, as the gowns worn by the
ladies' were those to which they had
given unstinted attention for the last
month; for every lady in the realm
must robe herself in the garments
dearest to her heart and most becom-
ing on this festal occasion.
Orchestra and Band.
Reese's orchestra and Green's band
alternated in furnishing the dance
music. Forty regular, and six extra
dances were furnished. The one-step
and fox trot were the most popular,
although waltz figured here and
there in the program.
Refreshments were served on the
second floor throughout the evening