The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-12-28
REGAL SETTING
|. At ROYAL BANQUET
Precedent Breaking Dinner
for President Wilson Was
Given Last Night
PROCESSION LED BY
GUEST AND QUEEN
Followed by King George and Mrs. Viii
son-Royal Family and Other Guests
Formally Presented to Visitors Be
fore Banquet Began

LONDON, Dec. 28.--No more regal set !
ting ever had been arranged in Buclling-
ham Palace than that which greeted Presi-
dent Wilson and Mrs. Wilson when they
were escorted into the banquet hall yes
terday for the Notwithstanding state
dinner, which made brilliant climax
to the President second day III London.
The banquet was notable not only as
spectacle such as probably no other
court in Europe can provide the setting
for, now that the thrones of Russia, Ger
many and Austria have disappeared, but
from the representative character of the
men summoned to meet the head of the
American government.
Besides the members OF the royal fam
lily, the official world was represented by
the foreign ambassadors to the Court of
st. james, the heads of the government
present and past chiefs OF the army and
navy, Colonial officials and members OF
the royal household There also were
present dignitaries Of the Church OF Eng
land, representatives Of universities and
men high ii the world OF literature, art
and Journalism
| livery royal formality which had attend
Cd epochal gatherings at the palace for
300 or 800 years was carried out before
| and during the banquet
| President Wilson, with Queen Mary,
| led the procession into the dining hall,
! preceded by officials OF the palace, SPLEEN
didly coStumed, bearing wands and walk
! ing backward and making obeisance to the
guests
Immediately behind the President and
4En Il anl Mr.
Wilson. They were followed by members
OF the royal family
\ At the head Of the table i persons
| were seated, with King George in tho
middle President Wilson sat on the
Kings right and Mrs. Wilson on his left
| To the right Of President Wilson wa
! Queen Mary and then the French am
bassador Princess Christian, the Spanisi
ambassador and Princess Patrci, daugh
] ter of the Duke OF Connaught
|. At Mrs Wilson's LETT sat Princess Mary
the Italian ambassador. Princess Beatric,
and the japanese ambassador IN the orde
naned The American ambassador, ,IohI
rectangular table on President Wilson
right
/ Prior to the dinner President and Mrs
!. W ilsou were escorted from JnelE apart
ments to the great white drawing room
where the royal family had gathered will
their other guests These guests were pre-
scented to President and Mrs Wilson, an,
the dinner party Immediately proceede,
to the dining hall.
The scene as the guests proceeded t
the hall was one OF sp,endor. In the din
ing salon was great collection of soli
roll pate and huge gold ornaments va
Led at Sl56oo,00o.
These had been brought from the vaul,
G for the occasion One OF three bufft {
: contained pieces Of plate too large or OFT
erwise toe cumbersome for use These il
! Guided one piece OF great size taken fror
the wreck Of the Spanish Armada.
The plate weighs three tons. and cor
). tains sufficient pieces to provide for Il
a persons, 1t was specially collected fl
D George II.