Evening star., 1927-04-28

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Grams, in cars. Hanford McNider.
Assistant Secretary of War, marched
at the head of the legion section, di.
rectly in front of the color bearers of
posts from Richmond, Hagerstown,
Md, Waynesboro, Va, Washington,
| Romney, Charlottesville, Culpe per,
Front Royal, Berryville, Bridgewater
and Winchester.
Some of the Legion posts were ac-
| companied by a fife, drum and bugle
| corps and firing squad, while the
| Bridgewater delegation brought the
| wartime band of the 10th Infantry,
| the "blue-and gray" division. Fol-
| lowing the governor were cars con.
| tanning Mayor Julian r. Ward. city
| officials, festival officials and cadets
| from Handley High School Of Win.
chester and from the Shenandoah
| Valley Academy.
Heralds and Queen Float.
| In the next section were the heralds
| Of the queen, followed by the queen s
| float. The float was in the shape of
| a shell, in the center of which was
raised a tall gold and silver throne.
! Mrs. Gilpin sat on dais, Is feet above
| the float. Following the queen were
| her princesses of the court from Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, Maryland and
| the District Of Columbia. Behind the
Quen's party were fraternal orders.
Then came $50 girls of the State
Teachers College at Harrisonburg in
apple blossom colors, escorted by the
| band Of the Green Briar Military
School, first prize winner in the cadet
band contest yesterday afternoon. Ar
tistically designed floats entered by a
score of organizations followed.
The third division was a moving
pageant, Indian Trail to Tourist
Highway" staged by 400 school chill
dren from nearby West Virginia
counties.
The fourth and fifth divisions con-
tanned floats of school leagues and
fire companies. Railroads occupied
the next division. Industrial exhibits
concluded the parade.
At 8 o'clock this afternoon the
Pagent of Progress was scheduled to
be given at the Winchester Fair
Grounds. The pageant was to have
been given last night, but was post
poned on account of the weather 1t
will be given again at 8 o'clock to-
night. More than 500 persons will
participate in the pageant, which de-
picts the history Of the Shenandoah
Valley from Indian times to the pres
ent day. Tonight at $50 o'clock the
queens ball will bring the two-day
celebration to a colorful close. There
will be other dances in and about Win
chester.
Ceremony of Coronation.
At the coronation of the Queen Shen-
andoah a tiara containing real jewels
was placed upon Mrs. Gilpin's head by
Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secre-
tary of War, who came from Wash
ington by airplane for the purpose, as
she knelt upon a pillow covered with
silver cloth at a landing in front of
the great colonial porch of the Hand
ley School.
The official key of the city, made by
John w. Nail, from oak wood taken
from Fort Loudoun, built by Col.
George Washington in 1855, was pre-
sented to her majesty on a pillow of
silver by Princess Frederick, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Smith, followed by 80
attendants.
About 1000 persons had a part in
the ceremonies. They included so prin-
cesses from Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and the District of Column
bia, maids Of honor, attendants of
Princess Frederick, cadet battalions
of the Handley High School and Shen-
andoah Valley Academy, 400 musicians
in a dozen massed bands, 200 flower
girls, heralds and pages. A crowd es-
tfmated at $4,000 swarmed over the
20 acres OF the Handley School
grounds to catch glimpses of the cere.
mony. perhaps the nearest approach
to a real royal court function most of
them ever had seen.
a
satin, fashioned along rather straight
and simple lines, while from her shoul-
ders fell in stately folds train of
creamy silk 21 feet long and 2 feet
wide. The royal crown was decorated
with apple blossoms. Her ma jeSty car.
ried q silver staff feet long, the top
carved in oak leaves, with a garland
of blossoms attached.
The queen and members Of her fam
lily and her guest, Mrs. Woodrow VIII
son of Washington, who were guests
of Mrs. Robert T. Barton, sr., for
luncheon. were escorted from the Bar
ton residence, on Washington street,
to the Handley School grounds by
band and battalion of Shenandoah
Valley Academy cadets. A squad of
the Monticello Guards of Charlottes-
vile, Va, in their full dress conti-
nentals, formed a special bodyguard
for her majesty along the route.
Greeted by Trumpets.
AS the queen appeared on the porch
at the school her royal presence was
signalized by fanfare Of trunpets
by the heralds, Mrs. Amos Shryock,
Misses Dorothy and Elizabeth Stuart
and Katherine and Ellen Fauntleroy
Baker. They wore close.fitting suits
Of white satin with flowing capeS OF
white, high black patent leather boots
and cooked tams with long white os-
trich plumes attached. Their silver
trumpets were feet long. They
performed like trained kings heralds.
The queens maids of honor, Misses
Julia Reno and Susan Steok, wore pale
pink georgette crepe, pink stockings
and silver slippers and large silver
picture hats and carried stafYs of
silver topped with apple blossoms
tied with pink tulie. The trainbearers.
Miss Allison Cooper and Paul Neff,
were in pink costumes with flowing
capes Of pink.
AS the queen proceeded down the
long broad stairway leadiIy from the
school building on a lofty eminence
to the stadium entrance below, she
and her bodyguard and maids were
preceded by rs Glee Club girls of the
Harrisonburg State Teachers College,
dressed in gowns Of pastel shades.
singing apple blossom songs. When
the coronation ceremony was con-
cluded, the Glee Club girls formed a
circle around the queen and sang
again.
Lieut.. Charles Benter, director of
the Navy Band, Of Washington.
massed all the bands in attendance
as Queen Shenandoah" was acclaim
ed with a flourish of trumpets, and
short program was rendered by the
greatest band ever assembled under
one director in the Shenandoah and