Show JUBILEE PROCESSION I JUBIEE Roars of Cheers Music and Cannon Everywhere I Buckingham Palace June 22he last of the procession is out of sight The roar of cheers that markits course up Constitution hill tell the beginning of the her lof the story queen among r people while the artillery lit Hyde Park with a royal salute of 60 guns are thundering the fact to waiting thousands thou-sands elsewhere The queen had actually ac-tually started andthe hearts of thousands thou-sands of insurance people and members 4 of Lloyds beat more placidly as they I remembered premiums of 5000000 that had been vagered with them I whether or not her majesty would start THE COLONIAL PROCESSION i The procession was practically in three sections as far as St Pauls I though the last two en route to the cathedral were consolidated as they moved into Piccadilly JI The first to take position was the colonial procession which formed on the embankment moved by the palace j J where her majesty viewed It from a j window over the route to St Pauls The march began at 845 and the great I cortege proved a welcome relief to the waiting multitude The processicn was headed by an advance ad-vance party of royal horse guards Then followed tile band of the same corps playing the Inspiring Washington Post I March Close upon the band camea portion of the pecturesque Northwest I mounted police as escort to the first colonial premier the Hon Wilfred Laurrier The Northwest policemen I made a striking appearance quite as brave and serviceable looking as the I I South Wales mounted rifles with their mounte rIfe I gray semisombreros and black cock plumes who succeeded them escorting j the premier of New South Wales the I Hon S H Reid The Victorian mounted trooss followed I fol-lowed smart weatherbeaten fellows in unattractive brownish uniforms succeeded suc-ceeded by the New Zealand mounted I contingent a fine looking i sunburned f tt drawn from almost every town of I any importance In the colony displaying display-ing uniforms intended for the conflict 1 rather than the parade grounds i var Then 1th New Zealands I premier the Hon Richard J Siddon For the moment Australia gave way Africa I was allowed a chance and the Cape of Good Hope mounted rifles wellsetup men wearing the scarlet with white helmets rode by to herald the coming of the Cape premier the Hon Sir J Gordon Sprigg K C M G Hardt had he been noticed when attention at-tention was claimed for the yellowish brown Kharkee lit with bright scarlet from the blazing puggare on the spiked helmets to the double stripes down the seams o tightly fitting corduroy trousers trous-ers with large chamois leather er wih patches where the knee gripped the saddle which proclaimed the South Australian mounted troops Lean long specimens of wiry manhood they won applause like the rest and passed on to give place to thepremier of New Foundland Hon Sir William Wilteway Behind the Natal mounted troops a contingent similar in model and equipment to their Cape brothers In arms rode Hon Sir H N Nelson K C 1 G the official personification of western Australia The premiers beinr disnnswi of then succeeded a really most attractive display dis-play mounted troops of the crown colonies col-onies the Rhodesian horse the colonial infantry broken In three bands typical of the united kingdom those of king Georges the London Scottish and the London Irish rifle volunteer corps and others Then there passed the splendid contingent con-tingent from Canadas infantry 175 strong uniformed somewhat like the regular service Infantry with Colonel Aylmer leading Much applause was I bestowed on the fine marching of these I men who in every way kept the Do I mlnon to the fiont Following came the real oddities in the eyes of the Londoners the Seap tlehs from Cyprus dividing the honors with the Dyaks of Borneo Both are military police The Seaptlehs were mounted on island ponies and naturally wore the Turkish fez with a jacket somewhat suggestive o Constantinople and the minarets of Stamboul > The Borneo Dyaks yellow with colored col-ored smallish chains were eagerly expected ex-pected by the crowd owing to their beadcarrying proclivities of which I however no trace could be found In I their dress Others coming after emphasized i em-phasized and repeated the fact how i widely scattered are the races the queen I rules The Trinidad field artillery the I I Sierra Leona with the strong blue turbans and depending targets and I knickerbocers the British Guiana police i po-lice with whitecurtained caps he I Hussars in the familiar Zouave famiar costumes I I cos-tumes of long ago and the Royal Niger I I Hussars in uniforms of Kharkll cloth trousers exposing the leg and shaved I heads were all blacks The Hussars I the blackest of the black wearing the i I burnished livery of the sun were most enthusiastically greeted I THE MILITARY PROCESSION I The second procession passed thi palace 15 minutes after the coonlals I I t had chimed Constitution hill I more han eloquently filled in the picture of Britains war strength more than magnificently completed the carnival of gorgeous costume and color Scarlet and blue gold white and yellowj I shining cuirassiers helmets plumes I and tassels furs and gold and silver I I ln fJeot ld 1 spangled cloths bullion embroideries and accoutrements splendid trappings I and more splendid trappings for men crosses and medalsmedals for the Crimea India Seringapalam the Nile I Ashanti Afganlstan Chitral South Afrlc and dozens of others and here i and there the finest of them all the finest and most highly prized the world j can show the Victory I Cross death eat J 01 i dealing weapons swords and revolvers I Batteries of artillery men of splendid physique and horses with rare action fully entered into the spirit and meanIng mean-Ing of i all The sight was one to stir II j the blood as only soldiers have stirred I it since the dawn of time The troo s were literally I too numerous to mentiOn I I except as a brilliant whole I seemed i like nothing so much as some stream of burnished gold flowing between dark I banks of humanity gathered to witness its passage to a land of light THE QUEEN AT LAST I The empire had passed in review and the dead of all was pow to come her majesty The royal procession proper was interwoven with crowds of dignitaries I digni-taries of all sorts First came the aldesde amp to the queen these being headed by the I Prince of Wales and the Dukes of Cambridge and Connaught and the Earl of Wevmss Then followed all the lord lieutenants of London his grace the Duke of Westminster K C in a lord lieutenants lieuten-ants dress The duke was followed by a glittering cavalcade of officer the headquarters staff To them aucceeded field marshals I Next came officers of the auxiliary I forces in attendance on H R H the I Prince of Wales equerries gentlemen in waiting and military attaches a I brilliant lot of gentlemen with a glittering array uniformed in all the I dress of the courts of Europe and I wearing all its stars Then a complement comple-ment from the kaiser a deputation I from the First Prussian Dragoon guards I After the Germans came the most brilliant group of all the soldiery The officers of the Imperial service troops from India In their uniforms 1 mixture II I of English regular army and native I dress were brilliant to a degree not to I be witnessed outside of countries where barbaric splendor and Ingenuity in embroidery Is the rule swarthy featured fea-tured fellows suggestive in unmoved countenances of all the dark mvstejrv of the cast Many wore massive cold ear rings with enormous stones The special envoys not numbered among the princes followed among the Indians in 1 two horse landaus from the royal mews all painted lake and ermillion The royal arms were on the panels royal crowds and tops A gorgeous coachman reposed In each box clad in royal scarlet white knee breeches and silk stockings his important head bewigged be-wigged with white horse hair and crowned with a magnificent three cornered hat decorated with ostrich plumes The crowd now began to show more eager interest In the approaching vehicles as they were nearer and nearer to the queen Five road landaus painted like those which had just vanished only horsed by four horses appeared first The occupants of these landaus were princes and thesf the blood the closest attendants Upon H R H to say naught of her scores f of more or less affectionate cousins I from neighboring l principalities l rtt ci I bee the first part of the sovereigns I escort rode into view the Second Lifeguards Life-guards As their well known brilliant uniforms appeared the whispering ran I i ft electrically shes coming The I guards were soon succeeded by the I escort of British and foreign princes I Many faces were known recognised j and cheered This brilliant escort was i i composed of the flower of Europes thrones fower II I Fallowing the princes came the guard of honor 22 officers of native i t Indian cavalry corps men of fine physique picturesque uniform and strange faiths but for these the crowd had the few eyes for the commander I i inchief who followed behind them none They could see the queens I horses it was the queen at last I A cheer broke forth that seemed to shake the ground renewed again and I again as her majestys carriage approached ap-proached The famous eight Hanoverian I Han-overian creams creamy color with long tails white cold almost fishlike and pink noses their manes richly woven with ribbons of royal blue were passing Gorgeously they looked In their new state harnesssaddle cloths I of royal blue velvet with rich fringes of bullion the leather worded in morocco and blue morocco beneath glittering everywhere with the royal arms The liveries of the postillions were in keeping with the harness For once since the prince consorts death the queen permitted the mourning mourn-ing band to be removed from the mens arms there was no note of sorrow I The carriages in which her majesty rode now came abreast I proved to 1 be a carriage with a light running body j built a quarter of a century ago and of which her majesty is known to bevel be-vel fond The body was dark claret lined with vermillion the mouldings outlined with beads of brass Besides her majesty rode the Prince of Wales roe Prnce opposite her majesty rode H R H Princess Christian On the left of her majesty rode H R H the Duke of Cambridge on the I right the Prine of Wales who was followed fol-lowed by the Duke of Connaught the general commanding I AT TEMPLE BAR BAR I Royal Law Courts June 221145 a mThe boundary of the faithful city has been crossed by her majesty who I hag received the ancient and stately homage from her chief magistrate The frame In which this picture was sot was picturesque On one side the I broken gray piles of law courts rose from portierres of legal luminaries meat of her majestys judges in their I splendid robes and fullbuttoned wigs in somber silk and less voluminous horsehair and ladles in charming eager toilettes faces and every window filled with I The lord mayor and the city officials on horseback arrived ten minutes before be-fore the queen was due and very striking strik-ing was their appearance Sir Phaudel Phlllips wore the earls robe to which lord mayors are entitled when crowned heads visit the citya cloak of ruby silk velvet lined with white satin and ermine Sheriffs Ritchie and Rogers wore the sheriffs velvet court dress scarlet gowns and chains The very good byes sword known as Queen Elizabeths pearl sword presented pre-sented to the corporation by the maiden queen at the opening of a royal exchange A D 1570 was carried by the lord mayor On the arrival of the queen the lord mayor uncovered Approaching the carriage of her majesty his lordship with all due obeisance presented the hilt of the citys pearl sword which was undrawn This was the ceremony of dutiful submission The queen quietly touched I thus returning It to the lord mayor in token that his submission sub-mission was graciously accepted by his sovereign Her majesty then commanded the I lord mayor and sheriffs to proceed and the procession moved toward St Pauls amid roars and cheers that seemed in I the narrow streets to be echoed and reechoed re-echoed IN THE SHADOW OF ST PAULS SHATCW I SI Pauls 1230 p m June 22The great bells of St Pauls broke out in a happy chorus as the queens carriage I started from Temple Bar and only ceased as her majestys carriage I I stopped in front of the steps of the city cathedral As the queens procession I arrived the carriages containing the envoys and the princesses drew up on the ordinary roadway on the right so a to face the cathedral The escort of 30 princes turned to the left on reach lIng the churchyard and then to the right across the front of the edifice drawn up in open order between the statue to Queen Ann and the cathedral steps Her majestys carriage then I came between halting opposite the I platform of which awaiting her were the archbishop of Canterbury the lord I i bishop of London the bishops of Marlborough j Marl-borough and Stapney the Very Rev i Gregory and clergy of St Pauls I In the surcundirfg dignitaries were j i leading representatives ofj all the faiths of England With the stopping of the queens carriage i car-riage the picture was complete and I the swelling hymn that had risen on the summer air from choristers of her i Abbey and St Paul ceased Its grand harmonies in one longdrawn soft I amen The service was about to begin Nowhere on the route traversed were i the slopes of faces carried to so great t a height All around like some vast i amphitheatre walls of people stretched upward as If to climb the sky The cccleastics who had Issued from I the great west door as the queen approached ap-proached standing beside the Improvised Impro-vised altar now began the simple I service A Te Deum by Mr Martin organist of St Pauls composed for the I occasion was sung As the sonorous Amen died away the sweet voices of the cathedral clergy were heard chanting I chant-ing O Lord Save the Queen to which the great choir in wondrotfs volume I vol-ume of harmonious sound responded And Mercifully Hear Us When We Call Upon TeeThe Tee-The bishop of London in full canonical I canoni-cal robes read a short collect after I which as her majesty sat with bowed I head the archbishop of Canterbury announced the benediction Then of bells the I amidst the further ringing hels tle anthem and the national was sung natonal II queen drove on to other scenes i At the law courts the queen was met by the lady mayoress who presented j her majesty with a basket or nowers The flowers were gorgeous lowerl the handles be silver filagree basket I ing surmounted b > a lovers knot on I which was engraved To Her Majesty i Queen Victoria presented by Helen FaudelPhllp Lady Mayoress I In presenting the flowers Lady r Phillips who was in mourning said Might I be permitted to present this I basket of flowers to your majesty The queen twice replied I am deeply grateful Her majesty smiled was evidently greately pleased and I looked fresh and bright She wore no spectacles took the flowers passed them to the Princess of Wales and putout put-out her hand to the lady mayoress to I kiss The latter undoubtedly agitated by the splendor of the occasion shook her it majestys hand instead of kissing I In the meanwhile a distant band had struck up the national anthem and the crowd joined in singing God Save the Queen which was sung by thousands of voices surrdunding her majesty until she was out of sight Before leaving the Prince of Wales turned his horse and waved his hand I to the lord mayors party THE RETURN TO BUCKINGHAM TH RETR T PALACE Buckingham Palace 215 p m June 22As her majesty entered the gates of the palace a 2 I > oclock a distant gun in Hyde park announced that the procession pro-cession was over The events long prepared pre-pared had passed Into history The pare sound of the bells was answered by cheering as the loyal subjects who came to cheer bad not satisfied themselves them-selves The queen reached thC palace 5n her return from the procession at l4o p m She was very much pleased and smiling and was not fatigued I > t t I The whole affair passed off without a hitch There was no > serious accidents acci-dents although a number of women fainted and a man fell out of a tree on the Mall The queen witnessed this and promptly sent one pf her equerries to Inquire as io the mans condition The Canadian premier Mr Wilfred Laurier was warmly greeted throughout through-out the procession King Carnival Supreme New York June 22A dispatch to the Tribune from London says King Carnival reigns In the queens capital Old London I in masquerade disguise and is unrecognizable except at points where stately architecture like that of the houses of parliament and Westminster Abbey defies with its noble sobriety the decorators rk Through narrow streets barricaded and stalled for todays bewildering pageant rushed day and ight a rushing rush-Ing torrent of sightseers Business has been at a standstill for several days and traffic in all the leading thoroughfares is blocked for hours at a time Regulars and volunteers have been marching into their camping grounds all day and with reinforcements reinforce-ments received during the night and early this morningthere will b a temporary porary garrison of 30000 forms parading and lining the streets Side shows are Innumerable and the blare of trumpets trum-pets and rumble of drums can be heard at every turn These jubilee scenes are heartily enjoyed by the vastest holiday assemblage ever known I is the eve o a splendid fete of ImperialIsm Imperial-Ism which can hardly fall to light up the English imagination with a neW glow of patriotic pride |