| Show KING FEASTS i q tON J J Jt t Half a Million People Drank Dr His Health t I AMERICANS ASSISTED LIPTON UPTON THE T PRINCE AND AND PRINCESS OF OP WALES W VISITED EACH SPREAD I IL I 1 ONDON July 3 Half a million of ofIL IL LONDON L Ix slum dwellers w were King Edwards guests tola afternoon They were scattered in about schools sc halls and parks In varying numbers the greater number o ot of bene beneficiaries s being at Stepney where no noless noless noless less than h D enjoyed a dinner such as they seldom partake of At every gathering gat was read a message from froni the king signed by b his private secretary to the poor sent bent through the lord may spay mayor mayor or of ed o Sir Joseph C Dimsdale as follows Buckingham Palace 1120 a m in I Iam Iam Iam am commanded d by the king to inform your ou lordship that his majesty and the queen qUEe had intended visiting som some of his ht coronation co dinners today toda and he deeply regrets that his illness prevents their doing so The king has deputed members of his family to represent him himat him himat I at as many of these dinners as possible possible possible ble I am further commanded by b the king to express his hope that his guests are enjoying themselves and passing a happy day KNOLLYS This mornings bulletin announcing that King Edward Is out of ot danger was also circulated so that poor folks drank his health heath In no re restrained lI restrained strained enjoyment out of the corona coronation coronation coronation tion cups presented to each of them as asa asa asa a souvenir of the occasion The Prince and Princess of Wales traversed the metropolis metr polis from end to end and In the carriages being escorted by a detachment of ot the Horse Hors guards and appeared appe red at central gatherings in several districts The principal dinner was at Fulham where Sir Thomas Lipton who organized the whole feast did the honors of the day dayto dayto dayto to of the poor aided by a host of ot titled anti and untitled volunteers Including Timothy I L Woodruff lieutenant gov governor of New York Vice Commodore Bourne of the New York Yacht club and other Americans ns who handed around plates plat s of f beef beet and pudding or filled beer r mugs with an enthusiasm emblematic of the whole spirit of the The Prince and Princess of Wales paid their first visit to t They I entered the e park of the bishops palace through a triumphal arch and were w re received by the mayor of Fulham Sir Thomas Lipton Upton and others Their royal highnesses ses were enthusiastically greet greeted ed edby by an Immense band of scholars who sang God Save the th King Prince At Head ea Of Table The prince and princess prInc ss s alighted and walked among the marquees where the guests were were assembled around two and anda a halt halL tUes miles of ot tables evincing the ut utmost utmost most mot interest in everything At the head bead of ot the table In the central mar marquee quee the royal roal party stopped and the Prince Princ e of Wales read this mornings I bulletin regarding the kings health This was the signal for a a outburst of leaving the Prince of ot Wales expressed to the bishop of London the Right Rev Hey Re Arthur Foley Ingram and Sir Thomas Lipton his great satisfaction at the completeness o f the arrange arrangements menU ments and emphasizing his regret re t at atthe atthe atthe the fact tact that t at the king kIn was unable to tobe tobe tobe be present This was a sample of all the other dinners which were followed in every case by variety shows upwards of 1500 operatic tlC theatrical al and musical han hail artists and pianists givenS their services for the occasion oe During the afternoon a second mes message sage from the king was as read at the various gatherings ga saying his majesty was wag very glad to feel that they were his guests and hoping that they would all aU be happy and comfortable and I spend a pleasant afternoon at Accompanying A comp the ince and Prin Princess Princess cess of Wales Vales were the Duke and Duchess of ot Connaught the Duke and Duchess of Fife Prince and Princess Charles of ot Denmark the Duke and Duchess of ot Argyll Princess Henry of ot Ba Battenberg g Prince and Princess Chris Christian tian of and the Duchess of ot t Albany to The Prince and Princess P of Wales were accorded nc a particularly wann welcome in lathe the east cast end streets which were gaily decorated In speaking to J the gatherings the prince always ad addressed addressed addressed dressed the people as s My friends Although Alth ugh no more snore evening bulletins regarding the condition of King Ed Edward Edward Edward ward are to be issued it was an announced announced at the Buckingham palace I this evening that his majesty had bad made good progress since morning and that he was much gratified with the ac accounts acc accounts c counts he received of the successful harrying carrying car ing out tout of ot the plans for the din dinners nets ners for fol the hp poor r of o London The king kin received ie many telegrams Of thanks and congratulation from the scenes of t these festivities declaring that t the pleasure asure of the occasion was vastly enhanced by bP the tidings that his majesty maj sty was out of ot danger On his arrival at York house this evening craning after a long tour of the many dining rendezvous the Prince of Wales telegraphed t d to t the lord mayor maor of London Sir Sr SJ Joseph C Dimsdale that the were everywhere ee where carried car f d out without a hitch The prince in this dispatch commended all the mayors majora and all aU the others concerned for the excellency of the arrangements for the dinners dinne and thanked the people peo pee pbs I l for the hearty welcomes accorded himself and the princess Sir Thomas Lipton general g chair chairman chairman chairman man of at the dinners has baa transmitted his thanks to all responsible for organ organizing organizIng izing the feasts for tor their painstaking king devotion in carrying out the wishes of the king The ce e of Queen Alexandra Ale andra as she he drove out In an open carriage for an hour bour this evening accompanied d by some of the royal guests quests at the palace occasioned o In Inthe inthe Inthe the p park p ark and OB os Q the Ute streets which her majesty traversed t e |
