| Show GUESTS OF EDWARD Half Million of London Poor Dined by His Majesty J MILES OF DINING TABLES Bulletin Prom tho Kings Physicians Bead to the Assembled Thousands AnnouncIng That He Was Out of Danger Was Signal for a Tremendous I Tre-mendous Outburst of Cheering Principal Dinner Was at Pullman Where Sir Thomas Iipman Did the Honors to 14000 People London July 5HaIr a million 01 Londons slum dwellers were King Edwards Ed-wards guests this afternoon They were scattered In about 100 schools I halls and parks In varying numbers the greater number of beneficiaries being at Stepney where no less than 1500 i enjoyed a dinner such as they seldom partake of At every gathering was read a message from the King signed by hIs private secretary to the poor sent through the Lord Mayor of London Sir Joseph C Dimsdale as I followsMFSSAGE MFSSAGE FOR THE KING Buckingham Paliiuo lliJO a m I am commanded by the ICing to Inform your Lordship that his Mnjosty and the Queen had Intended visiting some of Ills coronation coro-nation dinners today and ho deeply ro grelB that hIM illness prevents heir clolnp HO The King has deputed members of his family to represent him at ns mummy of those dinners as pnnslble I am further commanded by the Kin to nxpiiSR his hoi that his guests arc enjoying therh nclvcs and pausing a happy clay KNOLLTS DRANK KINGS HEALTH This mornings bulletin announcing that King Edward Is out of dagger was also circulated so that half a million poor folks drank hIs Majestys health Is no rcstrancd enjoyment out of the coronation cups presented to each of them as a souvenir of the occasion The Prince and Princess of Wales travel sod the metropolis from end to end and In semistate the carriages being escorted by 1 a detachment of the horse guards and appeared at central gatherings In several districts THOUSANDS AT DINNER The principal dinner was at Fulhnm where Sir Thomas LIpton who organized organ-ized the whole feast did the honors of the day to J1000 of the poor aided by a host of titled and untitled volunteers volun-teers Including Timothy L Woodruff LieutenantGovernor of Now York ViceCommodore Bourne of the New York Yacht club and other Americans who handed around plates of beef and pudding or filled beer mugs with ant an-t enthusiasm emblematic of the whole spirit of the occasion ROYALTY WARMLY RECEIVED The Prince and Prnccss of Wales paid their first visit to Fulhnm They entered the park of the Bishops palace through a triumphal arch and were received by the Mayor of Fulham Sir Thomas LIpton and others Tholr loyal Highnesses were enthusiastically greeted by immense band of scholars schol-ars who sang God Save the King MILES OF TABLES The Prince and Princess 1 alighted and walked among the Marquees where the guests were assembled around two and one half miles of tables evincing the utmost Interest in everything At the beach of the table In the central marquee the royal party stopped and the Prince oC Wales road the mornings bulletin regarding the Kings health EDWARD OUT OF DANGER Ills Majesty had another excellent I night and he is cheerful and feels much stronger We are glad to be able to state that we consider the King now out of danger The evening bulletins will theieforo be discontinued This was the sgnal for a tremendous 1 outburst of cheering ENTERTAINED BY PLAYERS Before leaving the Prince of Walrs expressed to the Bishop of London the Right Rev Arthur Foley Ingram and Sir Thomas LIpton his great satisfaction satisfac-tion at the completion of the arrange ments and emphasizing hIs regret at I the fact that the King was unable to be present This was a sample of all the other dinners which were followed In every cuie by t variety shows upwards of 1500 operatic theatrical and music hall artists and US pianists giving their services for the occasion HOPE ALL WERE HAPPY During the afternoon a second message mes-sage from the King was read at the various gatherings saying his Majority was very glad to feel that they were hIs guests and hoping that they wntild all be happy and comfortable and spend a pleasant afternoon KING MAKING PROGRESS Although no more evening bulletin regarding the condition of Klnr Edward Ed-ward arc to hue Issued It was announced at the Buckingham palace this evening that his Majesty had made good grog less since morning and that he was much gratified with the accounts he received re-ceived of the successful carrying out of the plans for the dinners for the poor of London The King received many telegram 01 thanks and congratulation con-gratulation from the scenes of these festivities declaring that the pleasure of the occasion was vastly enhanced by the tidings that his Majesty was out I of dancer NO HITCH IN PROGRAMME On his arrival at York house this evening after a long tour of the many rendezvous the Prince of Wnics telegraphed tele-graphed to the Lord Mayor of London Sir Joseph C Dlmsdnle that the programmed pro-grammed were everywhere carried out without hitch The Prince In this dispatch dis-patch commended all the Mayors and all tho others concerned for the excellency ex-cellency of the arrangements for the dinners and thanked the people for the hearty welcomes accorded himself and the Princes Sir Thomas LIpton general chairman of the dinners has transmitted his thanks to all responsible for organizing the feasts for their painstaking dovo tlon In carrying out the wishes of the I Kins QUEEN GOPJS DRIVING The appearance of Queen Alexandra I IR she drove out in an open carriage I for an hour this evening accompanied l by some of the royal guests at the palace pal-ace occasioned much enthusiasm In the park and on the streets which her Majesty I Ma-jesty traversed |
