Show Country C Folk Country u Folk Pray at Bier Of Their Beloved Monarch Copyright 1936 ted Press SANDRINGHAM England Jan 22 22 Saddened Saddened cast east England country f folk lk mourned today at the bl bier r of King George V lying in the tiny flag draped chapel o of the church on the Sandringham royal estate Norfolk neighbors o of the tho late ru ruler er flied filed v alo slowly y past the tho royal casket on which rested a a. sl single 1 le white floral cross from rom tha Queen Mother er Mary Four lour of the rustic rustle es estate estate estate es- es tate dressed a Imply simply in their best lest Sunday black suits stood Immobile at the four four- cornera corners of or tho the r royal yal bier as the local residents bade farewell farewell fare fare- well to tho the man and monarch they knew as friend JA A. half dozen Norfolk constables scrutinized ea each h visitor to s see e that he ho was as wearing either a black tie or a mourning armband F Family un ly Absent Tho The mourners entered through the rear d door or br of at the church and pa passed ed slowly up the center aisle of of tho the chapel past the kings king's plain oaken aken coffin coflin No member of the royal family was present The Tho coffin w was s covered completely by the royal stand standard rd o on which rested the queens queen's floral piece fashIoned fashioned fash ash of a dozen a-dozen varieties of ot flowers grown in tho the S Sandringham green green- reen- reen houses louses lUnny Trudged Miles IDes The country country- people many of whom trudged d' d miles across the th heath and moors moors of or or through the Anglian forest farest to pay their last respects respect to the king were bundled up for lor or protection from the wintry east coast winds Many dr dropped pp d silently to their knees and prayed as the tho queue waited waited wait wAlt ed patiently In tho the dim chapel Tho The cask casket t appeared pitifully small the thc gold blue and crImson crimson crim crIm- son SOIL of ot the royal banner Wept Openly Residents who had known the king all their lives wept openly I The w whole ole scene presented a study a-study In n rural simplicity Tonight the church will be ho closed dosed to x the tho public as the royal family lathers gathers for its memorial service Golden Altar AltaI bier rested g golden carved altar do do- I 10 years ago by Rodman Wanamaker in tribute to King Kina Edward Ed- Ed ward VII VIZ father of King George and his work for peace Three wh wheelchairs brought bedrIdden bedridden bed bed- ridden old ld employee of the royal es estate estate u. u tate to the church The Queen Mother Mary expressly express express- 1 ly ordered that the church should be e opened to the pu public ll Guarded Guard d by Workers Worker Families came from as far away as Cambridge They walked solemnly into the tillage church and past the monarchs monarch's simple elm sim pIe oaken coffin Throughout the night gamekeepers en ers eri and foresters of ot Sandringham estate kept lonely vigil beside the body of ot their late squire The guardians wore rough corduroy corduroy roy breeches and lea leather er coats Widow Follows Bier The widowed queen walked twice through the rain and sleet t last night to be agaIn at the tho side of her hus hue band The first time dressed in deep mourning she followed humbly behInd behind be be- hind the coffin cotlin of her de dead king dead d king in its mile half journey fr from m the death chamber to U the church After returning to Sandringham house by bya automobile she sho went back to the church once more late Inthe in tho the evening t to kneel in prayer before before before be be- fore the tho bier of f her r Knelt in Prayer Two other women of the royal household ho accompanied the queen on her se second ond journey over the path she he often walked happily with the king The sorrowing Thern sorrowing widow advanced alone to the bier where she knelt for seven minutes in prayer In visit In t to tho church she followed cl closely sely behind d the kings king's body borne by six stalwart grenadier guardsmen Promptly at noon tomorrow the body of bf the year old king will will will-be be betaken taken talen on a gun carriage to the near-by near Wolferton station Thence it will wUl go by train to London to lie He Hein in state |