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Show for the people. These begin on the wedding day, lasting a week or more. . The royal fetes Include banquets, din-rers din-rers and a grand ball, to which only - the- tVT" tiUves- -f4jroxl . ; houses having X.mQy alliances with Spain are bidden. The official fetes to foreign envoys en-voys and big o functionaries Include reception re-ception and banquet at the royal palace, military review, gala .performance at the Royal theater, reception and ball at the Hotel de Ville, and many other entertainments en-tertainments for -the .distinguished guests. People's Fete.' By far the most interesting fetes are those in which the people participate, including night illuminations of the Prado and other pubUo quarters, a Venetian Ve-netian feast at the Weatparo, three bull fights, a luminous cortege, a battle .of flowers, and a d recession of all the ! Spanish provinces, in typical groups and figures, in order' that the new Queen may see the Spanish people from every quarter of the country. The programme of the luminous cortege cor-tege gives an idea of the extent and splendor of the, popular fetes. Its main features are: Two great decorative floats with the portraits of the King and Queen. Two artistic pyramids with figures representing the Spanish provinces supporting; the arms of Spain and Bat-tenberg. Bat-tenberg. A beautiful gallery of orange-flowers, transparent and luminous, liberty style. - A float containing twenty monster flambeaus, with the monograms of Al-phonso Al-phonso and En a, surmounted by royal crowns. Three pyramids of flowers and colored col-ored lights (180 persons). Flambeau surrounding the portrait of the Queen mother. - A pyramid formed by ten galleries (100 persons). Flambeaus with the portrait of King Edward with Br.'tlsh banners and arms. Twenty floats glvlAg Spanish fflstory in allegorical designs (100 persona). Fifty floats with the arms of the principal Spanish towns. Sixteen floats bearing Spanish and British banners.' Seven . enormous, luminous letters spelling Alfonso. Eight enormous luminous letters spelling Victoria. , . Two grtat royal crowns of twenty feet diameter. ' Eight great decorative floats (each transported by 100 persons). A great float formed by the arms of Spain and Batten berg surrounded by laurel. .,, , Thousands of people form the personnel person-nel of these floats. Besides those mentioned men-tioned there are many representing huge pansles, roses and lilies. The luminous lu-minous inscriptions breathe welcome to the new Queen and long life to the royal roy-al - couple "Vive la relna Victoria Eugenia." "Clory to the BritlsITNavyT "Madrid and London," "Long Live Our King and Queen," "Glory to Shakespeare Shakes-peare and Byron," and many other popular greetings for the English Princess Prin-cess who becomes a Spanish Queen. , Moorish Camp. One of the most unique spots prepared pre-pared for the wedding fetes Is the historic his-toric field on which the Moors camped, now transformed Into gardens rivaling the famed a-ardena of Versailles. Re- WJLDDXJTGr FETES WBBJB . LAVISH AHD . DIVTDID . - . ; INTO THREE PABTS '-:" s ' " ." - The fetes for the ; King's wedding-have wedding-have been prepared on an unusual scale of lavlshness. They are divided In three parts, the , first including the family fetes celebrated at the royal palace by the members of the royal family: sec ond, the fetes offered to the vlsltleg Princes, envoys and high functionaries; and, thlrc , the popular fetes organized r ;-,r . .-"'-- i '- i t 1 cently 60,000 trees have been planted of various varieties, 1000 palm trees and 15JDO0 rose bushes of -every known species.- ,.- The camp was first laid out as a garden gar-den by Phillip n., and was for a time the resort of many celebrities, such as Lope de Vcrga and Calderon. Although Al-though allowed to go to rack and ruin In recent years, there still remains some fine statuary. Including the ' Triton fountain, subject of one of Velasquez's pictures. This Is the first time any ef-' fort has been made to turn It to account ac-count as tone of the notable adornments adorn-ments -f Madrid. |
