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Show REHEARSAL OF CORONATION CEREMONY Big Events of King's Crown, ing Crowd Each - Other. SHAKESPEAREAN BALL EVENT OF TONIGHT Famous Windsor Gold Plate Figures in Buckingham Buck-ingham Banquet LONDON, June 20. A foil dreea rehearsal re-hearsal of tha coronation oeremony, tha inception' of envoys from foreign lands by tha king and queen at Buckingham Buck-ingham palaca, tha state banquet to royal gaeata and representatives of tha beads of state, and tha Shakespearean bail at Albert hail, make Bp today's crowded program of event directly connected with tha crowning of King George and Queen Mary. The eoronation rehearsal will depict the eeTemoov practically as it will be performed Thursday. Tha Shakespearean ball will be a notable no-table affair, aa it ia expected that King George and Queen Mary and nearly all of the members of royalty will be present. The banquet at Buckingham palace will be the most elaborate of the kind ever given in London. The famoua Windsor gold plate will be used. Bomethlrg Doing All tha Time. Aside from these main evente, there ere a large number of leaser features constantly occurring, incident to the eontinuoua arrival of distinguished foreigners for-eigners nnd tha innumerable eemi-offi-firie! dinners, garden partiea, receptions, recep-tions, exhibitions and private events which have sprung up in connection with the eoronalioa festivities. Royal carriages conveying the nation na-tion 'a representativea on aa interminable intermin-able round of official visits, the paae-ing paae-ing and repassing of eontingenta of troopa and n ceaeeleaa stream of sightseers, sight-seers, with n big -epainkling of brightened bright-ened apparel affected by the dwellers in both the near aad the far eaat. furnished fur-nished London with a day hong succession suc-cession of tbrille. Among the troops wera many- la strange foreign uniforms aad continental conti-nental regimenta of which King George ia aa honorary ooloaai,. Oivwda at Weatminater Abbey. - Enormous ' crowds gathered early in the vicinity of Westminster abbey, where the peers and peeresses furnished fur-nished a free ahow, many arriving for the -eoronation rehearsal wearing their robes and carrying their 'eoronete uncovered, un-covered, while there were great throngs near Bnekingham palace to watch the coming and going of tbe uniformed en-vova en-vova attending their majesties ' reception. recep-tion. There waa nothing else to be aeon in the vicinity of the palace, whieb ia bare of decorations, but thousands stood throughout tha day peering through the railings, and astisfied to watch the eentry during the intervals between functions when the court was reefing. John Bavs Hammond, special United States embassador, had a well filled day. With Mrs. Hammond, he lunched at Kensington palace, the guest of Princeee Louiae, who ia an old friend of tba Hammonds. At the luncheon he -met Princess Henry of Battenberg aad a email party. Hammond ' AuxUanea With Sing. At 8 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Ham. mood had an audience with tha king at Buckingham palace. Tonight Mr. and Mra. Hammond will attend tba atate banquet, later going to the great Shakeepeareen ball at Albert Al-bert hall. At laat night 'a banquet at Buckingham Buck-ingham palace, given by the king aad queen to the special representativea of the varioua powers, Mr. Hammond took in the Princeee Alexander of Teck, the (Continued on page 3.) REHEARSAL OF ( Ton ti aoed from pa; 1.) queea'a sister in law. Seated at th same table with the American special embaeeador were Print Henry of Prussia ; th C'hiaea prinre, Tsai-rhien, Tsai-rhien, eldest eon of the regent of China; the hereditary princess of flaie. Meintrenen and th prinre of Monaeo. Before th dinner Mr. Hammond was introduced to the king by th duk of Connaufht. and following th banquet the special embassador introduced his staff to his majesty. Later ia th eve in( th kin( apeeially sent for Mr. Hammond aad conversed with kin for some time. Delaware Bl(f t BatUeahlp. The fleet ef foreign warship here for th coronation waa aaad complete thia moraine bv th arrival of th Oermaa cruiser Von Dor Tana. Sixteen Six-teen nations are re)rMentd at Spit-head. Spit-head. The American bettleehip Delaware Dela-ware take th premier place, both ia the matter of sire and armameat. The foreign naval of ficera eame ashor in large number and attended a receotion given bv Admiral Sir Arthur Ar-thur W. Moor, commander ip chief of the British aaval statiea at Ports month, at admiralty eouee. A garden partv given at admiralty house this afternoon attracted a brilliant iater national throng. |