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Show HAMMOND KEPI BUSY American Representative Representa-tive at Coronation Meets Royalty London, June 20. A Mill-dress rehearsal re-hearsal of the coronation ceremony, the reception of envoys from foreign lands by the king and queen at Buckingham Buck-ingham palace, the stale banquet to royal guests and representatives of tho heads of state, and the Shakespearean Shakes-pearean ball at Albert Hall make up today's crowded program of events directly di-rectly connected with the crowning of King George and Queen Mary. The coronation rehearsal will follow the cercmonv as It will be performed on Thursday The Shakespearean ball will be a notable affair a? It is expected ex-pected that King George and Queen Mary, and nearly all of the members of royalty, will bo present The state banquet at Buckingham palace tonight will be the moat elaborate elab-orate of the kind evor given In London Lon-don Tho famous Windsor gold plato will be used. Aside from tho main events, there are a large number of lescer features constantly occurring, Incident to tho continuous arrival or distinguished foreigners, and the Innumerable In-numerable semi-official dinners, garden gar-den parties, receptions, exhlblttoco and private events which have sprung up in connection with the coronation festivities. Royal carriage", convoying the nation's na-tion's representatives on an Intermln-ab'e Intermln-ab'e round of official visits, the passing pass-ing and re-passlng of contingents of troops, a ceaseless stream of sightseers sight-seers with a bie sprinkling of brightened bright-ened apparel, affected by the dwellers of both the near and the far east, furnished fur-nished London with a day-long succession suc-cession of thri'ls. Amonr the troops were many In strange foreign uniforms and continental contin-ental regiments of which King George Is an honorary colonel. Enormous crowds gathered x?arly Jji the vicinity of Westminster Abbey, j where tho peers and peeresses furnished furnish-ed a free show, many arriving for the coronation rehearsal, wearing their robes and carrying their coronets un Covered; while there wore great thrones near fBuck!nghcTn Palace to "watchTho comIng-3mcT 'fiorng- of the uniformed envoys attending their ma-I ma-I Jcstlos' recept'en There was nothing else to be seen In the vicinity of the 1 palace, which is bare of decorations, I but thousands stood throughout the ' day peering through the railing, and satisfied to waich the sentry purlng the Intervals between functions' hon the court was letting. I John Hays Hammond, special United Unit-ed States ambassador, had a well filled day. Wllh Mrs Hammond, vhe .unched at Kensington palcco, tho guest of Princess Louise, who is an old irlend oi tno Hammonds. At the luncheon he mot Princess Henry of Bottenborg and a small party. At three o'clock this afternoon Mr. Hammond had an audience with the King of Buckingham palace. Tonight Mr and Mrs. Haminoud will attend the stnte lanquct. later 0lL to the great Shakespearean ball at Albeit Al-beit nail. At last n'.gbt's banquot at Buck Ingham palace, given by the king and queen to the special representatives of the various powers, Mr HammonJ tcok In the Prlnce3? Alexandra or Tech. the queen's sister" -law Sealed Seal-ed at the same table with re American Ameri-can speclil ambassador wero Prince Henry of Prussia, the Chinese rxnce, Tsal Chlen, elcest son of the re'n' of China, the hereditary princess m SaxeMelnlngen, who Is a sister of En pcror William and tho prince of Mon- , Before tho dinner, Mr. Hammond was Introduced to tho king by tho Duke of ConnaushtNand. follow.ng tno banquet. I ho specter ambassador Introduced In-troduced his staff. Last, evenlug the king especially sent for Mr Hnm-monj Hnm-monj and conversed with hlra for some time. |