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Show J ENGLAIOVS GREAT DAY. If I London is onjoying a day of king-making. King George V, ft erowned with impressive formalities in Westminster Abbey, is the J "i-th ruler of the House of Hanover, son of the late King Edward J VII and grandson of Queen Victoria. He is 46 years old this - month. The Archbishop of Westminster administered the Coronation I Oath, saying. "Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern r the people of this United Kingdom and the Dominions thereof ac- ;! , cording to tho statutes in Parliament agreed on aud the respective laws and customs of the same." 'h 4 The King: "I solemnly promise so to do." f ' The crown placed on King George's head Is of solid gold, stud- ' j Hod-with precious stones of inestimable value, including 3,000 dia- f monds, 300 pearls, and hundreds of rubies, emeralds and sapphires. , r The Queen's crown contains tho famous Kor-i-Nor diamond with its jjj, legend of bringing good luck, jL . Over forty members of royal families. 250 rulers of foreign m states, 1,450, earls, dukes, lords and ladies, 300 ambassadors and min- W iaters, 1,500 representatives of the army, navy, judiciary, olergy, aW etc., formed part of tho 7,000 guests at Westminster Abbey. VI Americans find it difficult to understand the meaning of all 1 this ostentatious display at the crowning of a king, and yet we fit Americans, now and then, indulge in much the same gorgeous " demonstration, and wo love pageantry quite as well. A British paper, pa-per, oxpjniniug the meaning of the coronation ceremony, says: "The act of coronation is a symbolic religious ceremony of the most exalted character and is as impressive as the human imagination imag-ination can make it. H is tho supreme act which pluees King Grorgc" at the head of the British nation and of the established church. Its inteuded effect is to impress the monarch with the solemnity of the obligations which he assumes to his people and to renew in the hearts of the people the sentiment of devoted loyalty to their King." ' ' i- |