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Show I ersons acquainted with tho wishes of the queen say that this procession will be far more splendid than the one which took place at the coronation coro-nation of the last English kl In the main, practtlcally all that was done at King Edward s and Queen Victoria's coronation will be carried out during the coming one; though everything will be on a greater scale. At the last coronation, King Edward's well known desire for simplicity sounded the dominant note of the ceremonies. With Queen Mary behind be-hind the scenes as virtual mistress of ceremonies, however, her love or display dis-play will, doubtless, induce her to make a splendid pageant of the event. While one coronation is pretty mich like another, there are certain unique features of each function, which possess peculiar interest. In a window in Bond street there has recently been displayed a row of crowns and coronets to bo worn at the coming coronation. These inslsnla attracted an irnense amount of attention, atten-tion, particularly among American visitors, who never seem to lire of gazing at the various designs intended intend-ed for tho headgear of British royalty royal-ty and aristocracy. One of the Lon don papers commented on the fact that these Bond street "baubles" appealed ap-pealed more strongly to American visitors than to the native population. The explanation, doubtless, lies in the fact that Americans have no opportunity oppor-tunity of seeing such sights In their own country at least, off the stage. Crowns and coronets in England are rather simple looking affairs, with exception of those intended for mon-arcbs mon-arcbs themselves, or princes of royal blood. By a curious anomaly, the simpler tho crowD, the higher the member of the arhtocraev w ho wears It. Holiday matinee at t!ie Orpheura. THE CROWNING OF MONARCHS. Writing from London, W. B. Nortn-rup Nortn-rup says: Though King George's coronation will not take place till next June, active ac-tive preparations, and even rehearsals rehears-als for the great event, are now well under way. Members of the English nobilitv rue already making purchases of ermine er-mine and other necessary materials to be used during the elaborate and costly cost-ly ceremonies, A significant iact in tnls connection is the present 'corner" 'cor-ner" in the ermine market; the price of this fur having gone up r.O per cent during the last month. Ermine j skins arc worth now nearly $5 each, instead of ?2.j0, the price prevailing a few mouths ago. Crimson velvet, silk and other materials ma-terials necessary for the great state j function are also rapidly advancing in price and the conit dressers are rushing their orders so as to get them in before the further rise in price anticipated an-ticipated in the very near future. Several large firms of court Jewelers Jew-elers have already received orders for fitting up crowns and -coronets in conformity with the somewhat rigid requirements of English court etiquette. eti-quette. Of course a lot of paraphernalia parapher-nalia used eight years ago at the coronation of King Edward VII w... I come into use next year during the coronation of King George, but at I the same time certain changes in ' court ceremony will necessitate the rdoption of many new Ideas. In court circles, among thosio verv close t) the king, it is believed that tho coming coronation will be one of the morft magnificent displays ever witnessed in England. Though King George is rather on the order of the "plain, blunt man,'' bis queen is very fond of court ceremony, and lias i-huwn a disposition to make tho most of her position. She has developed a taste for sov-'erefguty sov-'erefguty that will only be satisfied by all the pomp nnd ceremony that nueenship implies. Tho fact that she bus Insisted upon the rebuilding of Buckingham palace Is an evidence of her royal proclivities. Of course there will be tho usual coronation procession from the tower of London to Westminster abbey. |