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ming Cemony is
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1Ujgh Ali Is 0aicty in Londono the l itual of
.Klaci�n a New King,, and Queen on the
Throng Is A , erlous. One. -Description of the
Splendid, Pageant. -
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• T!lliere is nothing suite so dear to Rngl4nd. but the Anglo-Saxon race fs
lBugllab,r seri. as time paxtaply and cir- : &etting up an Emperor.
tcupaste,Ude of the ancient institutions $acicgrorxrtd 4Z{ History.
V1 hie cotfntry. The liveried compan. When Britain crowns a Monarch:
lien! of JE, 04OU with. their .aimcient rights the elvilized world: .its up and takes
�d :privileges and the queer tenures. ' notice. No natlotk in the world has
raf, land that rose out of the whimseysuch a background of bistory and
gtr witticism of a monarch exe a never- ' color from which to draw her pag-
eants; and no .country in the world,
l+l+nding source of joy to him. So has the. wealth and power that give
nrheA opretnation comes around with dignity to such a display. When .
AU historic' assoclatious drawn. from Taine . wrote his History of English
every .cornier of tt"e annals of his land Efterature he did, it to show the de -
e Briton's imagination is fired as velopment of a people in its writings
antlming else: will fire it. -.And well it and he chose Englatsd as. the scene
i�inight: be, for in the earners of the of his experiment because she was
where 'there is no personal in the only nation that had an unbroken
est the details of an English court history extending .over a thousand
tiear e
Iisvg � never-ending chaxmn, year never 'conquered and always
,: And:'rre11 it mfghtllave, for does not in the -forefront of civilization. Add.
Amis great 1?mpire bring to bear on its ed: to this is the imperial glory of the
iceremGottials all the wealth of allus og tight little island" which has
+a?md association: that the world can brought to her doors the. wealth. and
],Sive; color ofthe world,, silks and spices
1•or many centuries now Britons from India, wool from . Australis,.
iba�►e held their place in their little timber, grain and fur from Canada.
Ilslesnds or, in • whatever part of the and practically every known: commod.
lwctild they landed by the strength of ity from some one of her man out
it right. arz.s and a love for fair ` Posts. And this i`e nforeement of her-
"' lap:: So -when this =;)at •democratie insular position has been the means.
bi nations assembles in its metropolis.. of `breeding a class .of then unknown.
Ito place its hereditary ruler iR the in the world since the days of the
=calth;ono of hits fathers there is a very Rosman sgvere
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IRwlemn eigni$cance to the whole thing; . ed, tanned -skinned men, with little
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aAd the symbol of the coronation is an ends of the earth on: the errands of .
their'country. T e .
b axe a race
e .cement that the leaders of civilize•apart gr
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;tion will live together in peace ,$ridrr . these men; :with. their dra400n atrida
one governing body for the iYelfare and their fearless determination to do '
ref the world. • the honorable thing,, and they form a
The coronation has been performed. warrior caste that piques the imagin.
nanny times up to date, sometimes to ation. 'So when -the British people,
;1'ttle purpose and sometimes at the call their pro -consuls of empire home
'' 6 , n of a period of peace and happi• from the far-flung -stations of the
t ss-f6t mankind, and the function Orient and the •Occident to witness
or J me 22, 1911, will contain in it the solemn investiture of: their Tiing,.
the 'ritual • that has always prevailed there is .something. so impressive.
.,aplbs fragments taken from all the about it that, the world turns. from
coronations that have been. its everyday" tasks,to watch_..
• Further than that there will be A coronation is a Rtrange thin-
,,. " :_. after ell.. When .by common consent'
s z.±' :i< := Y ,z „ ,: of millions of people this man George.
> ^t tyf c 'who bears no surname, grandsonof
: 65 t a beloved Queen. and "sore of. a well -
4 €� ?! loved King, mounts the dais at West
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i Y € minter abbey on June 2'L and is in-
1.y .,Lw:. .. ,,,�t ted with the .emblems of 'his high
:..s. �.. s :,.:.�.�:xr office,
t c , .a a.cannon- roar will. go round
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;`°: the work of the empire at, bome and
. '<' abroad will go back to their work
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out the destiny of the Ailglo-Saxon
"`j race. The re not Y a o much -for shore
as their daily garb . so well testifies.
and 'whe'n they., perform . a solemn
ritual they mean what they say, tired
�a they will"lay down their lives for
their determination,
> � , +;,y�R The symbol they have usii.] in
r 'xmk, ',s= ,w 1 u crowning their King is ,one pregnant
11 IE ";, , f .: ; . 1.a with .meaning. .
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:t om_" It means in effect'that this man
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v: family, has since be was a child been
:; 'r ., a "a in a systeinafic 5efrool of kingship. .
s. �� He has been drilled in, the history of
-i.; �; >` his country, he has studied the late
.. tiu'ages of .;Uronci he has been to"tore.? .
W:1~STMINSTUR A111MY. . in governance, and bac probably
served,his time in one or other of his
;this time better worked out than ever nation"- eat services., He haq
;before, an idea which has grown rear- ed also "the courte.ie,, that go sa
• vellously even since King Edward far to keep the Balance. of nation . t
was enthroned. and has acquired that delicacy of
That is the note of empire, an in. touch in'dealing'with men that sar.+a
•,btitution that is growing beyond tho so many an awkward situntinn when
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;wildest dreams of its progenitors and even the biggest of 'human bi.rti,,.
places the British ,crown on an: emit;» disagree.
• •,ence which it has never before oce i Trained thus in the liberal nri, h+•
+riled. They are installing a King to rQadY when t}le time comes to t�tk,•
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lot lain Gann oun whose*is l tune is a� scarlet satin doub�4t with
1 rally; when danger tfarea,tena tine gold buttons and braid, scarlsi
eonmmonwootb, sleeves. slashed with purple. and
f iorouatleav have chs Rel black Spanish hate ornamented Wath
°: froom twit black ostrich feathers.
reign to reigns but In the Rmfn thfa The splendor and historical interest
Is the :idea that underlies theta. of the Scene fir. riot; unp4ralleled .in
Times have cha ed since the crows• the civilised world. No Man is,, ton
ing of William the• Conqueror. whoa
the Norman'& soldiers outside the $rest in the realm to do intimate
service to His Majesty. The Duke of
cathedral heard the buzz” inside and : NortlmumbPrland is high steward of
thinking there. was a riot gping for. England, the Duke• of Fife. high con.
ward fell on the English and slough- stable of England: the Duke of Aber.
tered right and left. The whole ,ai- coral. high constable of Ireland, and
fair is staged and ugly accidents do the Earl of Crawford, deputyt steward
riot happen. Experts in the tradi- of Scotland. The Duke of Iloxburghe
tiona get to work months in advance "will carry "the steward's staff, and
'and .carefully allot the roles, arrange Lord Roberts and Lord Kitclle,er.
mi;hwy warriors both, ,will carry the
second and third swords.
The Last Crowning.
No one outside the Duke of Nor.
folk and bis staff and the participants'
knows yet exactly what will occur,
but that it will be—save for the per.
sons filling the various, pasts• --very^
similar to that of the late King Ed-.
ward, there can be no doubt, The
following splendid description of the
procesr,lon into the Abbey, ,penned
y a London journalist on that oc-
casion, shows that the lot of the
persons seated in the Abbey will be
an "enviable one:
In front advanced the chaplains in
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o d r each .h a
Y. figure observing g . s ng due
space from the next as they "swung
in double line. down the 'blue ,carpet,
Then came the canons of the Abbey.
enveloped in their darker copes of
,e
l;ild�i to aide adran4ad the Datke of
fyll atm Lord Caarri
om the ��,ptre adV6roe�`"''I;z"M
outer i!t- Fdward's Stag, and after
M Lord Loudoun and Lord Greg da
th u, with the Golden Spurs. Then
_ gree Swords, Emblems. of mercy,
or pointless, bla . e, was Car -
the others, in its sheath, by
of Grafton. After them the
neat come Deputy Garter
ns,. with the familiar Par-
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gure of Black Rod on his
to Jess familiar figure on
the Lord Mayor, wielding
ace _ The Duke of Aber.
cora,
as Irish High •Steward.
Throughout the procession
carrying-
arrying the coronets were
mnlature Mgures in costume
:Ing every suggest€on of tin
-sign that might be taken on-
Aart. The- Duke of Marlbo
vanced as Lord High Stews;
ed by his two Ionges and bi
central .symbol 'o# the seem
staff
Ward s Crown, glidexungg .upon
cusbign. To his right the Duke
Somerset bore the Orb, and on his
Lord Lucan .carried fhe Sceptre a
We Dove. Immediately .afterwa
;; the venerable' dean, Dr. Bradley, fol-
1.came the measured entrance of the , ; ; ` - i
twenty Gentlemen.at-Arms. Next
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¢;` lowed quietly down the aisle, with
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_,: ;?,' abed steps, and with him the screen- emerged the significant ecclesiastical t. .: x
61. .1, . rastjcal section of the rent adva $'roup+ which, even in this overwhelm- :". �.:
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Hilt lk[AJESTX IIEN MARY. disappeared through the choir screen, g cep ,of pageant, left its mark <`.> �.r:.
S` s! nst now came the heraldic and upon the imagination, the superbly- � ' ' 1'_
co trio ,of the Bishop of London ' , ti` " • a
the time and lace cf each part of kni htl -, ou• . The Pur -<?. • ,x :.
p g y Br p suivants, in ! ;• .::.�.:•::>.
with the .crimson -bound Bible a of at >xr:«ys.
the crowning and carry out the funs- their mediaeval bravery, were follow. R , x ,<.. „•
tion with all the ceremonyof 4 ed b . ,officers of the his breast, the Bishop of Wine. ester ; < e' . . 7,�:t, - ".
church serv'c ' ni by Feat Orders of r_ .-olding the Chalice, a the Bishg . �y" < sr? Y.�.. R�. %,
tar K ghthood" of the threw Kingdoms, p ,: u . - .
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The preparation for all this started; an their Mowing. mantles of purple or n .. An - y w e > , ,: �. r.
P P the barred book a .>Y>:>?..,..,s ::