nAY 11, 1931

THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

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By Milton Bronner LONDON. WORLD city made brilliant by day with the ﬂuttering of mi),- lions of banners and flags‘ and with nodding ﬂowers/tin window boxes, made gorgeous by night with the ﬂash of illuminated arches and ﬂood-lit public buildings, a city where millions of holidaying people will see kings and queens and princes by the half dozen, troops from all over the British Em- pire mingling in an ever-changing ka- leidoscope—these are some of the ele- ments which will make London in the coronation week of King George Vl the greatest show on earth.

P. T. Barnum of ever-fragrant circus memory used to call his the greatest show on earth. And what helped make it so for the folks was the big tree cir- cus parade in which there were gilded

hes‘ and people dressed up in fancy ‘miltary and other gorgeous uniforms.

But they were imitations. ‘The ‘coronation week-visitor w Lon- don will see the real thing. If he sees men drwsed sip-as kings they will ac- tually be kings. If he sees a man in c generaPs uniform, his chest laden with medals, ho will really b a. general. If he is keen-eyed, he w_il see-many of the celebrities of the world. ln fset more than he ‘uld see together, at any ace. ' ‘ The reason is plain. The British king- dom is the greatest going monarchical concern left on earth, now that Ger- many, Austria-Hungary and Russia are no longer in existmce as king-ruled empires. And the British Empire, now as before the war, is the greatest the earth has ever seen. The English King may

bol, but wh‘ have him

the Briti anointed in c urch and pl ee‘ thecrown i it an event:

on his head, they make that draws people from the far ends of the earth. .

King Christian of Denmark, King George of Greece, King liaakon of Nor- way and King Boris o1‘ Bulgaria will be among the monarchs who will come to sec their fellow member of the Kings’ union crowned in Westminster Abbey. Present, too, will be the heir to the Dutch throne, Princess Juliana, and her consqrtHPrlncs Bernhard}, From Ital! will come Crown Plrince m Sweden, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf,

and still other princes will’ represent.

Belgium, llumania, Yugoslavia and Monaco. Each of the republics will send distinguished men. Nazi Germany is sending the commanders of its army, its navy and its air force as personal rep- resentatives of Reie‘ ‘ b w Adolf Hitler. " ~ ‘

TWELVE THOUSAND police will _ keep order. Sixty vthousend troops

will take part tn the irererhonled, some lining ﬂic routes, others taking part in the ceremonial parade to and from Westsnlnstcr Abbey.

Khakiwillbaotsdtsoountlnoor- onstion week. The famous regiments will weer their celebrated red cools, embellished with gold buttons, and their heads will be topped with the heavy but impressive bearsk busblcs.

The military show will probably not onlyboBrltiah, but Empire. Allofﬂie self-govcnlng Dominions and many of the colonies will send

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700 Indian troope s." Th Sikhs ‘and?

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will be in the royal procession. i . The streets of London “expected

to be gayer even than theaymwkre dur- ing the silver jubilee ot the late King George V. Elaborate preparations have been made by each of the many bor- oughs, into which Greater London is divided, ﬂor decorations. The borough councils themselves have erected dag- poles all over the principal streets 5nd business houses; are vying with= each other“ in decorative schemes.

By night all the public buildings will be ﬂood-lit and some of the bigger dc- partment stores are arranging elaborate electrical displays. ln fact, it is said that ﬂood-lighting and electrical illumi- nations will be carried out in Great Britain on a scale never before touched. It is estimated that 2,000,000,000 candle- power will be released.

“This ﬁgure, of course. does not apply , don I , but to all Britain. Many illﬂlhislglflllqwns of thrume island .

will be well worth a pilgrimage.

Tris.‘ ibabital, Edinburgh. will

outdo itse . By its t pography it is s ly ially e dsl ‘tself to nmlsl-iigmg. f?“ * 3n l‘ I

With the mountains as a background, lyrood P_ cc. once borne o! Scotch s, ‘stone oftown and the lofty l citadel at the other, will be a glory of whlite light gwery nisht until midnight. .hda QL'll1ehlsic!cityol Yoi-ln-wlth ancient w ' magniﬁcent cathedral. At night all the high spots of the ancimit city will be ood-lltqhfm. way never ihofore ab- ' pted this?! . ; l. . i ' Old Father Thames, the stream that has been called liquid history, will also

will rival some of the celehratcdfdun- tslns shown at various expositions. ~

But the river will be rmow plscs especially for the might of the Brltidr ncvy.0if"“‘otthe “of the river, will be six battleships, in- cluding the two biggest in the world, the Nelson and tho Rodney. Between,

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The London County Council, con-

‘ trolled by the Socialists, is going to see

to it that the plain people have a share in the general fun. They have ar- ranged for concerts in all the parks. Special food and entertainments will be given to the patients in the County Council hospitals. Extra money will be given those receiving poor relief.

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The British king my b6 0B1! s syrnbohbut when the British place the ‘crown on his head they make of It on event that draws ‘ people from the for ‘ ends of the earth.

In addition to many splendid state Iuncrions, all the top-notchcrs in Brit- ish society will be giving dinner parties and balls in their London town houses. The culminating point in this kind of function will be the $250,000 Shake- speare bull to be held in vast Albert Hall the night alter the coronziliun. Part 0i.‘ the interior of the hall will be con- verted into a replica of the WOOIlOXI palace of King Iicnry VIll. Society beauties are being chosen to represent the various heroines of Shakespeare's

most ‘ popular plays.

fbfthe entire coronation wvlelek. ,About.~; , There is a probability that m.- King

40,000, picked from all the schools, will esco d_ to s‘ special place on the-

will see th ‘coronation processio l- Sou-

bealgrs "will. ‘Elven to each

regu ar pupil. AllUn , the Landon

County Council is going to spend over $200,000.‘ _. , _ _

111s national ‘Iivernment, mi- PitiIPpat-Ll

is spending about $3,000,000. This in-

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and Queen will attend, as they have re-

Jservadnhe royal box and adjacent

boxes for their royal guests. The hall will be illuminated by lumps with over 12,000,000 candlepower. It is estimated that the cost of the costumes and heir- looms in the way of priceless jewels and old lace will be more than a king's ransom. » For the stranger within London's

dud“ n"? 0011.319 4'03‘ o! 3003-158310- gates, not only will there be the pag- ‘binding-Hunt dlrflllliﬂllwelhl cant ofithe streets, but one of the gay-

boy for the erecting stands to seat nearly 100,000 people. In the Abbey itself stands are mined . which w ‘seat 0000 v elniost yi-ivii ged in the world on coronation day, for they alone, of all 81c throng in London, will see the entire service.

ALL the famous tombs in the cele- brated old church have been blmrded over and will be decorated with draperies of crimson and gold dur- hg the coronation services. The single

," is the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which will remain uncovered. A hole is being cut in the carpet which 1 cover the King's prooessional way, I last the tomb may show through it.

ED113501! llll |' estitheatrical and operatic seasons any

great capital has ever known. Even in ordinary times, May is the height of the season for London. This year many of the theatrical managers are putting on gorgeous coronation shows, and the opera season at Covent Garden will bring many cc‘ ' ‘ ' '~ "w stage. .

All in all, the British c..,...... is aUUUl to become the gayest and must colorful spot on the face of the earth. There may be war clouds rising over Europe. dire economic and social problems may await settlement, governments every- where may look to the future with glum foreboding-but Britain is still uphold- lng the great traditions of stability and conﬁdence.