s PAGE EIGHT THE `HARLO’I`TE'I`OWN GUARDIAN MAY 11, 1937 » <1 'Aaged Duke Of Connaught Royal Guard WalksAgain ` ` GEORGE v DIED To Attend Coronation F Only Surviving Son Of Queen Victoria W_as Once Popular Governor-General Of Canada. " *___* Bopuiar governor-qenerql of Canada fmm l_9l1 101910. the Jauke oi Connaught. only surviv- ing son of Queen Victoria, will. it his health permits, attend the uurc-nation ol his grandnephew lieofse V1 Dn_May 12 . Nearlng his 87th birthday. the nuke has already taken part in two crownoig of British kings. those of hs brother. Edward VII iii ‘1902. and his nephew. George V in 1911 At the latter ceremony hfwfnlade hrs homage immediately Idler anozlier grand-nephew, the then Prince of Wales, aiterwards Fdward VIII and now Duke 01 Windsor ` The duke's sister. Princess Louise. Duchess ol Argve. also li tortler resident of Rideau Hall at Ultmwa. was 89 on March ill. As ¢he»wife ol the Marquise of Lorne (later Duke of Argylli she enjoyed »`lMluel'.t'al asociarlon with Can- ada when her husband was gover- nor-general from 1878 to 161%). Another daughter of Queen V.c- toria, Princess Beatrice. who mar- née ‘ _ _nm¢u.ta.¢__e_nl did ociustm. 'tim- rum. wg mils: ar fill, swim ami-.neg.-_ touch with the i:>eov`e- HIS f°_"*l highrless. wsether with the diwhs ess and their daughtg Pl'lnC€S Pat-ricia. entered en!/h'\95`l_5¢`ll§3uY in' to the lite of the lidnloir in the warm €1’P@f1"’5~, to them wherever UIPY .n public. religious party fact"r\~ and racial were forgot-ten. The duke was in his 67th yea when he returned to England ir 1916, when the nation wait mldvffll in the war. The duché8s~ died I-li fol_low‘i1g .year Pr‘incess`lI§tl’lch\ who had given her name to a reg-lment of Canadian _lnlaritr which gained n glorious record married Ccmmander the I-lon Alexander Ramsay in 1919 Some years previous to his ap pointmeril to Canada, the duke was high commissioner ol' the Mediterranean _lwfth headquarters at Mala. It was during the reign of his brother Edward VII. '1‘he duke resigned this post-much to the annoyanbé' of the Klng-be- cause he considered the dudes at widowed grandgaunts oi' Die'”Rln¢_ 3° 9-ht P08"-i0l'I V use nrely seen in pubic nowa- ‘*¥Kgld% dnllxhtcr, Pfnces ¢N.s_ llltgaret, was married in June. The Duke of Connaught, like his 7015. ,io Prince Gustavus Adolphue. ,wager b¢19re_ him, has in his olvpil prince nf -‘lf-'~l-\ and died mer years becaaar no the people olrher fathers 70th birthday In o|Bigl¢ndand _theempxe a_C19D. large somethlrg more ot a 1980116 lien a mere personality. Prom his aarliess years he. devoted himsell '° me 1-= "W ~“=~-- *"1"* "1 Goronation Shoe practically every part ot the worid. Ho was taught to play the kettle-_ drum by li man who fought at Waterloo. and rose to command the force which captured the llalakahool ln the Crimea. The Dukes only son, Prince Sports Heel Ot Crimson Velvet london-Omdcn are already be- Anhur or Connaught. ho-S l>¢1'f0\Tl}° ing placed for the special shoes ed great servce in many capaci- mu p¢,,»e5_,¢¢ an m wsu- when ties. notably as governor-general d gh” 8° w w¢5gmmsq,¢¢ Ab¢7e°- for South Africa: For some time dur- an go,»°nam,n_ ing the war he was attached_t0 the gum are mme made [mm me Canadian swf-f in Fmnoo. rlnestfwhiie kid. and have red Princess Beatrice. one of the ,-whine mum; me bm-He; ome,-S duke`s surviving sisters, was held an 0( gold 0|- suve;-_ with heels in hieh record ol/of H lone period covered wit-h mi velvet the exact of years _hy reason oi her gracous shade of the Coronation robes. In manner in fulllfling the smaller mug, cases the Court style is being Junctions which fall to the lot of utilised as me most ,utah-e for mem-bers of the royal faliiily Her the-occasion, husband. the Duke of Battellburg, These shoes will be worn wth \'iI¢‘honso.,now the George V's Coronation are to be °’*'Kf'?l~' Of SP21111. ln 1906. seen in the Landon Museum and During _lilo term as represeiita- it is probable that Queen Eliza- Uvv Cf 111| \'1f°lJll9W~ George V. in beth’s Coronation gloves will re-‘ Canada. the Duke of Connaught semble the-Se. but the 0m|nm»y with hi.. nffable and democratic Cclirt glove will be used by the l1l:\llllr‘1'. came iii close personal peercsses. lRST TIME SINCE .... _ in I "hw ".'."J»“£. ..Z§'?I.¢ v. u an slow" °'*°"~ N nyintuning Juelz. I _guard mi Queen _Eliubet the eormstlon. i ii- ii tilt girl to itil: ~l`.;_;;llia 'On Show - After Cro,_wning Royal starldarrk for the town of Bradford. tar the navy and mf review at Spthead in thefK\1€S ¢010r_~, and 4 new standard for the hofusehcfd cavalry are among orders underway at the Royal School of Neec"ework The direct.- Nm of the school. Ladv Smith- Dorrien. said they had rarely “WU as busy before. . As it seemed a pity the general p1ib'ic should not get more than a fleeting gliililr e--of all the in- trcate l'll`m»d.ivcrk' on Coronation Day, it has been riccided to hold im exhibition of the royal robes and other hand-embroidered treas- eures 9114;- c-cr”mony. together vrlth those- irom past eoronations which have being lent by owners and mlwelirrts. This w'll take pace at the Royal Neeaiewmg school and will be open lor several weeks. Grey China Perhaps the mention of grey anim 15 not enticing enough to evoke any sweet pcture before “our eyes? 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Thi attract' 'e i t , , | ||| M 5; G ,nm princesses Elirabelh and Margaret Hose enjoyjingslhe comllanillnllslllig olellmelll' do; ata\‘lYein{|m|» 'Exit Euubdh' l 4 I 1 V ~=»'1l-"iff »f ,- 4 ~`J London Plans Royal Salute To Sovereign _.__- By Mm, ]y|m¢y In 'The Chris. tian Science Monitor _ ` on. 1, niet. used 0! course, wIfoll‘nat;on`s'l~11»l» will be tm- thirty-nlnth in Westminlster Ab~ hey since Wiliam the Conqueror. And alwaqs London WaS glad Lo turn out to see the show, though, from time to time. various sw- tions ot the crowd may have had»mlxed feeling as to the prospects under the sovereign. 51,511, me _ preparations of the streets, tho' #owing selise ot anticpatlon one the hope ol a day»s',ho1id _Y ome into that category cal% "tune out ol mind" and are now, in 1931, as keen tis they ever were. But there Le one essential and big difference bet/Ween the nal show of May 12 and those older, more riotous and more fantastic occasions when, say, Eizabeth or Hgm-y V111 passed.; _to their crown. ln . loot weeks London has been pre- paring its salute-a gesture on it nigger scale than ever seen before. nog; hunting _to printing. every kind of -industry has been humm- ing gwdy yith extra; orders for the oorouatlon 'tor ,months past. lmough steel tubing has been as- Sembled for the stands along the mute to reach from London to Colo¢ne.,_H9;gL__,p|-opriewrs have bes_q-'pol‘Ihllk- - up their prices Ure 0051198 01 a huge amiy den from the provinces and it's going lo.be a big salute. is time all those hundreds o(.haru‘l| wavng hats ur paper streamers oring something more single human personality. Lyndon is fond of the man. but it in the institutiogi of royalty that she Qlllttl with such splendor. ~ That institution has survived many changes and modifications -even total abolition for a ft-w 5608- dlghhlw wlthswod revolu- . _OU 8" .¢ U\°U\,__ 917,!!! tyranny. It has watched other systems rise lntc A similar- intensity of cri. llCl5Ul~ll'l¢l ll!! béell the mom content to carry on In function, in what it gives- in retum for what is expected or it, this irismurion or klngshlp has acquired an inipreb. Sive stability in Erlglaiid_ In former times much more d°P@ndcd on personality. much le” °" Precedent-. With the .bhvltlge of sovere’gn you might -haw 1° C-hallge your politics of cveli your religion if you wam. od to pursue your m-nlnarv acl-\~i~ ues? in P19008 A coronation. too, miitht be considered a good chance ‘° Pal' °ff 01d scores: or lr mlgm be an occas‘0n to beware of sonic. °"*? *|50 DH"il1l: Off 0`d scores On .V0'll. Furthermore the not-(tn f’f kl"'>’°hiP ¢l\HU'£0d soliiewlmt ln its details with each new kl“L" be h<‘_ S0Od. bad. stmllq W""k~ “'l"`llk¢’ 0_1' pence-loriliu F‘orlnerl_v, Londrtli had gi qtiniiit \\'fl_V _ofinrlicatin-; mum ,mv 5°"f`"`1I»!ll lliore or less who t was """"°lf_`d °f h‘m» Til those dn\'.<_-in flirt. till the time of Janlcs Il. the ;_'\t‘otl:lt:oii procession.; went. f,~.,,,\ _1_¢‘_ _'I‘0v\'vr. which was then .1 ro_\-nl gvsccilcc, to Wi-stniiiiisift,-; _,nd _N “f'_‘_’;‘:““ *h<‘n_ nieaiit me arm _'_0k‘"_ll‘¢` CILV Wnls. all the lim T‘ llfke between the Tower mid# “mllle Bar. At \‘ni‘!olls points along lim rniite smffoidiliq was 91-@¢~g¢=¢{ ml r<‘lti'e~elit thc backyzroliiid of zllli 60rfS___i#_of alll~f.zol‘ical scelisc-ii-will U19* ine Mllees in a grotto lou H0lll¢‘t` mid Virnil oil a niouiitw in top. From such vnntfigc |>o;|;i~; lllvsc fifzllres wotl`d harmizue ilirl Molinrclis in Enizhsh. French on U\}’H_ Tn the sneeclws and with n _fzllisc of hllvtlilitv. maiiv n shrewd lljlll as to lvlmt the London citizvlts wanted was u-i\f\n_ For iiistaiice. at the crown# inf: of ltr-iilv V1. on u "t-liar :lild brwllit dui-_iv ns we n.nd_ of N"\'f‘li"r:‘i'. 1490. one imrrmiit in Cl1l‘n_l‘s dc retire cntvd tlirvn wr’i~, P""Slfl|f1s over litem rt- lim-ts fiqllfcs i~¢pi'é`fcr§ “gl 3;3r_.“._ GW 4 H110; Pi<`t__v'. nltciidv cnc by ;\ 1n.~:.,‘~ Wll0"dl'evl' writer fix nitvolic who a“kf‘d it All -'llmlll tho wtills titre wr-re trees with lean-s nviri fl'llH»; Olin ltopcs H'\llr_v ‘liked it. for he \"f\\` Ollly clalit yours old nt the time _ _ , The stioeclies made l>_\' tllcse allegorical figures were in versa *Of It sort-though James I had the pleasure of listening to some t00nt.in\l¢d on page E rgggiflre € l'