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McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937 PREVIEWING BRITAIN’S BIG PARADE 5,000,000 Persons Will See George Vi’s Coronation Procession; Rooms Rent Up to $2,500 for Day; Seats Scaled From $25 to $255. By WILLIAM C. UTLEY TITH the five million stiff necks probably to be found in \ Y / London on the morning of May 13, the horse liniment y V an d arnica manufacturers should be getting ready for a real boom. All the rest of London is, for with the coronation of King George VI on May 12, England puts on the world’s greatest* pageant, a pageant all the greater in world wide interest this time because the Britains will not be crown ing the king they thought, a few months ago, they were going to crown. Already grandstand seats have begun to spring -up in the Mall, on the roofs of a few hotels and at other points along the route of the coronation march. With more than a million visitors expected from out side the London area, the grand scramble is on to make housing room for them—at a price. The old American “human inter est” spectacles in the days of Tex Rickard and the million-dollar gates got forty dollars for a ringside seat from which you could not folloyr a left hook without the aid of the Yerkes observatory telescope, but they were pikers. Seats in the first couple of tiers to watch the cor onation pageant scale up to $255 each, with the bleachers going for $25 a head. Hotels Sold Out. West End flats which once rented for $50 a week will get not less than $100 a week from coronation ^visitors. Some flats on the proces- >sion route are asking $2,500 per day, <and there is little doubt that they ‘will get it. Small houses have been going for $3,000 a week, while a town house complete with car and • chauffeur brings $7,500. London’s hotels can care for only about 260,- . 000 visitors, and they have been sold out since last summer. Boarding 'houses, capable of taking care of -another 250,000, are fast completing their reservations. "• Thousands seeking free standing room will have to camp out all • night, like the bleacher fans for a • worlds’ series opener. The capacity of Westminster Abbey itself, which • normally seats about 2,500, is being increased to 9,000. Meanwhile busiest of all perhaps ’< are the manufacturers of novelties, striking off the many hundreds of thousands of medals, plaques and other souvenirs the visitors will de mand. They were given quite a set- • back when King Edward VIII ab dicated, for his head had already been reproduced on a large share of their wares in the expectation that he and not his brother would be the central figure of the corona tion. But the publicity given the Simpson case has undoubtedly paved the way for a larger influx of visitors and a larger sale of sou venirs to persons unable to attend, so things may even themselves up, anyway. What will these five million neck- craners expect to see on May 12? Specifically, of course, it is the cor onation. But that is a slow, solemn and dignified affair, though it is not .lacking in, color for all that. The real attraction is the pomp and splendor of the titled folks in their • jewels and ermine, and the general spirit of gaiety normally hovering over any gathering of millions of persons to watch any spectacle. The ceremony itself will be per fectly rehearsed, so that it. should : v go. off Without a slip. George VI • has attended two former corona tions and with the benefit of this ex perience should play his role well. Queen Mother to Attend. The ceremonies begin as George VI and his Queen board the ornate gold coach which will carry them from Buckingham palace. The coach, built 175 years ago, and a tradition Ot coronations, will bear ‘ them down the' Mall to the Abbey, where the most solemn of the cere monies will continue for about four The Crown of England, originally made for St. Edward. The Arch bishop of Canterbury will place it upon the head of George VI, but only for a moment, for it is too heavy. hours. Then the coach will trans port them once more to the palace. In Westminster Abbey a long pro cession of dignitaries, the king’s representatives and royal persons from every corner of the world, with members of their families, will march down the nave. After them will come the Queen Mother Mary, with the brothers and sisters of the King—the Duke of Windsor probab ly excepted. Following them will come the representatives of the church, the chaplains, deans and of ficers of Westminster, with the standard bearers. Bearing their crosses come the archbishops, next in line, and in their midst the Queen consort, Elizabeth, with the ladies and gen tlemen of the court and their rega lia. Noblemen close behind will bear the staff and sceptre with the cross and golden spurs, and the three swords which signify mercy, tem poral justice and spiritual justice. These things were the sacred trap pings of St. Edward, and during the ceremony at the Abbey the King will be invested with them. The procession of dignitaries will be long and impressive: The kings of arms—Ulster, Lyon, Norroy and Clarenceaux; the Lord Mayor of London and the Lord Chamberlain of England; the High Constables of Ireland and Scotland; the Lord High Steward of Ireland and the Great Steward of Scotland; the Earl Mar shal of England, the bearer of the sword of state, and the Lord High Constable of England; the bearers of the King’s sceptre with the dove symbolic of mercy and equity; the King’s gold and diamond orb, sur mounted by the Christian cross, and the heavy crown of St. Edward. Next come the bearers of the patent and the chalice and the Bible. King George VI himself will fol- 16w, in the magnificent crimson robe of state, and the cap of state on his head. Aborning his neck will be the Otfder of the Garter. Eight nobles will follow, carrying his train. Climax Follows Oath. As the procession passes up the nave of the old gothic edifice, a choir will sing appropriate anthems. The Archbishop of Canterbury will be waiting at the chair of repose, to the right of the dais, to receive the King. The religious ceremonies begin with the litany, then commun ion service and the archbishop’s sermon. The latter, in view of events of recent months, should be worth waiting for. Before the actual coronation oath, the King will be anointed as leader of the church and “Defender of the Faith.” Then he will be given the •ring and sceptre of regal power, and the dove. Then the climax. As the crown of St. Edward is placed for a fleet ing moment upon the head of the monarch, the trumpets will declare the news to the world. Drums will roll, and in Hyde Park guns will fire salute. And as the five millions gathered along London’s streets give up the cry, “God Save the King!”, George VI will be con firmed. ; I, • • ; In the Abbey the ladies and gen tlemen of the peerage will put on their caps and coronets. In a short ceremony Queen Elizabeth will be crownpd, taking her place on the left of the King. There will be an other brief communion, and then, as the notes of the choir peal joy ously, the King will step down from the throne and walk into St. Ed ward’s chapel, on the south side of the altar. Removing the crirqson robe of state, he will put on the royal robe of purple velvet. He will don the imperial crown of India, made for George V in 1912 and used to crown him Emperor of India in 1912. When this is done he will be a full-fledged King. As George VI reaches the west door of the Abbey he will be joined by his Queen, and together they will climb once more into the ancient coach, to rumble their way back to Buckingham palace, some eight hours after they left it. Velvet $100 a Yard. The whole coronation program is bound to be something of an or deal for its principal participants. But it is a splendid, colorful cel* King George VI as he appears in the first portrait made of him since he succeeded his brother Edward to the throne. bration that comes once in two or three decades, or even less fre quently. London is taking full advantage of it. Manufacturers of flags and bunt ing are busy with their gay tasks. Dressmakers are having a hey-day designing the brilliant and expen sive costumes to be worn by the peers and peeresses. Some of the woven purple and crimson velvet will cost as much as $100 a yard. Furriers are scouring the ends of the earth for weasel skins, ermine and minniver fit to adorn the robes and coronets of royalty. Ermine will trim the King’s crim son robe as he enters the Abbey. Underneath he will wear a doublet of red velvet, white satin breeches and white silk stockings. White sat in embroidered with gold will clothe the gracious Elizabeth. Her train of velvet trimmed with ermine will be six yards long. . The clothes worn by the nobility leave little to choice, for tradition has laid down rules for them. Hera are a few: Duchesses — Rpbes of velvet, trimmed with four rows of ermine. Trains two yards long, trailing the ground. Marchioness—Three and one-half rows of ermine. Train one and three-quarters yards long. Countess—Three rows of ermine; train one and one-half yards long. Viscountess—Two and one-half rows of ermine; train one and one- fourth yards long. Baroness—Two rows of ermine; train a yard long. Marshal Proclaims Dress Rule. Equally inviolable are the rules laid down for the dress and uni form of ladies and gentlemen other than the peerage; these orders have been issued by the Earl Marshal: “Gentlemen—Full dress uniform, or full velvet court dress. Knights Grand Cross and Knights Grand Commanders of the various orders will wear the mantles of their or ders. Collar day. (This dictum means that the collars as well as the insignia of the various orders must be worn.) All official robes should be worn over uniform or court dress. “Ladies—Full court dress as for a court but without trains. Feath ers may be worn, but no veils. Dames Grand Cross will wear the mantles of their orders. “Oriental dress may be worn by ladies and gentlemen for whom it is the usual ceremonial costume. “Orders and decorations to be worn in full, except with velvet court dress, with which miniatures will be worn. “No one may attend in mourn ing.” Most of the noble ladies who will attend the coronation ceremony have for weeks made up their minds what finery they will sport under the velvet robes. The expense will strain even the purse of a peer. It has been reported that a complete outfit from tip to toe will cost from $2,000 to $5,000. If new robes are to be bought—and in many cases they will have to be—the cost of the complete ensemble may well pass $10,000. Q Western Newspaper Union King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will ride in this splendid coach at the coronation May 12. The vehicle was completed in 1761 and weighs four tons. ’Twas This Way • 9 By LYLE SPENCER © Western Newspaper Union. Wrapped in Cellophane T ITERALLY everything from darning needles to oil-burning furnaces are delivered wrapped in, cellophane. The last ten years have, seen the rise of this amazing paper which has brought millions to its exploiters and a new sales argu ment to manufacturers. The honor of its discovery be longs to Dr. J. E. Brandenberger, a Swiss chemist who was born in 1872 and educated at the University of Bern. Along about 1900, while he was working in a textile factory in France, his boss gave him the job of inventing a tablecloth im pervious to dirt. In trying to produce such an ideal fabric, he stumbled on the idea of combining very thin sheets of vis-, cose with sheets of cotton cloth. The tablecloth was no good but the thin sheets of viscose proved to be* a swell idea. It was the beginning, as Dr. Brandenberger called it, of la cellophane. Cellophane is essentially viscose, or modified cellulose solidified intot thin sheets instead of threads as in 1 rayon or artificial silk. Rayon; and cellophane are made by the same process from the same ma terials, and are really the same 1 thing except that one is in threads' and the other in sheets. Neither rayon nor cellophane amounted to much until a way wasj found to make them moisture-proof.j Since then their rise has been rapid,/ although neither is yet the perfect product it someday will be. James Bowie and His Fatal Knife TAMES BOWIE was one of the toughest and bloodthirstiest char acters that ever roamed our South-: western frontier. He was a slave 1 runner, a stage-coach robber, and, several times a murderer. But with all that, he invented a new kind of knife that will be remembered long after his notorious character is forgotten. During a street brawl in New Or leans one night, Bowie was ser iously slashed by someone wield ing a heavy Mexican carving knife.- The wound did not teach him to. keep out of such fights, but it did, set him to thinking about a knife with which he could effectively de-. fend himself from such attacks. So while he was in bed, he whittled 1 out such a knife from a piece of pine board. When he recovered, he had his wooden knife duplicated in steel by a blacksmith. The “Bowie” knife had a keen, two-edged blade nine inches long with a heavy, notched handle. .When he exhibited it around town, the other frontiersmen, who carried long, curved Spanish s a b r es, laughed at his apparently puny wea pon. But when Bowie got in his first fight with it, they soon changed' their minds. When his adversary drew back his arm to make a lunge, Bowie instantly thrust the knife in-, to his abdomen and disembowelled 1 ' him before he knew he had been struck. Within a few years, the knife and its owner had become feared and: respected all along the frontier. No man dared to pick a fight with Jim Bowie. When Texas started its re volt for independence, he decided at last to go straight, and accepted a commission as colonel in the in surgent army. His career was brought to an heroic end in the bloody battle of the Alamo, when the Texas forces were wiped out to the last man. Queen of Intoxicating Liquors C HAMPAGNE is usually associat ed with bright lights, jazz or*- chestras, and Parisian revels. Yet it was originally concocted by a Benedictine monk who would un doubtedly be horrified could he know the reason for champagne’s modern popularity. Way back in 1668, Dom Perignon was appointed cellarer and wine- keeper for his monastery. In those days wine was an ordinary table beverage, as it still is in France, and considered a necessity of life. In pursuit of his new duties, the young monk conceived the idea of “marrying” the different wines pro duced in the vineyards around him. He had noticed that one sort of grape imparted fragrance to wine, another generosity, and a third, col or. He also discovered that a piece of cork was a much superior stop per to the old-fashioned flax dipped in oil. By repeated experiment and mixing, he finally evolved an effer vescent wine that, unlike the still wine then known, sparkled and bub bled when uncorked. After suitable aging, Dom Perig non allowed the other monks to sample his new invention. To his pleasant surprise, the popping of corks soon became a familiar sound in the*dining hall. News of the wine soon spread to the townspeople nearby, and within a year, the Marquis de Sillery had introduced it in court circles where it immediately became the rage. Henry VI Founded College Eton College, in Buckingham shire, England, was founded bj Hemy VI in 1440. AROUND the HOUSE Items of Interest to the Housewife Cooking Vegetables — A small piece of butter ^dded to the water in which vegetables are to be cooked will prevent *hem from ooiling over. • • • Boiling Cabbage — When you cook cabbage, put a small hand ful of breadcrumbs tied in muslin into the pan. The bread absorbs all the bittei juices and makes the vegetable more digestible. * • • Washing Embroidery — Do not wring embroidery after washing. Press out as much moisture as possible between the folds of a towel, then spread on a towel or blotter to dry, face up. • • • Sausage and Fried Apples — Pan broil the required number of small sausages or cakes of sau sage meat and as soon as the fat collects, add as many halved, cored and unpeeled apples as re- Enchanting Gifts of Lacy Crochet Pattern 1345 A chance at rare beauty—genu ine luxury—is yours in this lovely crocheted lace cloth! Just a 6 inch medallion crocheted in string forms it—you’ll have a quantity of them together in no time. And what lovely gifts you can make of them—chair sets, scarfs, pil lows, buffet sets are but a few suggestions. They cost you next to nothing and are something that will last and be cherished in definitely. Pattern 1345 contains directions for making the medal lion and joining it to make various articles; illustrations of it and of all stitches used; material re quirements. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York, N. Y. Write plainly pattern number, your name and address. quired, first dipping them in flour to which a little sugar has been added. Saute slowly until soft and browned. Place on a serving dish, with two small sausages on each half. • • • Worn Socks — Children very of ten get enormous holes in the heels of their socks. This is often due to the lining of the shoe which has worn rough. If the ragged bits are cut off and the inside of the shoe covered with adhesive tape, many a large “hole” will be pre vented. • • • Flavoring Gravy — Half milk and half water makes the best colored and best flavored gravy. • • • Baking Potatoes — Before put ting potatoes in the baking-tin, stand them in boiling water for a few minutes, then drain or a clean cloth. They will cook more quickly and taste better. • • • Making a Footstool — Do you know that you can make unique footstools out of the single spring seats of an old automobile? Cover the old seat with upholstery and attach castors at the four corners. This will give you a comfortable seat or footstool for your summer cottage. • • • Suede Shoes — Rain spots can be removed from suede shoes by rubbing with fine emery board. WNU Service. INSIST ON GENUINE O-CEDAR Don't take chances! Use only genuine O-Cedar Polish— favorite of hpusekeepers the Tax That’s Collected Someone wants to tax sin. Well, isn’t it taxed? C MOROLINE ■ VI SNOW WHITE PETROLEUM JEUY LARGE JARS StAND/Ot ] in the bright red Jewel carton • Cakes are more delicate, pastry and biscuits flakier and more delicious when you use this finer shortening! For Jewel is a Special-Blend of vegetable fat with other bland cooking fats. Actual tests prove that it creams faster and makes more tender baked foods. PREFERRED TO THE COSTLIEST SHORTENINGS LIFE’S LIKE THAT ; ,By Fred Neher US MODERNS. “Well, nosey . . . what is it??!”