Evening Star Newspaper, May 12, 1937, Page 6

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO RA["U FANS HEAR Tiny Princesses “Steal Show” From Royal Parents in Abbey CORONATION RITES Most Elaborate Set-Up in History Brings Pro- gram Here. BY CHRIS MATHISEN. At 4:15 am. today, those deter- mined Washington listeners who arose with the dawn to turn on their radios were greeted by a deep-throated voice from the British House of Parliament and when the reverberations had died away broadcasting began the most ambitious job it had ever essayed— translation of the almost incompara- ble pomp and pageantry of an em- pire's greatest “show” into sound. Through the most extensive co- ordination of air facilities in history, the British Empire, to its farthest reaches, heard the ceremonies at- tendant on the crowning of its King, and many other nations were per- mitted to hear of London’s joyous hour. The voices of commentators and the “atmosphere” sounds were hurled across the Atlantic to bring the story to American listeners, with approxi- mately six hours being consumed in the telling—but to complete the nar- rative required the services of hun- dreds of men—men who watched flick- ering indicators, turned switches and dials, sat with earphones glued to their heads, and, of course, those who were obviously part of the task, the corps of British and foreign observers who manned microphones. A unique angle for the competitive commercialized broadcasting of this country found all three major chains carrying almost identical programs. For the most part, the same voices and sounds were heard through N. B. C., Columbia and Mutual. There was little room for individualism among the networks this time; it was Great Britain's show, and the government- controlled British Broadcasting Corp. handled all technical arrangements in London, co-operating with foreign companies in the matter of overseas transmission and arranging schedules to permit opportunity for foreign commentators to cut in from the scene. How “Control” Works. The B. B. C. concentrated tons of equipment and miles of wire at West- minster Abbey and along the route of the procession, with more than 50 engineers on hand to care for the intricate “cut-ins” required as the scene of principal interest shifted from Buckingham Palace to the ab- bey and later retraced its steps. A “master control” was established to care for the foreign companies alone, and 15 engineers were engaged in this phase of coverage. Into West- minster Guildhall came 30 circuits, while at the “home” nerve center in the abbey the circuits numbered 54. The B. B. C. augmented its vocal eoverage with television for benefit of | those fortunate enough to possess sets in London, the first attempt to achieve visual transmission of an important outdoor public event—only | the procession was televised—as a regular program of a television sta- tion. The most elaborate short-wave transmission set-up ever arranged served listeners in this country, with all of the 23 directional antenna ar- rays of B. B. C.'s powerful empire station at Daventry, outside of Lon- don, in simultaneous operation, being linked to the five empire transmit- ters, three of which send at 50,000 watts power, by 6 miles of open feeder lines. The so-called empire transmitters operate, with the aid of directional antennas, for the benefit of outlying British possessions. The N. B. C. and Columbia short-wave receivers on this side of the ocean picked up the Daventry signal for rebroadcast over their regular net- work facilities. Mutual utilized the services of the Canadian Radio Com- mission. Although the American companies | were freed from worry about the point ! of origination, from the technical standpoint, at least, even getting the precious verbiage safely across the water was not the whole story. En- gineers facing the huge network mas- ter control panels trained to maintain steady nerves and steady hands, “rode the gain,” as it is known, manipulat- ing volume controls in an effort to send out an even broadcast, remaining ready always to cut-in walting talent in the chain studios should there be a break in the program or in the event that electrical interference made speech unintelligible. Regular Performers Ready. Since such an event as a coronation does not move on a rigid schedule, the New York studios held many air performers waiting to take the micro- phone should an emergency arise, and to resume the regular broadcast sched- ule immediately on conclusion of the ceremonies. ‘The British Broadcasting Corp. has taken particular pride in the “Em- pire’s Homage” program, which was to have begun at 1:15 this afternoon, presenting the heads of all dominion governments and citizens of these out- lying portions of the empire. Far more significant to the British than the description of the ceremonies is this climactic broadcast, with a King ackrowledging the greeting of his subjects and extending his own—the first British sovereign to address all the peoples of the empire on the day of his coronation. B. B. C. considers this a real, albeit spectacular, demon- stration of the bond of empire—an engineer in Broadcasting House, B. B. C. headquarters in London, flicking switches and bringing together Eng- lishmen, premiers and “men in the street” from all over the world. The coronation was, indeed, Britain's show from the radio angle, but the United States received as complete coverage as any of the do- minions, and Washington as much as any other city which boasted network radio stations. The “local angle” didn’t amount to much. and announcers were obliged to be at the studios two or three hours earlier than usual, but they merely had to open the station and put it on the air—New York and London did the rest. ‘There was one local angle, at that. Bupplementing the B. B. C. descrip- tlons for Columbia was a fellow by the name of Bob Trout. He was for- merly a staff announcer at WJSV, moved up to position of ace special events commentator for the network. ‘The boys and girls up at WISV lis- tened a bit more intently than most in the early hours of today—Bob Trout is their favorite success story. Cho-Cho the Clown Is IIl. OAKLAND, Calif, May 12 (#).— Will Les, 74, who as Cho-Cho the clown delighted children throughout the country, was seriously ill in an Oukland hospital today of a heart ail- ment and hardening the arteries after the amputation leg. Solemn Coronation Captures Interest of Sedate Elizabeth and Fidgety Little Margaret Rose. By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 12 (by telephone from inside Westminster Abbey).— Little Princess Elizabeth and her 6- year-old sister, Margaret Rose, “stole” the great abbey show today until the arrival “of the royal parents for the coronation ceremony. Little Margaret drew special atten- tion from the glittering assemblage as she entered the royal family box, her blue eyes big as saucers and tiny, silver-slippered feet dancing with ex- citement. Princess Elizabeth was dwarfed at the side of the regal Queen Mother Mary, who appeared in stately gran- deur with five ropes of diamonds— valued at approximately $2,000,000— around her neck and every inch of her white gown blazing with jewels. Margaret Rose squirmed and wrig- gled like any 6-year-old in Sunday school class. She looked over the printed service book before her, but quickly lost interest. There were no pictures in it. Then she stuck a finger in her eye, wiggled her ears and leaned over, rubbing her finger up and down Eliza- beth’s arm, tickling her. Elizabeth shook her off with a grown-up frown and nudged her to sit still. Margaret sat very still for a whole minute, then wriggled again. Interest in Ceremony. As the organ boomed and the choir prepared for their majesties’ entry. Margaret was all eyes toward the great west door. Little Margaret, just tall enough to get her chin over the front of the royal box, rested her chin on the edge and rolled her head from side to side. Throughout the recognition service, Margaret rose stood with her little round race hung over the rail of the family box. Eyes sparkling, she watched the archbishops conducting the rites at the altar. Princess Elizabeth was wide-eyed with solemn excitement. Crowds cheered the young heiress presumptive to the throne; a nation paid def- erence to her slim little figure. She wore her first real coronet, | made by the same crown jeweler who designed her mother's crown. She had her first lady-in-waiting and ap- | peared for the first time in royal robes. For the first time she took formal precedence over the other ladies of the royal family, holding the right to be first to place her diminutive coro- net on her head as her mother was crowned. She was roused in the nursery at Buckingham Palace with Princess Margaret Rose shortly after half-past seven. From her bed in the blue-green room, on the second floor of the palace, sne heard the murmuring of the vast throng outside; in the cor- ridor opening off the nursery servants bustled about carrying breakfast to the foreign royal guests. Thousands in Roadway. | Peeping between the little white | bars of the windows, she could see | | thousands lining the roadway up the | slope of Constitution Hill. For the little girl, the day meant more than a feast of pageantry and celebration. In a sense, it meant | good-by to childhood—good-by to the | big doll's house, the rocking horse on | which she had galloped so many hun- dreds of miles, good-by to all the other | nursery toys. | Elizabeth and Margaret breakfasted | early, then they donned their new ' effects. e ST PAUL LOW FARES Round Trip from CHICAGO YELLOWSTONE $48.95 to Puget Sound. $86.00 Standard $68.80 Tourist $57.35 C: Bert and budget. Correspondingly low fares from other cities Pay-as-you or travel on the All-Expense Plan Be sure LINOLEUM N. W. Gornor 6ih & F Sis.. KW, 3-DAY SPECIAL 40 COMPLETE KITCHENS OF ARMSTRONG’S FAMOUS INLAID LINOLEUMS OF HEAVY DURABLE QUALITY In pleasing tiles and soft tone marble high-waisted frocks of creamy white lace, worn over silken slips, and the robes of royal purple, bordered and caped in ermine—just long enough to sweep the floor about half a yard, but not long enough to be difcult to handle. Margaret Yawns, Little Princess Margaret Rose, obviously tired after watching the ceremony for an hour, yawned sev- eral times, put her elbow up on the front box and rested her head on her arm. As the crowning approached, the two princesses suddenly found a new interest. Twenty or thirty little page boys appeared carrying coronets for the peers and dukes around the throne. The great moment for the little princesses came when they put little coronets on their heads at the same time the archbishop crowned their mother, Queen Elizabeth. Princess Margaret turned her cor- onet around and around so she would be sure she would not get the hind part in front, finally got it straight and then put it on quickly. She looked up at her older sister, then at her aunt, the princess royal, Countess of Harewood. Still not quite sure she had it just right, Princess Margaret pushed her coronet to one side just a bit, then sat back on her hands to watch the conclusion of the ceremonial for her parents. e A \OLD SCOTTISH RITES MARK CORONATION Bonfire Chains, Pageants, Gay Bunting Observe the Start of Reign. Bs the Assoctated Press. EDINBURGH, May 12.—Old tradi- tions dating back to days when the Stuarts sat on the throne at Scone are being observed throughout Scot- land for the coronation of George VI and his Scottish Queen, Elizabeth. Chains of bonfires on the hills stir the old clans; historic pageants, sports festivals, largesse among the poor, these, together with fetes and enter tainments, mark the new reign. Edinburgh, the old capital of Soot- land, is gay with flags, bunting and roundels, and will stay gay for two months. On July 5 their majesties will visit Scotland for brilliant state functions, including courts at the ancient Palace of Holyrood House. 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For the coronation of George VI was to Queen Mary, magnificiently robed, with a half-million dollar diadem agleam on her head, a time of both pride and sorrow, both happiness and pain, It was the past as well as the fu- ture which paraded before her. In the solemnity and majesty of the oc- casion, the pulsating music, the sonor- ous intonation of familiar words, the ringing of bells and the echo of guns, she watched and listened to the role of onlooker—where once she had participated and experienced. “Receive the crown of glory, honor and joy. * * - Memories of Own _Coronation. ‘There was memory enough in that; memory of the day 26 years ago when she moved through the nave of the abbey to the throne; of the day when she rode through the densely- packed streets of London as a Queen newly-crowned, in the golden state coach with King George V by her side. ¢ * * A crown of pure gold upon your head * * *” Today she was little more than a spectator with destiny in retrospect rather than a pathway to the future— & gray-haired woman of almost 70, watching history repeated, but chang- ed, still true to the traditions of an English Queen. Britain and the empire cheered her. It was her third coronation; each time in a different role; each time with a different viewpoint. In her regal bearing, spectators found little clue to her thoughts, stretching back, as they must DI WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1937. the day when she attended the corona- tion of King Edward VII as the Princess of Wales, when she anticipat- ed a throne, when her own future had all the assurance and confidence of youth. Or stretching back to the day of her own coronation, when she stood with her slight, bearded husband, George V, acclaimed as Queen. Tumultous Events in Reign. Or again, perhaps, roving over the tumultous events of her own reign— the grinding years of the World War, the reconstruction of Post-war years; and finally to that dark, rain-drizzling morning of January 29, 1936, when she followed a union jack-draped coffin, borne on a gun-carriage, as it rolled slowly through the streets from Westminster Abbey to Paddington Sta- tion on the last journey on earth of sad-eyed George V. Or finally, it may have been that her thought dwelt on the world-shaking abdication of her oldest son, the brief- reigning Edward VIII, who gave up the throne of empire for the love of dark- eyed Wallis Warfield. Events have touched her life and wounded her heart, but they have not bent her head. Proudly erect, she caught and held attention, and the great crowds gave a thunderous cheer of “God bless Queen Mary.” Man, 102, Domino Fan. Giving up golf 11 years ago for dominoes, Thomas Roberts, aged 102, now has to forego that pastime, his sight having failed. 3,000,000 CROWD LONDON'S STREETS Throngs Dance in Open in One of Old City’s Mad- dest Spins. By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, May 12—They danced George the Sixth’'s coronation into his- tory today in one of the maddest spins this grimy old city ever saw. 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