THE KIPLING PROCESSION.

Evening Star, Issue 11896, 26 May 1903, Page 2

THE KIPLING PROCESSION.

An important feature of the Durbar ceremonies, which'seems to have escaped notice, was the grand Kipling procession. It was only fitting that one whose name and fame is so much associated with our Indian Empire should have a prominent position in the celebrations, and it will be seen from the following details that the procession was ou a scale of unparalleled magnificence. The order of the stately progress was as follows: Captains Courageous. A Phantom Kickshaw containing Mr Kipling’s laurels. A cart bearing an exhibition tank in which is discovered Mr Swinburne swimming in samples of the Seven Seas. Soldiers Three. The Oaf bearing the Mud. The Chief Jingo bearing the Banjo. The Fool bearing the Flannel. The Cat who walked by himself. Bodyguard of Stalky and Co. A Duke’s Son. A Cook’s Son. A Son of a Hundred Kings. No. 1 Big Gun Carriage, drawn by The Camel (led by Mr Stephen Phillips), The Baby Elephant (led by Mr Thomas Hardv). The Python Bock Snake (led by Mr J. M! Barrie), and The Crocodile (led by Mr William Watson), and containing Mr Rudyard Kipling. Mr Alfred Austin. Mrs Jane Oaklev. Detachment (very much detached) of Ab-sent-minded Beggars. —London ‘Punch.’