King unto Lloyd's

From Buckingham Palace, in the City of Westminster, the King-Emperor road forth, last week, and for the first time in three years, that part of London called "The City."

Last week the tradition that not even the King may enter the City of London without permission of The Lord Mayor was ceremoniously upheld. The royal carriage stopped for a moment just outside the site of the ancient City Wall--indicated last week by a red silken cord. Pompously My Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Albert Batho, approached, clad in his robes of ermine and crimson velvet, heavy with his golden chains of office. Respectfully yet proudly he tendered to His Majesty the Sword & Keys of the City. Graciously George V touched both, symbolizing that he accepted the permission to enter accorded by the Lord Mayor.

What brought His Majesty, last week, to the City of London? Three years ago he came to lay the cornerstone of a new building designed to house the great association of merchants, shipowners, underwriters and ship-insurance brokers which is known throughout the Globe simply as Lloyd's. Last week the new home of this most potent association stood completed, and was opened by the King-Emperor. Majestic it stands in Leadenhall Street, not far from the Bank of England. Spacious, commodious and ultramodern, the new Lloyd's seems as remote as possible from the 17th Century coffee house of one Edward Lloyd under whose hospitable aegis ship owners and men of business came gradually and clannishly to unite their interests and immortalize their innkeeper.

Their Majesties announced last week that five courts will be held at Buckingham Palace this spring--on May 8, 9, and 23 and on June 12 and 13. Usually there are only four courts, permitting about 26 U. S. women to be presented to their Majesties, but with the addition of a fifth court, this year, some six or seven more U. S. females than usual will achieve presentation.