The Archive · 1935

CHANGING TIMES

Latest newspapers from England with accounts of the Jubilee festivities give graphic descriptions of the various aspects of the celebration, together with photographs which indicate how greatly the practice of giving adequate assistance to the Press has developed within recent years. Thus in St. Paul's Cathedral, during the attendance of Th Majesties at the thanksgiving service, not only did Mr. F. 0, Salisbury, 1 well known artist' commissioned to aint a picture of the historic event, move from point to point making hurried sketch notes on postcards, but number of press photographers were admitted who produced for the next "morning's papers excellent Pictures of the interior of the cathedral, the royal family, and congregation at their—devotions. 'Undoubtedly it has been possible. 10 allow such things because of the high development of the photographie which permits the taking of pictures jin places where only a few' years ago the Mashlight, with all its attendant discomforts, would have had to be used. A striking feature of the descriptive writing was the note of intense reverence which pervaded the very fine work of those chosen to "cover" the great event, and a general impression is conveyed that the day was one of heartfelt thanksgiving slong the lines of the Archbishop of interbury's_very touching sermon, thanksgiving not only of but for the King.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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