Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-04
THE FOURTH IN OTHER LANDS
Old Glory Spread to the Breeze and Patri,
otto Speeches Made
How Our National Holiday IL Honored
Abr1ad-It In Uncle SANS
Great Day.


more generally all over the world than the
national holiday of any other people.
Wherever. of course one finds q colony of
Americans there one will be sure the gIo-
rious Fourth Is held In remembrance
Aside from these celebrations by Amerl
cans away from home in many lands. the
day Is officially recognized in England.
The official celebration of the day in Eng
land Is. II course. that held in the Ameri
can embassy in London. with Ambassador
Bayard as host. So fully recognized In
England are the customs incident to this
day that 1t is an understood thing that no
one connected with the embassy shall be
asked to any affair that Is timed to cover
the Fourth of July. For thirty years the
Queen of England and the Prince Of Wales
have been represented at the banquet
given by the American minister on this
day. The affair this year will be held in
the dining room of the quaint old building
which has so long housed the American dip
lomatic representatives. The stars and
stripes not only float from the roof, as
on ordinary days, but the building itself is
draped The toasts are always to the
United States, the President and the queen
The nation will be spoken for by Mr.. Bay
ard and the queen by a member Of the
British cabinet. As long ago as May u
Mr.. Asquith was delegated to represent the
his capacity as secretary of embassy, will
act as POSTMASTER. This year the guests
will include four ambassadors to England
from the European powers. and James Kier
Hardie, the labor representative in parlia-
ment-a sufficiently cosmopolitan contrast.
At Cliveden. Mr.. William Waldorf AS
tors country seat. Preparations for
Fourth of July celebration have been max
ing for nearly two months and the number
of Mr.. Astor's guests will run into the
hundreds, Henry Labouchere himself pre-
dieting in a recent number of Truth" that
the affair will undoubtedly prove the event
of the summer season. The Vanderbilts
nave not yet announced any social event
IN commemoratiOn Of the day, in spite of
the fact that their superb seat in England
Is about ready for occupancy.
Enthusiasm in Ireland.
In Dublin the American nag always
floats from Trinity on the Fourth Of July.
and the lord mayor invariably toasts the
stars and stripes on that day at a banquet
which is usually given by the consul from
the United States. In Cork the Rifles pa
rade on that day or hold special drill,
but the law forbids any display OF our flag
in TIE ranks. But the music is always. the
Star Spangled Banner" With the single
exception of st. Patrick's day, there is no
holiday celebrated with more enthusiasm
In Cork than the Fourth of July as there
are numbers of Americans living there, not
TO speak of the hosts of Irshmen who have
friends in the new world who are Cork
oman born. The Irish members of parlia-
ment are largely responsible for the cele-
bration of the day in the constituencies of
the south of Ireland and they express Off
cially on that occasion their gratitude for
American sympathy with home rule. There
are very few of the Irish members who do
not deliver an address of some sort on the
Fourth OF July, and these speeches are
wound up with a salute to the stars and
Testimony ter no ha
quets Is a telegram OF congratuation a the
end OF the speechmaking to some friend of
ireland In America, and the preparations
Indicate that these messages will keep the
wires warm this year for several hours.
French Observnnces.
On the continent the observances are
more official. In France the president of
the republic Is always represented at the
banquet of the American diplomatic rep
resertative, and it has been customary for
him TO grant our diplomatic representative
precedence on that day in receptions at the
Elysee. The French Academy is one Of the
few learned bodies to take official cogni-
zance of the day by a display of Ghe stars
and stripes. which has been the custom
since Victor Hugo's famed Grafton on the
Fourth in 1884. In Paris the memory of
Franklin and of Jefferson is honored on
the day our nation was born. while the
Lafayette Society always gives q dinner on
tEe Inc descendants OF the
Frenchmen who helped us achieve our in
dependence always give a dinner on the
Fourth of July. to which the descendants
OF the Bourbon dynasty are invariably in
vited. and which invitation they always
accept. II even by proxy.
In Italy.
In Italy the American embassy will honor
the day with the usual banquet and the
usual display of bunting. But this year Mr.
bration in the hall of the building SO long
made memorable by the celebration OF his
predecessors. since it is not in condition for
such exercises. The recent fire rendered ex-
tensive repairs imperative, and when Mr..
MacV eagh took possession he determined
TO have the whole building renovated, and
this work Is now proceeding. He will give
the usual dinner in the rooms of the CON-
sulate.
1t is the American College in Rome which
is most ella borate in the preparations IL
makes to honor the day. The young men
who are there studying for the priesthood
will participate, without exception, in the
solemn high mass which is sung in honor
of the Fourth, and at vespers in the after
noon there is to be a procession of the COL
leSians on the occasion of the blessing of
the new American flag sent by the papaI
delegate to America. The pope always re-
ceives a delegation of the students in the
morning of the Fourth of July and the fia.-
of the United States Is carried in process
sion through the vatican as the young men
make their way to the audience chamber
The American Church in Rome Is resorted
to by the transient visitors to the eternal
city. special services are always held
there on the Fourth.
HOnored In Spain.
The Infanta Eulalie will give a dinner
this year in honor Of the Fourth of July.
She invited Gen. Horace Porter to be pres
ent at it when she was in New York dur
ing the Columbian festivities. and express
ed herself anxious to honor all things
American during the rest of her life. 1t is
well known that she took away with her a
most artistically gotten up copy of the
Deciara ton of Independence. which no
doubt will be accorded the place of honor
when the diners assemble in the home of
the princess. Rarely do things American
receive the degree of attention accorded
them now by the court Of Spain In view of
the honor with which the name OF the man