Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-08

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Ii, DE YOUNG.
| hotels and visiting all places of interest
| The leading restaurants are packed with
| them and they half fill the theaters
| nightly. Finally, the Americans flock in
crowds to the big music halls and enjoy
| themselves generally in every way pos
sible. They arcs:gnod customers every
| where, free With their money and content
only with the best Of everything. There
| fore, it need hardly be added, the London
hotel keepers, storckeepers and public en-
| tertainers are not grumblng at the So
called American invasion"
If proof was naeded of the presence here
of IA multitude of Americans, it was fur
| nished by the crowds of patriotic citizens
of the United States who attended the sew
cral Independence Day celebrations in
London on Thursday last and strange to
say. the screaming of the eagle OH these
| occasions seemed to give the lion a certain
degree of healthy satisfaction The Daily
News, for instance, commenting on the
banquet of the American Society at the
Holborn restaurant said: The American
independence Day was celebrated in Lon
don more publicly than on previous occa-
sions. This is as it should be. The day
brings no bitterness of memory to the
present generation of Englishmen. But
for that day and its lessons our empire
| might by now be a thing of the past. 1t
is never SO fittingly celebrated as when
Englishmen and Americans meet in honor
of it at the same ceremony, or at the same
social board.
Courtesies Exchanged.
Then again, during the banquet cordial
message was received by the Americans
from the past and present members of
Emmanuel college, Cambridge who were
dining in another part of the building.
which caused he Hon. Wayne MacVeagh.
the United States ambassador to Italy.
who presided in the absence of the Hon.
Thomas L. Bayard, United States am
bassalor to the court of st. James, to re-
mark that blood was thicker than water
Not to be behind hand in courtesy. the
Americans sent the Emmanuel men n re-
ply, proposing, as a worthy sentiment of the
event IL, the memory of John Harvard. n
on of Emmanuel college, and the father
Of liberal learning in the new world.
As Il further proof of the presence of
vast throngs of Americans. it may he
added. that at the Savoy hotel one night
this week, half dozen American dinners
were in progress. Mr.. George Gould's
party was at one table, and near them was
party of NJ. II. De Young, proprietor of
The san Francisco Chronicle. At another
table Mrs. Writ Dexter Of Chicago was on
tcrtaining number of friends, and there
were fully % more persons of more or less
prominencc at various tables in the room
In the register Of Lows and Gilli's Amcri-
can exchanges larger number of names
are entered than for years past
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. DcYoung arrived from
Paris few days ago and they are rcceiy-
ing much attention in society They have
been the guests of Mrs. John w. Mackny
and other prominent people. The 50 cases
of art objects which Mr.. DeYounp pur-
chased in Franco for the California ExDo
sition Memorial museum have arrived in
London, and win be shipped to the United
States on "Wednesday next BIZ the steam
ship Cuthora. The collection is ono of
really marvellous variety and value. 1t
includes old tapestries, rare Scvres vases.
plates etc. wonderful worries of the em-
pire Period, Lonis XIV and XVI furniture
and clocks, and other admirable selections
from the best collections it is possible to
draw upon in Europe
Prospects of Cornell
Commenting upon the possibility of an
international university athletic contest.
Lady Colin Campbel's Realm says: The
American universities have nothing like
the authority in athletic matters that ours
have. Things might easily go wrcny
The bascr kind of sport hangs about the
American tracks, from classifying "a record
to poisoning competitor
Regarding the prospects OF the Cornell
crew at the regatta at Henley, Mr.. VIC
Woodgate, the expert English oarsnan
who has carefully watched the progress
made by oil the crews which will compete
in the race for the grand challenge cup.
predicts that the Lcandcr and New college
crews will be first and second Mr.. Wood
gate also expresses the opinion that tho
Cornell crew will not be able to hold out
after passing Fawley court against tho
longer reach and swing of the English
crews
The Pail Mall Gazette thinks that tn
Cornell men have been doing the reverse
Of improving during the past week. 1t
has been discovered, The Pail Mall Gazette
adds, that stalcness is thing to be
guarded against as much as insufficient
preparation.
ID. II. MacLean, an old oarsman OF Elton
and Oxford experience and who has becu
present at the Henley regatfas of % years
past, thinks that The Cornell men are un-
doubtedly Il very fine crew and the bcs
a,e United States could produce as they
five carried everything before them in
America. He adds: ''They nrc simply
an unknown quantity III II. conpctition
icr the grand Challenge cup, and if they
win, we must reconsider ouc most cher
ished ideas Of rowing"
Mr- Maci6a2 also expressed the opinion
that the Canadian crew OF the Argonaut
Rowing club CT TORONTO, consisting OF G