The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-07-11
SOCIETY EVENTS ARE OF NIGHT
LY OCCURRENCE IN THE ME-
TROPOLIS.
AN ARMY OF AMERICANS INCEST
THE BURG.
They Pay for and Get the Best of Every
thing, and Spend Money With a
Lavish Hand-Fourth of July
Celebration.

| LONDON,
! the Associated Press THE leading host
esses in view of the waning season, the
t approaching dissolution of parliament and
the fierce campaign which will follow, arc
/ doing their utmost to rush their entertain
ments before election. Every night of the
past week has been crowded with balls
dinners and parties of various descrip'
i tions. and those who can not find night
during the next few days are being com,
nclled to abandon the idea of carrying out
i their social program, and will therefore
POSTPONE their projected entertainments
or give them up altogether.
This years invasion of London by
Americans is the strongest ever known
They are to be seen at every turn, occupy
ing the best apartments at all popular ho-
tells and visiting all places of interest.
The leading restaurants are packed with
them and they half fill the theatres night
Iiv FINALLY, the Americans flock i'm num-
hers to the big music halls and enjoy
themselves greatly in every possible way
They are good customers everywhere,
| free with their money and content only
with the best of everything, therefore II
need hardly he added the London hotel
keepers, stOre-keepers, ana pur'lc entr
tainers are not grumbling at the so-called
"American invasion" If proof were
needed as TO the presence of multitude
of Americans, it was furnish ID by the
crowds of patriotic citizens of the United
States who attended the several indie
pendrnce day celebrations in London
Thursday last, and, strange to say, the
screeching of the eagle on this occasion
seemed 10 give the lion degree of healthy
satisfaction.
The Daily News, for instance, com
mentng yesterday on the banquet of the
American society at the Holborne res
taurant said:
| The American Independence day was
celebrated in London more publicly than
on previous occasions. This is as it should
be- The day brings no bitterness OF mem
ory to the present generation OF Ehgllsh-
men. But for that day and its lessons,
our empire might now be a thing OF the
past. 1t is never so fttingly celebrated
as when Englishmen and Americans meet
in honor Of it at the same ceremony or at
the same social board"
Then again. during the banquet, a cor
dial message was received by the Amer-
cans from the past and present members
of Emanuel college, Cambridge, who were
dining in another part of the building,
which caused the Hon. Wayne McNeagh,
| the United States ambassador to Italy,
who presided in the absence of Hon.
Thomas T.. Bayard. the United States
ambassador to the Court of ST. James, to
remark that blood was thicker than wa
tier Not to be beaten in courtesy, the
Americans sent the Emanuels a reply
proposing as n worthy sentiment of the
evening the memory of John Harvard a
son of Emanuel college and the father
of liberal learning in the New World.
As a further proof of the presence OF
vast thrOngS of Americans it may be add
ed that at the Savoy hotel one night this
week half dozen family dinners were
in progress. Mr. George Gould's party
was alone at one table, and near them
was tn party of Mr.. NJ. H. DE Young,
proprietor of the San Francisco Chronl-
Gle. at another table. Mrs. Dewitt BaX-
ter was entertaining number OF friends:
and there were fully 90 more persons OF
more or less prominence at the various
tables in the rooms.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. III. De Young ar
rived from Paris a few days ago and
they are receiving much attention Ill So
ciety. They have been the guests OF
Mrs. John w. Mackey and other promi-
nent people
| THE 60 cases of art objects which Mr..
De Young purchased in France for the
| California exposition memorial museum
have arrived in London and will be SHIP
ped to the United States next week by
the Culthera. The collection is one Of
marvellous value. 1t includes old tapes
tries. rare Severes vases, plates, ETC.,
Wonderful worries of the empire period and
docks and other admirable selections from
| the best collections it is possible to draw
| from in Europe.
Therewas considerable comment among
| the New Workers. who attended the re-
ception given on the 4th of July by Mrs.
Bayard wife of the United States am
baSsador, upon the fact that MIR. William
Waldorf Astor, who was among those
present, has aged considerably since the
death of his wife.
Bret Harte created much amusement
at the reception by displaying great anX-
iety that the English butler should an
announced Bret Arte," on which oc-
casion the novelist called out Bret
Harte" at the top of his voice three
times and set everybody laughing.
There is much dissatisfaction at the
careless manner in which the mails are
dispatched to the United States. The
. North German Lloyd company adver
tiSed a steamer to sail last Sunday anC
! notified the postoffice authorities to tina
effect. But, without giving notice t.
. any one, or hanging the advertisement
. the company withdrew the steamer en-
i tirely and in consequence the MALL
o waited at Southampton for several days
Archibald CoOlqehoun, the well know
f explorer, has just returned from a sew
@ erHl months mission to Nicaragua, wher
i he thoroughly inspected the Nicaragu
l. canal. He says:
z From what l have seen of Nicaragua
h and in a lengthey visit to the Unite
d States, especially to the Southern State:
$ | am more than convinced of the impor
n ance to the United States of this projeC
y and feel sure that it is only under tn
lie auspices of the United States governmeI
that the enterprise can be carried throug
lie as it should be. The canal, in m
,,rr opinion, will be universally of CREATE
W Importance than the Suez canal and wi
70 revOlutionize the shipping routes of ii
10 world. For the United States, the cam
10 would have the effect of developing ii
" trade of the Pacific slope and Southe1
- States, but will more especially open L
~ the magnificent lands of the Mississippi
J. ut present lost to the commerce of IL
So world"
ne There is much gossip among the agr
ic cultural classes in regard to the futul
d. policy Of the government. A gret
n many of the landed gentry profess
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