Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-06
Invasion of London by the Ameri-
cans,
INTERNATIONAL AMITY
Toasting the Memory Of John
Harvard.
CELEBRATING THE FOURTH

Especial London Cable Letter Copyrighted, 1895, by
the Associated Press)
LONDON, July 6.-This years invasion
of London by Americans is the strongest
| ever known. They are to be seen at every
turn. occupying the best apartments in all
| the popular 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
possible. They are good customers every
| where. free with their money and con-
| tent only with the best of everything.
Therefore, 1t need hardly be added, the
LONDON hote!keepers, storekeepers and pub
\ lie entertainers are not grunbling at the
| So-callcd American invasion"
| If proof was needed of the presence here
| of a multitude of Americans it was fur
| nished by the crowds of patriotic citizens
| of the United States who attended the sew
| eral Independence day celebra lions in Lon
| don on Thursday last, and. strange to say.
| the screechng Of the eagle upon these oc-
casions seemed to give the lion a certain
| degree of healthy satisfaction.
The Daily News for instance comment
| Ing yesterday on the banquet of the Ameri-
can Society al the Holborn restaurant,
| said: THE American Independence day
| was celebrated in London more publicly
than on previous occasions. This is as 1t
| should be. The day brings no bitterness
| of memory to the present generation of
| Englishnen. But for that day and its les
| sons, our empire might by now be thing
| of the past. 1t is never tittingly cele-
| brated 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 cord
ial message was received by the Americans
| from the past and present members of EN-
| manuel College, Cambridge, who were din
| ing in another part of the building which
caused Mr. Wayne MacNeagh the United
| States ambassador to Italy, who presided
| in the absence of the Hon. Thomas f. Bay
| ard, the United States ambassador to the
court OF St James. to remark that blood
| was thicker than water. Not to be behind
hand in courtesy. the Americans sent the
| Emmanuel men a reply, proposing as a
worthy sentiment of the evening the MEM
! DRY of John Harvard, son of Emmanuel
| College. and the father of liberal learning
| in the new world.
As a further proof of the presence here
| Of vast throngs of Americans 1t may be
| added that at the Savoy Hotel one night
! this week half dozen American dinners
i We're in progress. Mr.. Geo. Gould's party
was at one table. and near it was the party
| of Mr.. NJ. II. De Young, proprietor of the
| San Francisco Chronicle. At another table
| Mrs. Writ Dexter of Chic ago was enter
| tanning number OF friends, and there were
| fully twenty more persons of more or less
| prominence at the various tables in the
| room.
The registers of loves and Gilig's Amer
| lean exchanges show a larger number of
| names entered than for years past Mr.
| and Mrs. NJ. H De Young arrived from
Paris few days ago and they are receiv-
! ing much attention in society. They have
| been the guests of Mrs. John w Mackay
| and other prominent people.
| There was considerable comment among
| the New Workers who attended the recep-
| ton given on the Fourth of July by Mrs.
Bayard, wife of the United States ambassa-
| dor, upon the fact that Mr. William Wal
| dorf Astor, who was among those present
has aged greatly since the death of his Wife
| Bret Harte created much amusement at
| the reception Dv GiSplaNinU fstx,
that the English butler should announce
| his name correctly. The butler annount ed
| Bretharte, whereupon the novelist called
| out Bret Harte " at the top of his voice
| three times and set everybody laughing
Mr.. Wayne MacVeagh delighted all by the
happy manner In which he presided at the
| banquet Of the American Society He is
| becoming a great favorite in London ard
was one of the few Americans al the gar
| den party of the Duke and Duchess of
| SaNe-CCburg and Gotha at Clarence House
| on Wednesday last.
| Congressman "Bertie" Adams of Phila-
| delphia Is spending some time in London
and participating in the social gayeties. Mr..
ard Mrs. George y. CurZon are doing all in
tfeir power TO make the Quaker City
statcsnan's visit here social success
| Congressman Harry Miner of New York,
who is here on theatrical business saws
| that he is almost tempted to wish he had
1 been elected to parliament instead of Con-
| gresS in order that he might bring about
some legislation that would give London
I
! Mr. Miner adds that he has been a great
sufferer on account of the way in which
London BARRIERS measure time. The other
day the New York Congressman got into a
| BARRIERS chair here, and the barber prompt
! ly gave his face 4 coat of lather. Then the
man disappeared into another ROOM For
| half an hour. Mr.. Miner says, he sat there
ana In the meantime the soap had thor
| oUghly dried upon his face. When the bar
| Der returned, Mr.. Miner demanded to know
what he meant. The barber said he had to
| dress a ladys hair" 1t took Mr. Miner
| exactly three-Quarters of an hour to secure
| n shave.
| PoliceCaptain Mason, who has charge of the
police telegraph system ofBrooklyn, has been
| having a grand time in London. and the
oncials of Scotland Yard have extended to
him every courtesy. He accompanied In
spector Richards of Scotland Yard on a
tour of inspection to Windsor Castle the
| day before the queen returned from Scot
| land. In this way Capt. Mason managed to
| see all the private apartments of her
majesty, which is a very unusual privilege
for an American.
Senator Richard F. Pettigrew of South
Dakota sails for home today, after three
months tour of the continent. He has
greatly improved in health, and has gained
in weight
Mr.. Jerome x. Jerome does not seem in
c1ined to apologize to Mr.. Richard Croker
in regard to the statement made In
Jeromes paper about Simms. He publish
ed Mr.. Croker's letter on the subject which
ten to Mr.. Henry Labouchere and published
in Truth; but he adds:
1t does not tally with my informa ton,
and ii would be to the advantage of the
public that the affair should be carefully
| inquired into"