The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1897-07-01

nls. Du saI WAS DOTn on July =. Ilv teIIs
q story about his most unlucky Fourth,
something like this One Fourth of Ju-
~, when was about or g. arose
full of patriotism and went out to have
good time with my flrecrackers l al
so had a number Of birthday presents.
which made me still happier In fact.
the intense patriotism which have al
ways displayed for the Fourth has its
origin little, think, in the fact that
get many presents on that day. Well.
on this particular day | went out with
my presents. such as could be carried,
and my firecrackers and was having
tho largest kind of a time when a
boy near mel do not now think pur-
posely--throw flrecracker down tho
back of my neck wore little shirt
waist and a kilt, and IL seemed as If the
whole outfit had caught fire in half a
minute, OF course | was burned, al
though not seriously so, but enough to
make me very cautious how | moved
nbout and very careful not to get near
tie fire again, for that day at least "
Another famous New Yorker mot with
bad luck once ON July 4, when q more
baby. That was Oliver Sumner TealI,
and he was but years old at tho time.
1t Is said that people who have passed
through great dangers can never accu-
rately describe the events as they occur
red. and that is why Mr.. Teall cannot
tell exactly about that explosion. 81
was playing with pinwheel. b" said he
when 1t went of in some mysteri-
GUS way, and, still more mysterious. it
seemed to carry me off with it. flew
up into the air, heavy though l was
with five years of chubbiness, and when
came down there was less of Ollie and
great deal moro Of howl than there
had been. My eyes seemed gone, my
curls surely were gone and my little
dress was missing in some of it's impor-
tant links. lived. But, oh. l remem.
bered that Fourth for many long
day"
The veteran caterer Delmonico says
he is extremely fond of the Fourth and
always celebrated with the small boys.
Banker ID. o. Mills says the Fourth is
the most glorious day in the year, not
even excepting Christmas General Ben
jamin f. Tracy says he does not care for
fireworks now, and when he was boy
and hankered after such things he was
too poor to buy them. Lawyer Abe
Hummcl invariably celebrates the day
by taking q wagon load of pretty girls
for drive through Central park.
Richard Croker will celebrate his
Fourth of July IN dear old Lunnon, "
and there will be more Americans in
England's metropolis to remember the
day than In any previous year. The
Weather Americans who happen to be
in London will visit that famed seat of
Waldorf Astor, where the great land
owner has prepared quite O celebration
Mr. Astor's well known antipathy TO
fireworks is likely to limit the days OBJ.
servance to quiet festivity, but three
years ago he set dinner Of 800 covers
on the Thames bank. and Ia members Of
parliament sat down to il and drank the
health of the president Of tho United
States At Cliveden preparations have
been making for nearly two months.
and the number of Mr. Astors guests
will run into the hundreds The official
celebration of the day In England will.
OF course. be that held in the American
embassy in London. So fully recognized
In England are the customs incident to
this day that It 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 80
years the queen of England and the
Prince of Wales have been represented
at the banquet given by the American
minister Oh that day
HARRISON AYREs