Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-12-02
THANKFUL In LONDON.
Americans Observe THANKSGIVING
Day in the Big Metropolis.
Ambassador Hay Grows FacItIOus-veEy
Much at Home Among EnKIIsbmen-
The Turkey for the National EN-
bIem-New England Pumpkin Pie.

LONDON, Nov. 26.-Over 300 American
men and women and few English
persons celebrated Thanksgiving day
by a dinner at the Hotel Cecil last
night The party included John Hay,
the United States ambassador and his
wife and daughter; Henry White.
secretary of the United States en-
bassy; ]. r. Carter, second secretary
of the embassy; Lord Strathcona and
Mount Royal, of Canada; Archdeacon
Sinclair. Louis Astor Chanler and
William Fuich, United States minister
TO Uruguay.
the menu, which was especially de-
signed for the occasion, was orna-
mented with American and British
flags, and over the seat of the chairman
was an enormous eagle. The list of
toasts was long. The health of Queen
Victoria was proposed by the chair
man, who read a letter dated Windsor
Castle, from Sir Arthur John Biggs,
private secretary to her majesty, say
ing:
1.-The queen desires me to beg that
the American ambassador will be so
good as to convey to the members of
the American society in London the
expression of her majesty's sincere
thanks for the beautifully illuminated
address of congratulations she re-
ceived from that body. have further
to assure your excellency how deeply
the queen was touched by the senti-
ments of sympathy with the enthusi-
asm of her own subjects on the six
tieth anniversy of her accession to the
wuh oh in q
address from citizens of the United
States"
Hon. Sir John Goreu Barnes, justice
of the high court of justice, proposed
the health of Ambassador Hay, dwell
ing upon the great friendliness that he
believed existed between England and
the United States. saying: "If the two
countries will only put their backs
together they can rule the destinies of
the world"
When the health q Ambassador
Hay was proposed he responded with
a bright speech. He sketched the
origin of the day, which began, he
said, sin that pathetic thank offering
of our forefathers when they were
keeping alight the spark of freedom
which was destined to kindle into a
beacon blaze enlightening and admon-
ishing the world. ''Some of our own
peculiar institutions" continued Mr..
Hay. thank Heaven, we have lost.
The worst passed away in the tempest
of the war it caused; but this, the
unquestionably peculiar of all, we can
trust to abide with US forever. This
is one of the few things we can do
that offends nobody, threatens no one
and completes with no one. There can
never be too much gratitude in the
world.
Seventy millions of voices praising
God together would not justify the adj
dition of one ironclad to any navy on
earth. Tonight we can hardly be said
to be in q foreign land. A French
statesman said the other day: Where
there is one Frenchman there is
France" So we have 500 good reasons
here to believe we are in America to.
night and may be pardoned for speak
ing of some little things we care about.
Mr.. Hay then paid an eloquent trib-
ute to the unknown, nameless artist
who, in the days of New England,
first brought to perfection the pump
kin pie" He Endorsed Benjamin
trankllns suggestion LnaG the turkey
should be the national emblem instead
of the eagle, who, with aristocratic
profile, loud voice and predatory dis.
position, hardly commends himself as
the emblem of modest, industrious and
conscientious democracy, while the
turkey, like true altruist, exists only
for the good of others, and perishes by
thousands yearly for the public well
fare"
In concluding his speech Mr.. Hay
enumerated the causes for thankful
ness, aud said:
I'VE are thankful that we speak
English; or, if our friends on this side
of the ocean think that is boasting,
that we talk United States, which
answers equally as well for telling tie
truth"