The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-27

| fed. Both he and the rest of the reg
ular embassy have done all in their
1 power 10 insure Mr.. Reds success
The feeling of the press is indicated
by an editorial of the Standard of Fri
/ day, which said: 1T would be a most
ungracious omission TO forget TO offer
4 sincere thanks to all foreign countries
/ that have participated in the jubilee.
/ They have added materially to the
/ pleasure of the queen and her people
/ by their vCr-to-be-forgotten kind
/ ness. SO far as the Americans are
! concerned. we believe that they are
almost as pleased and proud as though
/ the jubilee were their own.
In short, nothing is too good for
Americans in London today. The Brit
ish are thoroughly pleased with the
way the Americans opened their houses
to jubilee day. Their designs on the
residences of Mr.. Whitelaw Reid, Colo
mel John Hay, Mr.. Henry White, sec
rotary of the United States embassy,
and j. NJ. Carter, were identical, be-
ing the familiar ". r.. surmounted by
crown and the dates '1s37-1S97.' on
either side of the central figure Of the
design was a large American flag, sur
mounted by the eagle and 13 stars in
the field. These iluminations were
paid for by the United States govern
ment.'
At the state banquet on Monday at
buckingham palace, Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
led IL Princess Victoria of Wales. On
Tuesday Mr.. Reid lunched at Bucking-
ham palace. sitting between Prince
Christian of Schleswig- Holstein and the
Duke of Cambridge.
on Wednesday both Mr.. Reid and
Colonel Hay had boxes at the opera.
but Mr.. Reid himself was a guest in
the royal box. When Mrs. Reid ar
rived at the opera she was escorted
by royal equery to her box. General
Nelson 4. Miles. L. S. A, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ogden Mills. ACCOMPANIED her.
Mr. and Mrs. Reid on Thursday gave
a luncheon to Lady Lytton and Lady
Emily Lytton. The former is the
widow of Mr.. Reds British colleague
at Paris, and is now lady in waiting to
the queen. The same evening Mr.. Reid
dined with the Prince of Wales at
Marlborough House. and went later 70
the state party at Buckingham palace
where he was Joined by Mrs. Reid, who
was escorted by a military equery and
Rear Admiral J. n. Miller, L. S. N,
General Nelson \. Miles. L. S. A. Mrs.
Miles and Mr.. and Mrs. Ogden Mills.
On Friday, besides attending the lord
mayors luncheon TO the royal princes
and others at the Mansion House, Mr..
Reid and Mrs. Reid dined with the
of Lansdowne, in the famous sculpture
gallery of Lansdowne house. at which
banquet the Prince and Princess of
Wales, Colonel Hay and Mrs. Hay,
almost all the special ENJOYS and for
egn princes now in London, the Duke
and Duchess of Devonshire. the Duke
and Duchess of Marlborough. the Mar
quis and Marchioness of Londonderry,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Sails
bury, Earl Rosebery and Lord and
Lady Wolsley and other persons of
high rank were present.
Later in the evening the guests, in
Guiding the Prince and Princess of
Wales, attended brilliant BAH given
in an immense marquee by the Duke
of Westminster. Mr.. Reid today was
present at the naval review on board
the vessel assigned 10 the use of the
corps, and Mr.. Rcid's chill
dren were the guests Of Rear-AdmiraI
Miller on board the United States cruis-
Ell Brooklyn.
Colonel john Hay gives a grand din
rcr on Tuesday next in honor of Mr..
Reid, General Miles and Admiral Mil
Ter. at which the guests will include
the Marquis of Salisbury. the British
premier: Mr.. A j. Balfour. Mr. Joseph
Sir. William Vernon
Harcourt, the Ri Hon. Herbert Henry
Asquith. and many other equally prom
neHt men.
The editing of the works of various |
authors is 10 be entrusted to several !
professors of the American and British |
to be chosen by Prof. Cay
ey. and he will supervise the work and |
write the introductions to several vol
imes- He has secured leave of absence /
rom the university for IA months, and I
will spend much of the time at Oxford. |
Cambridge and the Scottish univer-
stiles J.