Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-08
Society is DESERVING the Great City
for Country Pleasures.
INDEPENDENCE DAY OBOERVANCES
American Women Greatly Impress
Their English Sisters.
PERSONALNO OFINTEREST
Copyright, 1899. The Associated Press.)

| speclal LONDON tanle Letter.
LONDON, July S.-Although a few great
balls are still in Sight, the London season
| is already waning. People are fitting into
| the country much earlier than usual. Next
| week will be given over to Newmarket,
where there are numerous house parties for
the second July meeting. During the fol-
lowing week the season winds up with the
Duchess of Portlands ball. There are still
several fashionable weddings in prospect.
the most notable being that of the Earl of
Shaftesbury and Lady Constance Grosvenor,
who will have fifteen bridesmaids, while
many persons are looking forward with
great interest to the reception to be given
by the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at
Stafford House, July 2s, to the members of
the Anglc-American League and their
friends, at which Mr.. Joseph H. Choate,
the United States ambassador. and Mrs.
Choate and many prominent Americans and
English will be present.
After a long period of mourning Mrs.
John w. Mackay has reopened her beauti-
full house. on Carlton House terrace. She
gave two big dinners. during the week,
which were followed by wonderful music.
Americans Celebrating.
London has beer much enlivened during
the week by the visit of the officers and
large number of cadets belonging to the
United States training ship Monongahela.
who have been spending five days leave at
the Metropole. theoretically sightseeing,
riding in electric cars and generally enjoy
ing themselves.
The Fourth of July was never so uniVer-
sally celebrated by the Americans in Lon
don was the Fourth of Tuesday last. In
addition TO the celebrations at the Hotel
Cecil and the United States embassy. there
were a large number of private luncheons,
dinners and river parties. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Meiggs Even of Chicago, took large
party of Americans in steam launch from
their place at Datchet to Maideuhead, while
the employees of the Commercial Cable Com
pany with Mr.. George Ward of New York,
general manager of the company, celebrated
in similar manner on a big Launch gayly
bedecked with American flags.
Thursday was speech day at Harrow, the
first under the new head master. Doctor
Wood, and attracted great crowd OF dis
tinguished people to the school,
Thursday afternoon the last meet or the
Four-in-Hand Club occurred at the horse
guards parade. 1t was undoubtedly the
smartest of the season. There were twenty
two coaches in line. The Duke of Mari
borough's team was greatly admired. he
was accompanied by the duchess, Lady
Norah Churchill and Lord Cairns. In the
evening occurred the Duchess of Devon
shire's ball within the beautiful grounds OF
Devonshire House. with illuminations and
supper tent exactly the same as on the oc-
casion of the famous Jubilee dress pan. II
SON The musicale given by Mrs. Alfred
Harmsworth the same evening attracted
crowd of fashionable people TO the Grafton
galleries whose spacious rooms were dec
Grated with such wealth of roses as never
before seen in London. The program. whlch
was also the most lavish scale, lnciuded
Paderexksi, Coquelin, Leonora Jackson
David Bispham, Susanna Adams ana Maur-
ice Farkoa.
The Future of Women.
Of he AScooia ta6 Press
has interviewed the Countess of Aberdeen
and others regarding the practical results
likely toaccrue from the International Coun-
ell of Women Lady Aberdeen, who is an
enthusiastic admirer of the American and
Canadian delegates. said:
EVERY one of them was a skilled expert
and most of them We're trained speakers,
whom the Congress was delighted to hear,
which cannot be said in regard to many OF
the other speakers. The Americans, as a
rule were better informed, more decided In
opinion and further advanced on the lead
ing topics than any of the other delegates
They fairly outstripped the Englishwomen,
who however. We're better informed than
the continental delegates in general knowl-
edge of the subjects pertaining to women:
Mrs Sewell won the congress from the
first. Her extraordinary tact in dealing
with such large gathering was remarka-
bic.
Miss Susan B. Anthony's powerful adj
vocacy of women's claims distinctly added
to her already great reputation
Regarding the results. the grand con-
summation has been reached of welding to-
gether cosmopolitan body of thoughtful
women prepared to educate their fellow
women. Twenty-Five years hence the leav-
en- of today Will have Ieavened the whole
world, and the irresistible force of public
opinion will have raised women to their
proper sphere
Miss Susan B. Anthony dweit enthusiast
ically on the work of the council and said:
I'VE have already taken the outer trench
es of the worlds thoughts
Senator Hanna's Views.
Senator Mark Hanna says he regards former
Congressman John De Witt Warmers de-
nouncement Of him and other prominent
men before the Brooklyn Democratic Club,
Tuesday night as cabled here. as being due
to disappointment. He adds that it could
only have gained the public ear through its
extravaganza, that when he speaks. of