The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
LONDON GOSSIP.
Americans Celebrate the
Fourth With Much
Enthusiasm.
NAT GOODWIN's SUCCESS
Mrs. Mackey Reappears in
Society After a Period
of Mourning
[By Cable. Copyright 1899, by The Associated

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IsoNDoN. July 5, 1899. Although few
great balls are still In sight, the London.
season Is already waning. People are
fitting into the country much earlier
| Than usual. Nemt week will be given over
t Newmarket; where there are numerous
| house parties for the second July meeting.
During the following week the season
winds up, with the Duchess of Portland 5
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 liking frward with great interest to
the reception to be given by the Duke
and Duchess of Sutherland at Stafford
House July 26 to the members Of the
Anglo-American League and their friends.
at which Mr.. Joseph III. Choate, the
United States Ambassador, and Mrs.
Choate. and many prominent Americans
and English will be present
After long period Of mourning, Mrs.
John w. Mackay has reopened her beau-
tiful house on Carlton House Terrace.
She gave two big dinners during the
week, which were followed by wonder
full music.
London has been much enlivened dur
ing the week by the visit of the officers
and a large number of cadets belonging
to the United States training ship Mon
ongahela, who shave been spending five
days leave at the Metropole, energetically
sightseeing, riding in electric cars and
generally enjoying themselves.
The Fourth of July was never so unf-
versally celebrated by the Americans in
London as was the Fourth of Tuesday
last In addition to the celebration at
( the Hotel Cecil and the United States EN-
bassy, there were large number OF pr1-
vate luncheons. dinneds and river parties.
Mr. and Mrs. John Meiggs Even of Chi
cago took a large party of Americans nj
a steam launch from their place at Datcf-
ct to Maidenhead, while the employees Of
the Commercial Cable Company, with Mr.
George Ward of New York, general man
ager of the company. celebrated in sim
| liar manner on big launch gaily be-
deeked with American flags.
Thursday was Speech Day at Harrow.
| the first under the new Head Master. DR..
Wood and attracted a great crowd of dis
tinguished people to the school.
Thursday afternoon the last meet Of the
Four-in4fIand rub occurred at the Horse
Guards parade. 1t was undoubtedly the
smartest of the season. There were
twenty two coaches in line,< The Duke
of Marlboroughs team WAS greatly adj
mired He was accompanied by the
Duchess, Lady Norah Churchill and Lord
Cairns. In the evening occurred the
Duchess of Devonshire's ball. within tlhe
beautiful grounds of Devonshire House,
with iNuminations and supper-tent ex-
actly the same as on the occasion of the
famous jubilee fancy dress ball. It proved
to be the most brilliant of the season.
The musicale given by Mrs. Alfred
Harmsworth the same evening attracted
a crowd of fashionable people TO the
Grafton Galleries, whose spacious rooms
were decorated with such a wealth of
roses as never before seen in London. The
programme, which was also on the most
lavish scale, included Paderewski, Co
quelin, Leonora Jackson. David Bispham.
Susanne Adams and Maurice Farkea.
A representative of the Associated Press
has interviewed the Countess of Aber-
deem and others regarding the practical
results likely to accrue from the Interna-
tional Councils Of Women. Lady Aber-
deem, who is an enthusiastic admirer Of
the American and Canadian delegates,
said
EVERY one of them was a skilled ex-
pert and most of them were trained
speakers, whom the Congress was de-
| lighted to hear, which cannot be said in
regard to many of the other speakers.
The Americans, as a rule, were better in
| formed, more decided in topinion and fur
| ther advanced on the leading topics than
any of the other delegates. They fairly
outstripped the Englishwomen, who,
however, were better Informed than the
Continental Delegates in general know
| women.
Mrs Sewel won the Congress from the
first. Her extraordinary tact IN dealing
with such large gathering was remark
able.
Miss Susan B. Anthony's powerful
advocacy Of women's claims distinctly
added to her already great reputation.
sRegarding the results, the grand con-
sumation has been reached of welding
together a cosmopolitan body of thought
FIJI women, prepared to educate their fell
low women. Twenty-Five years hence the
leaven of today will have leavened the.
vol world, and the irreisible force Of pub
lie opinion will have raised women to their
proper sphere.
/ Miss Susan B. Anthony dwelt enthus-
iastically on the work Of the Council and
said -:
1--WE have already taken the outer
trenches Of the worlds thought
Senator Mark Hanna says he regards
former Congressman John De Witt Warn
\, fr7rx..