New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-01
AMERICAN WOMEN IN LONDON
A GRACEFUL TRIBUTE TO THE DAUGH-
TIERS OF THE STARS AND STRIPES
A LONDON PAPER DECLARES THAT ANENi0N'
WOMEN ARE DOING THEIR SHARE 10
ros-rp -1,r eptprr OF ALLIANCE.
AMERICAN

A LONDON PAPER DECLARES lfHi
WOMEN ARE DOING THEIR SHARE TO
FOSTER THE SPIRIT OF ALLIANCE
THE London Daily Telegraph" pays the loho"-
ing pretty tribute 10 American women IN LohHon.
Never. perhaps has the American woman oeen
more prominent in our midst thah tnls
Socially. OF course she has been factor OF I'npoI
lance in many recent years, and II Is hatu ~ i"
aetne a London season In which an important Pat'
would not be played by the yDuchess Oh MAJ
borough Lily Duchess OF Marlborough the pu
OF Manchester. Lady Randolph ChurchiiL us
Choate Mrs Ronads. Mrs. Mackay. MIS-. DidueS
Martin Mrs ogden Goelet and many more "noSe
foremost position in London society Is uhIiIa'-
lenred But the feature which seems 10 haFe
passed almost unnoticed, and to charac'eiI1 ~
charming transatlantic invasion during the present
summer would seem 10 he that the daush'ei W 80
Stars and Stripes is entering much more ~
everyday life. No longer is she exclusively VI S"e
ar,stocratLo ranks no longer must We THINK OIL Her
as associated with millionaires alone. She mas
come 10 US in her professional vocauohS' ' "
come without unlimited dollars as the VIZ -
daughter OF the solid, prosperous man Oh Ha'''e
or commerce. and in that capacity mas O'eu
permeate what one may call English nome 0ho,e
And with her frank, unconventional ways Ie
bright fund of talk and her honest caPaOi'y -
enjoyment ordinary folks are as gao 10 -
her to their midst as those OF more eNai'eu So
hailed their compeers. II was very laIse
gent indeed. that
the recent International Congress OF women on
a. is without doubt largely due to these delesa'e
that English women have lost some OF lii'''
that the platform woman from over seas mus "
necessity have been weird ana WIZ ci.
stead they found them interested IN the sam
phases OF philanthropy. in the same prac.'0aI o.
,sef,I movements as themselves. and with an uh-
VARYING desire 10 promote friendly feelings Oe'"'''
the two great branches OF the Anslo-Sa&on i"Oe
ON the part OF the women who have taken Up
more or less permanent residence arno'e -, =,
has been notable effort in the formation ol
Society Of American Women in LONDON w
for president Mrs Hugh Reid Gr!fiin, ana 'A'e
membership drawn from the cultivated or
thoughtful Of the community IN Inc me - 5
Making its headquarters at the H0P te' i,s aim is
alike 10 keep those from the states IN plea' md oc-
ual touch and. by means OF luncneHoi,S 70 show
English friends hospitable return ana ~ Few;
acquaintance. Though II was ony III, LJ successful
imncheons-a meal specially favored by am. ~ 80,
women when on entertaining 3, ot these occa sons
point Is made Of including some ,Etry Giring the
SonFqess as thu he countess Of Aberdeen and Mrs RS;
Choate were assigned the places o, s,ngers and
other occasions well known writers, 81 enaaches
erfists have been received few brief speecInfi IL
and some very good music az an lou, often call IT,
I'm mother admirable way American women na oe
W4rk f WI bsr3fv N The land OF their temporary
inrn Al the great bazaar for the Charng CposS
HOspfal stall was more y PlCt'l! nv
its wealth Of quaint wares than that iI their
Ms BRADLEY Martin and Mrs. Mackay Whl.e ,no-,
countrvwomen mustered Loyalty to ther suPp enc
with the result that II was among Ine IN Streets
cessful Of those arranged Again tor tne Hospital
and Squares bazaar in aid Of St MARY Ives
a committee Of American women mace Lstnntn5 ri
d oee1oreIts FOR a stall. and again achieNed vi
,r1r3bar, results With the American theaI, ~,
cnnparies now in midst. the actresses at
hin sisters usually are In the prolesslo9
and ,bei, services are constantly being gIVe' 5gs
oba-tx. rnatinees Truly. American "Che" -,
6"a-rg thelr sha.e bravely in fostering ina. -
Of alIs nee which may some day mean so M en-
~ ns4ce Of The world. and with 50 cohs.a,II -
inrgInc circle a. they form II Is peasdnt ~ dc
,be7r good will as well as TO assure theH1 VI 40
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