The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-12
DINNER To EDWARD
AMBASSADOR CHOATE SCORES NOT
ABLE SUCCESS.
THE TALK OF ALL LONDON.
BOTH COUNTIES WERE WELL REP.
RESENTED.

Blue Ribbon of the Garter-Vivnci-
One at Ease-After the Ladies
Withdrew the King and Mr..
ChOate Had a CONFIDENTIAL Talk
and Then j. p. Morgan and His
Majesty Engaged in Close Con-
Observation-Disclosures ROOseve1t's
Two Sisters Also Received Royal
Attention.
London, June IA crowd of several
hundred persons, including a number
of American sightseers, had gathered
outside the house of the United States
ambassador, Joseph H. Choate, on
Carlton House Terrace. when King
Edward and Queen Alexandra arrived
there tonight to attend the dinner
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Choate. Their
majesties came in what is known as
a town carriage with outriders in
red livery.
The front of the embassy was deco
rated with the customary coronation
device, a crystal transparency show
ing the royal cipher. 1t was sur
mounted by the Stars and Stripes.
The crowd uncovered as their majes
ties passed in. Otherwise there was
no demons tration.
The following is the full list of the
guests present at the dinner: The King
and Queen, Princess Victoria, the Duke
of Norfolk, the Duke and Duchess of
Portland, Lord Rosebery, the Bishop
of London, Rt. Rev. Arthur F. Ingram;
the Earl and Countess of Pembroke,
Earl and Countess Spencer, Sir Will
liam and Lady Vernon Harcourt, A. j.
Balfour, first lord of the treasury, and
Miss Balfour; the Earl of Derby, Lady
Alice Stanley, the Russian ambassador,
Saron de Stael; j. Pierpont Morgan;
Whitelaw Reid. special ambas-
| sador from the United States
to the coronation of King Ed
ward, and Mrs. Reid; Harriet
Lane Johnston. a niece of the late
| President James Buchanan, who was
appointed United States minister to
Great Britain in 1858; John Sargent.
! the American painter Mrs Douglas
Robinson Mrs. w. S. Cowles. sister of
| President Roosevelt; Lord Kenyon, Sir
| Stanley Clark, the Countess of Cos
| ford, Mr.. Choate, Mrs. Choate and Miss
| Choate; Henry White, secretary of the
| United States embassy, and Miss
| White; J. Ridgely Carter, secretary of
the United States embassy and Will
liam Woodward, private secretary of
Mr.. Choate.
All London Talks of It,
The visit of King Edward and Queen
| Alexandra to Ambassador and Mrs.
| Choate was one of the most interesting
| incidents of the present reign and all
| London was talking of it tonight. The
| police had to clear Carlton House Ter
race of the many spectators who had
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as much as was possible to see of the
| remarkable tribute paid by their majes-
ties to the United States.
When King Edward, Queen Alex
andra and Princess Victoria and their
suites drove up to Mr.. Choates house,
the ambassador, Mrs. Choate, Miss
Choate. Henry White Miss White and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carter met them at the
door. The American diplomats wore
plain evening dress and black knee
breeches. The King and his suite
wore a dress exactly similar to that
of the Americans, except that His
Majesty wore across his shirt front the
blue ribbon of the Order of the Gar
ter.
engaged before dinner was an
naunced. In the beginning, the
international banquet proceeded some
what formally, but the vivacious hui
NOR of the King and Queen soon put
the guests at their ease. Throughout
the dinner music was rendered ty an
excellent band. Finally Queen Alexan-
dra gave the sign and the ladies rose
and retired to the drawing room.
Edward and Morgan COnfab.
Mr.. Choate then walked a: ound the
table and took the vacant seat next to
His Majesty, and the King and Mr..
Choate entered into a confidential con-
Versation. Before the cigars had got
we'll going, Mr.. Choate went over to j.
Pierpont Morgan and brought him
up to King Edward. and for
nearly the next half hour the
American millionaire and the King
talked earnestly together. Lord Lans-
downe, Mr.. Choate, Lord Rosebery
and others equally known to fame sat
aloof while the master of the empire
and the master of millions thrashed
out their respective ideas. To use the
words of one of the guests who sat
near them. "Mr. Morgan and the
King seemed equally al home, and we
wondered when we were going to get
a chance to join the ladies in the
drawing room" At length King Ed
ward finished talking and the men
went up stairs. On their arrival in
the drawing room Queen Alexandra
The Presidents Sisters.
In an interval between the music the
King especially sent for Mrs. Douglass
Robinson and Mrs w. Sheffield Cowles.
and to these two sisters Of President
Roosevelt, the King conveyed his spe-
cial qualification at his ability to be
present at the evening entertainment.
Their ma iesties also chatted especially
with Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid.
At the conclusion of the music the
party went to supper. Here the band
played God Save the King" for the
first time and everyone present paid
courteous attention TO this air.
After supper was over their majes-
ties chatted with various guests and
especially with Lord Rosebery, who
took Princess Victoria down 10 her
Carriage IL Was then quite late. Es-
corted by the entire embassy and fol-
lowed by al Mr.. Choate's guests. King
Edward and Queen Alexandra went
out and entered the royal carriage,
after q night which certain diplomats
charaoferiZe as tho greatest triumph ]