The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-05
AMERICANS DAY In LONDON
AMI iSsADOR REID'S RECEPTION
AND 4 BIG DINNER.
5000 Attend Mr. Neid's Lavish Entertain
ment-At the Dinner He Dcprecates
Trouble with Japan MARK Twain
EnIiVens the Occasion with rus Fun.
speetal Cable pespatch % run SUM.

Special CaOs pespdteh to THE Sum.
LONDON, July .i.-Ambassador Reid's
reception at Dorchester House to-day
eclipeed in size and splendor any entertain
ment ever given at the American Embassy
here. IL Is no exaggeration to say that
the function cost Mr.. Reid more than any
affair held at Dorchester House. and CON-
sidering the l~avishness OF his entertain
ments that means that the cost far exceeds
that of any similar affair in the history OF
the Embassy.
The number Of invitations issued was
far in excess Of 5000. and more h this
number went through Dorchester House.
as a great throng Of Americans who had
neglected TO secure tickets or who had Just
arrived in London took chances snd were
admitted on presenting their visiting cards.
IL was a crush from 4 O'Clock. when the
reception began. until after o.
The magnificent staircase. at the head
Of which Mr.. and Mrs. Reid stood. the latter
attired in a beautiful white gown adorned
with priceless lace. was one slowly moving
mass of people. The throng was so great
that the average transit from the bottom
Of the staircase TO where Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
stood occupied twenty minutes. In all
parts Of the house the same crush was
observable. 1t was only by wedge work
that 1t was possible to obtain proximity
to the long buffet situated in a spacious
marquee In the gardens.
Bands were in every convenient position,
and the splendor of the HOUSE formed a
fine setting for the array Of beautiful women.
equally beautifully gowned. The throng
of beautiful American girls caused ono
~-I,.A-na e. rar,arly 30 tkA o1xvaannnAapf
Of THE Sun upon the change which he has
beauty. He said:
Formerly American girls seemed more
ethereal In type and their pale faces every
where distinguished them. To-day Amer
lean girls have rosy cheeks and are becoming
more and more like English girls In appear
ance. l think this is probably due to
the increased prevalence Of outdoor sports
among American womankind.'
The Bradley Martins were practically
the first to arrive at the reception and al
most the first TO leave. There quickly fol-
lowed a host Of well known persons. in
Guiding j. Pierpont Morgan. Then came
Maxine Elliott. gowned in mauve; then
Justice and Mrs. o. W. Holmes. Prof. Dun
can. Mr.. and Mrs. z. Abbey. John Sargent.
Mrs. j. j. Astor. Mr.. and Mrs Low. Sir Ed
ward Grey, Lord Tweedmouth. Mr.. and
Mrs. Courtlandt Ba rnes. Lord and Lady
Arthur Butler. the Duchess OF Marlbor-
ough. Gen. and Mrs. Charles Bryce. Mrs.
Endincott. Capt. and Mrs. Spender-Clay.
Sir Martin and Lady Conway. the Danish
Minister. Mrs. Catherine Spencer Eddy,
the Hon. and Mrs. Frederick Guest. Consul
General Wynne and family, Ernest and Mime.
Albani. Mrs. Ogilvy Hay. Prince and Prin-
cess hatfield. Lady Herbert. Sir James
and Lady Howe. Sir Alan and Lady John
stone, Mr.. and Mrs. Rudyard Kipling. the
Hon. Rowland Leigh and wife. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gerard Lowther. Sir James and Lady
McGrigle, Lady M~usgrove. Lord Fairfax.
Lord and Lady Mount-Stephen. Lady
Pauncefote. Lord and Lady strsthcona.
Sir Percy snd Miss Saunderson. the Aus
TRAN, German and Russian Ambassadors.
MIR. and Mrs. T. P. O'Connor. Baroness
Alfred O~ppenheim. Judge Templer. Count
Ward. Miss Ward. Lord and LadyBrougham.
the Earl and Countess of Dartmouth. Sir
Mortimer, Lady and Miss Durand. Arch
deacon Sinclair. Mrs. Adair. Miss Helen
Post. the Misses Brice. Lady Deerhurst.
Henry Phipps. Mr.. and Mrs. Creighton
Webb, Mrs. Cavendish Bentinck. Mr.. and
Mrs. A. J. Drexel. Hamilton Mccormick.
Newton Crane, with two sons. one OF whom
is in the English army; DIR. Seymour. DIR.
Chamberlain. Capt. and Mrs Clomans.
Capt. and Mrs. Gibbons. Mr., Mrs. and Miss
Ridgely Carter. Craig Wadsworth. Mr..
Lydig Hoyt and Mr.. Grant Smith.
One Of the most conspicuous figures was
the Japanese Ambassador. who. after
shaking hands with Mr.. and Mrs. Reid.
passed into one of h reception halls.
where he was soon engaged in an animated
conversation with a number OF Americans.
One OF the disappointments OF the after
noon wac the absence of Mark Twain. The
round of entertainment has been taking
his strength. and this afternoon. realizing
that he had to confront the ordeal Of a
speech tonight at the Hotel Cecil. he tele-
phoned to Dorchester House and made his
apologies for not attending. saying he was
spending the time in bcd.
H. The largest b~anqueting hall in London
was inadequate to accommodate those
who sought TO attend the American So
ciety's celebration of Independence Day.
Five hundred guests sat down under the
Craftsmanship Of Newton Crane. They
included Canon Barwell. Clarence w.
DcNen anu son. JdIilcs DOyit' hipctb btuNe
Joy. the sculptor; President Butler Of
Columbia University, Ridgeley Carter.
G. VI. Cassatt. G.. T.. Church. Mark Twain.
Capt. Cloman. military attache OF the
American Embassy, Gen. II. G. Cook.
Admiral Day, Sir Mortimer Durand, f.
F. Edwards. r. B. Finlay, Col. Frigout,
Fl. Gibbons. j. H. Grifiths. Rider Hag-
gard. T. F. Haleey. Justice o. W. Holmes,
Isaacs. A. l.. Jones, Justice Kennedy,
Admiral Kinahan. Norman Lockyer, James
Gen. w. G.. Nicholson. Morgan
j.. O'Brien. Henry Phipps. Major-Gen.
r. s. 8. Baden-Powell. II. N. ID. Prender-
CAST. Prof. Sir William Ramsay, Isaac
Seligman. Commissary General Sharp, j.
r. Story. Col. r. NJ. Thompson. Richard
Westacott. Rivers Wilson. Field Marshal
Sir Evelyn Wood and Consul-General
Wynne.
SIR Mortimer Durand propo sed the health
Of President Roosevelt in a long and able
speech about the relations between the
two countries which did not contain the
slightest personal reference to the Presi-
l.~k