The Washington herald., 1907-07-05
REID STIRS LONDON
Grandeur of Ambassadors
Reception Amazes.
AMERICAN WOMEN ADMIRED
Entertainment mt dorchester House
EcIipses In Sire and RegnlneSs Any
Function Ever Given at United
States Embassy in British Capital.
Distinguished Crowd Present.

LorS0n, July 4-Ambassador Reids re-
ception at Dorchester House to-day
ecllpsed both in size and regalness any
entertainment ever given at the American
Embassy here. II is no exaggeration to
say that the function cost Mr.. Reid more
than any affair held at Dorchester House,
and, considering the lavishness Of his en-
/ tertainments. that means that the cost
! far exceeded that Of any other similar af-
fair in the history Of the embassy.
The number of invitations issued was
/ far in excess Of 5000. and more than this
number went through Dorchester House
as a great throng of Americans who had
neglected 20 secure tickets, or who had
( just arrived in London. took chances and
were admitted on presenting their visiting
cards. II was a crush from I O'Clock
when the reception began, until after 6.
The magnificent staircase. at the head
Of which Mr.. and Mrs Reid stood, the
/ latter attiTed in a beautiful white gown
adorned with priceless lace. was simply
one slowly moving mass of people The
/ throng was SO great that the average
/ transit from the bottom Of the staircase
70 where Mr.. and Mrs Reid stood occu-
pied twenty minutes. In all parts Of the
house the same crush was observable.
American Girls Admired.
II was only by wedge work that it was
! possible to obtain proximity to the tre-
mendOus lengthy buffet situated In a
spacious marquee in the gardens. Bands
were located in every convenient posi-
tion, and the glories of the house formed
a perfect setting for the array Of beauti-
ful women. equally beautifully gowned.
/ The throng of beautiful American girls
/ caused one Englishman present TO re-
I mark TO a correspondent upon the change
which he had observed in the character
/ Of American beauty. He said:
/ Formerly American girls seemed more
/ ethereal in type. and their pale faces
/ everywhere distinguished them. To-day.
/ American girls have rosy cheeks and are
( becoming more and more like English
girls in appearance. I think this is prob
/ ably due 10 the increased prevalence OF
/ outdoor sports among American woman
/ kind"
BradIey-Martins There.
/ The Bradley-Martins were practically
/ the first to arrive at the reception. and
almost the first to leave They were
/ quickly followed by a host Of prominent
/ people, including Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan.
Then came Maxine Elliott, magnifcently
/ goVned in maUve; then Justice and Mrs.
1 o. W. Holmes, Prof. Duncan. Mr. and
/ Mrs. Z. Abbey, John Sargent Mrs. J. J
/ Astor. Mr. and Mrs. Low. Sir Edward
/ Gray, Lord Tweedmouth. Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Courtlandt Barnes Lord and Lady Arthur
/ Butler. the Duchess Of Marlborough. Gen.
I and Mrs. Charles Bryce. Mrs. Endicott
/ Capt. and Mrs. Spender-Clay. Sir Martin
and Lady Conway, the Danish Minister,
/ Mrs. Catherine Spenser Eddy the Hon
I and Mrs. Frederick Guest. Consul Gen
/ eral Wynne and family, Ernest and Nine
Albani. Mrs. Ogilvey Hay, Prince and
/ Princess Hatzfeldt. Lady Herbert. Sir
James and Lady Howe.
Sir Alan and Lady Johnstone, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudyard Kipling the Hon. Rowland
/ Leigh and wife, Mr.. and Mrs Girard Low
ther. Sir James and Lady McGrigle. Lady
/ Musgroye, Lord Fairfax. Lord and Percy
and Miss Saunderson. the Austrian. Ger
man. and Russian Ambassadors. Mr.. and
Mrs T. 2. O'Connor, Baroness Alfred Op-
penheim. Judge Templer, Count Ward
Miss Ward. Lord and Lady Brougham.
the Earl and Countess Of Dartmouth. Sir
Mortimer, Lady and Miss Durand
/ ArchdeaCon Sinclair. Mrs. Adair. Miss
Helen Post, the Misses Brice, Lady Deer
hurst. Henry Phipps, Mr.. and Mrs
| Creighton Webb. Mrs Cavendish- Bent
inck, Mr. and Mrs A. J. Drexel. Hamil-
ton Mccormick, Newton Crane. With two
sons, one Of whom is in the Enelish
army; Dr. Seymour. DR.. Chamberlain.
Capt. and Mrs. Clomans, Capt and Mrs
! Gibbons, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Ridgely
Carter, Craig Wadsworth, NJ. Lydig
Hoyt. and Mr.. Grant Smith.
japanese Ambassador Conspicuous
On Of the most conspicuous figures wa.
the japanese Ambassador, who. after
shaking hands with Mr.. and Mrs. Reid
passed into one of the reception halls
where he was soon engaged in an ari
mated conversation with a number 81
Americans.
One of the disappointments of the after,
noon was the absence Of the gray-hairet
humorist, Mark Twain, otherwise Dr.
| Clemens. The round of entertainment ha.
been taking his strength. and this after
noon, realizing that he had to confront
the ordeal Of a speech tonight at The
Hotel Cecil. he telephoned to Dorchester
House and made his apologies for not
attending. saying he was spending tn,
/ time In bed