The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-30

I lures OF our recent independence Day
! programs also in Brussels.
The Fourth in japan.
The japanese. like the French. Join
| enthusiastically in the Independe
Day spirit of Americans resident in
| their country. The Fourth Of July in
fokohama has become an annual event
! of unusual gaiety. High native off,
| Gals and members of the American
colony SIT down together 10 discuss
a sumptuous banquet at the Grand
Hotel. The entire bay is illumina ted
I in honor Of the holiday. Several
fourths ago huge American flag.
sracins the illumination as a centre
piece. was repeatedly cheered by thou
lands Of Japanese.
( AS matter of fact. Uncle sam cele-
brates his birthday with greater for
mality and ceremony IN foreign capt.
tails than he observes it in his own.
l5ut it was not ever thus. In the DAYS
when the republic vas in swaddling
clothes the military distributed about
/ WASHINGTON fired salutes at sunrise.
noon and sunset. ami during the morn
ing paraded in front of the White
House. Here. after going through a
program of cvolutions. they saluted
the President. who stood out upon his
portico TO review the ceremony.
He then hoped into his coach Of
state and, escorted by these boys in
blue. rode to the Capitol to hear the
Declaration Of Independence read by
the orator of the day
July then enjoyed an undisputed
supremacy over New Year as the Pres
idents most brilliant court day The
New Year reception was repeated the
afternoon of the glorious Fourth and
all of the military officers and foreign
diplomats donned their gaudiest uni
forms for the trip to the White House
and back.
Later officialdom was wont to gather
al one OF the taverns and toast itself
under the table. At one Of these In
dependencc Day banquets. held at
Steele's. in 1902. eighteen toasts were
made and to each toast eighteen guns
were fired. President jefferson sent
Over from the White House a, generous
chunk of his famous mammoth
cheese. which admirers in Cheshire
Mass, had sent to him In dray drawn
by six horses
president Escorted by Schoolgirls.
One of the Independence Day pro-
cessions which escorted President John
Quincy Adams to the Capitol consisted
OF squadron of cavalry and a float
hearing seminary of gayly attired
young ladies, one representing each
OF the four and twenty States OF the
mon This was in 1925. and it is
recorded that the President rode to the
capitol with his secretary. the reader
OF the Declaration Of independence and
the orator OF the day." During these
July days the second Adams was suf-
iering with the heat, and seeking re-
such relief as he could by taking
daily plunge, soon after daybreak. In
the Potomac at the foot OF the White
House lawn. His successors also cana
to dread the torrid atmosphere OF
the ceremonious Fourths, but both
Jackson and Van Buren, were growled
at by the local press upon occasions
when they omitted the ceremony or
hbsented themselves from the capital
city, Van Buren's offense being COM
United in 1899. when he spent the
Fourth In New York receiving an adj
dress at Castle Garden. reviewing
troops and riding up Broadway upon
fine black charger and with royal
air. managing his steed like a cava-
lier."
Drinking Bout mt White House.
On independence Day. 1845. President
Tyler gavo dinner attended by John
Quincy Adams, who, in his diary. says
Of IT: There was turtle soup from
turtle weighing 900 pounds, a pres
emit from Key West. The President
VI lHh WING win every person at inc
table In squads" What effect this
drinking bout. at so tropical a season.
had upon. the President and his guests
The second Adams does not describe.
hut he records that later the same
evening he was out on the White House
SQUARE viewing the fireworks.
II was one OF these Independence
Day observances that finished the
| career OF President Taylor, four years
later. or in 1850. He comnenced his
holiday program in apparently sound
lhealth-andrexcellen and dub