Saturday, July 4, 1914

Cloudy

Correspondence (1 of 1)

Letter #90Time not recorded
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I just caught a glimpse of you as we were leaving the Silken Tent last night for a rather garish affair . . . when we were all 'cinema'd' . . . for Barrie's play. . . . This morning we have been at St Margaret's at the funeral service for Ld Wemyss.

Asquith describes a supper party filmed for a Barrie play and attending a funeral service.

Mentioned:Lillah McCarthy • Gladys Cooper • Lady Howard de Walden • J. M. Barrie • Lord Wemyss • Joseph Chamberlain • Constantine Benckendorff

Metric Analysis

Romantic Adoration5/10
Political Unburdening1/10
Emotional Desolation2/10

Thematic Tags

Cinema supperFuneralAnson tragedy inquiry
H.H. Asquith
Londonⓘ
HIS DAYSupper party (previous night). Funeral service.
Venetia Stanley
Londonⓘ
HER DAYAttended Lord Wemyss's funeral service (St Margaret's)

Official Register

1914-07-04

Top News

Daily Edition

Kaiser Wilhelm II declares his support for 'settling accounts with Serbia' regarding the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.. In the United States, a bomb explodes prematurely in a New York City apartment, killing four anarchists who were allegedly plotting to assassinate John D. Rockefeller.. At Wimbledon, Norman Brookes of Australia defeats Anthony Wilding in the men's singles final, while Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers wins the women's singles.. The Smith Tower, the tallest building on the US West Coast at the time, opens in Seattle.

Cabinet Council

NO SESSION
No Minutes

Parliament

IN SESSION

>>Topics: Bankruptcy Bill Hl, Business Of The House, Statement By The Postmaster General, Plural Voting Bill, Commutation Scheme, New Clause Expiration Of Act

Witness Observations

HH
H. H. Asquith

"I am writing to you to-day with regard to the matter which we discussed at our last meeting. I have since given it further consideration, and I am more than ever convinced that it is of the utmost importance that we should take immediate action."