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Caledonia, ON
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Excerpt from Pauline, A Biography of Pauline Johnson*:
As in 1894, Dominion Day was celebrated with enthusiasm by the Canadian exiles, [Pauline and Walter McRaye in London, England], but since July first was a Sunday, all the festivities took place the following day. There were balls, fetes, garden parties, picnics, dinners, suppers and luncheons. The celebrants entertained each other with tableaux vivants, songs, dances, recitations, speeches and more speeches. Pauline and McRaye attended Lord and Lady Strathcona's Dominion Day party at the Imperial Institute in South Kensington. Both were asked to recite; predictable Pauline gave "Canadian Born," and McRaye gave "When Albani Sang." McRaye then went on to the "Men Only" dinner being given by Lord Strathcona at the Hotel Cecil Strand."
* Betty Keller, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto, 1981.
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