Show EGBERT BUBK COTTAGE I His GrcutErciUgrraiulilaugliter Hnj Bo at I the Worlds Fair In a very humble cottage at Dumfries Scotland in close proximity to the spot where RobertBurns died dwells the last female descendant of the immortal bard who found The mousies trembling heart of Gods great universe a part I 13 1 It Jfc > i 7 JJl i L I e I h B BERT BURNSS COTIAGE Jean Armour Burns Brown is the great granddaughter of the eldest son of Robert Burns She is a young woman on the sunny side of twenty and her striking resemblance re-semblance to the famous poet is proverbial i proverb-ial throughout Scotland At the unveiling unveil-ing of the Burns stal ite at Dumfries she I sat on the platform and when the veil was removed from the brpnzB the multitude mul-titude recognizing the likeness to the far young girl burst into tumultuoat applause Sir Walter jscott said tha 11 JEAN ARMOUR BURNSBROWN PORTRAIT OF ROBERT BURNS Robert Burns had the finest eyes he had ever seen in a human head and they are perpetuated in all their wondrous beauty in this singularly attractive girl Mrs Hill the sculptor of the Dumfries statue declares she never saw a more perfect likeness In her childhood the family came over and settled in Canada but returned shortly to their native Dumfries where bonnie Jean is often sought out to preside pre-side over bazaars and various entertainments entertain-ments She is gifted with a sweet voice and she sings with feeling the songs of Robert Burns She is the main support of her parents and works in the woolen mills Dumfries At the Worlds fair there is to be a facsimile of the Burns cottage on the banks of the Ayr and at the suggestion of Wallace Bruce United States consul at Edinburgh Mrs John A Logan on behalf of the District of Columbia Co-lumbia is urging the lady board of manager to extend an invitation to the Scotch girl to visit the fair and also to raise a fund to defray the expenses of her journey to America To be welcomed to the cottage of Robert Burns by his handsome greatgreatgrand daughter to thus look into the poets eyes and to hear his songs sung by his blood would be to the lovers of Scotlands poetand the world was hisa perfectly Ideal pleasure Mr Bruce assures the board that she but awaits their invitation LIDA ROSE McCABE |