Show IIN THE SOCIAL RELM Bobby Burns Birthday Celebrated By the Scottish Citizens Ciiens WITH A BAQUT AND BALI BAL-I TOASTS A RESPONSES LAUDATORY I LAUD-ATORY OF THE BARD I Governor Wells Responds For Utah Hon B H Roberts Eloquently Replies to the Toast of the Evening Even-ing Robert Burns Music Recitations Reci-tations a Ball and General Merriment Mer-riment Ladies Literary Club Entertainment En-tertainment According to the timehonored custom cus-tom and the custom which will be honored in the observance as long as the world shall last the Scottish people peo-ple and a large number who do not clam the land o cakes as their birthplace I I birth-place celebrated the anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns last evening even-ing ingThe The celebration in Salt Lake was under un-der the auspices of the Caledonian club and took the form of a banquet and ballThe I The festivities occurred at Christen seats ball and were attended by a JI mt vel edie t rle I goodly number of ladies and gentlemen gentle-men The proceedings were begun I with a sumptuous repast furnished by I I I Mr Mac Roberts and began by refer ing to the remark of Chief Moffat that Burns belonged to the world to all t humanity and said the truth of that statement was shown by the cosmopolitan cosmopol-itan character of those who took part in the celebration Burns speaks from the heart to the heart of man John G Holland said the speaker In a dissertation disser-tation of what he called the tendency to canonize the vicious pointed to Robert Rob-ert Burns as an example A great ado was made annually in his honor his popularity grows while other poets were comparatively neglected John G Holland in classing Burns with the vicious made a grievous error Burns was not vicious He made mistakes mis-takes in his youth but he repaired them as far a possible He was about I I Ito I-to leave his native Ayreshlre on account i ac-count of these indiscretions and errors and find a new home in Nova Scotia About that time his first volume of poems po-ems appeared The volume gained him i entrance to the most exclusive and I most cultured circles of polished I and I i cultured Edinburgh He became the lion of the hour but voluntarily he j chose to forsake I all and went back to his bonny Jean Armour and obscurity I obscur-ity in order that he might right as far I I as possible the wrong he had done j I That was not the act of a vicious man I I Burns was more than a poet He was I I a sincere man he had a deep and a I I great character He laid hold of the heart of humanity That Is why he grows in popularity while others are neglected He was a naturalist that is understood human nature and he was I a moralist He was one of the best of preachers he was profoundly I religious but his religion was not bounded by the lines of any narrow creed Some of his poems are the most beautiful and heart touching prayers ever offered offer-ed and others the most eloquent sermons ser-mons To surpass them holy writ maybe may-be t searched Mr Roberts quoted at length from the writings of the immortal bard to prove these statements and gave an Interesting account of his visit to the Ve t C kt 4 I t I 41 A P L r V 4 L I I i I pp 7 Ari I 9 ji I II I the California restaurant during which I and after which an extensive pro I gramme of toasts music and recitations j recita-tions was carried out and then came I the dancing I WORDS OF WELCOME David Henderson was toastmaster who called upon Chief Moffat to speak a few words of welcome In response Mr Moffat said in part that Robert Burs was universal He belonged to the worldto all mankind He was too great to bo appropriated by any one people or any one nation His genius was so transcendent that he reached all mankind The Scottish people however how-ever had as i were a prior right to him they were proud of him and they honored him for his genius and because the land that gave him birth was the land of their nativity also Chief Mof fat gave a welcome to all who had come to do honor to Robert Burns CLANSMAN NEILSON The next toast was The Caledonian Club Past Chief McDowll was down on the programme for a xjsponse but that gentleman being called away from the city on professional business the toastmaster called on Clansman Davy Neilson to do the honors The reo doutable Davy was taken by surprise but gallantly rose to the occasion and made an address in the Scotch dialect dia-lect which he uses exclusively which did both credit to himself and the club I which he represented I GOVERNOR WELLS Governor Wells was then called upon to respond to the toast of Utah The governor has the happy faculty of saying say-ing the right thing in the right place and saying it well He did so in response re-sponse to the toast of Utah and in excellent Scotch dialect delivered the address following short but very appropriate Its nae frequent that a pulr Uta laddie like mysel can get sic a graun opportunity II tae say a few wards tae that iairt of a lads constituency baum rae bonnie Scotland I warms the cockles o n hairt to be wi ye espayciclly the braw heeland lads and lassies for ye mind me 0 the lads and lassies o the heelands 0 me aln bonnie Uta When I read Ilka year aboot the graun geld gatlierins yere ha in wI yer Caledonians Cale-donians Im ower glad to think that noo yere palrt an parcel o the laun o the free and the haim o the braw and more espaycially are ye part and parcel o me ain bonnie ta We welcomed ye to the hills and vales of our mountain balm for ye ken recht weel yer lungs are fitted for our heelands and iour brawn and brain were built a pui iosi to aid In the redemption o the dajsert whereby our sage brush may be made to blossom like the Scotch thistle I dinna think sic anither folk for get tin thegither and feastin and pipin anS dancin bides l the warld as the Scotch folk Im thlnkln twad be a rare sight tat se sic a hooseful 0 Uta folk gathered thegither r Scotland a dancin and feastin and speakln braw words aboot their ain bonnie Uta Mauny a time Ive hard tell o the Scots loove for his native heath and Its kennt tae a the warld that one laddie free Dumfries wad lay doon his bonnie braw life and dee for anither laddie frae Dumfrles Sic a state of affairs dye ken sic devotion tae one anither dye ken Is one o the graundist noblest sentiments senti-ments o the human hairt for does not the guid book say Anither commandment I gie unto ye that ye loove one anither An In these days o clamberin for wealth and power and place and the like l o that Its a rare guid sight tae see theres sumpin besides siller and goold to draw us thegither maun Im thinkin the night what a noble example ample yere scttin wi yer toasts and songs yer quips and pranks and yer bonnie gold laughs to the rlslr genera tion o me aln fair Uta Itll b I proud day for her native sons and tochiers when they aln the reputation for loove and devotion I de-votion to the laun 0 their birth that the Scotch enjoy the day Mayhap it will coom In time when we 1 mack as much noise I the warld as the i Scotch ha dun and bide as lang o the map as hofl daY bided As for my I 1 I sel I canna think the skies are ony bluer or the grass ony greener l Scotland than they are l Utah but Im thinkin the deeference lies l the fact that weve nao Bobby Burns to write varses aboot them THE TOAST OF THE EVENING The toast of the evening RObert Burns was responded to by B H I Roberts in a most interesting and masterly mas-terly manner I was delivered In Mr Roberts well known eloquent manner I I and was in itself a literary gem He was Introduced b the toastmaster as L I birthplace of the poet He commended I the Scots for their attachment to the f dS tSt f eIJo land of their I nativity and said that I this love of the country of their birth was not calculated to weaken their love I for their adopted country Burns taught patriotism and if they read f Burns aright they would apply that patriotism to the land of their adoption adop-tion tionMr Mr Roberts remarks were copiously punctuated with applause MUSIC AND RECITATIONS The toasts were interspersed with music and recitations A quintette composed com-posed of Messrs T C Crawford Jonathan Jona-than Rae James F Dunbar and Alex Crawford rendered two selections arranged ar-ranged to music by Mr T C Crawford j entitled There Was a Lad Was Born I In Kyle and Up in the Mornin Early which were received with great favor Miss Crssie Lawson sang a solo exquisitely ex-quisitely and was rewarded with applause ap-plause both loud and long Mr Mac Larty who is a reciter of no mean I ability gave a selection entitled Prince Charlie with great success Mrs Frank Snyder sang a solo and received an enthusiastic encore Professor John P Meakin very acceptably ac-ceptably I recited an original poem by C Stewart a member of the Caledonia club The piece is entitled Hail Ploughman Bard and has merit I reads as follows I Hail ploughman bard who came our hearts to cheer Whoso fame increases with each passIng year Hail Coilas minstrel whose sweetsound lag lyre Doth touch our hearts with thy poetic fire Care steps aside on this thy natal day Joy reigns supreme while crooning oer each lay In lowly cottage and in princely hall Thy songs dear Burns arc loved and sung by 1rr I I I thy great spirit from its blest abode Can view the scenes of earth which i once it trod Where oft by cruel neglect and haughty scorn I With torn bitter anguish that proud soul was What mighty change Is this thy gaze would meet gze I What gladsome sounds are these thine ear woud erect Frae a the alrts the win can blaw are heard The songs of gladness to sweet Natures bard Alas that when in life misfortunes turn Wrun from thy heart that man was made to mourn I That breath Poortlth Cauld with Icy chilling I Should hover oer thee on thy bed of death I The world unheedful of that genius kgee I Forsook thee In the darkness of thy I night While countless thousands now thy name revere I Few were the friends thy last sad hours to cheer I A truce to sadness would our poet say Let all be gladness on his natal dav I Come crew see The Jolly Beggars merry I List to their songs and watch their antics through antcs I Then hloto alloways auld haunt kirk Wi Tam 0 Shanter thro the deepest I mirk I And thro the windows shining in the dark I Well Sark wtch the Dell and supple Cutty I I from that gruesome scene we eer get free get The Banks and Braes o Bonnie Doon I well see Or wander by sweet Aftons winding stream Where Mary felt the thrill of loves sweet dream Yet even love cant live on empty air tSo we deoldo to dine I on hamelv fare g On haggis wl1 oi honest ref face I Il The greatest chieftain o the puddin I racer I race-r But should ower saut the haggis prove to be too I Well join wi Willie In his Peck o maut Well drink to Land o cakes and Brlther Scots Frae Maldenkirk to famous John o Groats f Mavhan will turn to sterner thoughts our minds I I I Then let us to the field of Bannockburn There Scots wha hae wi Wallace bled well sing i And homage pay to Bruce the patriot kIng 7 i Wi I The cottars lowly hone we may draw I night And hear the psalms of praise ascend on I 1 high That hajowed scene at evenings peaceful I hour Reveals the source of Scotlands might I and power Now let the toast be honored three times three I Dear Scotias bard we homage pay to thee While time revolves or night and day I returns Mankind will sing the songs of Robert I Burns I The literary exercises closed with a recitation by Miss Winnie Tibbs enti ted Money Musk which was very well rendered and made a decided hit with the audience The remainder of the evening was given over to dancing and general merriment mer-riment and it was well Into the morn ing hours when the assemblage dispersed dis-persed < > 00 < The bard of Avon was the Inspiration inspira-tion last night of a pleasant entertainment entertain-ment given by the Shakespeare section of the Ladles Literary club The society turned Thespian last night and five members of the club gave an interpretation of some of Shakespeares women The friends of I the society appeared to have confidence in their histrionic talent for over 200 of them crowded the brightly lighted hal of the club house The main attraction was a farce yclept Place Aux Dames In which the characters were Portia Mrs Newman New-man Juliet Mrs Hough Ophelia Mrs Caine Lady Macbeth Miss Alf The costumes were very dazzlinG and the modernized interpretation given the lines of the immortal dames was received re-ceived with much applause Miss Alf did not acquire any very malignant expression ex-pression as Lady Macbeth and rs Caine in the role of the fair Ophelia scarcely gave the impression of being a fading flower Mrs Hough looked very naivete a Juliet and Mrs New mans Portia was a womlji who could not only argue legal points but was I equally at home In political harangues The musical which furnished the other pleasiig feature of the erftertain I ment were Piano solo MidSummers Night Dream Liszt Miss Cecelia Sharp a Orpheus with his Lute Henry VIIIHarry Parker b Hark Hark the Lark I Cymbeline Schubert Martha Boyle King Who Is Sylvia Two Gentlemen of Verona Schubert Martha Royle King Dolly Stepper Dupont gave very cleverly clev-erly a scene from the Taming of the Shrew and some Shakesperean readings read-Ings by Mrs Kelsey were also warmly received Charles E Johnson provided the finale with some stereopticon views of Shakesperean scenes and actions < < s > < > Mrs John Marshall entertains Thursday Thurs-day afternoon for the children < > < < > < luncheon Miss Lowe Saturday will be the hostess of a |