Show ANNUAL TRIBUTE TO BURNS Programme and Dinner Given by Caledonians in Honor of the Ploughman Bards 143rd Birthday I 1 About 200 of the Scotch people of Salt Lake and their descendants paid the annual tribute to the memory of their favorite bard Robert Burns at Federation Feder-ation hall last l evening It was the one hundred and fortythird anniversary of the birth of the immortal ploughman Selections from the works of the poet songs toasts and a brilliant poem by Charles Stewart made up the pro gramme rendered during the progress of the Burns dinner The opening speech of welcome was delivered by Mrs McCardell a song Scotland by Mrs E Nelson and Address to tho DeII by William White In response to the latter number num-ber David Henderson read The Deils Reply The Highlandmans Toast was sung by James Rae Mrs White proposed the toast The Ladles AuxIliary Aux-Iliary which was heartily welcomed A solo by John James was highly ap preciated and an original poem on tho hero of the day was recited by Charles Stewart Mr Stewart In his harmonious har-monious lines brought In the titles of nearly all of Burnss best known poems J and closed with these stanzas Yet after nil wo cannot live on air So lot us KO and dlno on namely faro Great haggle wI Its honest sonsle face Tho greatest chieftain o tho putkllii race Sync saut should the bagels prove to bo owcr I Lets join wi WillIe In his peck 0 mat And sing the grandest theme since earth began Our Il0eLS theme the Brotherhood Man13 of Maim A rnnns a man earths tolling millions hear Inspiring Jiopo that brotherhood In near That labor long despoiled will rise in might And sweep from earth oppressions dead ly I blight A mans a man for a that rings the knell Of trynnts who have made thin earth a hell Vho tremble as they hear this battle cry A mans a man and tyranny must die Then let this toast bo honored thrco limes three Burns poetprophet of humanity May thy great prophecy tho GodlIke plan Soon reign on carlh Tho Brotherhood of Man Tarn OShanter was tho familiar title of a piano solo rendered by Mrs TL Little Judge McDoaIl then proposed pro-posed the most popular toast of the evening Robert Burns Messrs Chamberlain Wells and Morris favored the audience with Instrumental music on the banjo guitar and mandolin and a ladles quartette gavo a most pleas Ing vocal selection Thc concluding number was a beautiful song The Cottage Where Burns Was Born beautifully rendered by Mrs Crowe The entertainment was given under the auspices of the Caledonian society |