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Show , SCOTS GATHER THEGITHER, MON Commemorate Anniversary of Robert Barns in Nibjey Hall .REV. P. A. SIMPKIN DELIVERS MASTERLY ADDRESS. s Splendid 'Program Carried Out" by Scotch Artists. ' Hoot, mon! v Well, thoy did como thcglthcr and had a b'raw time wl' ano anlther, In Nlbley Hall. Tlio sangs o' Ilonlo Scotland Scot-land wcro sung wl" rlcht gudo will. Yes, tbo Scots wore hero In good stylo. About flvo hundred of them made tho occasion a braw one. First, they paraded, In kilts, too, with tho bagpipes tooting their mnrshall strains and tho feathers jauntily pointing point-ing to tho hcavcns.Tho lads and lassies were In full dress for tho occasion, ivlth knees that looked as blue, lhat Is the laddies,' as over thoy did In tho -llcelands. And Hobble BurnB was. .tho 'causo of It all. Because ho camo Into tho world ono hundred and fifty-two . years ago tho 25th of this month,' i theso bonnlo Hcclanders had to gather theglthor and remember It all again, i Excellent Program Rendered. The program for tho occasion of this celebration of 'tho birth of the groat Scotch poet was held In the Nib; ley Hall. Thq orator of tho occasion was the Hov. P. A. Slrapkln of Salt Lnko City who dollvored a most wor-- wor-- thy and ablo trlbuto to tho well-loved poet. Ho rovlowed tho. llfd of tho , I man .showing what n, remwrkable mls- slon had been accomplish under nd-verso nd-verso circumstances. "Rut Burns jxat a Godsend to tho clergy," ho declarod, "In -that such A', men aa ho, had dared hrlng ahout ' needed reforms." Ho further referred to tho thrift and saving characteristic of tho Scot j and then related tho following story as on Illustration of his remarks: A Scot with a tothacho went to a dentist to get relief. Tho dentist told him that to pull his tooth would cost ono shilling, whereupon tho thrifty victim asked solicitously It tho pulling pull-ing would hurt. Tho dentist replied that It would, but that tho patient could tako laughing gas which would mako hlra forgot his pain. Tho Scotchman Scotch-man took out his purse, then, and examined ex-amined (tho contents, but tho dentist hurried to assure him that there was no need of paying him just them but after tho operation. "Oh, I wasn't goln' to pay you," as-sured as-sured tho thrifty son, "I was just coontin' me siller before you pit me to sleep." The speaker kopt to the facts of Durn'a llfo .leaving off all frills. He reviewed re-viewed "Cotter's Saturday Night," declaring de-claring that it was a dlvlno mission on tho part of Burns In writing It. Ho refuted tho allegation that it was a copy of Groy's Elegy, showing that thoro is no cotter In that splendid poem, nor references to Saturday night. Tho lnnguago and thought aro nU Burns, tho speaker declared. 1'orhaps Iiuiiid bad written too ninny love letters, tho clergyman admitted; ad-mitted; but he thanked God for such lcttors. For his dofense of Jlurns, ho said, ho had often been called I mm oral, or-al, which ho was willing to Uear under un-der tho circumstances. Sneddon Presides. County Atornoy John A. Sneddon presided at tho program. Among the .yleaslng numbers worn Prof. .Chns. Kcnt of Salt Lake Clly, tho Misses Resale and Ylola Service, whoso dancing danc-ing was especially pleasing; Nlcol Hood, tho same old fino Scotchman; Angus Craig, n splendid dnncoir; Clar-Ibel Clar-Ibel Gardner, Mrs. Mary Farmor, Peter Pe-ter McRrlde, David Drysdalc, D. C. Walters and Rcsslo Craig. The program pro-gram was splendid In every way, the only regrettablo feature was tho nb-senco nb-senco of Miss Nora Kllason and John Gllroy who wore unable to appear. |