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A HIGHLAND (REVIVAL.
KING AND QUEEN AT THE BRAEMAR GATHERING,
the
HONGKONG HOTEL THEATRE
TEA DANCE
BRAEMAR, September 4th. The glories of the famous gathering bere have been revived to-day in their beautiful Highland setting, and with the stirring and picturesque custos, in the
Queen and MOB presence of the King Eers of the Royal
family.
Since the war Ten Dance will be held on quietude of this lovely countryside has never been broken. The
broke out the
men went away from the villages and the THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th,
adventure,"
glens out inco
"and
great and patriotic tucked away anid
From 4.30 to
7 p.m.
By kind permission of Mr
the solitude of the immemorial hills. Highland bearts,
beating forth to the fears and anx
anxieties of those testing years, sited
music of the pipes may have been plaintive or martial
martial, but to-day the skirt of triumph filled the air.
The Edgar Warwick, Miss Vera Fain restoration of the historic gathering in and Mr. Steve Lawrie will give an
unprecedented circles of the
the un
been done in fashion which makes the
event
meeting in more ways than exhibition of fancy dancing,. Buch, I am assured, has there been
n
Barecord mice Never,
and the interest created by
the revival has cast its net widely, and including the "Jazz Dance."
spectators came in
not
from:
everywhere in the immediate district, but | from Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and
Entrance to Dance Room,
Glasgow. The war deprived the Braemar including Tea, $2 per head. Highland Society of a tion, and it was an
celebra Century nuspicious start for
the new series of that, which will
date from this time, today's reunion has met with an outstanding success
Never has Deeside been so popular es this season. It is being discovered and rediscovered. Its beauties can scarce find an adequate pen. This village. in which the centuries met to-day rests in a cradle among the hills, the Clunie Burn tumbling down to the Dee from under its main street. The little place reaches its climax of act in this annual occasion.
activity
From
an early bour this morning the invasion of the village from all the airts set in. Before the mist had lifted from the hills. we heard the hoot of the first motor-born, and for hours all kinds of conveyances led into the village. Never for a minute was the dust allowed to settle on
the white If you can
roads.
Pro the set down by Die the
you have a
comparable picture. The farm cart, the omnibus in which passengers sat with the
J. E. TAGGART, Manager.
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TEA DANCE.
To-morrow
(Thursday), October 30th.
luggage on the roof, and the luxurious Dance Tickets 50 Cents each. motor were all in this mixed procession, and when it was at its beight it made a long winding stretch. with only incbes separating the vehicles. Long
before noon people had taken their places at the Princess Royal Park The Royal pavilion was draped in crimson cloth and festoon- ed with heather and rowane,
+
un-
GATHERING OF THE CLASS. The skirl of the pipes was a prelude to the gathering of the clans, an rivalled feature of this famous meeting. Out of
of the roads. from among the hills came the Balmoral men, the Duffs and the Farquharsons. Ther might have walked straight out of history, for they conjured ap incidents and scenes of a younger Scotland; like the
the years seemed rolled away The Balmoral men, in Royal Stuart tartan kilts, wear- ing in their Highland bonnets the cak leaves and thistle, and carrying their
morning mists.
Lochaber axes, were a picturesque
pany They
were commanded by
to the factorship of the Balmoral
Captain Ramsay
was at Gallipoli with the Scottish Horse, and W3 wounded. In his ranks to-day were old men and
Douglas Hamsay, who has now
young."
One veteran, Mr. John Smith, 8 years
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Bicamer
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FROM BOMBAY, COLOMBO AND
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Consignees of Cargo by the above-named Royal estate. Mr. C. Mackintosh, whoal are hereby informed that their goods are carried the standard,
long an association with the games, being landed sad placed AT THEIR 2x in the goes back to the early seventies. The Far quharson men frem Invercauld, with their bared swords and their clan
badge of were under the command of Major
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2nd
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was one which the memory will loaz hold.dowas for azamination by the Consignees, and It was staged on historic ground, for near the Company's Surreyors, Mers, GODDARD here the Earl of Mar raised the famous Douglas, st 10 M. on MONDAYS and standard of rebellion. The story has it that the plan was camouflaged by a sup posed stag hunt; the men gathered for the ostensible purpose of the hunt, and took their places under the Earl's
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Princess Royalping out, greeted by
cess navy blue jacket and black hat, with up- exchange of standing grey wings in frost, and the in Princess Maud, wearing a similar skirt,
the Royal equipage swung into view, and PPy lamon, the Royal party made a
salutations.
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and there was by Royal I had a bottle green jacket and a cerise hat,
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with a Stuart tartan. Immediately on entering with wings of the same hue. the pavilion be deffed his Highland cloak, and he, and the Duke of Connaught
After the arrival of the Royal party. then the clansmen marched round the park, the chatted together on the greas bank out- side, Prince Albert and Prince George Duffs and the Farquharsons, to the stir- Balmoral men leading, followed by the were also in Highland garb, the former.
The games wearing & Balacral cap and the latter & music of the pipca Glengarry, while Prince Henry
which then WOTO B
procceded, were watched with lounge suit with bowler hat. The King the Royal pavilion. A remarkable range
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of ages was presented in the list of There were races and dances lands and the bill.
The Royal family have been making the for younger generation, as well as for
And the most of their stay in their Deeside home made up the rivalry of more strenuous and stalwart kilted figures who The young Princes accompany their father
events
of
in talking parties, and are keen in pur- Their Majesties and their party drova suit of the sport, and, each of them bas had success with the gun. The Queen and away at 4.30 amid another demonstration Princess Mary, who appeared in excellent not mar. The Royal family were of enthusiaan, which a fall of rain did bealth, also
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to bye
in the gathering the greatest intercat other members of
and takes pleasure in calling upon
the
pleased
and they smiled a crowd as
went, Cheers
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