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all forms of raming and gambling con petitions in raising money for religious purposes. It obviously gave official articulation to a profound sentiment in The Christian community. Whatever may be said of motives and methods of EDINBURGH, May 14th
rating, it is clear that a crusaile against The common Scottish attitude to Home all forms of betting and gambling de Rule reminds one of Charles II's remark Besides, rating in church and rating mands clean hands within the Church. to his brother James, that the people in the world are distinctly similar- would not get rid of himself in order to put James on the throne. There werer for sixpence, and the flamboyant church offering a piano or an antimacas- montber of ardent Liberals in advertisement offering £12,000 for 55. Scotland, who caligd themselves Home
the one for Rulers. Their party was "then in
mainting church, the other for maintaining a hospital. Where is the difference asks the undiscerning youth, who becomes familiar with the gambling habit and spirit in connection with the Church. Let the Church, the report concludes, diserectly eschew doubtful things.
THE DRAW AT ST. ANDER's.
munt majority. Now the hourists nee the strongest soottish political party, and they would like Home Rule for much the same reason as once actuated the aforesaid Liberals. Therefore-mark the logic pf the sequence the Liberals are lukewarm. The serious aspect of the comedy is best expressed in the state- ment that if Home Rule were a reni..
The draw for the, Amateur Golf Cham- "there would be an such comedy. ↑ pionship at St. Andrew's shows an entry Those who adopted it once would be true þar 201, which is just eight less than a till death. In fact, it has never been a year ago, and justifies the policy of the serious cause uke Irish Home Rule Championship Committee in tightening Many of us have lirted with the idea, the screw and restricting the field to sometimes on account of a vague notion those with a national handicap of four. that it would be, patriotic to cut out The fields at St. Andrew's have.alway English interference with our affairs.
been among the biggest, and but for the sometimes because it was so expengis latest restriction, which imposes a hard- to get out private Bills through Partia ship on no one, there would have been ment, and sometimes in moments of in-a return to the unweildiy crowd of cham- patience with the slow motion of the pionship aspirants, of which it may be English mind which keeps reforms tog hoped we have seen the last. It would long on the rack for our perfervid Scote futile to attempt to analyse the draw tish taste But never yet has there been and select the semi-finalists, but there a genuine urge of sentiment and reason are at least hopes of a stirring final, for in this little country sufficient to shoves the two biggest, personalities in the field. no the Statute Book a big mensure for Roger Wethered and Cyril Tolles, are setting up a special Legislature for in opposite halves of the drag. That Scottish affairs.
would be the best of all possible inals, unless it were one with an international, tinge and a sturdy Scotsnian playing either of the two Oxonians As far as any man can he counted the favourite in such an open tournament, it must be Wethered. Certainly no nee has ever looked more like retaining the title won the previous year than he is on this oe. sasion, but it's a long, long way to a championship бnal. rensONALIA.
Lieut. Col. Sir James Younger is the new Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club; and will play himself into office at the Autumn meeting at St. Andrew's
The Government, though it supported the Home Rule Bill as a whole, promised a committee of inquiry. This "undoubted ly would bring out the facts and poss ibilities and squnah the bulk of the vague sentiments and grievances that are floating aimlessly about in the public mind. Devolution of some kind is pretty certain to come into existence in the course of a few years, but certainly not Home Rule even on the lines of the Fister measure, Every Scottish political party is agreed that inquiry is required, before definite action is taken. It is not to be expected that Scotsmen who are reputed to have a shrewd business sens should accept a proposal of the kind
Sir James Stevenson, who was recent contained in the Bill before they are cón- vinced that it is an appropriate and rely given a peerage in reward of his work quisite remedy for the ills it purports to Wembley. bas decided to take the Cure. It may be found that something title of Lord Stevenson, much less radical will suffice. A good takes a new peer some weeks to decide on his title, but promptitude was ever a deal might he said in favour of a mea- sure of devolution; but, it should be ra.characteristic of our Kilmarnock men pated, Home Rule is on an entirely. different plane. Instead of pursuing a purely sentimental ileal the advocates of the project would be better advised to concentrate upon immediately practic.. able reforms. The present measure is crude in the extreme. It sets up a Parliament in Edinburgh, bat carefully provides for the present Scottish repre- sentation at Westminster until England- sets up an English Home Rule Pazlia- ment!
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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St. Andrew's' have commissioned Sir William Orpen, BA, to paint a portrait of th Prince of Wales as a golfer. The pic ture, which will be hung in the club- rooms, will be a momento of the Prince's visit to St. Andrew's eighteen mouths ago, when he played hintself in as Cap- tain of the Club.
The Premier's house, The Hillocks, is receiving a garent deal of attention from visitors to. Lossiemouth. Theri has been- to attempt to cultivate the enclosed Kronnd, which is covered by the original
An ex-Minister 1 met over the week-coarse grass and whin bushes, and visi
tofs who enter: by the unlocked street gate and wander about as they please cut springs froin the whins, which have just burst into bloom
end expressed the opinion that the row over the Scottish Home Rule Bill was one of the ugliest he had ever seen in the House of Cominous, There may have been some excuse for a certain amount Mr. James Brown, Labour M.P., and of anger on the part of the Socialists. Ayrshire miner, the Tard High Commis for it is said that, they were led to sidner to the General Assembly of the believe that the Speaker would give them Church of Scotland. has been received the closure. but it is impossible to con- by the King and had a talk with him done the violence of their behaviour. on matters affecting his stay at Holyrond Mr. In any ease it is open to doubt that Mr. as His Majesty's representative. Whitley gave an absolute pledge; in the Brown's visit is a departure from pre- case of contentious measures he must cedent, and, of course, due to the always be gulded by the course of debate fact that while former representatives of Little attention need be paid to Mr. the King to the General Assembly havo Kirkwood's declaration about this being been chosen from the ranks of those with the beginning of the end, If the threat whom the King was personally acquaint- means anything. it means that theed, Mr. Brown has not had so far the Socialists, because they did not get their honour of being present to His Majesty,
own way, are goingse of Commons. It
to defy all the rules A DREADFUL THREAT.
of urder in the
is hardly likely that conduct of that kind
Only once, says a Scottish gravedigger would be tolerated for long. Besides, had he a difficulty in getting payment the Member for Dumbarton was speak for his work; and he told it in this fashion: "It was when Ewan Swart ing only for himself, and allowance must
be made for a certain amount of exag-buried bis wife. Ye mind her with the guid gaun tongue. Efter I had raised geration",
my ken, as a signal to the mournera to LORD ROSEBERY.
Ewan stayed abint. Says he to Lord Rosebery, who has just celebrat-me What will be pw'n' ye, John?' ed his 77th birthday, once wrote to a 'Seeven and six.' says 1.It's ower friend You do not understand that much,' says he, in licht sandy so like Sandy May 7th is a domestic tragedy, the scene that,' and be hands ine a croon. of which is the bosom of my family. On soil or hard clay, it's sceven and six, that melancholy anniversary 1 scrape my gays I, and doon with another half- self with a potsherd and decorate my few croon or up she comes!! And I nivver remaining hairs with ashes. Nor do I seen a half-eroon come sae emert not o' take meat or drink or repuse. In short-a fermer's pioch." it is my birthday. This was the noble-FIRE AND BRIMSTORE man who was unce known as "the fortu- nate youth. In his "Pitt" be wrote "Office is an acquired taste, though by habit persons may learn to relish it, just unfortunately was failing, and one day, as men learn to love absinthe ar aplag or god kver oil. Lord Rosebery is the subject of a rather irreverent sketch in Mr. Philip Guedalla's newly-published book. A Gallery. His long career. be says, has been a painfully protract ed adolescence Sometimes he would play quietly with his toys for years to gether. But at intervals, swept by these dark impulss which devastate the nur Bery, he dashed them on the flour and went off to matter in a corner, leaving his little friends in tears.
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A Scots minister tells this story with great gusto. He had in his rongregation a most worthy old woman, whose sight wher baking scones she put sulphur, in stead of soda, into the mixture. As she was hurrying out of the house, holding before her the girdle, from "which blue flames were rising, she met the minister.. What's wrong!" said.be. With a twinkle in her eye, the said. “Eh! minister, I've played hell with the
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FLOWES FOR WHITEHALL
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Betting and gambling attracts a great HANT BY POST TO POLICEMAN OF DETY dend of attention in this year's reports of the Scottish Presbyterian Churches, The police constable on duty at the the United Free Church being especially Cenotaph, in Whitehall, recently, wis strong in its denunciation of these surprised by a postman handing him a * Uīpas treea." It is pointed out that package akiressed to The Policeman at in addition to gambling on racing and the Cenotaph, Whitehall, London." He other forms of sport, many are absorb opened it and found it contained a little ed with bridge, whist, Mah Jongg, and bunch of wild flowers which had been other excitements in the privacy of their packed with great care to majatain their homes." One of the reports contain's | freshness. passages which will rather intrig the With the flowers was a note asking the general leader hy their refphing policeman to place them on the Cenotaph novelty. They run thus-No part of last as the writer was unable to travel so far yenn's remit has met with wider and to do so herself."
more cordial reception than the instruc The constable complied, with the re tions to ministers, office-bearers, and quest, which was a mother's tribute, to people to discountenance and discourage her dead son.
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