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SCOTTISH LETTER,
THE THISTLE AND THE "LEEK. TOUGH INTERNATIONAL STRUGGLE.
France or the second in Scotland or the third and closing act in England, Mary Stuart, throughout her life only appeared in the outward trappings and titular dignity of a queen. In reality she was [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT, ] only the queen of a diplomatic chess board, only a pawn in a terrible game. EDINICACH, February 10th.
As to her relations with Queen Elizabeth, In Gladstonian days it was customary
the English hawk was playing with the in moments of defeat to refer to the
Scottish bird, and the bird was no match superiority of effort over success; no
for the hawk. Intellectually and politic- doubt Wales will be able to extract some consolation for her defeat in Rugby from ally Mary, Stuart was in every respect inferior to her terrible rival The one such a philosophy. She was narrowly
had a masculine mind, the other was beaten at Edinburgh the goddess of
feminine in every fibre of her being. Tha chance not being inclined to bestow her favours upon the visitors. In sooth, she one was a mistress of statecraft, cynic- is often a jade, as she is apt to give to ally suspicious, and a consummate liar. bim that hath and since the war Scot. The other was incurably trustful and a land had maintained a distinct ascendancy sorry dissembler. The one was frigidly over Wales; so it was in accordance with featculating, the other gave way to every the contrariety of fortune that she.zhou Passing emotion. The one was essentially have all the luck. The game itself was a false, the other was constitutionally in- disappointment to the perfervid Scots, capable of sticking to a lie. In so un- who had anticipated a brilliant display equal a fight, in the professor's opinion, from a dominant home fifteen. In the Queen Mary never had a ghost of A event they had to be content with a dis. Chance, and for that very reason their
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play of dour, determined Rugby, confined sympathy went out, not to the victory. DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE
to the forward's for the most part, with but to the victim. Their sympathy was never a glimpse of the expected brilliance all the more assured to the victim bé- from anywhere. This was possibly no had cause, although she was intellectually thing, as in these days there is a tendency inferior, morally she was immeasurably
to belittle the more elementary features superior to her impraeable and cruel of robust striving and to belaud the merely enemy. The quality and metal of human spectacular. It was a real stimulant to character was tested, not in prosperity.
see two packs of fine physique rattling into each other without restraint, and yet without a suggestion of lack of control.
but in adversity, and out of the ordeal of adversity the personality of Mary emerged purified and ennobled. As the
I may have been primitive, but it was terrible drama moved on towards its in- fine.. Anyhow the Welsh forwards were evitable climax, they increasingly felt the determining factor in the match; they that Mary's failings were the result of were sufficiently superior to dietate the circumstances, but that her virtues were terms on which the game should be play all her own. She showed herself patient, ed. They held the intiative throughout. indomitable, hagnanimous, kind to her But their backs were too addicted to a humblest servant, loyal to her friends, policy of "safety first enterprise loyal to her religion, dignified even in would have paid. It was curious to re- the most adject position, resourcesful flect on the reversal due to time-a Welsh under the most trying circumstances. fifteen playing the so-called traditional MODERNISING SCOTT'S NOVELS. Scottish game. in order to "delimit the opportunities of Scottish hacks. It just failed, and the Murrayßeld record is intact.
ENTHUSIASTIC "TAFFYS."
Patriotic Scots have held with some fervour that to Scotland belongs the triple distinction of having produced the greatest of lyric poets, the greatest of romance-writers, and the greatest of historians. Nor is the claim at all: fantotic Burns, Scott, Carlyle are Illustrious names in the hiearchy of
of Scottish birth nor. moved by Scottish prejudice, have acclaimed 'them nh each in its own department facile princeps. But one wonders if Scotland quite appreciates the honour that is hers? In his own land Burns is today" compara- tively little read, Scott still less, and Carlyle scarcely at all.
Play apart. the occasion at Murrayfield was not without incident. The large con tingent of Welsh supporters who had travelled by special trains to Edinburgh letters; indeed, distinguished critics, aot! scon made their presence-known through vocal and other efforts. The usual enthu- siast made the usual unavailing effort to fix a leek to the top of one of the' goal- posta. Such a breach of decorum is not permitted in Scotland, and the Welshman had only just renched the posts when he found himself in the hands of a brawny policeman. To the amusement of the
At a Sir Walter Scott dinner. Lord crowd, a struggle took place, and a bottle Sands, taking his courage in both hands, fell from the Welshman's pocket. "Taffy suggested that the famous novels might bent the policeman for a moment, how he modernised with advantage. He gave | ever, and retrieved his refreshment be it as his opinion that had Scott, lived" fore being dragged back to the ropes. and written in the present day, he would The action of the "mac in blue met lave produced great novels, but they with what is commonly called a mixed would not have been quite the same as reception. When the band of the Scottish the Waverley Novels. They would have Borderers played “Land of my Fathers," all the Welshmen on the ground joined in with their voices, the effect was both beautiful and impressive, and the Scots in the grand stand rose to their feet and
uncovered.
MARY QUEEN CY SCOTE.
been somewhat shorter, and the cartail- ment would have taken the form of the excision of deliberate coversations. His Lordship said he knew it was ghastly vandalism to alter in any way any classical work, from the Bible down. wards, and he did not suggest the ex-
On the 8th day of February three busperiment in the case of Scott. But just dred years ago, Mary Stuart, Queen of suppose that a person of literary ability, Scots, was executed at Fotheringay. Ip good taste, and sound judgment were the banquetting hall of the Castle there entrusted with the following task as re- was enacted the last scene of a long gards one of Scott'a nòvels-not to alter drawn-out drama which for twenty-five a word of the novel, but simply to delete years rivetted the attention of all" the what seemed to be superfluous, and Courts of Europe. The old controversy as neither to advance or eliminate the to her guilt or innocence, and the share story. Heresy as it might seem to say which Queen Elizabeth had in the tragedy, so, Lord Sands thought that without the has of course been revived on this anniver- sacrifice of anything that was admirable Bary, controversy which will sever in Scott, the revision would greatly in- cease, so manifold are the problemas it crease the attraction of the novel to all presents to the partizan. Most of us also present-day readers. will agree with the old Scottish philoso. pher who said that although he was not greatly concerned as to whether Mary Queen of Scots or Joan of Arc was rightly or wrongly condemned to death, but that factors which have declined in compari-
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these two women could not be spared tion, it is not infrequently averred, no open the doors of the Universities to many from history because they provided as longer leads, and critica are not wanting who might not otherwise have gained en- with two of our most romantic tragedies. regarding the zen of the Scots in their trance, but it is a fact that the denial of During the past week one of the best can quest for knowledge. In these circums many Scottish parents still paves the way tributions to the time-honoured discussion tances, it is refreshing to hear a staunch for the learning of their children, was provided by Professor Baroles of educationist of the calibre of Dr.
Edinburgh, and it is characteristic of the Alexander Morgan pointing out "that noINGS AND SAYINGS.
Lord Apsley: M.F., who visited Austra present time that he prepared it for broad-proportion of the population of Scotland casting purposes. His contention is that attending the Universities is larger than lia as an emigrant says that down un- Mary was driven to her destiny by in in any other country of the world." der" the Scots have all the land, the exorible forces above human control, and Bursaries and scholarships have thrown Jews all the money, the Irish all the G07- whether we consider this first net is (Continued on next column.)" crnment jobs.
~· According to a Chicago clothier, Ameri- can golfers are to wear plus tours of tartan. They ought to be called on to replace the turf when the Highland chief. tains turn in their graves.
The Archbishop of York, has been re- peating a doctor's summing-up of English and Scottish character as he saw it during the war. The Englishman is jolly, good- natured, patient, and stupid. The Scots- man gets drunk when be can, and reads standard works."