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is only that I cannot conscientious-death, and wrote "To Mary ly include the making of speeches Heaven" proves the depth" and or proposing of toasts, in a descrip- permanacy of his love. Ition of the word "pleasure," How- But I digress somewhat. It is“. (Continued from Page 2.) - ever, in the beginning, I rather my duty to speak of the lassies
jumped at the opportunity of pry not of Burns. Gentlemon, there talent, were occupied as were the posing the toast, and it was only is little in praise of them which high places of Israel, with Idols of when people started questioning me each of you has not already antici... wood and stone. But all this and as to what I was going, to say," pated. I know you all equally more has and had been done by that I fully realised its importance. with myself respect them, and thousands in our land whose love and how very difficult it was. Not love them too, perhaps, or one of of their country, was never ques-that I was without offers of asals them. As for understanding them, Lioned.
tance. Oh no, there was plenty of I am reminded of a particularly Burns' love of his country is gratuitous advice, all incidentally notorious and successful lady kil written in too many undying linee from married men, and All, in- ler of advanced years who, when to admit of any doubt; it la a love cidentally, widely diverse (nugb-naked to any what, he know of the which may be laid up in every tor). My bachelor friends, be it Insales remarked: "Nothing-ab- man's heart and practised in every noted, kept strangely quiet, whe-solutely nothing. But by gad I man's life. Hear hear). The fol-ther front natural coyness or a de- love 'em!" (Laughter and ap- lowing words are homely but par-stro to appear profound I know not plause). So gentlemen, I ask ticularly expressive and may be Bul. from the Benedicts-well you to drink heartily to the Las well applied to the present day: learnt about woman from them! sies. Bless thom! May we all. The kettle of the Kirk and Stato Which prompts me to inquire, how find favour in their eyes, and con- It is that a Lotharia (supposedly tinue to treat and guard them with gay of course) is always called up- that respect, love and deforence, on for this toast. Surely some which is the hall mark of the Bri married man-ought to do it jane tish gentleman, The Lassies, the who could speak really feelingly pride of our bosom, the joys of our about the subject: one who has Ilves. (Applause), gono "through the mill" As it were!
Perhaps a clout may fail Int But doll a foreign tinkler foon Skall aver ca' a nail i'ni Bo Britons still to Britons true, Among ourselves united," Fer never but by British hands
Shall British wrongs be righted, (Applause),
Gentlemen, might I most respect fuly ask you to rise and joli me in a sileft toast to "The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns,”
The toast was duly honoured, The Lassies.
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Mr. McDonald's Reply. Replying to the toast of the Lasses, Mr. C. M. McDonald sald: But no married man ever does:Chieftain, gentlemen, The task
as
I wonder why? (Laughter), Per have been entrusted with this bape, it is that none can find words evening, I can only deseribo eloquent enough. On the other being perilous. In the extreme. hand, well, I wonder Or is it The man who gives the toast of that too many of them are in agree the Lasses-especially when he mont with the Greek poet who has gives it with the grace and gal- told us that."Two happy days alantry of Mr. Logan-will find man may prize: The day he weds himself, not merely safe as to life his wife, the day she dies." In and, limb, but exalted above his any case they should know more kind. On the other hand, the of the subject than the bachelors, man who presumes to reply for but perhaps the reason why the the Lasses-pause, I ask you, to latter have to perform the duty is consider his plight. Most men because they come fresh to the find it requires all their courage task, full of enthusiasm, innocence, merely to ask a Lass a simple and illusional Full of all the question, and having received pretty and delightful things it is "yes" for answer, discover they possible to say of the darlings are rarely able to raise their For my part I'm all for 'em and voices again. When hardened would like to sing, paenas of praise married men such as we have here- to them. As one very profound tonight tremble to speak for one thinker I forgot his name--said:
was
A Dangerous. Position.
"Where would the world be with Lass, how shall a timid bachelor out women?" Equally profound presume to speak for a whole kingdom of Lasses? How shall the answer: "Where in-ho dare to reply for a race that doed?"
Gentlemen, have you ever pause Catherine Douglas, in
has produced, in the castle, to consider (without reference of
the close, course to biological considerations) Jeannie Geddes?-- race famous what our world would be like ifat to-day for independence of peopled, entirely by men? No mind and the weight of a strong comforts of a home, no beauty, no right arm! love. No softening, no gentle in- : fluence in yes. Where else does that quiet understanding that Yes since I find myself in the makes a man beloved of men, come dangerous position of having to from, but from women? It is offer a reply for the Lasses, let me man's delight, like the dog, to bark at least take hope from one fact-- and fight. Fight. and bark he the occasion on which I speak is, would if left to his own resources, to honour the memory of a Scot and a grim, comfortless, loveless whose name alone has been, and. existente it would prove. Strong, still is, a charm to melt the heart, soulless, silent men have. I know, especially the heart of a Lass. succeeded in this world, but their Burns, who won so many hearts success in the hearts of men, 13] when he was alive, has captured negligible. Real understanding, all hearts since, chiefly through' borne-from the love of women, is his love lyrics. The very first the quality that endears itself a poem he ever wrote, when he was all of us, and the fountain hend of yet only fifteen years old, was to that quality is woman.
a "bonnie, sweet, Bonsie, lass," about his own sige, who sang as she worked beside him in the field. This poem was but the forerunner.
Four Real Loves.
1
In this wonderful world of ours. we men are born of them, weaned by them, fondled by them, tuught the right from the wrong by them, and by them cherished all our lives. They raise us to the seventh heaven of delight, and plunge us anon into the depths of gloom. That a man should not fall victim to their charms is a mystery to me, I confess, and I feel very much in sympathy with the poet whose rê- membrance we are gathered here this evening to perpetuate and hon- bur. Many people are still of the impression that Burns was a uni- versal and inconstant lover, and
as Mr. Logan has told you of a great many love lyrics, includ- ing some of the most exquleltely. beautiful in the language. With Burns a name was poetry. Ho breathes the word Jean and
Oh that name inspires my stylor The words come skelpin rank and
file Ameist before I ken.
A Few Of The Lassies. But Jean is only one
La'sses of the..
There are the
Mary, Menic,
of poct.
also Nell, Peggy, Nannie, Eliza, Marie, Anne, Effie. Phemy,
point his poems as evident proof Chloris, Bell, Nancy, Phyllis and of his profligacy. As a matter of Chloe. These are the Lasses, real fact he wrote some two hundred and imagined, whom Burns has and fifty love songs, and only three made immortal. How can anyone or four contain indelicate refer-ave a Burns-hope to make aw encos; even these were not con- fitting reply to a toast that in- sidered improper at the time he cluded the Nolls and Peggys and lived.
Marys of the poet, the Nells and Notwithstanding the foolish or Peggys and Marys of to-day? malicious statements that Burns Nor is that all. You may forget, had many lovers, he actually had but I, as the speaker, daro nut but four real loves. One would forget, the Lasses who will permit In all probability have been his no mere man to speak for thom. limit, if the first had accepted him Thus, even though I am able thie and lived as long as he did! Its evening to invoke the magle name" first-bouts of enlf-love-with-Nellie of Burns to placate the Lasses for Kinkpatrick (when he was 15) and daring so much as to rise to speak Peggy Thompson (when17), made for them, I think, after all, dis him a poet, so it may be truly said éretion being the botter, part of. that the lassies wera in the main valour, I shall attempt no reply responsible both for Burns great to the toast, but I shall leave the honour, and our presence here thia Lasses to speak for themselves evening. But these adolescent as they always have done, as they loves were not the loves of Burns' always will. (Laughter and ap- maturity. The first three women plause.) whom Burns loved after the age of
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"To Mary in Heaven."
News has been received that Mr. John J. Simpson has been killed near Tembura, Central Africa, by In support of the contention that
wounded elephant Mr.: Simpson Burns was in no sense fickle was a county Tyrone man, and a lover, we must remember that he son of Mr Hugh McFarlane. Simp loved Mary Campbell not only till son, J.P., of Cabragh, Mr. Jobu shodied, but to the end of his life. Simpson had spent 20 years in Con- The fact that he sat out in the tral Africa boing for many years stackyard on Ellisland Farm manager of a plantation in Ugan- through the long moonlight night da. For over three years he had with tears flowing down his cheeks been engaged in hunting big game. on the third anniversary of hot
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