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BURNS THE POET.

ELOQUENT SPEECH BY PROF. ROBERTSON.

"THE IMMORTAL MEMORY."

land, in Edinburgh. But would never have been satiafed by mirer Mrs. Riddel said: "It is only he perspective. As his friend and ad-

on the gem that we are disturbed to see the dust; the pebble may be solled but we disregard it."

So

permanent association with liter ary Edinburgh of that day. he left, returning to the land, only to find as before that it gave a poor return for a man's laboura. "The Immortal Memory of Robert,

Lived "With Gusto." Burna lived his life with gusto. Burns" was toasted in eloquent "Life called to him," said Raleigh, terms by Professor R. Robertson at "and he listened," told me alegra Lane, Conar, vitality that was the annual "Burns Nicht" dinner, chilled him, perhaps, but it could Edinburgh Restaurant, on Saturday. The speak in him. He died at $7, but he had er referred in graphic manner to crowded into that short span a full Burns' gradual awakening to the and

varied like. fact that he was destined to be a be

could nation's poet, to his subsequent ex-himself at life, recking nothing of Baid .to havo thrown periences in Edinburgh, amongst the consequences.

the highest Society of the day, and to his ultimate return to that be- loved countryside whence he came,

He

"The mair they talk. I'm kent

the better,

Een let them clash." The Chieftain of the Hong Kong St. Andrew's Society, Mr. T. H. R. genlus, Burns, born and bred a Raised through the force of his Shaw, was in the chair, and latro-peasant, saw more of life than is duced Professor Robertson to the permitted to most peasants, His gathering. Following the "Immer-

poetry ranged over a wider field tal Memory," the toast of "The than if he had been merely a Lassies" was proposed by Dr. J. Wploughman poet." But it was Anderson in a witty little speech, true that some of his best work Mr. W. L Handyside replying "on was that in which he Interpreted behalf of the fairer sex," in emin the lives and manners of the Scot- ently suitable manner.

tish peasantry.

Mere Sassenachs

little part in the affair, although

Burns And The Kirk. Mr. George Grimble was granted Scot if he had not been a theolo- Burns would not have been a true a special dispensation, and begical disputer. The manner of his came a Scotsman for the evening, life was bound to bring him into which privilege It is understood conflict with the Scottish Kirk as he claims twice yearly.

it then existed. Previous to the principal toast

But he did not war with religion or the Kirk, only The Industrial Commercial Bank, of the evening, the haggis was with hypocrisy. and

piped in with all due ceremony. righteousness of the unco guld. the self- Pipe-Major Mackie leading the The influence of his work had done way.

After the Scotch

much to remove the hard, unbend- Broth, Herrin' and Taties, Haggis, Roast tic of Scotland in the 18th Century Ing rigour which was characteris- Mutton and Bashed Tatties hud Teak Desk, Office Chairs, Type-Chieftain called upon Professor been eficiently dealt with, the

(Applause.) writing Tables, Tenk Filing Robertson to propose the "Im- Cabinet, Large Carved Teak Table mortal Memory."

A Large Quantity of Valuable OFFICE FURNITURE and

FITTINGS.

Comprising:-

and Chairs, Teak Benches, Book-

САЗОВ Teak Telephone Booth. "THE IMMORTAL MEMORY."

Also

10t

Saved Lowland Scottish.

made

it

The Modern Gallant.

Her prentice hand she tried on

man

And then she made the Laastes;

0.

Gentlemen I give you the lassies The Mothers who bore us The lassies we love.

I would ask you one question Are there any of gallants who can produce songs to our modern their ladies with even a fraction of Mackle, then paraded round the

Burns and the Fair Sex, The pipers, led by Pipe-Mafor

in they twenty miles at right in a humorous speech, responded on Are they in the habit of walk after which Mr. W. L. Handyside. the spontaneity of Burns? room, amidst great enthusiasm,"

to keep a tryat? cronies did?

as he and his behalf of The Lassies." The speaker dealt in amusing manner No, they take a car to Repulse with the poet's fondness for the alien music Bay and danes to the strains of fair sex. Rat, he added, it had not to which no better been generally realised that the verse can be found than lines be- lassles admired Burns primarily be ginning, "My baby's Wow." cause he was a man's man, which (Laughter.)

quality was an attraction to all the lassics.

Beautiful Tributes. What more beautiful tribute to a beautiful woman can we

than these lines in his Elegy on Mias Burnet:-

which in point of fact, was as old Burns, the poet, recked little of have the new

selence of paychology,

as the hills. We were

told now that we must suppress ourselves. Burns, on the contrary, always

"Thy form and mind, aweet

maid, can forget

In richest ore the brightest sought to express himself, Al-

jewel set.

though Burns might have been.

In thee, High Heaven above blamed for his "varied association"

was truly shown

with the latales, the speaker had. As by His noblest work "the nover at any time heard of the

Godhead beat is known." tensity could not but meet with the speaker, "says a great deal for laasles being blamed for their as One who loved with such in-sociation with him. "That," said disappointments Fickleness he had his fall share of

and robula. Rabbie Burns." but he was never bitter-

An entertaining musical pro- gramme followed, Messrs. MacLeod and Anderson responding freely to numerous encores. Mr. Grimble aympathetic accompanist." The gathering concluded on a note of sustained cordiality.

Whae'er ye be that women love To this be never blind Nae ferlle t'ls though fickle was A

she prove

A woman hast by kind.

O woman, lovely woman fair An angel form's fa'n to thy

share

Twad been o'er melkle to gien.

theo wair

In addition, Burns, by his

I mean an angel mind.. work, had really saved what

That was

about as hard as little Lowland Scottish that was Burns ever was on the lassies, and retained

to-day. Large and Small Steel Filing

had after all their so-called fickleness not beon for the homage which Cabinets, Copying Press, Reming-

Is but an added charm and to him Professor Robertson, proposing Scots pay to their poet, I doubt if it was but a spur to further con- ton Typewriter, Wall Clock, Table The Immortal Fans, Electric Wall Fans, Electric Robert Burns" said his unwary

Lowland Scottish would have been quests. Memory of

known to-day," added the speaker. Lights and Fittings, Large Mir-j

(Applause.) rara, Burroughs Adding Machine,response was due to the deep

cunning of Mr. Shaw in choosing.The burdened free liver will find Concluding, the speaker said Sandstrand Adding Machine, Mon- to mention the matter to him on a text in Burna to support the roe Calculating Machine, Automa-the morning succeeding Hog silence of his conscience. We are tic Time Stomp Machine, etc.

Imanay (laughter). That was a morning in which the strains of

Worse by reading "Auld Lang Syne" were still Burns; we are more likely to be ringing in a Scotsman's ear. He made better men. I give you the should have been doubly cautious, Immortal memory of On View from Tuesday, Janu- as a year ago a colleague at the

Burns." (Loud Applause.) ary 27, 1931,

University had stood there in a. similar capacity. It might be

"THE LASSIES." thought there was LAMMERT BROS.,

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Dr. J. W. Anderson, proposing Auctioneers.cold and dry atmosphere of the the toast of "The Lassies" sald:

lecture room into the mild andIt is my privilege to-night to Chieftain Shaw and Gentlemen, genial humidity of these annual; gatherings. But even professors propose the toast of the "Lassles." were human; and in the lilt of Better words of praise than mine Burns' verse their academic trap might have been found but a re- quest from our good friend Mr. pings fell from them.

Bryden is hard to evade and Eo here I stand.

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WATER RETURN.

The level and storage of water In The big collection of our CURIOS, our reservoirs on January 1, 1931, is

| PICTURES, JADES, SNUFF. as under:-

BOXES, BLACKWOOD FRAMES, EMBROIDERIES and other PRE-

1930

1931

Burns the Man.

Robert

I feel like Burns that to Justice to such a theme

do

"I wad in vain essay the

strain

especially as we have just listened The deed too daring brava is" a most eloquent discourse from

The Scottish people were right- ly suspicious of all academic at, City and Hill District.

tempts to measure Burns the mun. Literary critics were silenc- CIOUS ARTICLES are now ready Tytam.... for cheap sale in cur show-rooms. Tytam Byewash... 19' 5"B 21' 4"Bhuman temperament as displayed 13 3B 23' 8"Bed by the sheer intensity of the For any purchase amounting to tam Intermediate 0' 7"B 02B in his works. It was the ordinto

Tytam Tuk ....... 13'11" 17' 1"B $50.00 or $100.00, an extra valu- Wong Nel Chung: 19' 1"B 17 "Bary man, with all his impulses and the lips of Prof. Robertson. able article is specially prepared Foxfulum...... 10'11" 17 1" failings and ambitions and self- to present to the purchaser.

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AN INTRODUCTORY:

HISTORY

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Total

A Mistaken Impression. The relations of our National Bard with the Lasales were many

to deery Robert

A gathering such as this and varied. It is customary for would perhaps have seemed those who seek strange to Burns, but he would Burns to point out that his private soon have accustomed himself to life was not all that it might have 1931 it. He would not have been long been, and that many of his love 218 in making himself the leader of songs drew their inspiration from 194.98 the assembly, in fact. He would women of rather doubtful charac 757.42 1,035.33 have welcomed the haggis, no ter.

1930 205.30 3.03 102.05

10.55 42.38

212.08

•

it

the

11.05 doubt, and would have hailed the

Many people cannot see 29.94 Scots drink, about which he wood for the trees and it is by 1,301.93 1,487.04 wrote in so effective a strain taking the long view that we get

fthat

seems churlish to Burns and his life in proper Consumption of water in the City refuse another glass (laughter and Hill District in millions and de- and applause). cimals of gallons during the month would have welcomed above all But what he

1930 would be the good fellowship, that 278.89 148,900 he would have viewed with great characterised the gathering. And

of December.

Consumption

•

1920

*** 210.84

Estimated population 439,580

Consumption por

head per day... 15.5

19.9 equanimity the Iden of a Profes December, 1920-During the whole sor proposing his health. His at- month a 12 hours supply (0 am-titude, to education, to say the 6 p.m.) was given to all Rider Main cast, was, ambiguous (laughter), Districts. Principal Mains closed (but no doubt he would have found p.m-0 a.m.).

December, 1930.—Constant supply an excuse, even for a Prófessor-of throughout the City, Hill and High Economics, such were the failings Level districts during the whole of human nature (more laughter)., month with the exception of the dis- tricts West of Eastern Street where

Intense Living. a constant street fountain supply was

Everything that Burns did wES operated from December 1 to 31done intensely. And the best of 1980,

what he did came white-hot from the fire of his experience. He was not a contemplative poet; no poetry had ever smelled leas of the lamp. There was not in hi beat work any taint of insincerity! any infusion of the artificial His 011'B11B frankness made his poetry his best Reception Reservoir 1 8B 1'8"Biography, and when he spoke of

-Storage in millions and decimals

Kowloon

1930

Kowloon Reservoir Shek, Lal Reservoir

Pat

1981 210"B

of gallons

.1980

1031 Kowloon Reservoir 354.24 828.60 Shek La Put.

Reservoir g

79.28 111.67 Reception Reservoir 18.75 28.75

himself he spoke out, There was noelf deception he was, in "truth, la realięt.

"Oh, wad some power the

giftis glo us,

To see oursels as Ithers ace

He did not need to address these words to himself. He had no

Total

402.27 403,09 Consumption of water in Kowloon in milliona and decimals of gallons Illusions about himself, and It was during the month of December. this characteristic that made his

1929 1930 work appeal to all mon Consumption 116.88 188.38 The Poet's Life Estimated population 173,260 178,800 Cankuniption - per more The speaker went on to trace the

head per day.

different phases in the poet's life,

21.7

beginning with his gradual realiza

Constant supply in all districts dar

ing December 1938 and 1980. tion, in his native village) that he

The Government Analyst's reports

Ltd. show that the quality of the water was a poet born →to express in

1satisfactory

deathless verse the essentials of Total rainfall December 81 1989, human existence. Later he was 69.82 December 81 1030, 91.00 contact with the highest in

LESSON SERMON.

FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, HONG KONG.

Text

I will

"Truth" was the subject of the Inimitable Picture.

Lesson-Sermon in all Churchos of He has given us an inimitable Christ, his day-of their in lustry, their

Sefontist, picture of the country lassies of January 25,

on Sunday,

misfortunes and their undaunted Lord, thou art my God; cheerfulness.

The Golden

They in their day exalt theo, I will praise thy name; had not the advantages of their for thou hast done wonderful present-day daughters-they had things; thy counsels of old are not the opportunities of travel to faithfulness and truth. (Isalah broaden their minda and enrich 25; 1.) their leisure-their noses were al- Among the citations which com ways to the grindstone.

rrised the Leason-Sermon was the Facilities for education were following from the Bible:-"And.. less these women few and expensive but neverthe- it came to pass after these things, with the native strength of char mistress of the house, fell sick; were imbued that the son of the woman, the'

difficulties which is the heritage there was no breath left in him. acter and cheerfulness in face of and his sickness was so sore, that and characteristic of the lasses of And the Lord heard the voice of cur race. (Applause.)

Elijah; and the soul of the child In. Edinburgh.

came into him again, and he re-: Of the women of Edinburgh, vived." (1 Kings 17; 17 and 22.) Burns is equally descriptive and The 'Lesson-Sermon also includ- enthusiastic. The eighteenth eened the following passage from. tary saw our capital city a liter- the Christian Selence textbook, ary centre of considerable import Science and Health, with Key to ance and credit for its encourage the Scriptures," by Mary Baker

rooms Burns ment la due in large part to these Eddy: "When man is governed gifted Indies in whose drawing by God, the ever-present Mind who' ionised, and whom he has immer that with God all things are pos was received and understands all things, man knows

talised his verse.

Rible. The only way to this liv. ing Truth, which heals the sick, is found in the Science of divine. Mind as taught and demonstrated by Christ Jesus." (p. 180.)

A Faithful Picture. No other post has dealt with the Lassies so faithfully or extoll- ed their virtuos in a truer man- may be, but never sloppy ter than Burns. Sentimental he

An' he said to Clarinda "What Is life when wanting love? Night without a morning Love's the cloudless summer sun Nature gay adorning." And again:--

Auld Nature swears the lovely

dears

Her noblest work she classes, O.

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