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EDINBURGH. April 1st.

HacoIS LEGEND.

tongue. It, of course, tends to be a pre- cise and colourless tongue, with a sacri- tice of much native pithiness in child- hood, though that mends itself as time goes on. But what is going out by the doar of habit is coming back again by the window of culture. Never were in- tellectual Scotsawen more interested in their native speech than they are to-day. Appalled by the vision of generation At the present time the rural districts that might grow up unable to understand of Scotland, in spite of hard tires, offer its Burns, they are demanding that the vernacular shall get a suficient place in no outward aspect of ill-cheer. The schools to avert that tragedy. The policy countryside is briser, in eluser touch of Sir Robert Bruce and his coadjutors

is to

ta preserve Scotch as a classical with the world and thanks to the tongue, even if its other uses fail. But biegele and other things, blest with a although self-consciousness eliminates the Doric at one end of the social sexle, Lan social eirenlation once unknown. The

hot sure that it may not get spread down- lower grades of poverty seent to have wards again from the other in certain

of Charles Murray been 'obliterated. A recent investigator and Violet dacch reveals a creative power

caparities. The poetry, says that he asked a Moray Firth farmer which few could have beered the old how he accounted for undoubted in language to retain. The dateer dramas written and acted in Aberdeenshire to-day provement, "Well" replied the farmer, are most auther tie and expressive in their it's possible we are taking more but picture of life. and that the countryside of the land." And the comment made provides willing and gapahle actors for upon this is Remembering the day then shows an artistic sense and self. possession which are quite new. Broad when I saw him "graduate with first-class Scotch will never again become the honones in mathematics, I reflected ordinary currency of speech, last the mas who does not understand and like it al- Lebar is was more than possible." The

ready runs danger of Being labelled an graduate-larmer was always to be found affected ead. in the northern counties for the last half century, and technical instruction has

A lively article on Scotland's, alleged made enormous advances. Another fac national dish has been contributed to a tor is the decline of the whisky-bottle as Glasgow evening newspaper by the Rev. CV. A. Macechern, of Coleribo, and a the center of "secialility and the substitucouple of stories in it are too good to be tion of the business-like auction-mart for left in the columns of a local journal, how- the old open market with its enes for ever wide its circulation. In the first the Rev. gentleman says In the refreshment. Thin o' Shanter is dead," kindness of her heart, as well as in the it is said. Judging from the proportion of exuberance of her Senttish patriotism, martied men employed, there must have my sister one sent a healthy haggis to an insular Atray officer in France-an been a must substantial amount of cot Englishman, whose first thought as he tage-building.

Fifty years ago it was viewed it was of a sleeping hedgehog, but rary to fit mo than the grieve, thus whose spoken verdict, when asked as te how it ought to be eaten was, "It looks This means ♫ accommodated.

more us if it had been eaten already." civilised life for the farm servant, and

The other story also takes us back to the he beare many

of the marks of it. Great War. In January. 1913. sage the While the Bettish farater has plenty of verucious chronicler, having been asked to propose the toast of the Immortal Memory problems and diEmlties, he has fitthat the angul celebration in in Oficer's Faith leic in nolitical remedies, at least less overseas, I determined to make no of the conventional sort. The good incorrect quotation from the Burd. Farmer has practically all the Exity of accordingly dispatched the following tenure that he needs in his title cablegram to a Scottish manse: "Please pensation. Land settlement consider send something Burns for 25th January."

cable was Admittedly the ing the dificulties of small-scale agriculJimcult to interpret, and, after a consulta- tur except in the vicinity markets) tion in the asudy, they concluded that there has had sarprisingle sound results. One was about to be celebrated a Scottish hears on good authority that the failures Festival, that I as mesa oficer, was Scarcely exceed ten per cent.. and that some of the most market successes supplied by what many be described as fanatical fugitives from town life,

HOPE

"A rusty blick, mashie, clerk, Another iron (nameless freak),

A tin of Brasso, oily" rng.

A d'aster, and a mildewed bag: A sponge, long dried, its rubber case; The well-hacked trophies of

chuse

the

tu

These, brought to light but yesterday Up his kitchen table lay.

Heat with putter. emery botued. And deftly turned it round and round; His handicap is not phas four It's eighteen certain-maybe taure;. But. Though outside it sleets and

somewhat

anxious to do things in the superlative, and accordingly wanted an extra large supply of haggis. After a feverish search for the necessary ingredients, involving nuch expenditure of time and energy, my sister duly got the haggises despatched- fourteen in number-just in the nick of time to catch the, mai! ealculated to reach me for the 25th. On the 23rd a cheery felter narrating all this, and advising me received by me, expect haggises, was recei but, alas maited. What on earth of Burns which I had requested and was I to do with fourteen haggises 1 But set tu, and with the aid of Scottishal instiner, and a little sentiment, I succeed. ed in booking orders for eleven out of the fourteen, and my temperature was again normal. Four weeks, however, elipsed without any trace of the haggises; and those who had ordered them, and in some enses, already paid for then, began to express anxiety, gentle ingnicy being followed by sustainiens reainders amount

At the end of ing almost threats. the fourth and most uncomfortable week. letter Frut my sater threw light on the mystery and enabled me to explain. That letter pusted in the Moss Cage for all interested here is an extract from it. That Eri Liddel. the meusparable

Two works after despatch- quarter-mii»te may ston renew his aring you the haggiases. I feceived an guaintance with the track is confidently official form from the 6.P... London expected. The Olympic ..., runner

asking me to declare that the contents of Rugby internationalist, who has been the parcel was not buah, or explosive preaching this winter in mans Scottish of any description, and promising me to

shows,

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While from the north thill wind

blows. And all the world frowns, grises,

mopes.

He smiles, and, cleans", his clubs, and

hope

ERIC LIDDELI..

JAN WOUD.

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towns, had planned to go to China this forward it to you when due inquiries had year to work in the mission held. His been made by Scotland Yard, assisted by departure has been delayed, and be is offcials from the War Office, and His thinking of running in the Scottish cham-Majesty's Government, to the probable pionships. Those who saw the flying untive of the sender, and as to her Scot run in the historic quarter of the antecedents, with special reference to any Mlle Relay against the American quarter (iriman relationship by marriage or other- miler Fitch at Stamford Bridge, recull the wise. I was su enraged and so ebagrined remark of Paddock as Liddell overhauled that I demanded an instant return of the his rival, who had taken over the baton package along with the value of the pos- after a ten years start, Paddock (a great tage. Eventually, after much "corres American Sprinter himself exclaimed, hondener, the haggisses such as they

There goes the greatest quarter miler then were did come hack, and we were! that has ever "lived.

out EL

deal of expense having the good buried deep at the extreme corner of the WILLING TO OBLIGE.

house dis garden, ad having the infected.'

This is the latest story I have heard of a Glasgow artist in France, who, during the war, devoted practically all his time The sequel was the lost tragie part of to the welfare of British troops bussing this bags story, for I heard later that He the postman who delivered them took through the town of his residence. took, incidentally, charge of a large can infected his whole family, which was typhoid fever and died. having already teen clubhouse, which was a Sundays used as a place of worship by Scottish likewise wiped out, leaving no deseen soldiers, including Haig himself. It was dants to write their abituary liries. suggested that a decurnitive motto of two Torch!

hung round the walls would brighten it Some of the best stories of the big up a bit, and he volunteered to provide social event combined with a sporting this. When the padre-in-chief saw the festival at the Rugby international at motto, which was Scotland for Ever! Murrayfeld ure ouly now coming to, hand, he expressed a feeling that it was just They tell for instance, of two young a trifle on the secular side for a place ladies from Glasgow who took up their used once a week as a church. The artist position on a crowded corner of the promptly indicated that he could easily terrace. The first half keyed them up to make a little alteration which would put a tremendous pitch of excitement; and the motto all right. Next time the padre during the thrilling concluding "inments w it, it rend: "Scotland for Ever-and me of the girls, never for an in- Ever, Amen,”

stant losing sight of the game, reached out for her friends hand and squeezed it ecstatically. This impulsive method of One thing which the city Scot misses sharing the thrill lasted for quite five when he revisits the country districts is minutes. At length the whistle blew and [“ the Doric "—" Vernacular in its old you can agine the feelings of the sweet fulness and currency. Brond Scotch is young thing when she looked round ansi censing to be the speech of the common discovered that she had been pressing people" and becoming the indulgence of the fingers of, an excellent specimen of the educated. The country boy resents plus-foured inshoot. being addressed in his dialect, as he sus

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