The morning call., 1890-11-22
JOY BE WI YOU A."
4 Gathering of the Clans at Scot.
fish Hall.
The Caledonian Club Celebrates Its Twenty
fifth Anniversary-successfu Reunion
and Banquet.

The twenty-ffth anniversary OF the Gale
dolian Club was celebrated last evening at
Scottish Hall by reunion and banquet at
which bonnie lads and lassies OF Scotch
birth or descent gathered to the number OF
over 400. In honor of the event the hall was
fittingly decorated with flags and notices,
beneath which six ample tables were lald,
freighted with delicaces Of ''auld lang syne''
and sparkling with flowers, fruits and mas
sive candelabra in which waxen tapers shed
their refulgent light.
The company began to arrive about
O'Clock and was welcomed by the committee
in the social hall below the banquet cham
Der. Half an hour later the notes OF the
bagpipes we're heard, and a moment after. as
the ear recognized the martial air The
Campbells are Coming" the doors flew open
and Chief Burnett. with his chieftains and
committees, led the guests to the feast. 1t
was feast fit for the gods, thoroughly
Scotch in all of its appointments. and one
that the clans did full justice to before the
evening was over. The menu, printed in
Gaelic for the edificatiOn of the juvenile
members Of The party and the specially In
vited guests. was as follows:
THE MENU IN GAELIC.
DLNNEAR.
FAILLiCH.
Currandearg. Pumbais.
Cearc. Partan. Buntats.
FEoILLRoIsrE FUAR.
MART Fheoiit. Fan Feanoch. Lach. Cearc.
Sliasid Muic. Teanga Toiteach.
BoSNAIcH
Aran min ehoire. Aran buntata- Aran mills.
DEocHAIBLE
Tea coffee Rannep FiOn learp Gael,
Uisgebeath Galtheaieh, dearg teth.
MEAsAN.
Ubhlain. Fiondhearcan. Fiondhearcan caonichte.
Ubhlain. Ubhagan.
Geosaideau Plumbais.
Managerial.
All of the Gaels present discovered that
some important business required their in-
slant attention upon being asked for an
English edition of tile courses, and not until
the half dozen members of the Dinner Com
nit had been run down was 1t possible
to get an idea of what the menu contained.
Briefly, the bill of fare uDfolded the fact
that the reiisheS consisted of radisheS and
olives; that there were chicken, crab and
'tatie salads; that the meats were cold and
in variety, viz turkey, duck, ham, chicken.
boned turkey and smoked tongue: that the
drinks included tea, coffee, chocolate, with
several varieties of white and red wines,
sherry, port and whisky red hot: that ap-
pies, grapes and raisins were the fruits pro-
yded, and that pies CT every fayorite kind
we're II abundance.
A WELCOME EXTENDED,
After t he guests had taken their places at
the tables Chief Burnett seized the oppor-
tunity afforded by an internission in the
music TO welcome all to Scottish Hall, the
common home of the Caledonia Club and St.
Andrews Society. He briefly reviewed the
history of the club, which had been formed
a quarter OF a century ago, when no society
existed here for perpetuating in this new
land the love for the national games and
customs of their native heath, and in closing
informed the barqueiers that representa-
tives from the Caledonia Clubs of San
Diego, Los Angeles and other cities of the
golden State we're present among them.
The banquet was then proceeded with and
the intricacies of the menu discussed to the
inspiring music of the pipes. When coffee
was reached ii began to be whispered around
by the knowing ones that surprise was in
store 1t came, presently, heralded i'll nd
vance by the blowing of the pipes. The
tramp of many feet told that it vas pro-
cession, but as the doors were opened to ad-
NIT the newcomers the aroma of a haggis
struck the assemblage and instantly wild
cheer went up from the Scotch 400
The Chiefta ms, each with tray in hand,
then marched in with the toothsome NOR
sells, one for each table, and after they had
been given the place OF honor, Thomas
Ross of the st. Andrews Society made
quite an interesting address to it. Accord
ing to his story. the making of a baggs is as
much a lost art as the manufacture of GER
tain kinds of stained glass. but, after
searching all OF the authorities on the sub
j-ct, Mrs. McSorley had contrived the
present haggis from oatmeal. suet, chopped
liver and heart, with plenty of onions and
seasoning, the whole inclosed in u sleeps
paunch and boiled for several hours.
HAGGIs AND HOT SCOTCH.
he then recited Burns Address to a
Haggis," and on taking his seat gave the
signal for the attack on the mysterious
looking dish. There were many VINO knew
it OF old and would not touch it. many who
had only heard of it and were anxious to
try it. These latter. and the few who loved
it for 'anld lang syne," partook of the dish,
which was washed down with hot Scotch"
This ended the least, but for several hours
later, while the punch-bowl was KEEP. NOV
ing from chieftain to clansman and back
again. tue following toaSts were given and
responded to:
president OF the United States ..:..::......
Music astai spaased i banner" ''''D'''
Ou'' Music. God saw: the aa:ea
Music, HAL Columbia"
Land S Slnfs aHiac Bell; Of seCIaad d John Reid
Music. Yankee Doodle"
Scottish Literature. AIR. ID. r. McNeiH
Music. MARY OF Argyle"
"Sister Societies
MIR James McNab, Pres. st. Andrews Society
Music, "Seots Via Haze"
Universal Bretherhood"- .........:....:.........
nlr. James Il. Kelly. Pres Knights of ST. Patrick
Music, "A Mans Man for a. That"
"CaledOnian Progress BIZ. Angus Mcleod
Music. "Iuilochgorum.'
sour ExChefs". Hon. John +. Kennedy
THE Press. Observation-Disclosures.
MIR. Marcus z. wiggin, Pres. s. r. Press Club
= Nusic. - Are re Sure the News Is True ?'
at he Lassies". ................M Mr.. James Mearns
Music, "Green Grow the Rashes, or
MUSICAL AND LITERARY SELECTIONS.
The toasts were relieved by musical and
literary selections, among them being songs
by j. Linklater, including Scotland Yet
''Prince Charlie" and 1.-The Braes of Mar"
William Carleton Cook rected several Sc
lec,iens and I. Tregallas sang two comic
selections, What Markham Has Promised
TO Do" and Teaching McFadden to
Dance"
After the toasts had been all disposed OF
the company descended to the ballroom,
and few dances we're enjoyed by the youn G
people before the very pleasant and sue
ceSSfui affair came to An end.
A ROYAL ORGAN GRINDER.
Anna suensop, Swedish Countess, a