Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-25
IN MEMORY OF BOB BURNS
Annual Banquet and Ball of Clan Gordon
Last Evening.
WASHINGTON HALL WAS PACKED
Program of Music, Dances nnd Adj
dresses Full of the Tradition
and Sentiment of the Bon
ME Countric.

ME ountri
The sixth annual concert and ball of Clan
Gordon No. 60 of the Order Of Scottish Clans,
which was given at Washington hall last
evening, was in all respects one of the most
successful entertainments ever given by the
Scots OF Omaha. The occasion was also
made a celebration Of the 137th anniversary
OF the birth of Robert Burns, and the hall
was fairly packed with Scotch men and
women with their lads and lassies. The
plaid was everywhere conspicuous and Scotch
sentiment and Highland music impaired a
true national character to the entertainment.
1t was the largest crowd that has ever
attended one of the annual concerts Of the
clan and after every seat in the auditorium
and gallery was filled the standing room was
occupied and some were unable to gain ad-
mittanco. The stage settings represented
a Scottish scene and a portrait of Burns APP
propriately draped in plaid was hung over
the proscenium arch. Beneath 1t hung the
insignia of the clan and these were flanked
by the flags Of Scotland and the stars and
stripes.
While the audience was occupied in dis
persing itself through the already crowded
space the orchestra rendered a medley of
Scottish airs. Then the curtain rose, re-
Yealing the members of the clan in complete
Highland costume. The bagpipes manipu-
lated by Plpers J. c. Buchanan and G. w.
McDougal. discoursed the Gathering of the
Clans which was followed by the address
Of welcome by II. M. Murray, chief of the
clan. Mr.. Murray spoke very briefly, allud-
ing to the very long program as sufficient
reason for combining his remarks to a word
of welcome. He stated that 1t was the desire
OF the clan to add materially every year to
the excellence of it's annual entertainment
In previous years the older members had
complained that the program was so long
that they were unable to catch the last car
and the younger people had also complained
because the dancing began so late that they
were unable to catch the first car in the
morning, but he hoped that all would be
satisfied on the present occasion.
WATCHED THE DEAR OLD FLING.
The Highland fling, in costume, by the
pupils Of Clansman Joe Gray, was received
with the usual favor. The small Scots, in
in their picturesque kits and pla!ds, tripped
the pretty dance in perfect time and to the
enthusiastic approval of the audience. Solos
followed by Miss Carrie Robertson and Mr..
Walter Bell, after which Rev. S. Wright
Butler delivered an address on the Memory
of Robert Burns" Together with the more
serious sentences OF his address the speaker
contrived to supply his usual quota of apt
anecdotes and original witticisms. He paid
a high tribute to the memory and achieve
ments of Burns, which were the more re-
markable in that his life had been one of
hardship and toll in which no educational ad-
vantages assisted to bring out the genius |
that was latent in his soul.
DR.. Butler spoke of the noble patrimony |
OF which every Scotsman had reason to be
proud. The history of his country had been
one in which martial valor, philosophical re-
search. advanced culture ard a high altitude
Of morality mad combined to make it worth
remembering. But they had now made their
homes in another country which could boast
OF as muchI as any country of the old world
could offer and in remembering Scotland they
should also render fealty to the land of their
adoption.
Mr.. John Mellen sang 1.-THE Minstrel Boy
and this was followed by a dance in costume
by Miss Rose Mackenzie. Mr.. Kenneth
Fraser rendered a comic song with such
success that the audience broke over the
rule that had been established and continued
to demand an encore until he obtained for
bearance and continued to sing again later in
the evening. WILDER and Able. lines rem
dered a very pretty mandolin duet with
guitar accompaniment and the first part
closed with a selection from the Elks' quar-
tet.
THE OCEANS TWO SIDES.
In the second part Clansman A. w. Ander-
son gave an address on THE Country We
Left and the Land We Live In He said
that no man who was not true to the past
would be true to the present and the man
who was not loyal to the country of his
birth would not be loyal to the land of his
adoption. If they could sac the country they
had left they would doubtless see that the
old home had been supplanted by a statelier
elifice and that the friends they had known
and loved had been laid away, so their
thoughts must turn again to the new world.
But a shrub could not be changed by trans
Planting it. So whether on the Scottish
heaths or on the western prairie, the love
CT home, love of honor and love of truth
were the prevailing characteristics of the
Scottish race.
The remainder Of the program consisted
of dances by Miss Jennie Falconer and Mag
gle Mackenzie, a violin selection by Miss
Emily Dorm and solos by Mrs. William Tur-
ner, Miss Mary Latey and Messrs. S. L.. Nor
ris, e. j. Van Kuran, j. C. Barton, William
Peacock and Kenneth Fraser.
Following the program the floor was cleared
and while the older guests retired the younger
element danced away the hours until nearly
morning. A supper was served in the in
PERMISSION and the success of the early even
ing remained complete in every detail of the
nights enjoyment. For this the following
committees were largely responsible:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Falconer, sr., ]. C.
Buchanan, A. w. Anderson, Andrew Gray,
A. B.. Rutherford. William Horne, A. M.
Henderson,, Thomas Medium, sr, Charles
McAdams, William Gavin, w. r. Adams, An
drew Peacock, Joe Gray, A. PatullO, George
ID. Strand, A. Rose.
Reception-A. b. Rutherford, A. w. Ander-
son, A. Patullo, ID. Broatchie. Thomas Mel
drum, j. w. Mcdonald, Thomas Falconer, jr,,
Charles McAdams.
Floors. Murray, w. B. Rutherford,
Falconer, jr., A. M. Henderson, Will
liam Brown, d, Broatchie.
DOOR,. S. Beath, James Ross, William
Chapman, j. Mcdonald.
EMIL WINS OUT by TEN.