Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-26
BURNS BIRTHDAY,
A Magnificent Celebration at the
Bay State House.
GOV. VOL coTT WAS THERE.
Great Gathering Pays Tribute to
Scotland's Poet.
Sweet Singers and Eloquent orators En-
tertaln the Company With Scotch
Song and stoy-Those Who
Were Present.
GOV. woLcoTT WAS THERE,

Science may enlighten, pleasures may
on and great discoveries and inventions
may advance all mankind; but still the
world Graves, as Of old, that loving in
terest which touches the heart and
makes the soul glow; that picture which
ennobles; that music which uplifts and
exalts; that poem which lightens the
burdens Of life and makes the SORROWS
less hard to bear. Love still rules the
world The greatest men of all ages,
those who live in the hearts of the peo-
pie, are the ones whose lives have been
in touch with suffering humanity;
whose words have been full of tender
ness and love; whose purposes have
been to make the world better Robert
Burns, the Scotch poet, was such man.
His whole being throbbed in keen sym
pathy with the hearts of oppressed man
i kind; his soul was in touch with ma
: tuwe and it's beauties, and he saw the
truths revealed in her as few poets have
! ever done. Today, not only his own
land, but the people Of the earth, do him
reverence, and as time flies on, his in
| fluence becomes more lasting and pow
erful. His sins have been forgiven and
the world realizes, as it did at the time,
how he struggled and worked to achieve
"a purpose under difficulties SO great
that many a strong heart would have
failed in despair.
! The heart of the commonwealth has
always warmed at the mention of the
name of Burns. Year after year the an
; niversary of his birth has been OBJ
! served by people of all classes. The an
nual observance of the occasion by the
: local admirers of the dead poet at the
; Bay State House Tuesday night, showed
! that this interest is not waning. In the
long line of successes, as brilliant as
! they all have been nothing has ap-
preached Tuesday nights observance.
WorceSter'S most distinguished sons
and daughters assembled to pay their
tributes, the governor of the common
wealth and other distinguished guests
broke bread about the same board, with
the same thought in mind. Pew gather
e ings Of any kind have been more repre-
4 sentative o. entertaining. The Music
!; was enhancing, the orators unusually
y brilliant and efything combined to add
to the success and pleasure of the oc-
casion. The program comprised a re-
ception from $50 to 7, followed by a
4 banquet, to which a party numbering
0 221 sat down, concluding with a wealth
Y of oratory and music which passed the
time until midnight only too quickly.
! Soon after o'clock the corridors of
' the Bay State House began to assume
: an air of unwonted activity. The guests
arrived early and hurried to the upper
floor, where wraps We're removed. The
! receiving party, consisting of Governor
Wolcott, Gen. and Mrs. Guild and Gen.
and Mis-. Hoar, were kept busy with
the guests, who were presented by the
members of the committee for a short
half hour. Promptly at Z o'clock the
party marched to the banquet hall and
filed into the room to the strains of an
orchestra, which also provided music
during dinner The decora lions were
simple. Wreaths Of laurel hung at the
windows and on the walls. AT the head
Of the hall, two portraits Of Burns were
draped with American flags.
AMONG THOSE PRESENT.
At the head table were Governor Roger
Wolcott, Gen. and Mrs. Curtis Guild, Jr.,
Gen. and Mrs. lockwood Hoar, Repre-
: sentative and Mrs. C. G. Washburn Mayor
and Mrs. Rufus b. Dodge, Jr., Gen. and
: Mrs. A. B. R. .Sprague, F A. Easton,
Hon. Henry A. Marsh. Mr.. and Mrs. w.
p; Rice, Col. and Mrs f. W. Wellington,
Miss Devices, Hon. Edward L. Davis. Col.
and Mrs. w. A. Gle Mr.. and Mrs. James
Logan, Mr., and Mrs. A. Swan Brown,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Swan Brown, Hon.
Stephen Salisbury
Others present were; a. N. Powell, Mrs.
Chandler, Mr.. and Mrs George H. Har-
} low, Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. James Tatman, Chief Of Police
and Mrs. j. NJ. brennan, Miss brennan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hamilton, 7. B.
Hamilton, Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. E. F.
Greene, Mr.; and Mrs; j. N; Russell, Mrs.
Rheutan. l. L. Rheutan, DR.. and Mrs. G.
z. Savage, Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Scott,
Mrs E. e. 4. Becker, E; <; Wheelock'
Crane; Alderman and Mrs. Henry Bran
Charles Cha IT, ' Grouf Mr.. ga and MRS Snu F. MT T.
Hutchins, Mr.. and Mrs. Justin A. Ware,
J.. Gordon Cherry, Margaret W. Cherry.
Portland, Mr.. and Mrs. Mrs = VIM ms L. Chase,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. f.. Bigelow, Mr.. and
Mrs f. H. Vaughan, Mrs. F. H: Daniels.
Charles NJ. Smith, Mr. and Mrs Karl
Jansson. John F. Munroe, Miss Davis,
Daniel c. Turner, Mis-, Stevenson, Mr..
and Mrs. R. H. Chamberlain, Calvin Eos
ter, Mrs. G. M. Wheeler, Mr.. and Mrs
August Mcleod Is Nr. and Mrs. John G
Donald Mckay Miss Grace Douglas, Mr.
and Mrs: Alexander j, NOR. Miss Julia
Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilson, Mr..
E. Haywood. Mr.. and Mrs G. H. Hutch
ms, A. K. Hutchins. Mrs and Mrs. E. B.
Cpdpp, N1S. y. u. w neelOck, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. H. Sawyer. Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Day William A. Findlay, Mr.. and Mrs.
Il F. D. Perry, DR.. Charles l. Nichols, Geo.
u Weir, Herman Schervee. l.. B. Stone, Da-
vid Manning G. A. Bigelow, Mr.. and Mrs
A L. d. Buxton, Mr.. and Mrs. A. H
Inman. Miss H. f. Lamb, Mrs. J. A.
I Long, Miss M. j. Lamb. Mrs. C. W. Gill
bert. Louis G.. Hinckel, Miss M. E.
KesseN, Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey b. Wilder
Robert Burns, Hon. Ledyard Bill. Miss
Bertha E. Bill, Walter S. c. Kennedy,
Miss H. z. F. Burnside, Charles A. VIII
liams. Miss e. ID. Burnside, Mr.. and Mrs
George II Love, Mr.. and Mrs. r. j..
Mckay. DR.. Helen "A. Goodspeed James
g. Stewart Mr.. and Mrs. James G.
Stewart, Gertrude e. Morse, G. Everett
McFarlin, Miss Frances Wealthy Flint,
William s.. Flint Councilman and Mrs
Frank B. Hall, 3 x, Sheppard, ALBERT
MURDOCH, Albert e. Flint, j. W. Davies,
Rev Henry Hague, M; T.. Whittall. NJ
Amy Morse, Mr.. and Mrs. William A
England. Miss Lewiston, Mr.. and Mrs
H. A. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Nc
Gowan, DR., and Mrs. John c.. Berry, Mr..
and Mrs. William Woodward, Mr. and
Burlington, Edmund l.. Landera Mr.. and
Mrs. George L. Brownell, DR. Charles u.
II. Higgins, Dr. j. p. Rand, Mr.. and Mrs
]. H Gamwell, Miss e. NJ Dakin. DR.. j.
o. Marble, Nathaniel Paine, W. B. SEQ
i field, Horace B. Very, Miss Frances NJ
/ Stanwood, Miss Louise Easton. Hugh
Given Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. w H Nourse
John s. Blealie, Mrs. F. A. Easton Mr.
4 and Mrs Taraaa hn,r1 NTirc Ma rim