The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-01-28
Thistle Club Banquet in Memory
Of Burns.
A VERY PLEASANT EVENING
Toasts and Responses - Addresses
Readings-The immortal Poet.
Land of Burns"

organization mas ever COHuuCleu. 1 ne
attendance was very large and the
program was of high order OF merit.
were to respond to toasts or to give
music or recitations. The result was
that several eloquent and able address,
es were heard and that the music and
the readings were considerably above
the average. The banquet tables were
in the hotel parlor and the feast was
a credit to the house The service
was personally directed by Mr. Krouse
Besides the past chiefs and visitors
present the notables at the table in
cluded Governor Cleghorn This was
the program:
Introductory Remarks ............
............Ch Chief Geo. L. Dali
To sum up ALL be merry, | advise;
And, as we're merry, may we still be
wise.
The Immortal Memory of Burns
....Dr Thos. Mcmillan
A blast O. Janwar win blew hansel in
on Robin
Instrumental Music
Violin VIM. A. Love
Piano ...........O. B. Braddick
Our Past Chiefs 80. Vim. White, P. C.
Hail to the chief who in triumph ad-
vances.
Song There was lad was born in
Kyle" ......... David H. Macrae
The Land O. Burns. . Robert Cation
Well drink health to Scotland yet.
Song" Scotland Yet" John c. Brown
Burns" by ]. G. Whittier
j. A. Dover
The Land We Live in. Daniel Logan
Gae seek for pleasure where We will,
But here l never missed it yet
instrumental Music. Nv. A Love
Song-'My Love is Like the Red,
Red Rose" ....T. Mcmillan
Hilo Caledonian Club. f w. Wood
The bands and bliss O. mutual love,
o, that's the ehiefest warld's treasure.
Song-"Gae brindg tae me pint o.
wine" .................W w. Dickson
Recitation-"Tam O. Shanter" 80.
Chief Dali
When day is game, and night is come.
| think o. him that's far ava,
The lee-lang night, and weep.
instrumental Music -. VIM. A Love
The Press Visiting Freshmen
A chiefs amang We takin' notes,
An faith he'll prent it.
The Ladies 49,. DR. H ". Murray
The sweetest hours that e'er 1 spent
Were spent amang the lasses, o.
Aud Lang Syne.
The front cover page of each pro-
gram was embellished with photo
graphic copy of the Scottish Thistle
clubs picture of Robert Burns. These
neat souvenirs were supplied by
Frank Davey
In his Introductory remarks, Chief
Geo. L. Dali, who presided for the
evening said that all knew the cause
of assembling in this fashion and the
purpose and spirit of the observance.
All over the world similar companies
were gathered to the same ends.
Wherever heroism and honor and
homely honesty are admired there
Burns is held in such esteem that he
is little less than an idol. The birth
anniversary is that of a king of men,
for he was an honest man and by
that token a monarch amongst his
fellows. He had expressed to man
kind the heart sentiments and would
be ever dear and constant to the me-
mory of true men and women. The
POSTMASTER then introduced DR.. Thos.
Inn
Islands direct from Scotland and
whose memories of the land of Burns
are fresh and green. DR.. McMillan's
subject was the immortal memory of
Burns.
DIR. Mcmillan said that Burns had
attained an elevation in mankind that
was without parallel No other poet
has been taken so closely to the bosom
of the people and held so dearly. All
gatherings on this date are animated
by spirit of sympathy and love ana
admiration that is exceptional. Who
could have imagined that one whose
early life and training and whose de-
Velopment had been such as Burns
passed though would be ranked as the
poet next to Shakespeare? Who could
Burns that he would reveal himself as
he does in THE Cotter's Saturday
Night, y lover of his fellow man
and one whose heart went out to all
who needed friendliness? For brief
time Burns was the pet or lion of Ed
inburg society. Then came a period
during which he was maligned and
slandered and the breath of cruel
words had pursued even his memory.
There was an explanation of this.
Burns was not an evil man. He bold
ly and radically expressed himself up-
on one side in the day of the most
marked and very bitterest religious
and political strive He went to the
extremes and effort was made to pun-
ish him for his course He hurled
his scathing sarcasms and his forcefuI
truisms so that opponents were Graz
ed in their hatred against him. He
was an active partisan. While an
officer of the Crown he refused to
drink the health of Pitt and on enter