The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

An nfStoric trait or character was mani
tested when discussing what name should
be given to the society. Saint Andrew
was not by any means cock o the walk -
Sober browed Presbyterians scowled al
the mention of him. His tradtionary re-
lationshp to Scotland as its patron saint
avalled but little. The mundane power
conferred upon Andrew and his "brither
saints by the papacy imperiled his cleo
tion. 1t was an shingly
quaint. considering time and place-of
that spirit and hunor which found vent
in the Guide and Godiis Ballates" of the
sixteenth century:
The Paip. that pagan full Of pryde,
He hes ys bindt lang:
For quhaIr the blind the blind dois gyde
Ma wonder thay ga wrang.
Lyke prince and king he led the riag
OF all iuicuite.
hay trix. tryne go trix,
Wider the creme wod-srece
The connection OF St Andrew with
Scotland is largely mythical. Tradition
says that his remains were brought from
Acbaia TO Scotland by Regulus and de-
posted in the cathedral which has since
borne his name.
Another tradition says that the cross
Of st. Andrew Cthe c.rx decissata) an
peared in the heavens 20 the King of tha
Scots on the eve OF battle. when he was
praying for victory. The Eing Of the
Picts says Il also appeared to him on tbs
same occasion. The mex: day they joineS;
their forces and fought with such conf
dence and might that Athelstone was
forced TO retreat. Thei. the Kings OF the
Scots and the Picts walked barefooted 10
the kirk OF ST. Andrew. Here they vowel
to adopt the cross OF ST. Andrew as the'-
national emblem.
''n's o far cry to San Francisco: but
here's tae ye." This congratulatory tele.
gram was received at the banquet from
the mother country.
Poems wr' ten for ,he occasion wern
read and ST. Andrews day song sung
to the accompaniment Of the bagpipes
The 81. Andrews Society is like little
patch Of Scotland in our midst The
Scots are among the greatest wanderers
on earth, and yet they are the most clan
nish.
A library OF Scotch literature and pict-
ures Of brawny members OF the race who
have risen TO distinction in the worlds
work give a Highland atmosphere to
Scottish Hall. Even tho old janitor speaks
with bonnie broguo
Robert Louis Stevenson says: "The ham
piest Let on earth Is 10 be born a Scotch
man. You may pay for IL in many ways.
as for all other advantages on earth. You
have 10 learn the paraphrases and the
shorter catechism; you generally take to
drink; your youth, far as / can find
out, is time of louder war against So
ciety. OF more outcry and tears and tur-
moil than if you had been born. for In
stance, in England. SJt somehow life In
warmer and closer. the hearth burns more
redly and the lights of home shine softer
on the rainy street.
Scotch traits are the same the world
over. An ancient chronicler of the St.
Andrews Society shows his knowledge Oh
the poor thus:
Our poor. like those of other folks,
from themselves naturally into three d.
visions--God's poor, the DEVILS poor and
poor deevils.' The first class comprises
the aged, the halt the blind and the in
firm; also that ever-varying number who
are temporarily sore beset in life's strug-
giles. but who bate neither heart nor
hope. They take our aims with much of
the relish that they take physic and not
moment longer than they can do without
It, II would be a pleasure to minister to
them, but for one Notwithstanding to
witness the perfect agony which some
manifest in accepting the first bread they
have not wrought for In a. their days
We remember a young married couple
who came along with the stream of I'm
migration the other year. calling upon us
seeking employment. They wanted work
the third day that they called, however
nature spoke out for herself, the young
wife tainted on the doorstep. Bravcly
had they struggled with honest pride to
conceal their urgent poverty and had
nearly succeeded. For forty-eight hours
they had not broken their fast.
"Our second division ranks those who
have sown to the wind and are now reap
Ing the whirlwind the lazy. the vicious
and the demoralized. In working with
Them we find Burns words amply veri-
fed:
Yell ind mankind unco' squad,
And mcilSle they will grieve you.
"Thc old residenters' in California are
by far the worst to manage. 1t Is anus
ing how they get rid of the idea of men,
dicancy They express themselves as be-
ing strapped played out fiat broke
'euchred for the present and 'jist In want
of q nft.' etc. They are quite the
antipodes, Of the old Gaberlunzie, who