The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-01-25
BURNS ANNIVERSARY.
FINELY CELEBRATED LAST EVEN-
 ING AT HARMONIE HALL

ING AT HARMONIE HALL
 By the New Haven Caledontan Club
 Address by Chief Mustarde-Oration
 by Rev. F. AIM. Brown Other Interest
 ing Exercises With Banquet.
 The one hundred and forty-first an- niversary of the birth of Scotlands mo- tional bard, Robert Burns" was cele-
 brated at Harmonic hall last night un- der the auspices of the New Haven Cal edonian club, who have regularly cele-
 brated the event in New Haven for the the past thirty-one years. As in former years the festival took the form or concert with oration, followed by the annual ball of the club. Harmonic hall was tastefully decorated for the occa- sion with national flags. Suspended over the right balcony was the Scottish flag with the red lion rampant on a golden field; on the left balcony the Union Jack was hung, while graceful ly draped above the stage and spread ing out it's folds in the direction of the two other flags, as if in full synpa- thy with all that was going on, was the
 Stars and Stripes. The hall was also
 tastefully decorated with festoons of evergreen. In graceful courtesy to the sad event over which the civilized world is mourning the flags of the three countries were draped in black. The feeling seemed to prevail in the audi ence that the committee had touched a very human and loyal chord in thus drawing reverential attention to the passing of the greatest queen-in fact sovereign-of the century, the much re- vered and dearly loved Victoria.
 At o'clock when Chief James Mus tarde ascended the platform, accompa- nied by the Rev. Dr. F. A. M. Brown, Past Chief Robert D. Pryde, and John McLauchlan, treasurer of the club. Harmonic hall presented a very radiant appearance, and was crowded to its ut- most seating capacity with the sons and daughters of "auld Scotia" as well as many of their friends and other citizens of New Haven, who admire Burns and never fail to attend the annual cele- bration. Before opening the concert Chief James Mnustarde in a few very well chosen remarks paid loving trib- ute to the noble lady who had filled the throne of Britain so long and so wisely William Cameron of New York awoke the enthusiasm of the crowd by rendering a spirited selection on the bagpipes for which he received hearty encore At the conclusion Of the music Chief Mustarde arose and said:
 Ladies and gentlemen: On behalf of the New Haven Caledonian club I bid you a hearty welcome to our annual celebration. In unison with Scotchmen all over the civilized world we are met together to celebrate the Hist anniver- sary of the birth of Scotland's national bard, Robbie Burns. I said, in unison with Scotchmen all over the civilized world because, no matter where you go, north or south, east or west, you will always find in your travels sons and daughters of the heather clad hills of bonnie Scotland, and wherever you find them within the next twenty-four hours you will find them gathered together as we are. for the purpose of doing him honor and keeping his memory forever green. Scotsmen love Burns and de- light to honor his natal day, and why? Because, like Carlyle, they look on him as "a man among men," because he wrote of humanity as he found 1t, and because with all his faults and failings he was always found on the side of jus tice and truth and because he never failed to raise up his voice on behalf of the poor and down-trodden of his time. But it is not only Scotchmen who love to honor him. Men of every cline and nation, men in every walk of life, to- night pay him homage and recognize his genius and worth.
 Burns was indeed the poet of all the English speaking world, and if he had never written but two of his poems, "A Mans a Man for g That" and "Auld Lang Syne,'' he would have been enti- tied to place of honor among the great writers of his day
 Regarding the CaIedonian club, under whose auspices we are met, I should like to say much I should like to tell you the great amount of good work it has accomplished during the last thirty years, not only among it's own members, but among many who had no call on it's assistance. I should like to tell you much about the good work it is now doing. But time at present will not permit me. Suffice it to say that it has survived the early and trying days of it's childhood and now stands forth in the full vigor of manhood better and stronger than ever before in it's history. It's doors are open to all eligible Scots- men, who will always find hearty Scottish welcome within it's portals.
 The oration on Burns" was deliv cred by Dr. F. A. M. Brown, of the First Presbyterian church, and is given In part as follows:
 It is with considerable embarrassme that find myself at the end of long address you on former occasions on the fife and work of the Scottish bard, Rob- ert Burns. Did I not know of your pro- found interest, enlisted as it is in the subject of your race kinship with the poet, as we'll as by your familiarity with | he incidents of his life, and more than i Ill else by a knowledge and love for his { genius, inbred in your very mental and emotional structure, I would despair of saying anything worthy to attract your | attention
 It must, then, be your love for the l nan and poet Burns that shall clothe |
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