The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-26
THE BIRTHDAY OF BURNS
BrlIIiastIy Celebrated by the Calcdonlau
Society Last NIGHT.
TRIBUTE OF ScOiCHatSTo A sCOTcHaAN
Praises of the Immortal Hard Sung
with MISREPRESENTATION Well
Attended.

The Caledonian society of Houston on
last night celebrated the 142d anniversary
or the biith OF Robert Burns. Scotlands
immortal bard-,the worlds truest, tend
crest poet-with a festival that has
brought the well nertcd concentrations
Of all upon the society.
IL was thu second annual celebration
OF the Burns anniversary by the Gale
DOMAIN society and 1t proved tremend-
Gus and brilliant success fr0en every point
OF view. The hall was flied to its ca
pscity with those who love the sweet
songs Of the illustrlOus poet. ana HE
praises were sung. though perhaps un-
consciously. in every line OF the well
rendered programme.
The EARLIER part OF the evening was
taken up with this feature OF the festival
the concert programme, which contained
many pleasing and highly entertaining
Scotch specialties. every number thereof
being peculiarly appropriate to the ccca-
sion. The programme in detail was as
follows:
overture Observation-Disclosures. Orchestra
Bagplpes. .Messrs. Donaldson and SpanAe
Address. ......... Mr. WIN. W. Anderson
Highland Fing..s.,.,.......M Miss Wilson
Song--'Losle o Buchan" .,...
..............,...... Mr. Duncan Bell
Recitation. ...,,.-,... .Jardgc w. n. Shaw
Piano Solo. ,.....r.Mr AldNdse p. KIDD
Comic Song Nj IN, s+,,nita
Sour-sA' Car tho I,yo =, 1,,.a,, ~
AZ, v,,.eo,
otslauettr Ms pe',.se IL
Mrs. Manage, Me.,rs Ron and Gstas
sece~on '.-..,.......-....,... OrcAe SRA
Violin Solo ...........P Prot, Anton Dlehl
song-',A 1Xee nr,nnis o.s,.,
"'"PP,, .,'''-'
.................sMis Bessie Hughes
Horp Solo--Nnuie Laurie" ..,.......
y,.','''''.. Miss McElroy
,stan' ., i' ,1l uBleT.
Song .................... Mr. snaHkis
Quarte5tc Miss Hughes Mr. Nun
ger. Messrs. Bell and Gatcs
"Atlll Lang Svusr socict, ,,1 ,r,,,,,,,.,
Miss Ora AVERT v,g no ,cce.n,,,, nj. y.
for the evening
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After the ,onccr, ~, ,.o, .oo.,r,,.,
paratory to the ball that was to follow
The ball feature uls also crotcb t,,s
muc,, tho .t,
'''''ipd' uHHees OF tine
tne iaas and bonnie iassies Of that coun-
~ u w S,amu mlreh vas Yea by Mr.
ISVi anu thch the follow
LIZ "iue, 81 u1helns was observed: Two
Srofc, raa WALL, lnneers
,Iodlnbnrsg9' po'S"' w''l% lFlowers Of
VIZ re Two a.ep. Highland schottlsche.
,-e ~, w. 0 ~ wa@ d very ENJOYABLE feat
Of hos Mn V ,,,aa SUI a soou proportion
over and narticlnated sou ,epl SVayel
e ersr nrU P''ic'pa'ed IN the dance pro-
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The menu was unidue in its ,vordi,r
aud arrangement b, whom q cana aaa'e
to rhe viande n 49, go w" q
Ter \, ,.ha, -. 'S'Nl '''' no uis'
things to eat are etill good. The sumner
w4s az once dcaclte and substlntlal
one, and one that did ample justice to the
more properly, hose who contrihutad
tneit presence TO the oceasion-did ample
The mem, an a., ,ro,..
festival follows: % '"'
VlnV no. inca ana Gamma eat.
But we hss meo, ~, 10 . MSnl II
An sac the Lord be th,nJdt .
"i'b y hNhH
'" i''u aug uhappit Taities
pottea t1otd ,, hoaSl yshl
81 ii NDslueen.
8ueI irQot frao Billantrae
'N'l hauo''s'
Jsrhhl,so.l. 49,,
o''S1 'eN hues ,eu Cluche AMI Ham
1.,.tt eu h'nS'
,,s,,,, 80, Ou'f'th nn Neeps,
S ,e,sn. rattle salad.
'ViS anu lettuce