The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-05
SCOTS SUCCESS
AND IT'S SECRET
Adaptability and 1horoughtless q
North Country People Their
Chief Characteristics
STRONG AND STRENUOUS FOLK
Ian Maclarcn, Famous AUTHOR
Writes Of People He Knows
So We'll.
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,rbcrc are two features III Scots cliar-
,rtnr which seem 10 be oonlradlctofy,
rut whose combination has made nc scot
n successful citizen OF inc "orin. one
q. hts n,ssionatc devotion to his country.
IL ,,ov tnlo his way 10 the ends OF the
a..,, mn wherever he travels the Scot
ao,r,ns Nth him. and bcqucaths TO his
a,,,iaron and even to his chidren's chill
L., ihn indomtablc Scots accent, his
elimination for Burns, his loyalty 10 the
scots nation, and, although lie may have
left hdr communion, h!s RESPECT for The
sro,s J{jrh. Scotland Is but n small
country in geography but. like Greeco
and Palestine. II has made its influence
felt in the history Of the race. Because
II has been small At has been the easier
carried In the Heart Of its people, and
because II has also been n hard land.
with a poor soil and n stern climate,
and n mnsterfnl Kirk Scotsmcn have
been the stronger and moro strenuous.
A severe mother, Scotland has been n
faithful nurse OF men, and no land has
been more dearly loved by her exllcs.
Wherever there are half n dozen In
city, they gather on ST. Andrews day to
cat their national dishes, and hear the
national music. and. above ALL 10 toast
their native land and, TO do tho Scots
patriots justice, to help their poorer fell
low-citzcns. lf any man writes worth
Nv OF Scotland, the Scots people TO tho
ends OF the earth will buy his books,
and II any man OF their blood carries
himself we'll in3 the battle OF life they
Will celebrate his name.
a Loyal Exile.
1T has been brought against Scotsmcn
,.ip,, rt,o rpa ha "A N
one another, but II IT. be credtnblc for
one brother IN n largo family, surely 1t
cannot be dscreditabe for one member
OF a small nation to lend n hand to his
brother ns they both fight the hard bat
A tie OF lie. II Scotsman do not rs a rule
4 return 10 their native land when they
have made n little money. as Italians
arc apt 10 do, and also Germans, they
love TO visit 1t when they have oppor-
tunity and they are persuaded that there
Is nothing in all tho world SO beautiful
as the stcely blue OF Scots locf. or tho
gray sea breaking OH the North East
coast or the purple and emerald OF inc
heather In autumn, or tho glory OF sun
set on the hills OF skye. From the
islands OF the South Sea. Stevenson re.
membercd the land in which he coula
~, Two aud In his home sickness wrote:s
ITS III TO loose the bands when COG
dccreed to bind
ct,,l shall we DO tho children OF the
heather and the wind.
Though far away from home. It's aye
for you ard me
That the broom is blowing bontly IN INC
North Coun;rfe.
,,,inh,Hhc ,ustly inferred that man
q strongly and fercely patriotic could
,,n,nr flourish outside his own country,
~, you'd yitlcr like a flower In AN u!l-4
an,onta, soil and It must be iranKiy
confessed that the Scot has nov htNh's
bcen warmly popular abroad. put ma.
he tns sometimes excited leeIinG APP
nroaching TO dislike. pr. tombstone wa" was
not a blind and enthusiastic adnliTer o.
~. scots. and even Charles Lamp ~ ms
-. ,.Imnerfect sympathies," declared
,hnt he couid-not gct3on with the Scots.
car,o;n,y there Is some reason LOT
n,a ,cing the Scot with being self 5sa us
fled opinionatcd, bigoted, ana thI1ltS -
fault. Nat tho
scot has not only been leaving NE coul'..
in long procession for centuries pu' ~
has been q most succcsslui a''u' ~. ~
whole. welcome emigrant wherever. ne mas
zone s. Having learned the principle OF
iovaItv to his own land. he applies me
samoE principle to the land Of his adoption.
Will. the members OF some other natlohs
ba.itato 10 naturnllze themselves ~
new country, and keep themselves h4ool
from the national life. the Scot almost ~
yariably becomes n citizen. and throws
himself into the public HE.
The Passport of Scottish Birth.
In n short time he will be identified with
I social causes and With political parties
and be on his way to be leading PM
lnnthropist5 or the governor OF state.
rho criticism to which Scotsmen have
been subjected has been partly due to
their pronounced nationalism IN speech
and manner, but also to their undenluble
success In life and public affairs. Per-
haps Englishmen of the eighteenth CEN
tury might be excused their Jealousy o.
tho Scot. when ono remembers thht ~
London the Earl Ut Butte was the ruling
power In politics;.that, In medicine, XII
calrn had one Of the largest practices;
that In business, Andrew Drummond, 81
tho House OF Strnthalan, had made a
huge fortune in banking, and that In 1T
erature Smollett had taken the town by
storm with "RhoderclS Random" Be-
sides, does not John Bull complain by the
mouth OF his oracle, DR.. tombstone, and
by other people, that the Scot always
brought some friend with him, and every
Scot stood by Ills jcountryman, so that
their settlement seemed ono huge con-
splracy for spelling II fat southern land
and defnudng supplemented English
men OF their rlghts. In short the Scot |
bore transplant!ng better almost than
any other people--1the Jew being his
rival In this matter--and having struck !
able to drive them down into the soil OF
very country where he lands.
Scots to the Fore.
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