Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-26


desciple Of liberty second as the poet
OF love, and third as to his poetry OF
religion. We are told by the soclolOglstS
that the dominant character among the
men OF today is no longer the man OF
the drawing room, whose position IN
society is safe aud whose fortune Is
made, elegant and careless with no
employment but to amuse himself and
10 please; who lives TO converse who rs
gallant and who passes his life In con-
vorsation with finely dressed ladies'
amidst the duties Of society and the
pleasures OF the world. Such was the
man Of three or four generations ago.
before the French revolution. Now II
Is the plebian bent on getting on.
Tame says It IL the man I'm a black
coat who works alone IN his room or
PUSHES about seeking friends, often
envious, feeling himself always above
or below his situation in life sometimes
recognized, never satisfied but fertile
IN invention not sparing his labor and
undergoing an evolution nv his own
mind like that which modern nations
have undergone
His patriotism, usually associated
with Scots Wha haze wi Wallace Bled,
is continually exhibited In less famous
lines In which he urges Scotland to as
sert herself,
And, Lord, II ance they put her tit,
Her tartan petticoHt she'll Kilt,
And dirk and pistol at her belt,
She'll rim her whittle to the kilt
In the first she meets.
Burns was fundamentally religious,
though he protested himself a deist
and sutiri2cd some Of the shams and
shows Of religious ceremony in o biting
sarcasm that not even Voltaire HIM
self equalCd, Yet he was a deyout
believer in Cod and his "Cottar's sat-
urday Night Is the most feryent Of ali
religious idys
Burns was the first representative Of
the modern man in the British Isles.
He was a strange mixture OF misery
and talent He was born January, 1859,
amid the hoar frost of a Scottish win
ter in a cottage OF clay built by his
father. a poor farmer or Ayrshire, This
life Of wretched poverty I'm which he
was reared Is reflected In his poetry,
"See yonder poor oerabored wight"
etc. He knew that there are men cap
able by nature, and that they alone are
noble that the coat Is the business OF
the tailor; titles, the gift of royalty;
but "the mans the gowd for a that II
Is the proud distinction Of the Scottish
race, through Burns, their spokesman,
to have been In the van Of the revolu-
ton for human liberty which began
Il century ago
Burns love poetry reflects the best
emotions Of the heart. lie was always
In love- This was considered his great
fault yet IT is a fault allied to great
ness, for only the best minds can truly
love. He Is indeed the poet Of love, and
| his love songs are ever on the lips Of the
youth. the whole world over. In the
words Of Wallace Bruce:
! No cloudless sky, no summer noon,
| But kens the banks o bonnie Doom;
| There Is no heart, but fondly turns
| Responsive 70 the land Of Burns
When success finally came to him, the
year in Edinburgh society developed
| his greatest faults--conviviality and the
adoption Of purely English dialect, to
| show his culture He died at 81 years
so amented Of his countrymen that
| they asked "Was II worth II, dead
| but deathless poet of Caledonia, so rap
| idly to burn out your life's brief cam
| dle?" and so dearly beloved that they
| repeat Of him as he of her whom he
loved SO well, the lines:
| O pale, pale now thos rosy lips
| oft had kissed so fondly
! And closed for aye the sparkling glance
| That dwelt on me so kindly.
In honorlng Burns, the Scotch people
honor themselves; for 1t requires minds
susceptible to poetry to admire a poet;
| those capable Of true love, to honor a
| lover; and only honest souls can really
admire an honest and outspoken man.
} WHEN EAsToN CAME IN.
Shortly after the conclusion of this
toast, Mi. II. c. Easton was conducted
into the hall, surrounded by throng
/ of friends. Again cheers arose as the
| tail form and beaming countenancc OF
/ the popular singer came through the
! throng that pressed on every side TO
! shake his hand. When he arrived at
! the speakers stand Mir. Irvine of Pro-
vo made himself heard above the up
roar long enough TO suggest a Scotch
song by Easton. Bowling and smiling
( to the applause, Mr. Easton sang In his
! best voice. as well he might after such
! a reception, "MaXwelton's Braes are
Bonnie" etc. When he sang again and
/ the piper was recalled, The evening
| closed to the thrilling strains Of the
| hagppc. associated in memory with
! the Scotch glens. The company dis
pcrsed lust before midnight, and the
affair was declared, by the guests, to
be one of the finest they had ever at
tended. Mr. Hood and Mr., Henderson
were showered with congratulations
upon the success of the undertaking,
The affair was held In the hail of the
society at the corner Of Main and First
/ South streets.