The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-01-26
THEY HONOR
GREAT BARD

| fish Thistle Club.
The audience was a thoroughly rep
resentaive one and a feature of i
was the number of prominent men IL
every walk Of life present.
/ The country sent a large delegation
almost every plantation from Homo.
lulu TO Kahuku having one or more
representatives at the concert.
The guests We're seated at long table.
and enjoyed the excellent program of.
fered TO their hearts content, discuss.
ing the while the refreshments hos.
pitably provided by the Scottish This
tie CIab.
The program was prefaced by some
Introductory remarks by Chief j. G.
McGili on the day which furnished ths
occasion of the gathering. and which is
celebrated wherever the sun shines
throughout the civilized world. He
also touched on the club under whose
auspices the concert was held.
Piper Fraser followed with bag
pipe selection. rendered in his own in.
imitable style
D. W Anderson sang There Was a
Lad Was Born in Kyle" and then Rev.
Alex. Macintosh responded to the
toast. THE Immortal Memory Of Rob-
ert Burns" concluding by reading a
poem alleged to have been written by
Frank Godfrey
c. E. Edmunds was next called upon
for a song and in response obliged
with The March o. the Cameron Men, .
which was encored
The time for toast having arrived,
THE President of the United States
was Given" and responded to by Dep
uty Attorney General II. F. Prosser.
He spoke Of Roosevelt the man, and
of the strenuous life which, he said.
consisted in doing a mans work in a.
mans way. He was a great admirer
admiration for the English and espe-
cially the English way Of doing pol
itfcs. It had been said tina. an English
man took his pleasures sadly but how
ever that might be it was certainly
true that he took his politics serious
ly, and this was the way they should
be taken.
James A. Wilder followed with song
describing the varied experiences OF
one who had fit for General Grant. !"
and which brought down the house.
AS an encore he gave clever imper-
sonation of a clergyman seeking to ex-
pound a text Of the import Of which
he was woefuIly ignorant
An imitation of the bagpipes on a
violin, by r. J. BuchIy was next in
order and created no little anguish
among those present and made Piper
Fraser distinctly jealous Mr.. Buehly
is certainly very finished performer.
He responded to an encore.
C. G. Livingstone obliged with THE
Land O. the Leal.' sung in an artistic
manner which delighted everybody.
Robert Cation then made a happy
response to the toast THE Land OF
Burns He spoke of the starting IN
Honolulu of a subscription for the
of the Aud Brig o. Ayr
and invited all to pay, pay, pay"
quoting from the greatest present day
poet of the British empire. the only
fault he could find with whom was
that he couldn't make q Scotch engi-
neer speak his native dialect correctly.
After Messrs. Rowland Livingstone
and Edmunds had sung about Willie
brewing a peck o. maui, the audience
did stunt in which much maui" ex-
tract figured. The trio,s selection was
much appreciated and an encore was
demanded and given
Chris. Jenkins proved to be in excel |
ent voice by singing THE Song Of the |
He was one Of the many
entertainers OF the evening who were
.ncored
The toast THE King and Queen
trunk with musical honors brought the
irst part Of the program to a con-
fusion. The national anthem of
England was enthusiastically sung.
he words having been thoughtfully
printed on the program for the benefit
+ everybody. Hearty cheers were also
dven for the King
The toast THE Land We Live In"
ishered in the second half Of the pro-
ram, and was responded to by Secre-
airy a l. c. Atkinson in the absence
nrough illness OF u. s. District Attor-
ey r ". Breekons-
Clifford KimbaH, who is heard all too
eldom on the concert platform. next
ang Gypsy John
C. G. Liyingstone's fine vocal talent
Tas again heard to advantage IN +Oh
Or a Breath OF the MoorIand.S and the
acore number Annie Lanuie.