New-York tribune., 1907-12-01
HAIL TO ST. ANDREWS !!
IT WAS SCOTS WHA Haze.
EUen Moneys and Eidlitses Happy
at annual Dinner.

Four hundred odd Scotsmen or their descend
ants (the odd is in the number, although Il In
cluded such names O'Rourke, Perkins. ODon-
nell Iselin. Reilly. Barry, DAILY, OLoughlin De
Peyster Eidlitz. Mooney and other like patro-
nymcs) sat down in the main ballroom OF the
Waldorf Astoria last night and ate and drank and
sang themselves cheered while others sang the
praises Of Scotland and st. Andrews
To grace the occasion of the 15lst anniversary
dinner of the St Andrews Society of the state OF
New York the sons of the Land o CAKES ana burns
had not q few celebrities at the PRESIDENTS taDie
to tell the diners what good reasons they had 10
congratulate themselves on being Oh lle 00o'0Ai
blood or affiliated with II.
The greatest of these. measured In the volume
Of the applause which burst from the generaAy
enthusiastic gathering in the ballroom, was little
white haired and white bearded man more 1nme-
diately from Washington, but more distantly from
Glasgow before he sent TO represent MS
Britannia majesty King Edward VII at our own
capital. With another man of short stature ana
not so entirely dissimilar In coloring, ne snareo
the main pIaudits of the nerrymakers
Both Mr. Bryce and Mr.. Carnegie smiled tnelr
own gladness at being with Scots and gave what
would have been noisy testimony of 1t had not
their handclapping been merged In the Vouine oi
sound which broke out all at once at the dPpeai-
ance Of the killed pipers, who made a nraVe sno"
ing with their melodies. from Scots VIVA Hae
20 .ef2rose and Butter" Also, needless to say
there was red in the clannish checks Of these gen
tenen their knees having the natural CO.. sriis'
after the approved Highland fashion
T5vervbodv was looking toward the blue ana
white cross St. Andrews cross ana the reo nun
of Scotland set against greater mass Oh uie So So
and Stripes when Robert Frater MUNRO preS4U0t'N
of the society, in opening the after olhle' e'e
ing proposed a toast to the President ana @ tneh
again TO the King. Not an ORourke or an Eluli'A
among them that was not there In the mighty To-
enouse to the toasts. So were all the Macs
When Ambassador Bryce was introduced every
body on his feet and joining IN the "oros u
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. The AInoasSd"or
from Great Britain did not forget to remind those
who were ready to hear 1t last night Of the part
"hs ain countrie" mad played In making great the
nation he represents officially. To show that scot
land is still doing her part to keep the Ensnsn
government going, he pointed out that the Lord
Chancellor both the Archbishops of the Church or
England and four Of the last five Prime Ministers
Of England could be braced TO the land TO the
north of the Tweed.
"I do not think" said Mr.. Bryce, that there
has ever been a small nation that has played
greater part the worlds history than has Scot
land. Another fine thing about Scotland Is that
her sons are always able to be on good terms with
whomever they dwell I have never known
scotchman in America who did not believe that he
could have received a better reception anywhere
else than in America"
AS to England and the English Mr.. Bryce's easy
tolerance Of them readily won his audience.
why, get very well with thera." said the
ambassador. They don't always under stand our
theirs" CMerriment) Despite this Insunderstand-
ing, said the ambassador. Scotland was getting on
very well. and Scotchnen still able to cher
fish fine patriotism OF their for things that
were exclusively their own. King Edwards rep
resentatve did not have to particularize further
10 his hosts than to say that Burns was probably
the most true and genuine popular poet that any
country had produced.
John Foord said the Irish were fine people. "as
they speak well Of another" His Arm
and authoritative grasp the pronunciation OF the
Scotch words put his hearers in the mood for
John Reid's delivery OF Scots Wha Haze"
Ex-Mayor Seth Low, who took the place OF Ham,
i1ton W. Mabie the programme and spoke on
The Land We Live In" praised the President OF
the United States. and said he had sought TO exalt
tho nation. not in wealth, but in righteousness.
Referring TO the popular claDor about the dan
gers threatened by the rush OF immigration from
Southern and Southeastern Europe, Mr. Low
thought that IL cause for qualification rather
than Of uneasiness that the great mass of this
horde should stop in New York and other big
cities. as thus We're afforded the best opportuni-
ties for rapid assimilation
Among the other speakers were the Rev. Dr.. g.
Parkes Cadman, DR.. Neil McPhatter, president OF
the Canadian Club and Job Hedges.