The sun., 1908-12-02
LAUDER GTYBS 4 FREE SHOW
1HE iLDERMEN EXTRACT A
SONG FROM IME SCOT,
VINO Made IN OstentatIous Pilgrimage
TO the City Hall 20 the Glory OF the
Press Agent-swapped Dialect WITH
the Mayor While the Pipers SkiPIed.

In addition 10 the usual vaudeville
.how Of dialect entertainers which ac-
companies the weekly meetings Of the
Board of Aldermen the Board received
Yesterday a young man named Lauder
who gets real money for singing Scotch
songs right up on top Of the stage. This
fact WIS admitted late last evening by
Mr.. Eddie Pidgeon. who would admit
il closely pressed that he Is press agent
for regular theatre. MIR. Pidgeou
was found in the Old King Cole Hole OF
the knickerbocker Hotel, where he had
gone TO stimulate himself with glass Of
sarsaparilla.
It required a good deal OF persuasion
TO get Mr. Pidgeon to acknow ledge that
this Lauder person had really been be-
fore the Board OF Aldermen. "This
publicity is really very painful TO me"
said Mr.. Pidgeon. IF all this stuff really
gets into the newspapers I--I-why, l
really don't know what l shall do about
IT, At the same time" he continued,
throw ing both arms around the report
ers neck and forcing him into a chair.
If you insist on printing the story may
as well see that you get 10 straight
Whereupon MIR. Pidgeon said in part
about 10000 words.
it appears from what Mr.. Pideeon said
that several persons had previously heard
OF MIR. Lauder, but not mountaineering
not enough persons-also meaning that
not enough persons had heard enough.
1t was difficult to persuade Mr. Lauder
that this was the case. but II was eventu-
ally accomplished. 1t was believed. how
ever. that IL Mr.. Lauder we're TO don his
kits and enter carriage, and that If
score of Highlanders. also clad in the
near clothes Of their native country and
headed by squad Of sight pipers pip
ing we're to precede MIR. Lauder from
certain theatre all the way to the City
Hall, several persons along the line of
march might notice what was going on,
especially II the procession were led of
by pair OF mounted cops. How then
TO get the cops2 All. but have we not
young Reggie Doull. who represents
10 the Board of Aldermen? Upon re-
fecton We certainly have. Hence the
mounted cops.
The procession formed at a the atre,
the name Of which for the moment escapes
one, at noon, right resting on Mt. Pidgeon.
the Lauder person. MIR. Pidgeon at the
last moment declined to accompany tho
pageant giving as q reason fear he en-
tertlined that IL he were seen somebody
might think il was Q prees agent stunt.
llr. Lauder poohpoohed this fear. but
Mr.. Pidgeon was adamant and stayed
uptown.
The procession processed. As often
as the cops would allow il the pipers
skirled, if that is the proper word In
case it shouldn't be, one will say, in the |
hope that it may be accepted as substi- |
nte, that the pipers frequently Inflated
then blew into their pipes. The pipes |
received this atmosphere without thanks !
and in turn poured it out upon an i'll |
prepared Fifth avenue in the form OF
desoate sounds.
Tuesday is Mayor McClellan's unlucky |
day. All kinds Of things happen to him |
Oh tuesday, and of course IL was just his |
hick that he hadn't yet gone out to lun-
Cheon when Lauder and pipers arrived at |
the City Hall. closely pursued by throng
OF curious ones. Isaac Fromme took the |
Lander person in to call on his Fxcellency. |
The pipers stayed outside and skirled. !
-Hoots. your honor" remarked Mr.. |
Lauder.
-Hoots. yourself replied the Mayor. |
lis Draw cauld NIGHT the NIGHT on tn |
moontns.'
Mr.. Lauder responded by saying that
mon was a mon for a that and followed |
Burns. The pipers sxirled. The Mayor
went out and ate heavy luncheon
Mr. Lauder having let it be known that |
he had come TO visit the Mayor and the
Board of Aldermen at the express request
Of Little Tim Sullivan. now thought he
manic Chamber and make the acquaint-
ance Of Little Tim, who said later that he
had never seen Mr.. Lauder before. He
said later that he certainly hadn't invited
Lauder. 70 the City Hall.
The Aldermen were just getting ready
ppers marched proudly In. Alderman
Doull received them and took Lauder
up TO the rostrum and introduced him
to President MCGOWAN. President Nc
Gowan called the Aldermen to disorder
and announced that Mr.. Lauder was with
them: He assured the Aldermen that
Mr.. Lauder was q Scotch comedian. A
number OF Aldermen applauded and Mr..
Lauder said OF all the receptions he bad
ever received he had never received
reception like this reception, After that
The pipers marched up and down the
chamber In front Of the presidents ros-
They skirled tune that nobody. but them
selves have ever met before or would
recognize II he had. Mr.. Pidgeon said
subsequently, that It was a tune called
oh, wad l had tn breeks. the breeks.
the breeks O. bonnie DOOM And it may
very well be so.
Now, Alderman Sullivan Is a humorist,
and as Lauder was evidently about to
depart he conceived the notion that 1t
would be perfectly good jest TO extract
something from the Scot without giving
MP anything in return. He therefore re-
quested a song. The Lauder person
could not we'll demur, so he said he'd sing
An Irish song out Of Difference TO the
nationality Of many members Of the board
he had bought the words Of this song
from an Irishman in hard luck. He paid
him 81 for it and wrote the music himself
he ould sing it. He did sing II.
II was a sort Of Irish exile lament about
poor devil who had come over from Ire
land 10 get on the police force and about
now he missed the old country and the
old folks at home sleeping In the little old
IVY covered cottage before the little old
Peat fire and about how there was a fair
colleen waiting over there for him and how
e4d she'd be to see him again II he could
only raise the price OF a steerage ticket +,
IN" Queenstown. II was first rate sobby {
stun and several Of the Alderman were /
AZ ectei, one OF them going so far as to
say that twas shame to pay an Irishman ,
10 more than 50 for such a song as that.
BHt Alderman Sullivan was satisfied, I
he had got something for nothing-and Z
from Harry Lauder at that.
, he minute the applause died away a
. I'iIe~ shook hands with President