Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-08
LAUDER HONORED
BY CALEDONANS
HARRY, WEE DR0LL, GUEST OF
LOS ANGELANS
NOTED SCOTCH SINGER IN
PRIVATE SHOWS RESERVE
Celtic Impersonator of Characters Is
Made Honorary Member of the
club-Says He Has Met No
Strangers in America

Harry Lauder last night went to
his "show" with the strains of "Auld
Lang Syne'' and "Will Ye No Come
Back Again ?" ringing in his ears, and
with pleasant and inspiring memory
of a happy friendship dinner given
to him and Mrs. Lauder by the Gale
DOMAIN club
The banqueting hall of the West
minister hotel was filed with repre-
sentative men and women of Los An
geles, who had assembled to do honor
TO the Celtic singer, who sat near
Mayor Alexander, President Norman
Mcdonald, Toastmaster Alexander Gal
loway, and j. e. Wilson, the master
of ceremonies. He was as serious as
Presbyterian minister of the auld kirk
and the old school. Harry LADDERS
"chapacters' look as absolutely diff
ferent from him as one man can pos
sibly look different from another. Mr..
Lauder in private life is reserved,
quit, scholarly, refined and gives one
the impression of being student who
utters no word lightly and takes the
quiet, scholarly, refined and gives one
grim earnest.
In addition to those named, the fol-
lowing members and guests of the
Caledonian club dined with Harry
Lauder:
List of Banqueters
Mrs. Alexander, Miss Lydia E. Alex
ander, Mrs. Norman Mcdonald, DR..
Tom Davidson, 7. Judge, B. P. Fraser,
James S. Begg, James Pringle, C. M.
Gordon. James Calderwood, ]. r. Grant,
Winnipeg, Canada; Andrew Robertson,
Cordelia Grylls, A. E. Burns, R. ].
Pritchard, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J.
Waugh, Mr. and Mrs. j. A. Ritchie,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Imlah, Charles e.
Mccall. Miss Hazel Tobins, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Stewart, J. C. Hosick,
Mrs. A. Foster, Miss Ada Conquer,
James Anderson. Miss NJ. Brown,
Piper A. Black, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ritchie Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Abel,
Mrs. George B. Greig, Mrs. w. T. Nc
Arthur, Miss C. MacKensie, D. Reid,
Robert Bruce Gordon, John MacLean,
Alex Simpson, D. NJ. Sutherland, An
tonia Apache, E. o. Sawyer, jr, Judge
Henry Howerd Rose, Mrs. L. C. Cline,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Russell, Mr. and
Mrs. w. ]. Gowans, Edmund Mitchell,
DR.. w. T. Macarthur, Frank G. Fin
layson, Mrs. Helen G. Teed, Mrs. Alex
ander Galloway, Mr.. and Mrs. Gregor
Mcdonald, Agnes Bowers, Alexander
F. N. Bowers, Annie r. Lyon, Ed
ward NJ Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. E. Burr,
Mrs. A. Burr, Mrs. F. Robertson, J.
e. Dunkley, Malcolm Macleod, Mr..
and Mrs. George F. Young, Mrs ]. P.
TAFT, Jamie TAFT, DR.. A. ]. Scholl, A. J.
Scholl, Alden NJ Mitchell James C.
Collie, Harry Whipstock, Piper Donald
Finlayson, Piper Robert S. Tully, r.
M. Cox, Ethelynda McMullin, William
Phillips, William R. Phillips. Rex Ger
ett, Mr. and Mrs. w. Wilson, ]. A.
Mcleod. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip A. Raab,
NHt,1
Mrs. Harry Cooper, Mel Hancock, Miss
Christian Fellenger, Frank E. Wolfe
and David G.. Baillle.
The company partook of what was
supposed to be a typically Scottish
menu consisting of cookie IeelSy, pickett
geans, caul kali frae Aberdeen saw
mon sprats wi speerit sauce, champit
tatties, bubbly jock stuffed wi persly,
hip an haw jeelie. green peas an sy-
boes. gundy, whippit cream, baps and
short breid, denitasse.
Elected Member of Club
President Mcdonald in a speech of
welcome informed Mr.. Lauder he had
been elected an honorary member of
the Caledonian club. and Mr.. Lauder.
amid cheers, pinned the club badge
on his coat.
Mayor Alexander, who was intro
les ever had" and was greeted with
loud and prolonged applause, gave a
few facts and figures illustrating the
marvellous growth and prosperity of
Los Angeles and its importance as a
city of homes and as a commercial and
educational center. Harry Lauder was
asked to tell "How we Americans and
near Americans appear to larry
Lauder"
The guest of the evening, who was
received with vociferous cheering, said
that although when he left Britain
somebody told him he was going to the
land of the stranger, in all his Amer
lean journeyings he had not met any
strangers. He had found only friends
The arrangement of his itinerary made
his stay in Los Angeles brief, but he
hoped he would return. He added;
Here is the impression / would like
to leave in this beautiful city of
yours: would like when L have gone
away to have your friends meet You
on the street and say: I wonder when
Harry Lauder is coming back
]. e. Wilson spoke of 1.-THE Land we
Left" Frank G. Finlayson of Cali
fornia, the Land We Live In" Ed
mund Mitchell of kindred Societies
and DR.. Macarthur was spokesman for
"the ladies, God bless them"
After dining with the grave reVer-
end Harry, the company attended the
concert of Harry, the wee droll wee
divert and helped big audience
cheer him to the echo.