New-York tribune., 1910-12-01
TOAST LAND O. CAKESI
Carnegie Says, Love Scotland
as Mother. America as Wife,
HEPBURN DIGS UP HISTORY
Annual Dinner of St. Andrew 8
Society Draws Large At
tendance of Scotchmen.

With speech and song the giories of
bonnie Scotland were recalled at the hun
dred and thirty-fourth annual dinner of the
St Andrews Society. held last night at the
Waldorf Astoria A Barton Hepburn
president of the society, was toastmaster,
and called on Andrew Carnegie. "the bold
est Roman of them all though a guest
question him a Scotchman could be
Roman, TO respond to the toast Of The
Land o. Cakes
Before proceeding to the toasts Mr.. Hep
burn went into ancient history and recited
the legend of how the bones of St. Andrew
had been brought 10 ST. Andrews and how
King Angus had. in consideration of the
victory obtained by the favor of the saint,
founded what has since become the Uni
versity of St Andrew Mr.. Hepburn sought
the approval of a Lord Rector Of st. An
drew's for his incursion into history.
The Laird of S<ibo dweIt on the influence
of Scotland upon the struggle for American
liberty. and recalled that John Wftherspoon,
president Of Princeton, had been one of the
leaders in the revolution to such an extent
that the King Of England said "Presby-
terian minister has run away with the At
lantic states
he aged lrOnTlaSter. Win MS HdllNe az
cent unimpaired recited the verses Of
Burns which. he SAID, had done more TO
bring about the world wide change in polit-
ical conditions than all the battles ever
fought He hailed the words of Burns. the
monarchy OF man., as the death knel OF
al hereditary privilege. and foretold that
thev would bring about the triumph of the
republican form Of government throughout
le world nd he reign Of
Speaking OF present conditions in Scot
land the Laird Of Skibo told of distilIeries
lying idle. Not man on our estate" he
continued. not a butler. a gamekeeper or
d chauffeur. even to the captain of our
yacht but is a total abstainer. On the
first of January each year d bonus Of 10
per cont is paid to every enploye of the
estate who can truthfulIy say that he has
not tasted liquor in the past twelve months
except by order OF his doctor. That is the
most eloquent sermon for temperance that
has ever been preached in Scotland"
Dwelling on the peculiar Scottish quality
OF getting there Mr. Carnegie instanced
the success OF the chairman Of the evening
He recalled the fact that Woodrow Wilson,
Governor OF New Jersey, was to have re-
piled to one of the toasts. and remarked ::
He resigned one presidency TO become
governor, and who knows what other
presidency may await him. for he has
that Scotch pecularity of getting there
and may get a greater presidency by a
New Jersey majority.
We love Scotland as a mother. and Wa
worship America wife, and If any
man of Scotch blood is ever faithless to
either, may dishonor be his and may the
fire on his hearth be quenched.
DR. John NJ. Thomas, president of Mid
dlebUry College, Vermont, said Vermont
was a land of cakes, TOO, but in addition it
had sugar He had often wondered why
Scotchmen did not care for sugar with
their cakes and had sometimes wondered.
despite what they heard of the idle dis
tilleries, whether it was not because the
Scotch preferred the sugar in distilled
form He drew a comparison between the
Scotch and the northern New Englander,
and dweIt for some time on the problems
that affect this country, especially that OF
conservation. The nation with no prob
lens is the nation most in danger. he
said We have tasks that We can grip
with sufficient force to upbuild our man
hood
Martin W Littleton ard Augustus Thorn
as were the other Spea 6ers, and Scottish
songs were sung by John Reid and E.
Theodore Martin. and messages were read
from Scottish societies all over the con-
tinent and even from far away Austria
liza.