Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-12
SEATTLE angry
At HARRY LAUDER
BITTER ATTACK 81
q SEATTLE PAPER
Declares He Insulted Audience and
Used the Shorter and Uglier
Wori-0bjected to Remarks.

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Harry Lauder. the famous Scotch
comedian, did not meet with any great
degree Of appreciation during his APP
puaranCo at Seattle.
The following account in a Seattle
paper indicates that Lauder hasn't
warm place in the hears o. Seattle
people:
After his management hal pulled
on one Of the biggest ho'd.up games
ever prope'ratel on re people Of
Scattle--after Re had been entertained
layishly by the sooichmcn of this city
Harry Lauder, the ,aUch oye-t5u.ci
Scotch comedian last nGht insulteI
his audience inaul.ci bis countrymen.
applied the "-hort m ar worlr to
those who we're t..ing 10 hear him
land Incidentally mace n solemn ass
Of himself On the stag, OF the Armory.
Nc. only was the q. u..re-patrJliz-
ing portion Of seatt g s. .llled by the
people sent hero by William Morris,
the Independent vaudeville man but
after being rNllilci and buIeted
about and made mos; uncomfortable
by the worst ranagcment ever seen
OF theatrical attraction in this city
II was made to swallow LADDERS silly
insults aDd pretorl to Ike the desc
Perhaps one.ifth Of the great audi
dence. estimated at four thousand.
that gathered % hear him could hear
distinctly what he said. Not more
than oneforth could see him.
AT half-p1gt eight last night three
thousand people We're still outside the
ArmOry, wading about in the mud and
trying to wedge into the tunnellllie
entrance. 1t was after nine before
the laet gown had h2ol r3.iel IN the
criieh 20 get tr0u,h The oHe arrow
( en .rUrc7 D-3I tel lv laUiai's pho-
/ rl2 "efnrhs, "a pgsN'a uira p I
. begun ar the E."a. nHIi 8 h.1
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ely &c Or to aGH'n'r -url a
NV JoI r''d 'hoi5 ~ neg f,r nothing
excuse us--fo: LauIc:'s great pr1n.
! small cUm'oit g. snrg hnt Gary
f, louder "ns singilg 1ii tllki1g son
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up scGenly Eve MS, enc dollar. TWO
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, caNci Hrus hlh
90" MANI N0rir tad provided a
tSIicn I'D sau1e,lf> bll--that goes
without s.yns on the dr1nitic
paBa Of this iegdr .is'r Thomas tells
how El,Inge- brt thlt's not for now.
at was q patient IN COOL nitu-ei
crowd and cries Of Lbudcr!' from
the submerged fourHfths were long
time in coming When they came
Lauder got angry. lie stopped and
scolded. Thon says he:
lin not going to speak enc bit
louder-if yo'er deaf that's ye'er own
fault When Lauder spoke without
accent and the attention OF the crowd
was strained TO the utmost he could
be understood with a sm;-a ne re-
sumei his performances and, in pass
ing It may be said that he probably
gave the first few rows very pleas
ant evening.
AT intervals the cries OF Louder!'
were repeated. At the finish of the
bin Lauder came down to the foot
lights, frightened up his belt and waded
In. Here Is what he said:
81 have appeared all over the Uni
tod Statos-in halls as big as this
and this isthc first time have been
Interrupted. Now | wan. you to I'M
dorstand that my reputation extends
further than the back of this hall!
didn't come 10 this country to enter
tain few scots--it wouldn't pay me.
am an acto- ani a singer am not
n roarer and | didn't come here to
roar ana ! am not going to roar. n
can't be heard it's because you don't
listen.
"a won't he dictated to by the PEG.
pie In the back OF the hall that paid
only Fifty cents for their seats. I
asked them Il they heard me ana they
shouted NO.. Them noes was lies,
NOV | will sing little song and
then when | get 10 Aud Lang syno
want ynu all TO Join me-
Shocked ut LADDERS impotence
and Ignorance. dumb at his insults.
the audience sat for n few seconds
In utter silence as he began to sing.
Then slowly the poor swIndled crowd
commenced TO seek the exits ana
when Lauder reached Aud Lang
Syne at last, few wef~ iert to join
him.
And for unwittingly assisting In
last nights grand larceny the Times