Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-16
And MRS,
LAUDER GUESTS
OF THE AID CLUB
'contnued from page one, J

wne0 the L3nuef party aTfib6Gs 10 Ds
greeted by many cheers from the Al
/, Club members already assembled a
the tables. With President Earring,
/ ton there were seated Mr. and Mrs
Lauder. Governor Pinkham. Mrs
/, Chas. Crane, Mrs Harrington, Mrs. G
II. Locke. Mrs. E. Strange, Mrs. j. Co
hen, Miss Fenella Miles, Mrs. David
laughs and Mrs. George Chalmers
! AT the plate of each lady guest was 9
large corsage bouquet of violets.
The program was very informal ano
TO a large degree impromptu. After
the AID Club quartet had sung Ad Clut
songs, Robert Cation was called upon
az one of Scotland's sons. He furnish
ed some off-hand fun in the course OF
several stories which led to quick
witted repartee between Lauder and
himself, and voiced the sentiments OF
[the company in stating that all were
glad to meet and entertain Mr.. and
Mrs. Lauder.
| Harry L. Strange next told how he
had seen Lauder in London when the
Scotchman was friendless and alone
and how LADDERS ability had won him
permanent recognition. J. A. Dunbar,
who arranged for LADDERS visit. and
who accompanied him on the tour OF
the city today, next spoke briefly.
After welcoming Mr.. and Mrs. Lau-
der on behalf of the AID Club, Mr..
Dunbar presented them with beauti-
full leis. 1t was then that with many
cheers as accompaniment Lauder was
elected to honorary membership.
Then Mr.. Lauder was called upon.
Getting on chair without more ado,
the famous little comedian brought up
smile that instantly evoked a wave
Of laughter which increased to riot
when he began telling Scotch stories.
Alternating broad dialect with Eng
lish in which scarce trace of Scotch
accent was noticeable, he thanked the
club for its courtesy. He told briefly
but with some real pathos of his early
struggle for success, and referring to
the AID Clubs recognition of the Ia
dies, declared that even on the low
est rung OF the ladder he had been
cheered on by his wife.
He ended by singing two verses of
Scotch song, one of them ending
"Goodby till we meet again" but the
cheers were so insistent that after this
he got back on the chair and sang an
other song, the Scots goodby after a
night o. conveeviviality," as he put 1t.
He also announced that he will be
back here probably in October and
promised an entertainment at that
time.
ser ,,,o,,t - osa Va all o,Iid look
at me-. he declared, so that ven
know me when ] return next fall.
Moo that I'm a. member o. the AID
Club I'll expect We all-when come
back-to add, and seem as I'm no a
stranger moo have nae doots, but
what I'll have grand hoose.
AN / can tell We" he added amid
a storm of laughter, that IL I'm no
gettin' ony money here today, I'm get
TIM a lot o. fun"
MOO" he concluded, 81 must leave
We, for my wife wants to veesit SOME.
shops and spend some siller. Goodby
ia We ALI"
( The AID Club arose and joined in the
chorus of Aloha at the end of the
luncheon and then Harry Laucer and
his wife were hurried off for the
steamer, which left at Q o'clock.
In Roll Of Spendthrift.
Leaning far over the rail of the up
per deck of the Oceanic liner So
noma, scattering guilds, shillings, PEN
MES and HAPPENINGS and farthings, to
a bewildered and squirming swarm of
bronze-l imbed Hawaiian swimmers
who disported themselves beneath the
profligate hand that supplied the gold
en- and silvered shower, thick-set,
kilt-clad, smiling Scot, stopped long
enough in his role as "A Bonny Boun-
tiful' to briefly admit to a little dele
cation of Honolulu business and news
papermen that he was just Harry
Lauder. refusing either to affirm or
deny that he was entitled special
niche in the hall Of fame.
I'm rotten sailor and I'm not at
all fit. so will net sing at Honolulu"
declared the famous Scotch comedian
as he became the center of "a group
in which President W. R. Harrington
of the AID Club and j. A. Dunbar and
Harry Strange we're members Of
reception committee that met Lauder
at quarantine
See that big fellow down there"
exclaimed Lauder pointing into the.
water to swimmer more prominent
than the rest
Here goes my last siller," he said
as he turned with a sigh to accept an
invitation fer an automobile trip to
Pearl Harbor. around Diamond Head,
a visit to Punchbowl. and a trip to
the Pail. followed by a special lunch
con at Alexander young hotel, given
in his honor.
Il left London but few weeks ago,
played brief engagement at Chicago,
and few other cities of size in cross
ing the continent Was given the
time Of my life in San Francisco.
This is my first visit to Honolulu and
] think that 1t is simply great from
this distance at any rate said Lau-|
der as he let his gaze rest on the
clcud-capped Waianae range
Il expect to remain four months in
Australia and New Zealand. In re-
turning to America, l may pass
through Honolulu aS I am hoObod