LAUDER'S PHILOSOPHY

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 12

LAUDER'S PHILOSOPHY

With a speech full of philosophy and wit, Sir Harry Lauder entertained the members of the Rotary Club of London, whose guest he was on 12th April. According td the report of the function appearing in the Daily Telegraph, the chairman, . proposing the health of Sir Harry, said one of the quickest ways to get a "Brighter London" would be to put hihi ori the permanent &taff, for he was One of the finest exponents of that great doctrine of unselfishness, the brotherhood of than, and service to Hhe community that was kfibwn by the name of Rotary. .

Sir Harry Lauder first treated the company td ail original song voicing the praises of the Rotary movement. He went .on. to say. that his first thought in coming .amongst them was that he would rather bring happiness to the world' by affection, and not hell by affliction. "I w,ould rather," he said, "read a man's bankbook than read hia credentials!

Credentials are something that, can be faked by the pen, but' your bankbook ! Oh! boys!" (Laughter.) They could not fake the bankbook, but they would get all they put into the bank if they would only save it. up. It was a habit with. some people; with Scotsmen it was a gift. (Laughter.) "It's a grand thing," said Sir Harry, "to be out of debt; it's a grand thing to know you are Walking down the street in your own boots, or sitting down in yoUr own trousers in' your own motor-car—(laugh-ter—and whether you think yourself little known is unimportant, for the great thing is, are you worth knowing?" He wished the world had the gift of thrift, for the man who was thrifty and efficient was a patriot from the crown of his head to the soles of his feet, and we needed patriots ndw, > just the same as We did during the war. (Hear, hear.) the whole world's intelligence and genius and talent must be pooled to-day, and room must be made for the contribution of every nation to the total good of humanity.