Dunedin BURNS CLUB.

Otago Witness, Issue 2528, 27 August 1902, Page 4

Dunedin BURNS CLUB.

The Dunedin Burns Club held their monthly gathering at the Choral Hall on "Wednesday, when the building was comfortably filled. Mr J. J. Ramsay (president) occupied the chair. A3 usual an enjojable and highly-appreciate programme of musical and other iteniß was gone through. The address of the evening "'was delivered by the Rev: W. A. Sinclair, who chose as his subject the time-honoured one of " Scottish Wit and Humour." The speech, -was a. brief one, buf highly amusing, and illustrated by a number of appropriate anecdotes'. ? ,Tho speaker first pointed out the characteristics o£ Scottish wit and humour,, and then assigned/ the reasons why these should *oe ap they are. Their country, their climate, their liistery, rehg.on, and theology had conspired to -make* the Scotchman a serious man, and he >ras in^ dined, instead of looking out for the fantastio and humorous in life, to View life in its more seriau3 aspect. The subtle difference between wit and humour was aptly stated an 3, ilhj3»trated. Humour, the speaker stated, -was an. absolute necessity in a man, and it was.it«_ saving salt of life. In concluding. h«--«aidl that though unfortunately a colonial by birth<_ he was a Scotchman at heart, and haS'as "kesnl an interest ard love for ScotJand as those vrha cculd claim her as their native land. Mr Millar Fra3er (who kindly appealed with th« permission of Mr Dix) delighted all with hig rendering of " Bonnie Dundee " and " Come Under ma plaidie," and was vociferously applauded Ho expressed in a few appropriate •words the pleasure it gave him to be once more in Dunedin after an absence of something like 25 yeais. Very high'y pleasing was Miss- May, Donaldson's violin solo " Amang tho heather' (Mackenzie), and her encore number was still better. Mr P. EadieV recitations completely hit the taste of his lis_teners l 'a£nd he was'constrained to give no less than Songa were contributed by Miss Smaill, " Roy's wife of Aldrvalloch," " Doon the burn, and ■" O 1-afPy bird"; Mr J. Robertson "Battle of Stirling" and another; and Mr A. Dempster " Out on the desp." Mr B. A. De Lautonr andl party contributed »d instrumental quartet, '• Scotia," and the. Duaedm Fife and Druml Band play-ed a march in good style, Pipeo Mtiklejohn's bagpipe music opening proceed"* li'gs. The choir, under Mr W. R. Don, their cocductor, rendered acceptably the part songs '• Flora M Donald's lament, ' " The slippy stane," " Oh, hush thee my bzby, " and "tlfe "' Skye boat song." Miss E. Wright, es usual, acted as accompanist, and the singing of " Auld • lang syne " brought the gathering to a close.

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