SIR HARRY LAUDER.

Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, 11 May 1925, Page 7

SIR HARRY LAUDER.

A “CRACK” BY THE FIRESIDE. "1 found “The Laird” smoking his long pipe by the fireside in one of Dunedin’s comfortable hotels. He’d had a busy day; what with pipe bands, receptions and races. “When I try to port pay any character,” he said, “I sit down and think things out. Igo over every , little detail of dress, mannerism, patter, gesture, etc., in my nnnd. 1 watched the antics of an old “tar” at Portsmouth for a whole week. At last I got the character I wanted, tried it out at night, and next day the London Press said I had never dono anything better. The same can be said about ‘The Boss o’ the Hoose.’ This is a character study pure .and simple, and not, as some people are apt to think, a caricature of- the Scot. are scenes of everyday life in Scotland that the world lias no idea of. and I am only dep-cting a few in ‘The Boss o’ the House.’ ‘Doughie, the Baker,’ ‘When I Was Twenty-One,’ ‘Nannie,’ etc. You will find a line of truth in every song I sing.” “Will you be giving any new numbers when you come to _ TimaruP” “Undoubtedly,” said Sir Harry, “I will most likely sing all my new numbers, including ‘The Boss o’ the House, ‘lho End of the Road,’ ‘Hame’s Aye Hame,’ ‘l’m Looking for a Bonnie Las,’ etc., but I have a very large company of world famous artists supporting me, and they must get a chance to let you see what they can do. I shall bo glad to meet all my old friends once more to bid them goodbye. I have had about 30 years of a strenuous life, and £ think I deserve to retire on tho few shillings I have struggled so hard to earn.”