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Small capital text has been changed to all capital. +Additional notes will be found near the end of this ebook. + + + + + GLASGOW MEN AND WOMEN + + + + + [Illustration: + + THE EARL OF LYTTON AS LORD RECTOR OF GLASGOW UNIVERSITY + + _Frontispiece_ + + A Rosebud garden of Girls With the adjacent Professors + + Professor Simpson’s Introductory Paper + + “Patient and Attentive Hearing” + + The Clerk to the Senate + + “Milton’s Memorable Vision” + + “Educated Intellectual Youth of Scotland” + + Poet and Diplomatist LL.D. + + “And this from an Austrian Sabre + When the field of Marengo was won” + + “Let me give you a preliminary instance”] + + + + + GLASGOW + MEN AND WOMEN + + THEIR CHILDREN + AND SOME STRANGERS + WITHIN THEIR GATES + + A SELECTION FROM THE SKETCHES OF TWYM + BY + A. S. BOYD + + LONDON + HODDER AND STOUGHTON + 27 PATERNOSTER ROW + 1905 + + Printed by BALLANTYNE & CO. LIMITED + Tavistock Street, London + + + + + CONTENTS + + + PAGE + INTRODUCTION 11 + + MUNICIPAL + THE FOUNDATION-STONE 19 + A RECEPTION AND AN OUTING 20 + THE JUBILEE BALL 23 + THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS 24 + OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION 27 + QUEEN VICTORIA AT THE EXHIBITION 28 + THE SHAH OF PERSIA 31 + FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NEW CHAMBERS 32 + A CITY BALL 35 + SHUNA 36 + + THE UNIVERSITY + JOHN BRIGHT, LORD RECTOR 39 + THE BUTE HALL 40 + EDMUND LUSHINGTON, LORD RECTOR 43 + THE EARL OF LYTTON, LORD RECTOR _Frontispiece_ + A RECTORIAL ELECTION 44 + BAZAAR IN THE UNIVERSITY 47 + + INSTITUTIONS + THE ROYAL EXCHANGE 48 + THE CORN EXCHANGE 51 + AT THE CIRCUIT COURT 52 + THE MITCHELL LIBRARY 55 + GLASGOW GREEN 56 + THE BOTANIC GARDENS 59 + GLASGOW PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION 60 + + POLITICAL AND OTHER VISITORS + THE CROFTERS’ COMMISSION 63 + THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY 64 + MR. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN 67 + LORD GEORGE HAMILTON 68 + A LIBERAL MEETING 71 + WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE 72 + MR. GLADSTONE IN GLASGOW 75 + LORD HARTINGTON 76 + THE EARL OF ABERDEEN 79 + INTERESTING STRANGERS--VARIED 80 + HENRY WARD BEECHER 83 + GLASGOW JURIDICAL SOCIETY 84 + + ARTISTIC + INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS 87 + PEOPLE AT THE PICTURES 88 + ARTISTS AND THEIR FRIENDS 91 + AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE 92 + THE FINE ART INSTITUTE AGAIN 95 + ART CLUB COSTUME BALL 96 + TABLEAUX IN REHEARSAL 99 + + MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC + A BERLIOZ CONCERT 100 + A MACKENZIE ORATORIO 103 + THE MANNS SEASON 104 + MUSICIANS 107 + DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 5TH L.R.V. 108 + DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 1ST L.R.V. 111 + DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 1ST L.R.V. AGAIN 112 + THE PHILOMEL CLUB 115 + + VOLUNTEERS + A VOLUNTEER BAZAAR 116 + A GATHERING OF THE 1ST L.R.V. 119 + WEST OF SCOTLAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION 120 + A BOYS’ BRIGADE INSPECTION 123 + A REGIMENTAL SOIRÉE 124 + ON BOARD THE _DRAKE_ 127 + + SPORTS + WEST OF SCOTLAND SPORTS 128 + FOOTBALL 131 + HIGHLAND SPORTS 132 + CRICKET 135 + WESTERN BATHS 136 + WELLCROFT BOWLING-GREEN 139 + POLICE SPORTS 140 + + SOCIAL EVENTS + FRIENDLY SOCIETIES’ DEMONSTRATION 143 + A PATRIOTIC DINNER 144 + A COUNTY ASSOCIATION SOIRÉE 147 + A COUNTY SOCIETY DINNER 148 + AN ENGINEER’S ANNIVERSARY 151 + AN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION 152 + THE ATHENÆUM HOUSE-WARMING 155 + THE ELDER PARK, GOVAN 156 + EAST-END EXHIBITION 159 + + THE RIVER AND THE FIRTH + A LAUNCH FROM NAPIER’S YARD 160 + THE CHANNEL FLEET 163 + AN OCEAN LINER 164 + THE COASTING SEASON 167 + HOW TO GO TO THE COAST 168 + IN ARRAN 171 + AGAIN IN ARRAN 172 + SEASIDE BITS 175 + A YACHTING CRUISE 176 + CORINTHIAN YACHTING 179 + ANOTHER YACHTING EXPERIENCE 180 + THE _COLUMBA_ 183 + FAIR DEALING 184 + + TOWN AND COUNTRY CHARACTER-SKETCHES + SOME FELLOW-TRAVELLERS 187 + TRAMS EAST AND WEST 188 + THE FLITTING TERM 191 + A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE 192 + A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION 195 + SAFETY ASSURED 196 + BEARING WITH THE INFIRMITIES OF A FRIEND 196 + THE PARSON OF THE PERIOD 199 + SPIRITUAL APATHY 199 + EMULATION 200 + A BONE OF CONTENTION 200 + NATURE’S SIMPLICITY 203 + ANOTHER OF THE SAME 203 + GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME 204 + WHAT IT’S COMING TO 204 + THE REASON OF IT 207 + AN ART EXTRA 207 + GUID GEAR 208 + WHAT IT IS TO BE A LORD 208 + NOT A LIKELY CUSTOMER 211 + JEER, BOYS, JEER 211 + REGULAR DEAD-HEADS 212 + PRIDE OF STATION 212 + SYMPATHY 215 + A CITY IDYLL 215 + OUR BOYS 216 + A SEASONABLE THREAT 216 + BEARING A BOOL 219 + SAIR FASHED 219 + HE KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT 220 + THE SOFT ANSWER 220 + KIND INDEED 223 + ALMOST TOO FASHIONABLE 223 + THE RISING GENERATION 224 + PARADISE LOST 224 + A BAD RECOVERY 227 + THE MAN OF FEELING 227 + A RIGHT TO A CHARACTER 228 + A PROVISIONAL ORDER 228 + INTERFERENCE WITH FAMILY PRIVILEGE 231 + HALLOWE’EN RIVALS 231 + A DISPUTE IN THE FIRM 232 + DIGNITY OFFENDED 232 + BEFORE THE BALL 235 + ETIQUETTE AT THE RIVETERS’ RE-UNION 235 + REAL BENEFACTORS 236 + THE LOAVES AND THE FISHES 236 + SIGNS OF THE FESTIVE SEASON 239 + MORE SIGNS OF THE FESTIVE SEASON 240 + RANDOM QUOTATIONS 243 + + + + + INTRODUCTION + + +HERE is a book about Glasgow; not the Glasgow known to our young friends +in their teens, or remembered by those in their early twenties, but the +Glasgow familiar to their fathers and mothers when _they_ were in their +teens and early twenties. That was away back in the ’eighties, before +the days of electric light in the streets, electric cars, an intricate +internal railway system, the new art galleries, and all the other +improvements of which I--a stranger almost in Glasgow now--am only dimly +cognisant. We considered Glasgow in those days, as many thousands do +now, to be a very good place to live in. We had some rather jolly times. +We took an easy and good-humoured view of things in general; and if the +pages of this book convey any other impression, then they fail in their +purpose. The two weekly papers in which the sketches originally appeared +tried to minister to this easy-going good humour. + +One of these papers is dead; let us speak of it respectfully. The other +was its senior, and is its survivor; let us speak even more respectfully +of it--the _Bailie_, which, dating from 1872, has for over a generation +been one of the recognised institutions of Glasgow. It is, and has +always been, essentially a local journal. Though every now and then +portraits of personages who are prominent outside Glasgow circles have +appeared in its pages, it is Glasgow alone that forms the _Bailie’s_ +chief concern. As the experience of three and thirty years has shown, +the life of Glasgow--municipal, political, social, artistic--abounds in +ample material for criticism and comment, humorous or otherwise. All +sorts and conditions of Glasgow folk have, I am told, contributed to the +_Bailie_--Doctors of Divinity, Doctors of Laws, Doctors of Medicine, +Members of Parliament, Bailies and Lord Provosts, among others--but the +anonymity of the contributors has always been preserved, and to that +anonymity may be ascribed some portion at least of the paper’s success. +The one individuality that has become known to the citizens in +connection with the _Bailie_, and whose name I may therefore be +permitted to mention, is that of John D. Gray, who has occupied the +position of manager from its origin to the present time. The _Bailie_ at +its beginning had practically the same modest aspect that it has at +present. It had fewer pages, and beyond the cartoon portrait of Lord +Provost James Watson, it had no attempt at illustration. Of the more +fully illustrated papers of the kind that had been tried in Glasgow, +_Quiz_ was the only one that had anything like success. It published its +first number in March 1881, and it lasted, through several changes of +proprietorship, for about twenty years. Its first editor was William +Robertson; its dramatic critic John Reid; its business manager Arnot +Reid. These three friends did the greater part of the writing, both in +prose and verse, in the earlier years. The design on the cover was by +Martin Anderson, afterwards widely known as “Cynicus,” who contributed +many of his quaint conceits to the paper, a later artist contributor +being Harrington Mann. The great proportion of sketches fell to the lot +of “Twym,” and it is from these that most of the present selection has +been made. + +William Robertson, after a lingering illness that lasted for more than +five years, died at his mother’s home in Alva on the 24th December 1889; +and Arnot Reid, whose connection with _Quiz_ ceased when he went to +London--and onwards to Singapore, where he edited the _Straits +Times_--is buried at Tonbridge in Kent, where he died on the 21st July +1901. + +As in the case of the _Bailie_, the writers in _Quiz_ were anonymous. +The columns of gossip and criticism were signed, but only by pen-names +that did not reveal the identity of the authors. There is no need now +for withholding names. I have already mentioned John Reid, who was an +untiring contributor. His “Chronicle of Small Beer” did not appear in +_Quiz_, however, and indeed was not written till some time after he had +stopped writing for the paper. Another writer was James Nicol Dunn, +lately editor of the _Morning Post_, and now of the _Manchester +Courier_; while contributions (chiefly poetical) from John Davidson, the +late Dr. James H. Stoddart, and Sheriff Spens have also appeared in +_Quiz_. I am speaking, of course, only of the first seven years or so, +all I can speak of, in the career of _Quiz_. That some of the contents +of the paper were of more than passing interest may be conceded, as +several reprints have been made from its pages. We remember the “Martha +Spreull” of Henry Johnston, the “Law Lyrics” of Robert Bird, and the +“Sweet Briar” of James Strang, while the dainty “Wayside Vignettes” of +William Canton are, most of them, to be found in his subsequently +published volumes of poetry. The drawings of “Cynicus” also have been +republished in various forms, and two albums of “Twym’s” sketches have +been issued, 1882 and 1883. + +The identity of “Twym” was never much of a secret, I daresay. I used to +be asked frequently what my pseudonym meant. If there are still any +friends curious on the point, it may interest them to know that the word +was only an arbitrary combination of letters, and had no meaning +whatever. + +My last contribution to _Quiz_--the Prince and Princess of Wales at the +Exhibition--appears in this volume, as does my first contribution to the +_Bailie_, Lord Lytton at the University. One drawing has not appeared in +either of these papers. The sketches I made when the Queen visited the +exhibition were for the _Graphic_, and I have had permission to make use +of the drawing done at the time from my sketches in making a new page +for this book. + +It would not have occurred to me to drag these sketches from the +obscurity of the past, were it not that an undoubted authority informed +me, in a moment of confidence, that a book of this kind would be an +unquestioned benefit to the men and women of Glasgow and to the +strangers within their gates. He, in short, commanded their +re-publication. And so the original proofs were looked out and selected. +They were also carefully revised, a line being strengthened or added +here, a line being lessened or eliminated there, and new blocks were +made on a slightly reduced scale for the purposes of this volume. + +When I look over the faces and figures herein revived, and when I +consider how many of those they are meant to represent have passed away +for ever, the collection seems a trifle antiquated; but when I remember +that many of the personages are still living and working, in Glasgow or +in other parts of the world, some in the enjoyment of higher place and +power and title, I am disposed to think the subjects quite modern, +up-to-date, and possessed of sufficient interest to warrant their +resuscitation. + +For the notes that accompany the sketches, I had thoughts of beseeching +the aid of one or other of my Glasgow literary friends--my old comrade +of _Quiz_, John Reid, perhaps, or Henry Johnston, or George Eyre-Todd, +or J. J. Bell, or Neil Munro--or of my wife; but if any of these +sparkling pens had come into play, where would my sketches have been +beside their erudite romantic humour? As this book was meant more to be +looked at than to be read, I thought that those who cared to inspect the +drawings would not object to have a plain word or two from the man who +made them, instead of something more brilliant from a real literary +person. + +It is as something of a veteran that I speak in these notes, but I trust +I am not too garrulous or egotistical. The notes are not meant to +contain much information, but such as they do contain is, to the best of +my knowledge, to be depended on. + +And now begins the little reminiscent show and the running commentary by +the showman. + + A. S. B. + +LONDON, _November 1905_. + + + + + GLASGOW MEN AND WOMEN + + + THE FOUNDATION-STONE + +LET us begin with matters municipal and with a notable event. On the 6th +of October, 1883, the foundation-stone of the new Municipal Buildings in +George Square was laid. There had been a good deal of excitement and +much preparation, for although Glasgow was making a purely domestic +thing of it, a sort of family party, and was to be independent of +Royalty or of any other distinguished person from the outside, there was +to be a considerable spectacle, a procession of the trades with banners +and all kinds of music. There were triumphal arches and other signs of +gorgeousness in the Square. A great area was given up to grand stands +and platforms for the accommodation of the innumerable people who wanted +to see the deed done. The man who did the deed was one esteemed worthy +the honour of doing it, Lord Provost John Ure, who was going out of +office in a few weeks time. There is a back view of the Lord Provost +here in the robes that were, if I mistake not, a new adjunct to the +dignity of the Glasgow magistrates. But you will notice that when the +real business of the day had to be undertaken, the Lord Provost doffed +his robes and went to his work in a workmanlike manner. + +Everybody was pleased, everybody was proud, and as many as the City Hall +could hold dined there in the evening and drank success to the building +that would grow over the stone declared to be well and truly laid. + + [Illustration: + + A Decoration + + The City Chamberlain + + The Town Clerk + + THE LORD PROVOST + + The Provincial Grand Master + + The Chief Constable + + A Temporary Statue + + Minions preparing for the Deed + + The Lord Provost from the South East + + The Oswald Statue made use of + + The Obstinate Youth who would not sit down + + In the Ladies’ Gallery + + IN GEORGE SQUARE + + Sufficient for the Day + + IN THE CITY HALL + + The Toast Master + + THE SHERIFF OF LANARKSHIRE + + MR. G. ANDERSON M.P. + + MR. WM. PEARCE + + THE LORD PROVOST + + LORD CRAIGHILL + + SIR ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL + + THE LORD PROVOST OF EDINBURGH] + + + A RECEPTION AND AN OUTING + +IT fell to Lord Provost William McOnie, appropriately enough, to +entertain the members of the Iron and Steel Institute when, in September +1885, they held their conference in Glasgow under the presidency of Dr. +John Percy. The reception was in the Corporation Galleries, where indeed +the meetings of the Conference had been held. It was said that the +pictures were in no way the worse by contact with the Conference, but +how could Art suffer if Iron and Steel were happy? + + [Illustration: + + Reception in Honour of the Iron and Steel Institute + + The Struggle For Food + + Lord Provost McOnie + + Dr. John Percy FRS + + Sir Henry Bessemer] + +And here we have iron and steel, in the form of the steamer _Scotia_, +doing their best to make things comfortable for the Weavers’ Society of +Anderston, one of those ancient organisations that form an essential +part of the constitution of Glasgow. The annual outing seems to be early +in the year. It is only the end of April, but the weather is a foretaste +of summer, the destination of the party Lamlash, and the Deacon of the +year Mr. Archibald Stewart. + + [Illustration: + + 30th. April 1885 + + With the Weaver’s Society of Anderston. + + Deacon Stewart] + + + THE JUBILEE BALL + +THE next municipal event herein recorded falls on the 16th of June, +1887, on which date Glasgow celebrated the Jubilee of Queen Victoria. +Lord Provost McOnie had given place to Lord Provost James King, by this +time a Jubilee Knight, and Sir James presided over the local +celebrations. There was a Volunteer review on the Green during the day, +which was a hot one, and in the evening a ball given in St. Andrew’s +Halls. That this was a festive gathering is perhaps sufficiently +indicated in the sketches; that it was loyal may be taken for granted. + + [Illustration: + + 9 WALTZ + + SUPPER FROM 10.30] + + + THE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS + +A MYTHICAL being, supposed to be the Special Commissioner of the +_Bailie_, is here represented as inspecting the interior of the +magnificent new buildings, reared from the designs of Mr. William Young, +and at that time being carried well on towards the finishing touches. + + [Illustration: + + A Bit of Stained Glass + + A passing feature of the Great Room + + He looks higher + + He dreams he dwells in Marble Halls + + He tries his hand at Mural Decoration Subject “Commerce” + + Our Commissioner is directed by the Clerk of Works + + He views George Square through the Front Door] + + + OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION + +THE International Exhibition of 1888 was a large item in that part of +Glasgow history with which we have to deal. We deal with the exhibition +on its two great occasions only, the first being the opening ceremony by +the then Prince and Princess of Wales, who brought a glorious day with +them for the purpose. + +The day was the sixth of May. The Grand Hall of the Exhibition was +crowded for hours before the advent of the Royal party. As there was +music enough to listen to, and much to look at in the individuals +composing the crowd, nobody felt the time hang heavy. After the Prince +and Princess came and had taken up their position on the daïs, the +formal opening of the Exhibition did not take long. Dr. Donald Macleod +delivered the prayer; Sir Archibald Campbell read the Address; Sir James +King presented to the Princess the Album containing water-colour +sketches given by members of the Glasgow Art Club; Dr. A. C. Mackenzie +conducted his “New Covenant,” and the Prince of Wales in a short speech +declared the Exhibition open. + + [Illustration: + + WELCOME + + At the Central Station. The Lord Provost presenting the Magistrates + + IN THE EXHIBITION SIR ARCHD. CAMPBELL PRESENTING AN ADDRESS] + + + QUEEN VICTORIA AT THE EXHIBITION + +THE Exhibition had been a success beyond all expectations, and its +crowning glory was the visit of the Queen. Her Majesty paid two visits; +one, in State, on the 22nd of August, and another privately on the 24th. +Accompanying the Queen were the Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of +Battenberg, the Grand Duke of Hesse and his son the Hereditary Grand +Duke, besides his daughter the sweet-faced Princess Alix, who is now +Empress of Russia. Her Majesty had not been in Glasgow since 1849, and +comparatively few of those who saw her then can have turned out to see +her nine-and-thirty years after. Few or many however, I have no doubt +they were as enthusiastic in their welcome to the venerable Queen as +they had been to her in their younger days, and as their younger fellow +citizens were on these fine days of August ’88. The Queen was the guest +of Sir Archibald and Lady Campbell at Blythswood, and besides going to +the Exhibition, the Queen visited the Municipal Buildings and Queen +Margaret College; Paisley also coming in for a share of the royal +attention. + +Among those who were presented to the Queen at the Exhibition was the +architect of the Buildings, Mr. James Sellars. His lamented death +occurred in October, before the close of the great show he had done so +much to make memorable. + +Mr. John Lavery was commissioned by the Executive to paint an important +picture of the Queen in the Exhibition, and his work now hangs in the +permanent collection at Kelvingrove. + + [Illustration: + + THE QUEEN READING THE REPLY TO THE ADDRESS AT THE EXHIBITION.] + + + THE SHAH OF PERSIA + +NASR-ED-DIN, afterwards assassinated in the streets of his own capital, +was what is called an “enlightened monarch,” and he wrote a book about +his Western travels. At the time he visited Glasgow he was the guest of +the Duke of Montrose. In the City he was taken first to the Council +Chamber, where an exchange of compliments took place between His +Oriental Majesty and the Lord Provost. After that he was conveyed to the +Corporation Galleries, where a large party sat down with him to lunch. +Prince Malcom Khan acted as interpreter of the formal speeches, but as +for the conversation at lunch, so far as I remember noticing, there was +nothing very animated. It is just possible that Sir James King had +learned the Persian for “good,” “bad,” and “middling,” pronouncing these +words emphatically or interrogatively to his guests on either hand as +the various dishes came round. Even a Lord Provost can’t get up an +entire Oriental language for only one occasion, but three words properly +applied go a long way in making one’s self agreeable to an Asiatic +Monarch. + + [Illustration: + + The Boy at Luncheon + + The Shah’s Reply in the Council Chamber + + Presentation of Consuls + + Prince Malcom Khan wonders how it will come in English + + Sir James Marwick + + Sir John McNeill + + The Duke and Duchess of Montrose + + Sir H. Drummond Wolff + + The Shah prees the Soup + + The Grand Vizier + + The Fair Beauty and the Dark Ones] + + + FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN THE NEW CHAMBERS + +IN September 1888, when Queen Victoria had an Address presented to her +in the courtyard of the new buildings, Her Majesty’s reply concluded +with these words, “I gladly inaugurate these noble Municipal Buildings, +which are worthy of the ancient renown and modern prosperity of your +great city.” It was not for more than a year afterwards that this first +Council meeting was held under the palatial roof. Sir James King, we +see, is still Chief Magistrate, but Lord Provost John Muir is not far +off. + + [Illustration: + + A Few Councillors + + Deacon-Convener Mason + + Lord Dean of Guild Ure + + Some Magistrates] + + + A CITY BALL + +AND here is Lord Provost Muir taking advantage, in February 1891, of the +splendid possibilities of the new chambers for purposes of reception and +entertainment, possibilities that have been amply demonstrated by Sir +John Muir’s successors in office. + + [Illustration: + + Dowagers in the Gallery + + In the Supper-Rooms + + The Refreshment-Room + + The Ball-Room + + The Reception Room + + Arrival of _The Bailie_] + + + SHUNA + +THIS western isle, two-and-a-half miles by one-and-a-quarter, one +hundred acres being arable land, has belonged since 1829 to Glasgow, +having been presented by James Yates, a native of the city. Few +opportunities have been taken by the Corporation of visiting this twig +of the civic tree, though now and again a small deputation has inspected +the island. On the 7th of August 1890, a large party of the Council and +their friends went by special train to Oban, where Bailie John Neil had +placed his steam-yacht _Myrtle_ at their disposal for the voyage to +Shuna and back, a matter of two hours each way. It was a perfect day +among the islands, one of those days that make the lot of even a Glasgow +Magistrate a not unhappy one, one of those summer days that it is always +pleasant to recall. + +On the island a ten-months-old baby was waiting to be christened, no +minister having been on Shuna earlier in the infant’s career. The +ceremony was performed by Dr. Edgar and Mr. Milligan, two clergymen who +were of the municipal party. It was a proud quarter of an hour for the +young shepherd and his wife, the parents, and the hat which was passed +round obtained a substantial tocher for Mary Ann Myrtle, as the child +had been named. + + [Illustration: + + The “Myrtle” + + Farewell to Shuna + + Our Yachting Host and Hostesses + + The Christening Party + + The Shuna Mother and the Shuna Mite + + Rev Dr. Edgar + + The Font + + The “Tocher” for the Bairn + + The Tenant of Shuna and the Lord Provost’s Goatskin + + The Lord Provost’s Studious Boys] + + + JOHN BRIGHT, LORD RECTOR + +THIS is the most remote historical event recorded in our collection. The +22nd of March 1883, was the day on which a great audience crowded St. +Andrew’s Hall to hear John Bright deliver his address as Lord Rector of +the University. This address, which I daresay had a good deal of the +“Little England” element in it, is memorable chiefly for the speaker’s +earnest appeal on behalf of the wretched poor, and one remembers its +impressive simplicity of eloquence as perhaps the finest example of +platform oratory it has ever been one’s lot to hear, even as the +utterances of Principal John Caird live in the memory as being among the +most eloquent ever delivered from the pulpit. + +As Mr. Bright was emphasising one of his points he struck the mace in +front of him and its head gave way. This was promptly replaced by Mr. +Janitor Macpherson with one of his benignant smiles amid the howls of +the delighted students. + +Among the “new LL.D.s” in the sketch may be observed Mr. Henry +Campbell-Bannerman, then a less prominent figure in the public eye than, +as Sir Henry, he is in these later days. + + [Illustration: + + Mr. Chas. Tennant M.P. + + Lord Rosebery + + Professor Roberton + + IN THE CITY HALL + + A NEW LL.D. + + The New Burgess + + The Town Clerk + + The Very Rev. the Principal + + THE LORD PROVOST + + Doffing the Rectorial Robe before beginning the Address + + “I am an entire Stranger to University Life” + + “I plead for these Millions” + + Off with its Head--So much for Birmingham + + More new LL.D.s] + + + THE BUTE HALL + +THE opening of this hall--named after its donor--in the University took +place on the evening of 1st February 1884. Principal Caird in his robes +received the guests in the Randolph Hall before they spread themselves +over the floors and galleries of the larger apartment and penetrated to +the museum. Everybody who had any claim to wear academic robes had put +them on, and the effect as a whole was awe-inspiring, especially to +those who felt comparatively unclothed in ordinary evening dress. + +I have not been in the Bute Hall for many a day, but the one-and-twenty +years that have passed since the opening night have removed most of the +faces that may be recognised in the sketch and must have toned down the +walls and fittings, whose newness was the occasion of this reception, +giving something of a suitable air of antiquity to that part of the +ancient seat of learning. + + [Illustration: + + IN THE MUSEUM ANCIENTS AND MODERNS + + RECEPTION IN THE RANDOLPH HALL] + + + EDMUND LUSHINGTON, LORD RECTOR + +THE venerable Professor Lushington was made Lord Rector on strictly +non-political and purely academic grounds. It was a personal compliment +on the part of the University in which he had so long held a chair, as +gracefully bestowed as it was graciously accepted. Professor +Lushington--one must make the inevitable reference to his being +brother-in-law of Tennyson, who had “said things” about him in +verse--was the first to deliver a Rectorial address in the Bute Hall. +His address cannot have been heard by many beyond his immediate +vicinity. The voice of the aged Lord Rector was more than usually +feeble, the students were more than usually noisy, and even the hint +that Sir William Thomson (now Lord Kelvin) quite evidently gave the +speaker produced little improvement. + +The wooden doll furtively placed under the reading-desk was of course a +cause of some merriment. An umbrella wielded by the Janitor brought it +down, but I never heard who retained the toy as a souvenir. + + [Illustration: + + The dear old delightful University Custom + + Sufferers + + “Order Gentlemen!” + + A Hint from Sir Wm. Thomson + + Exit] + + + A RECTORIAL ELECTION + +IN 1887, when Lord Rosebery and Lord Lytton were the candidates put +forward for the chair of Lord Rector, the Liberal candidate had a +majority of twenty-two votes overhead, but he had a majority in only two +of the Nations. As Lord Lytton had also a majority in two of the +Nations, the result was a draw, and the Chancellor of the University, +Lord Stair, gave his casting-vote in favour of the Conservative +candidate. Thus it came about that in the autumn of 1888 Lord Lytton, as +Lord Rector, addressed the students in the Bute Hall. As shown in the +frontispiece the amenities of the position were much as usual. + +At the next election on Saturday, the 15th of November 1890, the +candidates were Mr. A. J. Balfour and Lord Aberdeen, the former being +returned by a large majority after the customary hilarious proceedings +on the summit of Gilmorehill. + + [Illustration: + + Voters for ABERDEEN TO EXTINGUISH “YELP” + + VOTE VOTE + + Voters for “BALFOUR THE MOST DISTINGUISHED LIVING SCOTSMAN” + + PEASE MEAL + + Equipped + + A “NATION” awaiting the Result + + A Tree Episode + + NATIO TRANSFORTHANA + + Quad-Wranglers + + Where some of the pease meal went + + A Prof’s Representatives] + + + BAZAAR IN THE UNIVERSITY + +THE Earl of Stair, supported by the Principal and Senatus of the +University and by the Lord Provost and magistrates of the city, opened +the Bazaar with due impressiveness. Thereafter one’s pockets were not +safe and much coin changed hands in the Bute and Randolph Halls. I +forget how much was realised--something in tens of thousands, I +think--enough, at any rate, to make the Students’ Union a proud body. + + [Illustration: + + Piscatorial + + Café Chantant + + Speculative + + Reflective + + Feline + + The Stray Child + + Stall “Victoria” + + Lord Stair’s Opening Address] + + + THE ROYAL EXCHANGE + +A SKETCH made in March 1887. There are some portraits here of city men +that may be recognised by those who knew the frequenters of the Exchange +eighteen years ago. I cannot myself venture to label any, for though +several of the figures are familiar to my recollection, their names +escape me. + + [Illustration: + + LIST OF OWNERS + + IRON MARKETS + + The Iron Ring + + Some Other Ring + + Current Events + + Personages + + In the Reading-Room] + + + CORN EXCHANGE + +HERE, also, are presumptive portraits of that period; an ex-Lord Provost +in the person of Mr. John Ure, a coming Lord Provost in the person of +his nephew, now Sir John Ure Primrose, Mr. G. W. Clark and his son, Mr. +David Clark, Mr. Mitchell Smith, Mr. Archibald Robertson, and Bailie +Dunlop. The boy carrying samples up the stairs may be a merchant prince +now, for aught I know. I hope he is. + + [Illustration: + + GLASGOW + + CORNCOBS & Co.] + + + AT THE CIRCUIT COURT + +THE respectable-looking old gentleman in the dock, and the +Saltmarket-seeming lady by his side, were accused--and doubtless +convicted--of stealing watches in a most systematic and persistent +manner from unwary citizens such as “the deaf witness,” or “one who was +robbed,” or any watch-possessing person who came within their iniquitous +radius. + + [Illustration: + + The Oath + + The Communicative Witness + + The Nervous Witness + + The Deaf Witness + + The Intelligent Jury + + LORD MACLAREN + + The Smart Detective Witness + + The Indictment + + One who was robbed + + Counsel for the Defence + + Counsel for the Prosecution + + The Prisoners] + + + THE MITCHELL LIBRARY + +THESE sketches were made on a Saturday afternoon in April 1885, in the +first premises occupied by the Mitchell Library, where accommodation was +somewhat limited, and where the odours of cheese, ham, and other +provisions excellent in their way, arose from the warehouses over which +the library had found a temporary home. + +The readers are certainly a mixed lot, and more or less picturesque, +even as are those of the more exclusive Reading-room of the British +Museum. Those who stroll in just to pass the time are easily +distinguishable from those who come for purposes of study. + + [Illustration: + + Dispensing Volumes + + Making their Choice + + Youthful Avidity + + “The Illustrated London News” + + Enough + + Too Much + + Nota Bene + + A Pamphlet + + Among the Periodicals + + Clean Hands + + “The Art Journal”] + + + GLASGOW GREEN + +THIS is the Green on a Sunday evening, when various strange people with +an out-of-the-way “mission,” or a desire for debate, can find scope for +their eloquence or their arguments, and can make a reputation of a sort. +It is a cheap and satisfying entertainment, and is fully taken advantage +of both by speakers and by listeners, mainly on Sundays, but on +Saturdays also and on other fine summer’s evenings. + + [Illustration: + + Evangelism + + A Demolisher of Romanism + + A Card Party + + A Few Words on Land Restoration + + An “Anglo-Israelite” and his Opponent + + Protestantism versus Popery + + Teetotalism] + + + THE BOTANIC GARDENS + +THE Band and Pipers of the 93rd Highlanders play. It is a radiant +evening in August. There is a glamour over the scene--under the dome of +the “Kibble,” or out on the lawn, or among the shrubberies--that is +restful and not of the city. Let us not disturb it by attempted +description. + + [Illustration: + + CHILDREN NOT ADMITTED + UNLESS ACCOMPANIED + BY THEIR + PARENTS OR GUARDIANS + + At the Conservatory Door + + “This is the Forest Primeval” + + A Dryad + + Training for the Navy + + Active Juvenile Specimens + + Specimens of the _Homo_ _Longus_ + + Dusk] + + + GLASGOW PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION + +IT met in the ex-church known as Waterloo Rooms, and was presided over +by Mr. John Turnbull, Jr., in evening dress. It would not be safe for me +to reveal the real names of the members, who were known only by that of +the constituencies they were supposed to represent; but I may say that +the picturesque “member for Durham” was Mr. Craibe Angus, whose interest +in artists and poets, as well as in politicians, was well known. + + [Illustration: + + The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker + + For Norwich + + For Hereford + + The Leader of the Liberal Party + + For Exeter + + For Pontefract + + For West Belfast + + For the Universities + + For Bethnal-Green + + The Member for Durham + + The Member for Preston] + + + THE CROFTERS’ COMMISSION + +THIS was in the Justices’ Court-House on the 19th of October, 1883, +after the Commission, a goodly array of Scottish names, had been for +some months touring the Highlands and islands. The result of its +deliberations has long been public property. I remember it was an +interesting and interested audience that gathered to hear the evidence +given in Glasgow. One venerable witness, with a long white beard, on +being asked his age gave it as “forty.” Lord Napier seemed surprised. +“Forty?” he questioned incredulously. “Well, _about_ forty,” replied the +ancient-looking man, apparently resenting any more searching inquiry as +to his antiquity. + +The “Father of the Glasgow Press” introduced in the sketch was Mr. J. G. +Temple of the _Mail_, whose death took place something like twenty years +after this date. + + [Illustration: + + SHERIFF NICOLSON + + SIR KENNETH MACKENZIE + + LORD NAPIER + + MR. MACNEILL + + LOCHIEL + + MR. FRASER MACKINTOSH M.P. + + PROFESSOR MACKINNON + + The Poetess Of SKYE + + Under Examination + + More or less interested + + The Father of the GLASGOW Press + + He admitted that he was “about forty” + + Prospective Witnesses] + + + THE MARQUESS OF SALISBURY + +ON the 1st and 3rd of October, 1884, were held two meetings, here rolled +into one, with Lord Salisbury as chief speaker, and the whole local +strength of the Conservative party backing him. At that time leader of +the Opposition, Lord Salisbury was received with much enthusiasm in +Glasgow--then not a Conservative city by any means--an enthusiasm said +to have been greater than that accorded Lord Beaconsfield when he +appeared as the University’s Lord Rector several years previously. + +Lord Salisbury was the guest of the laird of Blythswood, who was +chairman at one of these meetings, the Duke of Montrose presiding at the +other. + + [Illustration: + + Supporters + + Sir Archd. Campbell + + Mr. Pearce + + Mr. Shaw Stewart + + The Duke of Montrose + + Lord Balfour of Burleigh + + Lord Lothian + + Lord Elcho + + “It is a horrible tale of desertion committed by the British + Government.” + + Mr. Jas. Sommervell of Sorn + + Lord Kintore + + Lord Salisbury--“I only warn you to be watchful” + + Lord Dalkeith + + Mr. J. H. A. MacDonald MP + + Sir John Dalrymple Hay + + The Front Row + + Ready writers + + Mr. McAllister + + Conservative Working-men-- + + Mr. McManus] + + + MR. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN + +THE Chamberlain demonstration took place in St. Andrew’s Hall in +September 1885. It was a different Mr. Chamberlain in those days from +that known in the political world of to-day. He is referred to in the +’eighties as “St. Joseph of the Caucus and the abomination of the +Conservatives.” At that period wasn’t Mr. Chamberlain touring with an +“unauthorised programme”--something about Old Age Pensions, Workmen’s +Compensation, and Three Acres and a Cow? Of course in Glasgow he had a +tremendous and fascinated audience. Mr. Gilbert Beith, a Member of +Parliament two months or so later, was chairman. + + [Illustration: + + Mr. Cunningham Graham of Gartmore + + Mr. E. R. Russell + + Mr. B. F. C. Costelloe + + Dr. Cameron M.P. + + “There is Something rotten in our system” + + “I don’t want to quarrel with the _Times_” + + Sir Wm. Collins + + Sir Charles and his Guest + + Mr. Campbell of Tulliechewan + + The Chairman Mr. Gilbert Beith + + Thos. Russell M.P.] + + + LORD GEORGE HAMILTON + +LORD George, who was then First Lord of the Admiralty, followed close on +Mr. Chamberlain’s heels in Glasgow, and I read that the way in which he +dealt with Mr. Chamberlain’s “newly-fledged claims to be a Christian +Philanthropist” was exceedingly happy. Lord George had not dressed for +the occasion, and some people may have thought this evinced an +aristocratic disregard for appearances, but it was really owing to the +fact that the portmanteau containing his evening clothes had gone +astray. + + [Illustration: + + The Chairman + + Mr. James Somervell of Sorn + + “I can not believe in hustings philanthropy” + + “Gentlemen, Our position is peculiar” + + Mr. J. N. Cuthbertson + + Mr. W. C. Maughan + + G.H. + + Lord George’s Dress-Suit Which got lost by the way + + Lord Kintore + + The Mistress of Blythswood + + The Lord Advocate. + + The First Lord of the Admiralty being introduced + + The Solicitor-General] + + + A LIBERAL MEETING + +BETWEEN this date, December 1885, and that of the meeting last recorded, +a General Election had taken place and the Liberal party was able to +telegraph, after the counting of votes, “Glasgow’s message to Mr. +Gladstone--‘we are seven.’” This meeting, over which Lord Rosebery +presided, making one of his brilliant and witty speeches, was supposed +to welcome the seven. Only two put in an appearance, Mr. Gilbert Beith +and Mr. Mitchell Henry. There were plenty of speakers, however, as one +may see from the opposite page. + + [Illustration: + + Mr. Craig Sellar M.P. + + Sir Wm. Collins + + Mr. James Campbell + + Mr. James Caldwell + + “That is the beginning and that is the end of the Conservative + Reaction” + + Lord Rosebery + + Mr. Stephen Mason M.P. + + “The Liberals in Scotland would have a compact opposition of Six” + + Mr. Mitchell Henry M.P. + + Mr. Campbell Bannerman M.P. + + Mr. Gilbert Beith M.P. + + Mr. Wm. Jacks M.P.] + + + WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE + +IN June 1886 the constituencies were again upturned by a General +Election, Mr. Gladstone having decided to go to the country on the Irish +Home Rule question. The Prime Minister, full of his new scheme, poured +forth his eloquence in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Edinburgh naturally having +a double share. It was at one of his Edinburgh meetings in the Music +Hall that I first noticed that Mr. Gladstone’s left hand was minus the +forefinger. + +I ought to make some excuse for putting what is really an Edinburgh +drawing into a book about Glasgow, so I beg to plead Mr. Gladstone’s +fascinating personality and my desire to give Edinburgh this little bit +of a show. She very kindly allowed Mr. Gladstone to come to Glasgow for +our edification. + + [Illustration: + + A Grand Young Woman + + Mr. Goschen’s Opponent, Dr. Wallace + + On the Edinburgh Platform + + Just Stewards + + Mrs. Childers + + Lady Aberdeen + + Mr. John Cowan of Beeslack + + The Home Secretary / and his Daughter + + “I am not prepared to consent to the repeal of the Union” + + “--an extract on the subject from Mr. Fox” + + Listening for an Adversary’s Argument + + The Source of Eloquence] + + + MR. GLADSTONE IN GLASGOW + +THE meeting was held in Hengler’s Circus. At one part of his speech Mr. +Gladstone wished to read a quotation from Burke, but “the lift grew +black” temporarily, and it was impossible to see the words on the paper. +Mr. Gilbert Beith and Sir Charles Tennant stood by and made noble effort +to lend the aid afforded by a box of matches. The quotation being a +rather extended one demanded more than this fleeting illumination. But +the fortunate arrival of some candles saved the situation, and indeed +well-meaning candles kept coming on to the platform long after full +justice had been done to the words of Mr. Burke. + + [Illustration: + + “Glasgow will make true and solid work in the Liberal Cause” + + The Great MacDougal + + Rev. George Gladstone + + Mouthpieces + + Mr. Gilbert Beith + + Sir C. Tennant in a striking attitude + + “That question is not ripe” + + A Match for Gladstone! + + “What said Mr. Burke on the Subject?” + + The Old Man’s Guiding Star + + “Lord Hartington has assisted me to make _no_ further advance”] + + + LORD HARTINGTON + +THEN was the birth of the Unionist Party. Within a few days after Mr. +Gladstone’s meeting came the Marquess of Hartington (now Duke of +Devonshire), whose calm judgment and deliberate manner made a good +impression and had a considerable effect on the result of the elections +in Glasgow as in other places. The seven Unionist Candidates were on the +platform with Lord Hartington, and of these, three were returned as +members--Mr. Baird, Mr. Corbett and Mr. Caldwell. + + [Illustration: + + Sir Wm. Thomson + + Lord Ribblesdale + + Mr. James Grahame + + Provost. Browne + + Mr. Bennet Burleigh + + The Unionist Septemvirate + + Mr. Cameron Corbett M.P. + + Mr. R. Vary Campbell + + Mr. James Caldwell + + Mr. Colin Mackenzie + + Mr. G. A. Baird + + Mr. Mitchell Henry M.P. + + “The Liberal Party will not, and cannot die” + + “Has the record of the Prime Minister been one of unvarying + consistency?” + + The Marquis of Hartington + + Sir Edward Colebrooke, Chairman] + + + THE EARL OF ABERDEEN + +THIS I find described as a Separatist Demonstration and dull as +ditch-water. And yet surely there must have been something worth +listening to provided by Lord Aberdeen and the other speakers here +portrayed. Somebody may be able to recall the speeches; I can’t. I do +remember that all Professor Henry Drummond did was to propose a vote of +thanks to the chairman. + + [Illustration: + + Dr. Cameron M.P. + + Mr. Gilbert Beith + + An Irish Deputation + + Professor Henry Drummond + + The Earl of Aberdeen + + Mr. A. Illingworth M.P. + + Mr. J. B. Balfour M.P. + + Rev. Geo. Gladstone + + Mr. T. Glen Coats + + Lady Aberdeen + + The Earl of Elgin + + Mr. A. Macdougall + + Mr. Alexander Asher M.P. + + Rev. Professor Lindsay] + + + INTERESTING STRANGERS--VARIED + +THE sad-looking Mr. Michael Davitt had for his chairman Mr. John +Ferguson, who arrived in the hall before the speaker of the evening, and +assured the audience that Mr. Davitt would follow immediately. “I left +him,” said Mr. Ferguson, “just finishing his tea.” + +It was Henry George who wrote “Progress and Poverty” and who was called +the Apostle of Land Reform. As to the identity of his chairman when he +lectured in Glasgow I have only a vague idea. + +We have here also M. Paul Blouet, known as “Max O’Rell,” lecturing in +his charming way under the auspices of the Sunday Society; Professor +Arminius Vambéry, of Buda Pesth, the famous traveller, lecturing in the +Berkeley Hall to the members and friends of the then recently formed +Scottish Geographical Society; the Claimant, a melancholy man who had +done his term in Dartmoor prison, and whose Chairman was Mr. James +Martin, one of the quaintest of Glasgow Town Councillors, and a firm +believer that this and no other was “the real Sir Roger.” And then here +is dear old George Macdonald and his family in their quaint and simple +rendering of the “Pilgrim’s Progress,” with no attempt at realistic +scenery as a background, but which had, with the appropriately +decorative curtains hung round, the effect of a mediæval picture. + +On the day that I read the proof of the foregoing sentences came the +announcement of the death of George Macdonald on the 18th of September +at the age of eighty-one. + + [Illustration: + + Chairman Ferguson + + MICHAEL DAVITT + + Scottish Land Restoration + + The Youngest Pilgrim + + DR. GEORGE MACDONALD AND FAMILY IN THE PILGRIM’S PROGRESS PART 2. + + MERCY + + CHRISTIANA + + PRUDENCE + + GREATHEART + + LAND REFORM + + HENRY GEORGE + + MAX O’RELL ON JOHN BULL AND JACQUES BON HOMME + + PROFESSOR ARMINIUS VAMBERY + + Sir Roger Tichborne, Baronet? + + “That Friend of the people The Master of Works”] + + + HENRY WARD BEECHER + +IT was in the end of August 1886 that the venerable Henry Ward Beecher +came to Glasgow, on his farewell tour of this country. In Elgin Place +Congregational Church he preached on a Sunday on “The Essence of +Christianity,” and on the Monday following, in St. Andrew’s Hall, he +delivered his lecture on “The Reign of the Common People,” which was +said to be one of the best examples of the reverend orator’s vigorous +style. On the platform with him were Dr. Joseph Parker, Rev. Albert +Goodrich, Rev. W. Howie Wylie, and others. + + [Illustration: + + Rev. Dr. Parker + + Rev. A. Goodrich + + Dr. W. G. Blackie Chairman + + “The only time of my ministry that I ever saw the whole of my audience + asleep” + + “When a lion eats an ox, does the _lion_ become _ox_? No, the ox + becomes LION.” + + Rev. Henry Ward Beecher] + + + GLASGOW JURIDICAL SOCIETY + +THE Hon. E. J. Phelps delivered an address to this Society in the +Queen’s Rooms in the autumn of ’88--a lawyer speaking to lawyers from a +platform where representatives of wisdom and learning jostled each +other. Mr. Phelps was the successor of James Russell Lowell as American +Ambassador to this country. + + [Illustration: + + Sir Michael Connal + + Impressions from the Platform + + Sheriff Murray + + Sheriff Berry + + “In the oft-quoted words of one of them, the American lawyer ‘worked + hard, lived well and died poor’” + + Listening to Sheriff Murray + + His Excellency] + + + INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS + +AT the opening of the Exhibition of 1885, Sir Peter Coats signalised his +presidency of the Institute by giving a banquet among the pictures. That +the guests were of a thoroughly representative character may be gathered +from the sketch. + + [Illustration: + + Col. Mathieson + + “The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts” + + Prof. Jebb + + The Clergy + + Mr. John Ure + + Dr. Donald Macleod + + “The Universities” + + Prof. Gairdner + + Sheriff Cowan + + Two Song Birds + + J. D. Taylor Gw. Art Club + + “Houses of Parliament” + + Mr. John Burns + + Stewart Clark M.P. + + The Genial Host + + Francis Powell RWS + + Colin Hunter ARA. + + “The Literature of Scotland” + + Dr. James Brown + + “The Royal Academy ??” Mr. J. Forbes White + + Robt. Herdman RSA + + Dr. Walter C. Smith + + The Croupier Mr. D. E. Outram] + + + PEOPLE AT THE PICTURES + +THE quietness of an ordinary afternoon is the best time to see pictures, +but there’s something pleasant in wandering round an exhibition in the +evening, when by artificial light, if it is good, many pictures seem to +have an added charm. To look at pictures in an environment of musical +promenade is practically impossible, so one is better to give one’s self +up to the music and the crowd. + + [Illustration: + + “Three fine women Uncle Charlie! Eh!” + + Visitors by Daylight + + “The Sisters” + + Explanatory + + Official + + The Mosaic Jetsam + + Skywards gazing + + SHOW YOUR TICKET + + Analytical + + Clerical + + Visitors by Gaslight (A Musical Monday)] + + + ARTISTS AND THEIR FRIENDS + +THE Exhibition of the Scottish Water Colour Society (to give it its +colloquial title) for 1884 was opened as usual by a luncheon party. +Notable among the guests were Mr. (now Sir Laurence) Alma-Tadema, whose +first appearance it was in Glasgow, and Mr. J. L. Toole, whose first +appearance it wasn’t--by a very long way. + +Here also is a dinner of the Fine Arts Institute to open the exhibition +of 1886 and a sketch strayed from the record of another luncheon of the +Water Colour Society, of Sir William Fettes Douglas, who died in 1891. + + [Illustration: + + Mr. J. G. Whyte + + The Secy. + + Mr. Muir + + Mr. Outram + + Mr. Hugh Cameron RSA + + Mr. W. E. Lockhart RSA + + Dr. Chas. Blatherwick + + Mr. Jas. H. Stoddart + + Mr. J. L. Toole + + Mr. Wm. McTaggart RSA + + Mr. Robt. Herdman RSA + + Mr. John Smart RSA + + Mr. Francis Powell RWS President SSWCP + + Mr. L. Alma-Tadema RA + + A LUNCHEON OF THE SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOUR. + + Mr. Wicks + + Mr. J. E. Christie “Tam o’ Shanter” + + The Secretary + + The Sheriff + + Mr. Muir + + Mr. James Reid + + Col. Mathieson + + Mr. Wm. McTaggart RSA + + Professor Jebb + + Mr. Francis Powell RWS + + Mr. D. E. Outram Chairman + + Mr. F. H. Underwood + + Mr. John MacWhirter A.R.A + + Mr. Andrew Maxwell + + A DINNER OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS. + + SIR WM. FETTES DOUGLAS PRSA] + + + AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE + +THE Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colour, not then called Royal, +prepared as an offering to Queen Victoria at the Jubilee in 1887, a huge +album containing a drawing from each member. The deputation who had the +honour of delivering it to her Majesty consisted of the President, Mr. +(now Sir) Francis Powell, Mr. Colin Hunter, Mr. Joseph Henderson, and +myself. On the 22nd of June, the day after the great Jubilee procession, +we attended at Buckingham Palace. Our little present had been sent on +previously, and we found it placed on a table in the Picture Gallery in +a row of other gifts, that of the Old Water Colour Society, for +instance, whose deputation was headed by Sir John Gilbert; next us stood +the deputation from a Ladies’ Art Society, and somewhere in the line we +noticed a gift of boots and shoes. + +The Queen passed up the gallery, pausing a few minutes at each table to +accept the offering. We were nearest the top of the room, and ours was, +therefore, the last gift to be received. Her Majesty was in quite a +flutter of pleasurable excitement and beaming with smiles. As the +President showed a few pages of our album, “I shall look over it,” said +the Queen, “very carefully, and not in a hurry.” Then she bowed to each +of us, and we felt happy. + + [Illustration] + + + THE FINE ART INSTITUTE AGAIN + +AT the opening dinner of the Exhibition in 1888, Sir Charles Tennant +presided, and these are sketches of him and the other speakers of the +evening. + + [Illustration: + + SPEAKING LIKENESSES FROM THE BANQUET OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE FINE ARTS + + _CATALOGUE_ + + 1 Sir Chas. Tennant Bart. + + 2 A. J. Kirkpatrick Esq. + + 3 Chas. Gairdner Esq. + + 4 T. G. Arthur Esq. + + 5 James Reid Esq. + + 6 Rev. Donald Macleod D.D. + + 7 Joseph Henderson RSW. + + 8 F. H. Underwood LL.D. + + 9 J. G. A. Baird M.P. + + 10 Wm. McTaggart RSA + + 11 Sheriff Berry LL.D.] + + + ART CLUB COSTUME BALL + +UNTIL Friday, 29th of November, 1889, nothing so good of the kind had +been seen in Glasgow. The destination of the proceeds was the Scottish +Artists’ Benevolent Fund, which had been formed in the previous +February, and which benefited to the extent of over £1300. In other ways +besides financially the ball was a great success, and had some purely +artistic features, such as the grand procession and tableau, the series +of dance programmes painted by members of the Art Club and hung up for +reference, also the sketches from life done in the “Studio” and +afterwards sold by auction along with the programmes for the benefit of +the fund. + +The _Lillie_ here represented was Mrs. Langtry, who attracted +considerable notice, as one sees from the eyes following her; and the +_African_ _Lion_, in Moorish costume, was that amiable and distinguished +young traveller, Joseph Thomson, whose too early death took place not +many years after. + + [Illustration: + + The Grand Pageant + + The Motley Throng + + The Admiring Gaze + + The Lillie + + The African Lion] + + + TABLEAUX IN REHEARSAL + +THE entertainment in the Theatre Royal, for which this was a +preparation, a year later than the event last mentioned, had for its +object the benefit of the same Scottish Artists’ Benevolent Association. +The Pen-and-Pencil Club and the Glasgow Society of Musicians furnished +the human material, which was shaped by Mr. William Glover into such +picturesque groups as “The Judgment of Paris,” “Cleopatra before Cæsar,” +“Finding the Body of Harold,” “Escape of Prince Charlie,” “Burns and +Highland Mary,” and “Tam-o’-Shanter.” Another feature of the evening was +a humorous toy symphony of Mr. Allan Macbeth’s, the orchestra being clad +in more or less inappropriate costume. + + [Illustration: + + Making Ends Meet + + Burns revising Tam o’ Shanter + + Professional Assistance + + Glover’s Guide to Paris + + One of the Merry Wives + + Julius Cæsar called + + “All conspirators wanted” + + “Macbeth hath murdered sleep”] + + + A BERLIOZ CONCERT + +A PERFORMANCE in January 1885 of Berlioz’s “Messe des Morts,” which +demanded a considerable addition to the drums, and gave Sir August Manns +(as he is now) great scope for his unrivalled power as a conductor. + + [Illustration: + + The Heavenly Maid + + The Chorus (Every portrait is not guaranteed) + + Extra Tympani and Tromboni + + Solo Vocalist + + Orchestration + + The Leading Movements + + Breathing time for the First Violin] + + + A MACKENZIE ORATORIO + +AT the first of the season 1885-6, Sir A. Mackenzie conducted his +oratorio “The Rose of Sharon,” the instrumentation of which the musical +critic of _Quiz_ declares to be its strong point, and ranking with that +of any living master. He says also that the choral work is throughout +scholarly and original, and free from that slavish imitation of +Mendelssohn so much affected by recent writers. + + [Illustration: + + Mr. Edward Lloyd + + Dr. Peace + + Mr. Watkin Mills + + Madame Albani + + Miss Hilda Wilson + + Mr. A. C. Mackenzie Composer and Conductor + + First Violin Mr. M. Sons] + + + THE MANNS SEASON + +THESE are various items from different programmes in 1886-87, including +a sketch of our townsman, Mr. Andrew Black. + + [Illustration: + + Mr. Sons + + Mr. Waud + + Miss Fanny Davies + + Mr. Wotton + + Mr. John Dunn + + Mr. August Manns + + Mr. Andrew Black + + Fraulein Schneider] + + + MUSICIANS + +A GLASGOW Academy Concert in the Queen’s Rooms. The boys are under the +leadership of their writing-master and enthusiastic musical professor, +Mr. John MacLaren. At the piano is Mrs. MacLaren, and at the harmonium +Mr. Strong. + +Mr. Frederic Lamond, a pupil of Liszt, made his first public appearance +in his native city in the spring of ’86, in the Queen’s Rooms. + +The sketch of the dinner to August Manns, given by the Society of +Musicians, shows some of the well-known local musical people of the day. + +Above that is a familiar view of H. A. Lambeth, for many years the city +organist. + + [Illustration: + + THE GLASGOW ACADEMY CHOIR + + Boaz + + Ruth + + The Choirmaster + + Orpah + + Naomi + + The City Organist Mr. H. A. Lambeth + + FREDERIC LAMOND + + With the GLASGOW SOCIETY of MUSICIANS 29th Jany. + + Mr. Berger Vice-Pres. + + The Honoured Guest + + Mr. Seligmann President + + The Hon Secy] + + + DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 5TH L.R.V. + +A CLEVER performance (December 1885) in the Crown Halls, of two +well-known pieces, in both of which Miss Catherine Watson scored the +chief success among the ladies. The acting of Captain Harry MacDowall +and Captain F. L. Morrison is also memorable. + + [Illustration: + + GOOD FOR NOTHING + + Simpson (Lieut. Flower) + + Harry (Capt. Morrison) + + Tom (Capt. Wallace) + + Nan (Miss C. Watson) + + Charley (Lieut. Guild) + + Graham (Miss MacBean) + + Torrens (Major Lysons) + + Mrs. Delamaine (Miss C. Watson) + + Emma (Miss J. Hutchison) + + THE SERIOUS FAMILY + + Vincent (Capt. Wallace) + + Aminadab Sleek (Capt. Morrison) + + Lady Creamly (Miss A. Watson) + + Danvers (Lieut. Guild) + + Mrs. Torrens (Miss Guild) + + Captain Murphy Maguire (Capt. MacDowall)] + + + DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 1ST L.R.V. + +THE Dramatic Critic of _Quiz_ speaks in the highest praise of this +performance, given in the Queen’s Rooms in March 1886, and as he must +have seen the piece played many times he is qualified to speak, but so +far as I am aware none of the players was on that account tempted to go +on the professional boards. + +An event of the same evening is also here portrayed, the Ball of the +Queen’s Own Yeomanry. That is Colonel Neilson in the corner proposing +“The Queen.” + + [Illustration: + + Moss (Mr. McWhinnie) + + Maltby (Mr. Brewer) + + Mrs. Willoughby (Mrs. King) + + Dalton (Mr. Muirhead) + + Gibson (Mr. Gray) + + Hawkshaw (Mr. Cumming) + + Emily St. Evremond (Miss Ella Baynham) + + Bob Brierly (Mr. Forrest Niven) + + May Edwards (Miss Amy Baynham) + + Sam Willoughby (Mr. Harcourt Beatty) + + THE TICKET-of-LEAVE MAN + + “The Queen” + + QUEEN’S OWN YEOMANRY-CLUB BALL] + + + DRAMATIC AMATEURS OF THE 1ST L.R.V. AGAIN + +_GUY MANNERING_, given in the Theatre Royal in December 1887, brought +out some of the performers we had seen in the _Ticket-of-Leave-Man_. The +professional assistance was supplied by Miss Julia Seaman, who played +“Meg Merrilies.” + + [Illustration: + + Mrs. McCandlish (Mrs. C. King) + + Bailie Mucklethrift (Mr. McWhinnie) + + Jock Jabos (Mr. Allison) + + Guy Mannering (Lieut. Melliss) + + Glossin (Mr. Foulds) + + McGuffog (Mr. Brewer) + + Julia (Miss Martha Wilson) + + Henry Bertram (Mr. Dunsmore) + + Dominie Sampson (Mr. George Muirhead) + + Flora (Miss Effie McDonald) + + Lucy Bertram (Miss F. Baynham) + + Meg Merrilies (Miss Julia Seaman) + + Sebastian (Mr. Cooke) + + Gabriel (Mr. Macgillivray) + + Dandie Dinmont (Mr. W. B. Johnston) + + Dirk Hatteraick (Mr. Forrest Niven)] + + + THE PHILOMEL CLUB + +THIS club gave an excellent rendering of _Dorothy_ at the Queen’s Rooms +in April 1888, almost entirely free from any amateur weakness, and +noteworthy for the performance of the young ladies, “Dorothy,” Miss +Eugenie Smyth, and “Lydia,” Miss Broadfoot, but especially for the +capital acting of Mr. J. W. Watson as “Lurcher.” Besides the names +appended to the sketches, the following are mentioned in the _Town +Tattle_ of the day: Stage manager, Mr. Baynham; at the piano, Miss +Helena Donald; at the harmonium, Mr. Rowland Wood; first violin, Mr. W. +H. Cole; and designer of the programme, Mr. Duncan Mackellar. + + [Illustration: + + Squire Bantam Mr. W. Broadfoot + + Tom Strutt (Mr. H. Dyce Paterson) + + Phyllis (Miss Dubs) + + Tuppitt (Mr. W. R. Buchanan) + + Harry (Mr. J. Carrick Jr.) + + Geoffrey (Mr. W. H. Dunsmore) + + Lady Betty (Miss J. E. Chrystal) + + Mrs. Privett (Mrs. D. Smyth) + + Lydia (Miss Broadfoot) + + Lurcher (Mr. J. W. Watson) + + Dorothy (Miss Eugenie Smyth) + + Mr. Duncan Smyth, Conductor.] + + + A VOLUNTEER BAZAAR + +THE 3rd L.R.V. and their lady friends had three days of amateur +shop-keeping with surroundings of a Chinese character in St. Andrews +Halls, October 1884. The dresses of the ladies looked smart, some +military, some naval and some Swiss or otherwise equally effective +national costume. The object of the bazaar was, if I remember rightly, a +Drill Hall, and it was entirely successful. + + [Illustration: + + Lots Drawn + + Drawing Lots + + A Gallery Gossip + + Strange that you should turn savagely on your fellow-man--and the + moment after succumb to the blandishments of the other sex] + + + A GATHERING OF THE 1ST L.R.V. + +THIS must have been a heavy evening’s work, in St. Andrews Halls, +December 1884. First of all there was a prize distribution by Colonel +Gildea, then a concert by the Regimental Glee Club, under Captain +McNabb, then an inspection of the prizes in the Berkeley Hall, followed +by a dance till the small hours. Plenteous refreshment no doubt came in +somewhere to sustain us through it all, but I find no note of it +anywhere. + + [Illustration: + + Musical + + Col. Smith + + Col. Forrester’s laurel joke + + Down + + up + + Major Reid + + Col. Gildea medalling an Officer + + Regulars + + Buffeting + + Waltz Music] + + + WEST OF SCOTLAND RIFLE ASSOCIATION + +COWGLEN, in June 1885, saw the twenty-fourth meeting of this +Association. On a Saturday afternoon the shooting for the Inter-County +Match took place, Renfrew being successful. Among the personages on the +opposite page I notice Colonel Merry, Captain Stout, Secretary of the +W.S.R.A., Captain MacDowall and Mr. J. A. Aitken. + + [Illustration: + + AMMUNITION ISSUED HERE + + SECRETARY’S TENT] + + + A BOYS’ BRIGADE INSPECTION + +THE Parade Ground was Burnbank, the day the spring holiday of 1886, +rather more than two years after the formation of the first company of +the Boys’ Brigade, which, as everybody knows, owes its origin to Captain +W. A. Smith of the 1st L.R.V. Its admirable organisation making it at +once successful in Glasgow, led to the formation of companies all over +Great Britain and Ireland and in the Britains beyond the seas. This was +probably the earliest Battalion Parade. The Inspecting Officer was +Colonel J. Newbigging Smith of the 1st L.R.V., in which regiment the +Brigade President, Mr. J. Carfrae Alston, was at one time an officer. + +The Church Parade took place in the Queen’s Rooms, where the boys were +addressed by the Rev. Dr. Marcus Dods, the most stimulating preacher +that could possibly have been chosen to arouse the interest of the +youngsters. + + [Illustration: + + The Sergeants’ Mess + + Music + + The Brigade Secretary Mr. W. A. Smith + + The March past + + The Inspecting Officer Lt. Col. J. Newbigging Smith + + The Brigade President Mr. J. Carfrae Alston + + “Mind ye they’re a’ juist as prood as if they wis rael sodjers!” + + “If it wisna that I’ve ett a’ the rations in ma heverseck I wad gie ye + baith some.] + + + A REGIMENTAL SOIRÉE + +THIS is the 4th V.B.S.R., on the 30th of November, 1888, with their +families and friends, presided over by the Colonel, enjoying tea, fruit, +music, speeches, and presentation of prizes. + + [Illustration: + + Cupid and Psyche + + Returned Empties + + Vocalists + + Some of the Upper Circles + + Lady King presenting Prizes + + A Service of Fruit + + Colonel Mein + + A Cup o’ Kindness + + An Efficient + + The Progress of Events + + A Family Affair] + + + ON BOARD THE _DRAKE_ + +H.M.S. _Drake_ lay between the Suspension Bridge and Broomielaw Bridge. +She had once been of more imposing appearance, but her days of +usefulness were not yet over, for she served as the home of the local +detachment of the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, who are here +represented at gun-drill. + +The R.N.A.V. flamed with enthusiasm for some years and were then +supposed to be extinguished, but not long ago the extinguisher has been +lifted, and the Naval Volunteer spark is found to be unquenched. + + [Illustration: + + H.M.S. Drake + + “Fire!” + + The Instructor + + The Projectile + + “Lie Down”] + + + WEST OF SCOTLAND SPORTS + +IT used to be the correct thing, and I daresay it is so still, for every +self-respecting young man and maiden of the West-end to go to Hamilton +Crescent Grounds for this spring meeting. The less interested the young +man and maiden were in the sports, the better they were pleased, and if +they hadn’t a real lack of interest they assumed it. There must have +been a few unaffected enthusiasts who stood round the ropes and watched +the events eagerly, from the jumping competitions to the obstacle race +and the tug-of-war. I cannot claim to have been one of these, and it may +be observed that in this sketch the sports are got over in a +disgracefully slipshod fashion, while the pencil has been busy with +characteristic individuals in the general crowd of easy-going +promenaders. + + [Illustration] + + + FOOTBALL + +NOW here you find spectators who are enthusiastic watchers of the game, +genuinely interested in every kick and dribble, breathless when the ball +is making for the goal, gasping when it misses, and hysterical when it +passes through--moved either to great grief or great joy, according to +the party spirit that animates the watcher. This particular game was the +Charity Cup-Tie, Queen’s Park _v._ 3rd L.R.V., played at Cathkin Park, +26th of April, 1884. + + [Illustration: + + A Reporter + + Faces in the Crowd + + PARTY SPIRIT No. 1--A Goal for the Third + + “Neilly” + + PARTY SPIRIT No. 2--A Goal for the Queens Park] + + + HIGHLAND SPORTS + +THESE were at Burnbank on 13th of September, 1884. They are of a highly +national character, with kilts and sporrans and pipes and a real +interest in the feats of strength and skill displayed. + +The sketches seem to make an attempt to deal with the nominal purpose of +the meeting, and the spectators depicted are not inattentive. + + [Illustration: + + Cameronian Pipers + + Field Gunners + + Tilters at the Ring and Lemon Cutters + + Wrestlers on Horseback + + Single Stickers + + Tuggers of War + + Pipers and Dancers + + Tossers + + Throwers + + Putters] + + + CRICKET + +THE match was between the Marylebone and the West of Scotland Clubs in +July 1885. + +There are few things from which I would sooner stay away than from a +cricket match. I don’t know anything of the game, but I turn to the +paragraph in _Quiz_ dealing with this match and can therefore say that +the West made a good stand against the Marylebone, and did better than +most people expected; also that the match ended in a draw, the Scotch +team wanting 160 runs with seven wickets to fall. + + [Illustration: + + Labour + + Leisure + + Lunch + + Professionals] + + + WESTERN BATHS + +THIS was not an inauguration, only a re-opening (1886). A chill October +evening outside; lots of people crowded on the banks of the pond and in +the galleries above making it a warm evening within; plenty of fun in +watching the expert swimmers, good music conducted by Mr. Cole, and a +little dance to follow. + + [Illustration: + + On High. + + Natation + + Music + + Reception] + + + WELLCROFT BOWLING-GREEN + +TO those who are arrived at that time of life when violent athletics +become a burden, bowling affords a mild and agreeable substitute that +may be taken easily or arduously according to the disposition of the +individual. It is a pleasing game to watch--the careful aim, the knowing +twist given the ball at the outset of its career, the eager player +following it with his eyes or with his whole running body till the +journey is accomplished, and the look of dismay or exultation inspired +by the degree of success attained. + +The unaccustomed bowler has a tendency to tear up the green, and nothing +causes a real bowler to frown more than this treatment of his beloved +turf. It ranks as an unpardonable sin with cutting the cloth of a +billiard-table. + + [Illustration: + + Ladies’ Representatives + + Enthusiasm + + Suspense + + Anxiety + + Measurement + + The Bowler’s Progress + + A Treasurer + + A Veteran Secretary + + A President] + + + POLICE SPORTS + +THE annual meeting in May 1890, with Chief Constable Boyd, +Superintendent Andrew and other dignitaries watching one of the most +exciting events of the day resulting in a victory for the Glasgow team. + + [Illustration: + + Glasgow + + Govan + + Glasgow Victorious + + The Chief + + Judges] + + + FRIENDLY SOCIETIES’ DEMONSTRATION + +THIS was in July 1887. There must be a rapture in demonstrating, +especially if the day be fine, and there must be something abundantly +satisfying in wearing the distinctive toggery of one’s order. As for the +banner-bearers, theirs is a quite fearful joy. I have never +ascertained--indeed I have never asked--whether a brother is made a +banner-bearer for reasons complimentary or punitive. + + [Illustration: + + The Meet in Blythswood Square + + Martial Music + + The Gentle Breeze + + Through the City + + The Grand Marshal + + “I wish that bawnd-man wid come. I’m seeck o’ this Trumpet” + + “Man, ye should jine the Foresters. That bonnet an’ things maks a body + awfu’ common-lukkin’!” + + “Me an’ Paw’s Shippards but Uncle Jim’s is juist a Rechabite!”] + + + A PATRIOTIC DINNER + +ST. ANDREW’S Day 1884, falling on a Sunday, the Glasgow St. Andrew’s +Society dined on December 1st. The gathering in McLean’s Hotel was +presided over by Colonel Malcolm of Poltalloch, then an ex-M.P., +afterwards for six years member for Argyllshire, and later raised to the +peerage. + +Sheriff Clark’s speech was distinguished by some old Glasgow +reminiscences, and I remember that Dr. Burns of the Cathedral referred +to St. Mungo as “my predecessor.” Bailie Salmond, who figured there as a +croupier, and who had the reputation along with Sir Daniel Macnee of +being one of the best after-dinner story-tellers, was probably the +Senior of the feast. + + [Illustration: + + Fortifying + + The Secretary quoting from the “unavoidably absent” + + As seen in the mirror behind + + The Navy (Captain Adeane) + + The Army (Col. Turner) + + Sheriff Clark + + Colonel Malcolm of Poltalloch Chairman + + The Deputy Speaker of the Local Parliament + + The Reserve Forces + + Dr. Burns + + Croupier Mr. Wm. Campbell + + The Clergy (Mr. Munro) + + Croupier Bailie Salmond] + + + A COUNTY ASSOCIATION SOIRÉE + +THIS form of entertainment may be still as much in vogue as it used to +be in unfashionable circles of Glasgow. These meetings were productive +of a good deal of genuine happiness, the tea and the cookies and the +service of fruit and the speeches and the songs--especially the +“comics”--and the assembly that followed, making up an evening’s +festivity that was not forgotten by the time the annual repetition of +the event came round again. + +The festival here pictured, that of the Caithness Association, was of +rather more than usual importance, being a Jubilee celebration. It was +presided over by Mr. W. C. Coghill, and among the speakers was Mr. John +Rae, at that time editor of the _Contemporary Review._ + + [Illustration: + + Juvenile Music + + The Concert Department + + The much appreciated Comic + + 7 o’clock prompt + + The Chairman and his Supporters + + Fruit in pokes + + The M.C. + + The Grand March. Who is the Belle?] + + + A COUNTY SOCIETY DINNER + +MORE circumscribed in its immediate sphere of influence than the +all-embracing soirée just referred to, the dinner has a dignity and +importance that demand recognition. + +The Glasgow Ayrshire Society was founded only two years after the birth +of Robert Burns, so its primary object was not to keep his memory green, +but appropriately enough the men of Ayrshire in Glasgow choose his +birthday for their feast. The dinner of 1890 was held in St. Enoch’s +Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. J. G. A. Baird, M.P., and the +“Immortal Memory” was proposed by Mr. William Jolly. + + [Illustration: + + Major Cassels + + Mr. Jas. Boyd + + Mr. Ritchie + + Mr. Ramsay + + The Treasurer + + Rev McDuff + + Mr. Jas. Tullis + + The Secretary + + Mr. J. O. Mitchell + + The Croupiers + + Mr. Johnston + + Mr. Rowan + + Bailie McLennan + + Mr. J. G. A. Baird M.P. Chairman + + Mr. Peter Sturrock + + Mr. Wm. Jolly + + Professor Gairdner + + Sir Chas. Dalrymple + + The Lord Provost + + “Golden Chains are heavy” + + Sheriff Hall + + Hon Thos. Cochrane] + + + AN ENGINEER’S ANNIVERSARY + +UNTIL the year 1888 the celebration of James Watt’s birthday on the 21st +of January seems to have been the sole reason of existence for the +Association of Foreman Engineers, but on the occasion here recorded the +Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland and the +Philosophical Society of Glasgow joined and resolved to combine in +keeping the future anniversaries so that the Association of Foreman +Engineers dropped out of existence. + +The dinner took place in the Grand Hotel with Mr. Kirk of Napier’s in +the chair. There was a large company, and among the unnamed heads in the +corner of the sketch may be recognised some familiar in the engineering +world, that of Mr. James Caldwell and Mr. John Hamilton, for instance, +while in the other corner, among the “Press,” I may point out Mr. James +Nicol Dunn--then on the Glasgow staff of the _Scotsman_--referred to in +an introductory page. + + [Illustration: + + The Press + + The Board of Trade + + Mr. S. G. G. Copestake + + Principal Jamieson + + Capt Blair + + Professor James Thomson + + Mr. George Graham + + Mr. W. J. Millar + + Dr. W. G. Blackie + + Mr. Dundas + + Provost Shankland + + Mr. Geo. Russell + + Mr. Matthew Holmes + + THE CROUPIERS + + Mr. John Turnbull Junr. + + Bailie Gray + + THE CHAIRMAN Mr. A. C. Kirk + + Dr. J. B. Russell + + Mr. Robert Duncan + + Mr. T. B. Seath] + + + AN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION + +HELD in Burnbank Drill Hall in the end of the year 1886, this was one of +the shows of the variety sale-shop order, the place to spend a happy +evening and as many coins as you could spare besides. The collection was +formally opened by Sir James King, and the first week’s proceeds were +handed over to the City hospitals. + + [Illustration: + + PATERSON’S + + MAKES + CHILDREN + THRIVE + + DUNMORE + + The Boosers Friend or Patent Corkscrew + + The Spirit of Pottery + + Macnab’s lens enchantment to the View + + Cigarettes for Whiffer likes + + The Minstrel Boy + + Bangles + + ...AZE WORKS ...S PARIS + + Bijouterie de Paris + + Jack Frost at work + + Hembroidery + + Sweets + + THIS IS + COXWAIN TERRY + HERO OF THE CHANNEL + WITH HIS + TRICYCLE BOAT + + AMPHIBIOUS + + On Terry Firma] + + + THE ATHENÆUM HOUSE-WARMING + +REMOVED from its old quarters in Ingram Street, the Athenæum opened its +new premises in St. George’s Place on the 25th of January, 1888. On that +evening the learned and patriotic Marquess of Bute delivered an able +address on Scottish History to a large audience, and among the shorter +speeches was one by Sheriff Spens on his favourite literary +subject--Tennyson. + + [Illustration: + + Sheriff Spens + + A Corner of the Library + + Rev. W. W. Tulloch + + Mr. Lauder + + Mr. Provan + + Sir Wm. Thomson + + Dr. James A. Campbell M.P. + + Her Ladyship + + The Marquis of Bute] + + + THE ELDER PARK, GOVAN + +THE Earl of Rosebery was the humble instrument in the hands of Mrs. John +Elder in delivering over the Park to the people of Govan. This is only +one of several munificent gifts made by Mrs. Elder--who is now LL.D. of +Glasgow University--to Govan and to Glasgow. It was a great day for +Govan, the 27th of June, 1885, and you can imagine the excitement of +that Saturday afternoon. + +It was here I overheard the remark illustrated on a later page of this +book under the title “What it is to be a Lord.” + + [Illustration: + + Sir Archd. Campbell proposeth Thanks + + Sir E. Colebrooke maketh Remarks + + Mr. Wm. Pearce also proposeth Thanks + + Dr. John Macleod openeth Proceedings + + Provost Campbell becometh excited + + Mrs. Elder delivereth over the Keys + + The Earl of Rosebery presenteth the Park + + The Town Clerk readeth an address] + + + EAST END EXHIBITION + +THE object of this exhibition, in the end of 1890, was to provide funds +for the establishment of a People’s Palace in Glasgow. It was opened by +the Marquess of Lothian, Secretary for Scotland, but the sketches +herewith have to do with an earlier and more exclusive occurrence ere +the exhibition was ready for the public eye. This was a private Press +view, to which you can see the _Bailie’s_ commissioner on his way. There +was naturally a luncheon with some speeches, in one of the galleries +devoted to the Fine Arts. Mr. David Fortune, Chairman of the Executive, +did the honours. Pressmen are modest and like to remain anonymous, but +here the veil is lifted, revealing Mr. W. M. Gilbert of the _Scotsman_, +Mr. Thomas Reid of the _Glasgow Herald_, and Mr. Andrew Mudie of the +_Evening Citizen_. + + [Illustration: + + Last Saturday Our Special Commissioner started to visit the East-End + Exhibition + + He traversed long avenues of Wood + + And found a confused mass of joiners, disjoiners and packing cases + + In the Art Gallery he found peace and plenty + + with some oratory:-- + + Dr. Mather proposing “The Press” + + Mr. Gilbert + + Mr. Reid + + and Mr. Mudie replying + + Mr. Downie proposing “The Hanging Committee” + + Mr. A. K. Brown and Mr. A. Roche replying + + Rev T. Somerville proposing The Executive + + Mr. Fortune replying + + Mr. Brechin replying] + + + A LAUNCH FROM NAPIER’S YARD + +LORD CHARLES BERESFORD was there to see the belted cruiser, H.M.S. +_Galatea_, leave the stocks amid showers of sleet in March 1887. The +young lady who applied the hammer to release the ship was Miss May Kirk, +daughter of one of the partners of Napier’s. The sketch shows Mr. John +Hamilton, another partner, standing by her side, and afterwards +presiding at the lunch, at which Lord Charles, as might have been +expected, made a rattling good speech. + + [Illustration: + + Outside + + The Service + + Miss May Kirk breaking the bonds + + Lord Charles Beresford + + A “Cumberland” Boy + + After Lunch] + + + THE CHANNEL FLEET + +THE _Minotaur_ was the flag-ship of the Fleet lying off Greenock in the +end of September 1885. She was boarded by two friends and myself from +the yacht of one of those friends on the day before the ships were open +to the public. I don’t know how we came to have the privilege of entry. +Other people equally favoured were Mr. John Burns (afterwards Lord +Inverclyde) and his party, also the Provost of Greenock and his party. +Our party felt pretty big, I assure you, but there was room enough for +us all. + + [Illustration: + + THE MINOTAUR + + Coaling + + The “Flying Fox” with the Greenock Provost etc. + + Signalling + + ’Tween Decks + + Admiral Fellowes + + Visitors from Castle Wemyss] + + + AN OCEAN LINER + +THIS commemorates a voyage on the _State of Nevada_, in September 1883, +all the way from the Broomielaw to Greenock. The vessel conveyed one of +those batches of emigrants from eastern Europe, aliens whose goal of +apparent happiness lies far beyond the confines of our little islands +over which they pass on their way to the west. Pathetic groups they are, +not always seeming sad, but hopeful, looking for something beyond the +sea. I have never been fortunate enough to see them in the realisation +of their hopes, but I remember seeing a group of them in one of the +western States--not quite so far west as that after which this vessel +was named--sitting waiting for a train to take them farther west, still +pathetic, still hopeful, still looking for something beyond. + + [Illustration: + + Emigrants Waiting + + Embarking + + “Farewell” + + The Captain and the River Pilot + + The Doctor and the Fair Intermediate + + Saloon Passengers + + The Stewardess + + The Saloon Songster + + Inspecting Steerage Passengers + + Mustering the Crew + + “To the West”] + + + THE COASTING SEASON + +TO the reflective mind it must always seem a wonderful thing that the +Clyde, when it was choosing its channel, elected to run through Glasgow. +If it had turned aside, say at Hamilton, and run away down to the sea by +Kilmarnock and Ayr it would have been most awkward for Glasgow, +especially in summer time, but fortunately for the steamboat companies +the city had attractions which the river could not resist. + + [Illustration: + + Owing chiefly to the fine weather that has fallen to our lot, the + Passenger traffic to the Coast has already begun to assume + + Considerable dimensions + + Many families having entered upon the enjoyments of Holidaying at the + Seaside, Whilst the Crowded Steamers testify that townspeople are + eager to take advantage of the daily excursions + + down the Clyde] + + + HOW TO GO TO THE COAST + +YOUR house-taking having been arranged, the first duty is (1) with the +assistance of your family to do the packing. Next morning (2) you drive +to the Broomielaw, where (3) you put your family on board a steamer, and +(4) go to your office for an hour, leaving instructions with your chief +clerk for the proper conduct of business in your absence. Then (5) you +take train to Greenock, and (6) join your family, who are not much +inconvenienced by the rain which has been pouring for an hour and a +half. After some considerable time, you (7) arrive at a pier where you +are put ashore with your belongings. In a light vehicle (8) you travel +over several miles of rather broken road, while your few odds and ends +(9) follow in a cart. At length (10) your secluded retreat appears in +view, and ere long (11) you are cheered by the warm welcome of your +landlady. + +That is how we did it in our young days years and years ago. + + [Illustration] + + + IN ARRAN + +WE natives of the Clyde are devoted to Arran. It has a charm for us +found nowhere else in the world, especially for us old fogies who +remember the island in its more primitive state when Gaelic was +universally spoken and the English was delivered in the most delicious +Hieland accent, or when, joy of joys! some one was found who hadn’t a +word of English at all. This page, gleaned about Corrie in 1884, was +titled in _Quiz_ “The ’Ills of Arran.” Well, we cheerfully put up with +these, with the “h” or without. When we were children nothing mattered. + + [Illustration: + + Cast Adrift + + Watching the New Arrivals + + The Cats’ Steeple-Chase + + “Methinks I scent the morning Air” + + A Chimney Can + + The Luxury of Dressing + + The Parson’s Paradise + + Interviewing a Native + + The great Advantage of Driving in Arran is that it affords numberless + opportunities for Pedestrian Exercise. + + A Wayside Letter Box + + Of course the papers are to be had every day, + + but sometimes it is a little dull.] + + + AGAIN IN ARRAN + +THIS time our sketches are in the vicinity of King’s Cross and Whiting +Bay, though a touch of Brodick is observable. It is, I think, the +_Brodick Castle_ that is discharging its passengers. + + [Illustration: + + Delivery of Males + + Bay things + + POST OFFICE GROCERIES + + A Branch Post Office + + Accommodation for all classes + + On Goatfell The Top still distant + + Setting out for a stroll + + Returning + + On Brodick Pier] + + + SEASIDE BITS + +IT must be confessed that if these are Glasgow people--and who is bold +enough to say they are not?--it is not on the shores of their native +Clyde that they disport themselves. These are the sands of the Forth and +that is the pier at Elie which the steamer is approaching. But, observe, +these must be Glasgow children who are making a castle in the sand. The +real east-coasters dig a hole to sit in, instead of piling a mound to be +washed away by the tide. + + [Illustration: + + Students of Natural History + + Dry Details + + The Bath Voluntary + + The Bath Compulsory + + Marine Architecture + + A Drain on the Ocean + + An Appropriated Claim + + Horse Exercise + + On the peer + + Home with the Spoil + + The Reverend and Bashful Mr. Cassock on the way to his Forenoon Dip + encounters the Modest Misses Meagre returning] + + + A YACHTING CRUISE + +IT was on board Mr. James Morrison’s twenty-tonner _Sayonara_, and we +ran from Rothesay Bay to Lamlash in a brisk sou’-west breeze. I have a +painful recollection of being the original of the sketch marked “Grief,” +but I felt much better when we got under the shelter of the Holy Island. +Next day when it was blowing more than a quarter of a gale--to put it +mildly--we ran a race, were drenched to the skin, even to the skin of +our teeth by which we seemed to hold on, but we enjoyed ourselves and +anchored in the Kyles of Bute for the night. + + [Illustration: + + A Sou’West Breeze + + Looking Out for Squalls + + The Yachtsman’s Chief Delight + + Leisure + + Activity + + Grief + + Study + + Enquiry + + CHALKERS EXTRA TOAST BISCUITS + + Nightcaps + + Repose] + + + CORINTHIAN YACHTING + +THIS was the opening cruise of the Corinthian Yacht Club for 1885. It +was not a very extensive cruise, starting as it did from Hunter’s Quay +and coming to anchor at Roseneath. Mr. J. M. Tulloch, rear-commodore of +the Club, was flag-officer of the day on board his schooner _Helen_. It +need scarcely be explained that the group in the right-hand corner has +no immediate connection with the Corinthians. It seems more akin to the +Galatians. + + [Illustration: + + The “Cumberland” + + Non-Corinthians + + Corinthians lying off Hunter’s Quay + + “Carina” + + WITH CORINTHIAN YACHTSMEN + + The “Dolphin” + + Off Gourock + + On the “Helen” The Rear Commodore + + The Hat-Changers] + + + ANOTHER YACHTING EXPERIENCE + +THESE sketches tell their own sad sale. It was in Fairlie Roads that the +yacht lay--I forget the name of it--and Millport Regatta was to take +place on the following day. Why should men make merry over sea-sickness? +Let us not dwell on the subject. + + [Illustration: + + From the Railway the sea looks very uninviting + + and does not improve on closer inspection + + Getting out + + Getting in + + “I hope the wind keeps like this for the race tomorrow!” + + A “companion” in misfortune + + Hopeless Melancholy + + A comforter + + “I told you it wasn’t good enough!” + + Night--“To sleep, but not to rest” + + Morning--Once more on dry(!) land] + + + THE _COLUMBA_ + +YES, after all, for the ordinary person, the best day’s enjoyment to be +had on the Clyde is on board the _Columba_. That is how it used to +strike us long ago, and I don’t think we can be considered to have been +so very far wrong. + + [Illustration: + + Clearing up after rain + + Seeing us off + + Going ashore at Rothesay + + My lady and her Maid + + One Man’s Seat another Man’s poised on + + Self-Examination + + Responsibility + + For the Girls + + Where the Money Goes + + Suspicious + + My Grandfather’s pipe + + Probably a Honeymoon] + + + FAIR DEALING + +THE _Fair_ being, of course, Glasgow Fair, with its few days of freedom +from the clatter of machinery and from city smoke. Even those who can’t +go to the country or the coast may find things fresher than usual as a +result of the temporarily lessened population, and for those +stay-at-homes who like a sea-going sensation there’s always the +Waterloo-fly at the “shows.” + + [Illustration: + + Coast Lodgings all full. A Whin-bush and a Royal Drooko form an + agreeable shelter for the night + + “Maw, maw! Help Me!! A parten’s gruppet ma tae!!!” + + At Camlachie the Waterloo Fly is in great demand + + but + + there is such a thing as having too much of it + + When visiting the policies of a bloated Aristocrat, it is always + pleasing to bring away some specimens of foliage + + “Oh, Alexawnder, ma man, Come oot o’ the Sea. Ye’ll get yer feet a’ + wat!” + + “Hey Sojer! ’List me. I’ve spent every maik at the shows and I’m feart + tae gang hame”] + + + SOME FELLOW-TRAVELLERS + +THESE can explain themselves, as fellow-travellers sometimes insist on +doing, whether we wish them to or not. + + [Illustration: + + The Invalid and his Anxious Wife + + The Professor takes the opportunity of running over some Exam-papers + + THE BEAUTY of TEMPERANCE + + His Favourite Study + + The Missing Pasteboard + + A Duke? No, a traveller in Pickles + + The Lady who is afraid of Draughts + + She who rather enjoys a breeze + + In the Wrong Train The Right Station just passing + + Pointing out some scenes of his youth + + May I ask if you object to smoking? + + Politics] + + + TRAMS EAST AND WEST + +MORE fellow-travellers, as found on the old-fashioned tramway-cars +between Kelvinside and Parkhead. + + [Illustration: + + Young East + + TO PARKHEAD + + TO KELVINSIDE + + Young West + + A little Marketing + + Guardians of the Young + + Susceptible to Cold + + An East-end Exception + + A West end Exception] + + + THE FLITTING TERM + +TWO events leading up to the time in the merry month of May when +householders make a change of abode; also one incident in the life of +two maidens. + + [Illustration: + + HOUSES TO LET + + THE HARDENED OCCUPIER + + --“Bit the hoose is no tae let; the Mistress jist has oot the board + tae fricht the Factor” + + THE UNSOPHISTICATED HUNTER + + --“_You_ ask, Jack dearest” + + --“No, Darling it’s _your_ duty, you know” + + --“Do now, Jack” + + --“Come now, Nellie” + + &c. &c. + + --“She neednae be that upsettin’ wi’ ’er porters an ’er big kist. I + mind fine when a’ _she_ had tae cairry wad ha’e gane in a + pocket-napyin!”] + + + A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE + +QUITE a common one in the ’eighties and ’nineties, and by no means rare +in the beginning of the twentieth century. + + [Illustration: + + Mrs. West End Parker advertised for a “General, experienced, + middle-aged accustomed to large Family” There were no applicants. But + after her next advt. “Lady-help, cultured, prepossessing--cheerful + disposition--about 20.” Mrs. W. E. P. was occupied from morning till + night considering replies in person] + + + A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION + +We have now reached the point where the characters in the sketches, +having words of their own to say, do not require the aid of the +annotator. + + [Illustration: + + THE OFFER + + THE REFUSAL. + + THE COMPROMISE. + + AFTER SETTLEMENT: THE BUYER. + + AFTER SETTLEMENT: THE SELLER] + + + SAFETY ASSURED + +_Mrs. Timour_--“You’re quite sure there’s no danger in this swell.” + +_Sandie_--“Never a bit, Mistress; if ye wis tae fa’ oot or onything, we +could easy grup ye wi’ the boat-hook.” + + [Illustration] + + + BEARING WITH THE INFIRMITIES OF A FRIEND + +_Dougal_ (very sympathetically)--“Yes, mem; you’ll see, Duncan was a +second kizzin to the corpe, an’ he’s ta’en a bit turn o’ the he’rt juist +for a meenit.” + + [Illustration] + + + THE PARSON OF THE PERIOD + +_Jean_--“Whatna ane o’ them dae ye think the minister’s efter?” + +_Mrs. McAlpine_--“Toots, ’e’s efter nane o’ them, I’m thinkin’. If fufty +was comin’ the day an’ fufty was comin’ the morn, he’d blaw in a’ their +lugs!” + + [Illustration] + + + SPIRITUAL APATHY + +THE new minister had intimated that he would open a class for young +people in the Manse on Thursday evenings at eight o’clock. On the first +Thursday thereafter, at eight-fifteen, the attendance was not at all +encouraging. + + [Illustration] + + + EMULATION + +NOTHING is more aggravating when you are taking a long country walk with +a short friend, than his insisting on stepping over fences as you do, +when he could so much more easily crawl under. + + [Illustration] + + + A BONE OF CONTENTION + +IT may be asked, why does this young man not make himself agreeable to +these girls if he is the only male to be had? We have to state in reply +that he has made himself agreeable to all the young ladies in turn, and +now they have begun to quarrel about him. + + [Illustration] + + + NATURE’S SIMPLICITY + +_Candid Celt_--“There’s them that was sayin’ to me what an aaful nice +ponnie cratur the leddy was.” + +_Person on Honeymoon_--“That was very good of them indeed.” + +_Candid Celt_--“Ay, ay, an’ they’ll wonder extr’or’nar whatt wey she’ll +not get a praa’er lad nor yersel, onywey!” + + [Illustration] + + + ANOTHER OF THE SAME + + [Scene--not a hundred miles from Brodick.] + +_Miss Spry_ (who with her sister has accepted a lift)--“O, driver, would +you keep well to one side: here is _another conveyance_ coming!” + + [Illustration] + + + GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME + +--“What’s your little sister crying for, Donald?” + +--“Oh she aye greets when she sees the doctor, an’ thon’s him comin’ +along the road.” + + [Illustration] + + + WHAT IT’S COMING TO + +_Affable vis-a-vis to Sedate Old Gentleman_--“Do anything in politics, +sir? May as well tell you I support the Empire myself. Trample on the +Crown and Constitution, sir--you’re on my corns!” + + [_Old gentleman shifts his feet uneasily and is dumb._ + + [Illustration] + + + THE REASON OF IT + + [Scene--A Drawing-Room in the Country.] + +_First Young Lady_--“I suppose there are a great many young men in +Glasgow.” + +_Second and Third Young Ladies_ (carelessly)--“Oh, about seventy or +eighty thousand or more.” + +_First Young Lady_--“_That_ accounts for so many of you Glasgow girls +getting engaged. I knew there must be _something_!” + + [Illustration] + + + AN ART EXTRA + +_Sandie_ (afraid that his companion’s interest in the Exhibition is +flagging) “Noo, we’re comin’ tae a Hunder’-an’-fifty pounder!” + + [Illustration] + + + GUID GEAR + +----“Wha’s that Mary MacCallum’s gaun wi’ noo?” + +----“I dinna ken. He wad need tae be guid, for he’s naether big nor +bonnie!” + + [Illustration] + + + WHAT IT IS TO BE A LORD + +----“See yon’s the Airl o’ Rosebery, that wee man wi’ the nae whiskers!” + +----“Lo’d sake!--The Craetur!” + + [Illustration] + + + NOT A LIKELY CUSTOMER + +_Fruit Merchant_--“Hey, keep yer haunds off the barra if ye’re no +gaun’ae buy the plooms.” + + [Illustration: + + RIPE PLUMS] + + + JEER, BOYS, JEER + +_Ironical Chorus of Depraved Juveniles_--“Haw, haw! Wire in, Kilties! +Quick march! Stand at Ease! Hurray for the Feather-heids!” + + [Illustration] + + + REGULAR DEAD-HEADS + +_Fair Saleswoman_--“Would you like to buy a ticket for this beautiful +cushion?” + +_Lady from the Country_--“Deed no, we’re no gaun’ae buy onything. We +cam’ in wi’ complimentary tickets, an’ we’re jist gaun’ae enjoy +oorsels.” + + [Illustration] + + + PRIDE OF STATION + +_The Goldsmith_--“Now this is just the thing for your son--a very fine +keyless watch.” + +_The Mother_--“Ye needna bother lettin’ us see that. Oor boy has aye +been brocht up a _gentleman_, an’ we want nane o’ your _keelie’s_ +watches for him!” + + [Illustration] + + + SYMPATHY + +_Hardy Mariner sings lustily_-- + + “And a mahther weeps + Awr a Seller’s grev.” + +_Old Lady_--“Puir wee mannie, here’s a penny. I’m sure your mither never +thocht ye would come tae this!” + + [Illustration] + + + A CITY IDYLL + +_He of the Milk-shop_--“There’s nae chance tae get on in the place I’m +in; the longer ye’re there they jist gie ye the mair cans tae carry.” + + [Illustration] + + + OUR BOYS + +_Chief Clerk_ (emphatically)--“What I say _is_ that a Governor who +forces a fellow to work, and tries to prevent a fellow’s friends from +calling to have a quiet chat, deserves to be----” + + [_The rest is too awfully emphatic._ + + [Illustration] + + + A SEASONABLE THREAT + +_Gentleman on Foot_--“Swe-e-e-p behind!” + +_Gentleman on Carriage_--“Shut up, ye big-heidet ned! Mind if I come aff +I’ll spile yer Jubilee for ye!” + + [Illustration] + + + BEARING A BOOL + +_Sandie_--“Aw, Grannie--Grannie,--I’ve swallowed ma whinnie!” + +_Grannie_--“Awa’ hame wi’ ye then--awa’ hame this vera meenit! Ye’re no +gaun’ae dee here!” + + [Illustration] + + + SAIR FASHED + +_Friend_--“Hoo are ye likin yer new place, Jeanie?” + +_Nursery Maid_--“Ugh, I’m fair wrocht aff my feet. I’ve five o’ them tae +look efter, an’ there’s only yin at the schule!” + + [Illustration: + + NURSERY PLANTS] + + + HE KNEW SHE WAS RIGHT + +_Jock Tamson_ (who has been catching it pretty hot from Mrs. +T.)--“Bleeze awa’, Betty Wumman, bleeze awa’! I’m no worth showin’ a +Christian speerit tae!” + + [Illustration] + + + THE SOFT ANSWER + +_He_--“Come on, Wumman! Hae ye been tae the Cross an’ back?” + +_She_--“Aw! Did ye think ye had lost yer ain we lammie doo?” + + [Illustration: + + 2D. 8 SWELL CIGARS FOR 2D.] + + + KIND INDEED + +_Applicant for Situation_--“I’m very sorry, mum, that I don’t suit ye, +for I must say I’m partickler well pleased with yer appearance.” + + [Illustration] + + + ALMOST TOO FASHIONABLE + +----“Eh Jennie, ye’re nate! Ye’re a rael leddy!--Bit losh, sic a +‘toor-noor’!” + + [Illustration] + + + THE RISING GENERATION + +_Injured Innocent_ (to father who has been dozing)--“Is there _any_ +prospect of my being attended to? I understand that my mother gave you +definite instructions to _rock me to sleep_, and here I am!” + + [Illustration] + + + PARADISE LOST + +_Freddie_--“What’s ’at lady and gentleman crying for?” + +_Mamie_ (with some recollection of the consequences of eating green +fruit--“O, ’at’s Adam ’n’ Eve, an ’ey’s cryin’ ’cos ’ey ett a apple!” + + [Illustration] + + + A BAD RECOVERY + +_Freddie_ (with excitement)--“O, mamma! we’ve had such fun with our new +umbrella. It blew outside-in and if it hadn’t been for two boys that +helped us, Bertie and me could _never have got it right again_!” + + [Illustration] + + + THE MAN OF FEELING + +_Poverty_--... “So that any monetary help, however small, would be most +thankfully received.” + +_Affluence_--“Here’s twopence for you.” + +_Poverty_--“Bless my soul, sir! Do you take me for a _common beggar_?” + + [Illustration] + + + A RIGHT TO A CHARACTER + +_Deserving Widow_--“My laddie’s gaun tae the Toon tae seek a place an’ I +wad be awfu’ obleeged tae ye for a character. He’s a lazy, throughither +brat, but if ye jist write ‘smert, active, honest ’an industrious,’ +folk’ll surely believe the minister.” + + [Illustration] + + + A PROVISIONAL ORDER + +_Betty_--“Mrs. Mackie’s compliments an’ she wad like you an’ Miss Marget +tae come tae yer tea this efternoon.” + +_Miss Mimm_--“Tell Mrs. Mackie with our compliments that we’ll be very +happy to come. Was there any other message?” + +_Betty_--“Ay, she said if ye wis comin’ I wis tae get twa tippenny +scones an’ a quarter o’ fresh butter, but if ye said ‘No’ I wisnae tae +mind.” + + [Illustration] + + + INTERFERENCE WITH FAMILY PRIVILEGE + +_Message Boy_--“What are ye hittin’ the wee lassie for?” + +_Enraged Party_--“Ay, I’ll hit ’er! I’ll let her see if _she’ll_ hurray +when _oor_ coals is tummelt!” + + [Illustration] + + + HALLOWE’EN RIVALS + +_First Light_--“Aw-haw! What a wee turnip!” + +_Second Light_--“Ah, bit I don’t care. I’ve a big yin at hame, an’ I can +gang inside o’t an’ warm ma haunds at the caunle. Now!” + + [Illustration] + + + A DISPUTE IN THE FIRM + +_Junior Partner_--“Div ye think I’m gaun’ ae dae a’ the wark an’ let you +staun the hale day leanin’ on that shivvel--div ye?” + + [Illustration] + + + DIGNITY OFFENDED + +_The Master_--“Keep yer distance, noo! Hivn’t I tell’t ye afore that +it’s no the thing for the ’prentice tae walk aside the Coark?” + + [Illustration] + + + BEFORE THE BALL + +_Master of Ceremonies_ (in tone of command)--“Toap lady an’ gentleman +chassies doon an’ draps the lady tae the veezy-vee.” + + [Illustration] + + + ETIQUETTE AT THE RIVETER’S REUNION + +_He_--“Would ye dance the Circassian Circle wi’ me if ye please?” + +_She_--“Beggin’ your pardon, Mister, bit I think ye hivn’t been +introjuced.” + + [Illustration: + + SMOKING STRICTLY PROHIBITED. + + NO STANDING ON SEATS] + + + REAL BENEFACTORS + +_Rev. Peter Sawder_ (about to close proceedings by proposing a vote of +thanks to the Sunday-school teachers)--“And now, dear children, before +we go we must thank those who have worked so hard to give us pleasure +to-night. Can you tell me who they are?” + +_Grateful Boy_ (appreciatively)--“Please, sir, the Bakers, sir!” + + [Illustration: + + J. CRA ... BAKERY] + + + THE LOAVES AND THE FISHES + +_The Rev. Mr. Fogey calls with some pecuniary relief from the session +for the poor widow who attends his church regularly on Sundays. Two +other reverend gentlemen have also called on similar errands, and Mrs. +McTaggle explains_: “Come awa’ in, sir. Ye’ll ken Mr. Blazer. I often +goes tae his prayer-meetin’ on Wednesdays. An’ this is Mr. Clapperton; +the weans is constant scholars in his Sunday-school. Eh, aye! A body has +a heap tae be thankfu’ for!” + + [Illustration] + + + SIGNS OF THE FESTIVE SEASON + + [Illustration: + + --“Can I send the mistletoe, mum?” + + --“Oh no, I’ll just take it with me. You see I’m a widow, and there’s + no saying----” + + --“Vants any books or shoes or shplendit pictures, leddy?” + + ----“Na, na We’re ower thrang cleanin’-up fir Ne’rday tae look at + onything the noo.” + + “Come on up quick Geordie, there’s Sassengers for the dinner!” + + --“You know, I feel it a positive pain to dine unless every dish is of + the choicest possible variety.”] + + + MORE SIGNS OF THE FESTIVE SEASON + + [Illustration: + + “You’d better awa hame wi’ yer shivvel. A’ve dune every dour in this + crescent a’ready” + + --“If I hadnae thocht there wis some o’ that curran’-bun left ower + frae last New Year I wad hae sent oot for a pund.” + + “Eh, wumman! I’m that waik. We wis at a graun pairty in ma son’s last + nicht an’ I’ve ta’en naething the day but a peill an’ a cup o’ tea--” + + Tom gets a smoking cap from Bessie and a pair of slippers from Kate. + He is very grateful but has not made up his mind which girl to propose + to. + + “Well, of course, I’m awfully, _awfully_ fond of chocolate-cake, but + I’ve a _perfect_ _terror_ for oranges!” + + Baby gets quite a lot of Christmas Cards He does enjoy them!] + + + RANDOM QUOTATIONS + +I HAD thought it desirable to wind up with some apt quotation from the +poets, but I am afraid I have not successfully done so. It would be rash +to claim that the quotations here given are apt, or that the sketches in +any way elucidate the text of the classic authors. Indeed, an +examination of the context would, I am almost certain, reveal the fact +that not in a single instance has the real meaning of the passages been +caught by the illustrator. Better close the volume without further +remark. + + [Illustration: + + “I was a child and she was a child + In this Kingdom by the sea + * * + With a love that the wingèd sheriffs uneven + Coveted her and me.” + --Poe + + “Blest be the Art that canny mortal eyes.” + --Cowper. + + “No mate, no comrade loose I knew.” + --Wordsworth. + + “Uneasy lies the head that wears sack roun’.” + --Shakespeare. + + “Come fourth, thou fearful man!” + --Shakespeare + + “They call my crew ill-hatted, but I care not what they say” + --Tennyson] + + + + + Printed by + BALLANTYNE & CO. LIMITED + Tavistock Street, London + + + + + Transcriber’s notes + + +New original cover art included with this ebook is granted to the public +domain. + +Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent +hyphenation has been retained. + +The text in the illustrations has been transcribed. The style of text in +the illustrations varies but the transcription has been made consistent +with the text of the book: superscripts are not used in Mr., Dr., etc., +personal initials are spaced, abbreviations are not spaced. Some +quotation marks have been added. + +Where it was not possible to determine the correct transcription a pair +of question marks has been substituted. + +The signature “Twym” appears in every illustration but has not been +transcribed. + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 78272 *** |