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Boyd Release date: March 22, 2026 [eBook #78272] Language: English Original publication: London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1905 Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78272 Credits: Mairi, Ray Papworth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GLASGOW MEN AND WOMEN, THEIR CHILDREN, AND SOME STRANGERS WITHIN THEIR GATES *** Transcriber’s Note: Italic or underlined text is enclosed in _underscores_. 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. 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