Glasgow, Jan. 22.
This is a great day in our city's history. The students are out to break all records. It is Charities Day Anniversary, the Saturday of the year when the students of this great City take full possession of the place and literally compel us to hand out pennies and sixpences and coins of all kinds.
They are determined to break all records (just whether or not they can do that remains to be seen) but from the preparations they have been making during the past few weeks. it will not be their fault if they do not obtain the object for which they are setting out. Of course, Glasgow has long ago reconciled itself to this anniversary and while at first there were many who grumbled and who tried to pretend that they were annoyed by the persistent attentions of the students, it can veals the vast scale of the plans.
The erection of these wonderfully artistic buildings must be costing a mint of money and at this stage of the proceedings one is left wondering how the Exhibition is going to pay, but there appears to be no doubts in the minds of the promoters as well as of the Glasgow public that the Exhibition will not only be outstanding from the view point of beauty, attraction and business, but that it will more than pay itself. Certainly as viewed to-day it deserves to be all this and more.
The Exhibition will make Glasgow the mecca of the Empire while nationals of other countries will come to view what this great city can do in the way of the finest Exhibition the world has seen thus far.
The Circus "Folds up"
Our circus finishes to-night and many will regret the fact. It has been immensely popular. There were days when actually there were three performances a day and even then numbers were unable to gain admission.
The high standard of former years was not only equalled, it was surpassed and again one is left wondering just how the authorities are going to be able to produce a programme as fascinating and as varied as was the one given this year. The Kelvin Hall Circus and Carnival for this season were the best the Corporation has yet given. What will they do for next Christmas and New Year?
Dr. Taylor to Remain The "Glasgow Citizen" announces today that the Rev. Dr. Arthur Taylor is to remain in Scotland to represent Glasses to suit all pocket ihe China Inland Mission. It states that there was some fear that he would be asked by his Society to proceed to Australia in the interest of the organization.
He and Mrs. Taylor recently returned from an extensive tour of China, Australia and New Zealand.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.