Harry Lauder

After singing five songs, making at least three speeches and finally singing "Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep** for want of something else the audience stormed for two minutes to an empty stage before the final could go on. Although Mr. Lauder has brought over a budget of new songs, the old ones hold their established place with "The Saftest of the Faimly" by long odds the best of the lot. "The Wedding Bells Were Ringing" is the most enjoyable of the new numbers. "When I get back to Bonnie Scotland" is only good because Lauder sings it. He also sang "I Love a Lassie" and "We Parted on the Shore."

The warmth with which the Lincoln Square audience greeted Harry Lauder upon his return visit to America is indicated by the fact that he held the stage alone for an hour and fifteen minutes Monday night. But that statement gives no impression of the enthusiasm which swept over the huge audience when the little Scot came upon the stage, or the din that held him speechless for minutes at several points during his turn, unable to make himself heard. Probably no actor has enjoyed such a welcome on the American stage within the last decade.

Variety 12:6 (10/17/1908)