SIR HARRY LAUDER.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1923, Page 1

SIR HARRY LAUDER.

VISION' A! FST I! EFFACE VANITY. AVELLI NGTO.X, ATay 1?. “Tim nations of the world have gut to come together. They have' gut t’> come together and find fundamentals for friendships rather Ilian for war•diios. We can easily find them by substituting vision for vanity, partnerships for petulance and sagacity for sixpi inn.” Sir Harry Lander is a liotarian. and the foregoing was pact ol an inspirin'!; and stirriim message which be conveyed to ltotariaiis to-day, when a luncheon in honour ol the distinguished visitor was held. After eulogising Rotary Clubs and their work, Fir Harry Lauder said: ”1 remember the ({rent War. ii was won bv plain men. plain men who did plain deeds, and wo are living in that time now. We want to be plain to one another and by doing so wo will got to know one am; Ikm\” in speaking of efficiency and work. Sir Harry Linder said that the first chapter of efficiency was to be out ol debt and that work was the only channel through v. Inch to heroine kno\t*li. Leisure was a very pleasing garment to wear, but half the world was on thinning track in pursuit of happiness. What was required was wliat the R" tarv Club .stood for-—service and not self. There- was something morally wrong lie said, with a sy-teiii in which gave the sulker Hie same for his sulking as ii gave the man that worked. T he man who put his heart and soul into Ids work was deserving of u bigger and better reward than the man who slacked, ft was asserting itself. Alans nun were limiming enthused in rotary. Eiiliusiasm was a word which lie liked. What lie asked were the things vortli getting eiitlim instic about:- They were (oid, work, home and a kindly neighbour over the garden, wall. Selfishness and agitation wore wasted. These were the days of agitators, but the agitator was a weed in the garden of industry. The world was no place for the drifter, the fellow who came along and said: “I should .have broil in the stream of success.” That fallow had missed the tram, miss'd me boat, and forgotten in post bis letter. The world to-day needed men ol vis. on, nun who could see tilings, men In 1 , .' , n on the breasts of truth and lisKti jo its action. The nations of the world could nol afford to drive along Mr selfish path. The point had lieeu Tcaehrd when the nations of the world had to come together. If Rotary was not bringing that about lie mould like to know what was going to do it. P ber tluui do ns tlicy like«l. men sliond nform to the rules and voguhui in* of a Minppy domestic atmosphere. I lie .-.Mic 'tiling applied to the nations of Hie world .Men must not speak disparagingly of their fellows. The times wc were living in to-day were for the ain't lo bring out that which the ilia term 1 1 - 1 could not elassilv or see.