. Complimentary banquet in honor of Luther Burbank. Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926; Plant breeding. Complimentary Banquet to Lather Burbank. J P o Response, Luther Burbmnk. **Mr. President and my highly esteemed but deluded friends—deluded if you expect Luther Burbank to exhibit that ready facility in handling the English language which these gentlemen who have been chosen to address you possess: "Ever since I came to this curious world I have steadily on all occasions, tried to mind my own business and especially to escape publicity, but alas, here I am once more dragged out into the lime li
. Complimentary banquet in honor of Luther Burbank. Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926; Plant breeding. Complimentary Banquet to Lather Burbank. J P o Response, Luther Burbmnk. **Mr. President and my highly esteemed but deluded friends—deluded if you expect Luther Burbank to exhibit that ready facility in handling the English language which these gentlemen who have been chosen to address you possess: "Ever since I came to this curious world I have steadily on all occasions, tried to mind my own business and especially to escape publicity, but alas, here I am once more dragged out into the lime light. If you came here expecting me to help on the fireworks you have my sympathy, but I congratu- late you on the good judgment exhibited in your choice of the gentlemen who have spoken and those who are yet to ad- dress you. It was a fine bit of humor to place me in the midst of such a galaxy of orators, and it must be very amus- ing to you, but this part of the performance is no joke to this victim of untoward circumstances. "I was brought up in a family like most of you and my eyes have always been wide open when something appeared which promised to be useful to myself or others. Among other things flowers and children never escape my notice, but children respond to ten thousand subtle influences which leave no more impression on a plant than they would on a sphinx. You may say, Svell, what do you know about children ?' Any- thing we love, we study, and I have observed that in search- ing for good teachers you do not choose parents of large families on account of their superior knowledge of children. You generally select those who have no families of their own, do you not? Therefore, as one of the latter class, I claim the privilege of saying a word for the helpless little victims. "Some time ago I accorded a St. Louis clergyman a five- , . 8 . .. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readab
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