When a hoose is sair crowded there they'll put chairs aroond upon the stage--mair sae as not to disappoint them as may ha' made a lang journey tae get in than for the siller that wad be lost were they turned awa'.

And it's a rare thing for an artist to be able tae see sae close the impression that he's making.

I'll pick some old fellow, sometimes, that looks as if nothing could mak' him laugh.
And I'll mak' him the test.

If I canna make him crack a smile before I'm done my heart will be heavy within me, and I'll think the performance has been a failure.

But it's seldom indeed that I fail.
There's a thing happened tae me once in America touched me mair than a'most anything I can ca' to mind.