[W]e made out way to Chicago, the tinned meat city.  There we gave a “Burns Anniversary” in the Auditorium Theatre―the largest theatre in the world.  It holds 10,000 people, and the rent for one night on that occasion was 600 dollars (£120).  We were under the auspices of the Scotch societies.

Burns and Frame were in everybody’s mouth.  It was the largest audience to which I ever sung.  We were assisted by a hundred Scotch children in kilts, who danced the “Highland Fling.”  It was a great sight to see them dancing it in their own particular way to the music of the pipes.  The variety of their dress was a picture.