Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-22
Singing Societies Sing His Praises.

| DIR. Cook, surrounded by Bushwick's pro.
fession of faith, We believe in you
Singing Societies Sing His Praises.
Humanity in black masses surged back
| and forth as the GREATNESS policemen
fought way for the singers to a place
in front of the clubhouse. There, under
! the direction of August Tiemann, hon
| orary vice president, they gave "Hoch.
| DR. Cook again and again from lusty
threats, but SO sreat was the din that
| the cheers could be heard less than half
| a block away.
| They got to the explorer however, who,
| with his wife and children, came out on
the balcony Of the second-story window
! on the BushWick avenue SIDE which was
| the signal for more cheers
Then the singing societies sang Dies
| is der Tag des .Herrn. and followed it
with "Bein Liebchen zu Haus'' and Itch
grusse dich'' The explorer. tired but
| happy. smilingly bowed his acknowledge
ments and said simply Il thank you for
this reception and music and welcome"
! In reply to the short speech of welcome
by Samuel B. Whitehouse at the dinner.
! the explorer said:
| You have shown me that it is good
to go TO. the north pole. In returning.
the cheers of other peoples have been a
delight but there is human ecstasy
to compare with the heartfelt tribute Of
my own people. i cannot adequately ex-
press IL, Dul IL ulSIelS III one instant All
the long drawn discomforts of the arctic
quest"
More than 700 applications for tickets
to the dinner to be given for DR.. Cook at
the Waldorf Thursday night had been
received up to last night, and it was eX-
pected that there would be at least 800
more requests by morning.
American Welcome for Explorer.
Dr. Cook. the first man to assert that he
from the steamship Oscar ii Yesterday
to receive the welcome home his friends
and admirers had prepared for him. 1t
was an American welcome in the highest
key, jostling, frantic and overcrowded.
In a statement which the explorer issued
in the early morning before leaving the
ship he tried to cover the questions which
he would be called upon to face. For the
rest of the day he had few words for the
public, and those for the most part re-
ferr ed by repetition or comment to what
he had said earlier. He avoided any di-
rect remark upon Commander PearyS
challenge to his veracity.
Dr. Cook took the greetings and scru-
tiny in good part and faced cameras with
patience. To look at him he hardly seem
ed the man to lead a daring, needless
dash for any mere prize, however spIen
did.
Beside Bradley. keen. smart and ready
WHO was dlWd. > dt Ills elbow, MS Opph-
site traits were marked. patient man,
rather than an eager one. showed through
the movement. face and speech.
He smiled readily and with sugges-
ton of embarrassment His speech was
even, not hurried and not undecided 1t
was his speech more than any other thing
which gave the impression that the man
was of low vitality, that his spirit
had been drained to the dregs In the
arctic gloom and cold.
Nearly nd
PHOTOGRAPHERS We're in the crowd on the
Grand Republic besides those who board
ed her from the Gilkinson. They held
the explorer a close prisoner in his stand
by the stalrway, and then asked that he
go to the upper deck. where the pho
tographers could have better light The
move was Tade in a press which was but
little less headlong than the one from
the boats side, and the doctor and his
wife and children were cast up upon
low deckhous" near the paddle wheels.
The photographers massed opposite
them. climbed to the guardrail and from
there to high brace which ran along
the outside OF the boat. The cameras
cracked and thumped to a running fire
of requests to Look up, please" Get
out of the way. won't your Doctor,
DR.. Cook Won't you take off your
hat?' Cant you pick up the little girl?"
Speech Under Difficulties.
Then the explorer tried to turn in the
jam and reach a group of his relatives
who had come from Sullivan county to
welcome him. 1t was feat of sheer
strength. but he accomplished it, and
then resigned himself to the situation
and made speech.
ITO a returning explorer" he began,
there can be no greater pleasure than
the appreciation of his own people. Your
numbers and cheers make demonstra-
ton that makes me very
.Whee! Vince! Whee-e-ee. screamed
a tug which was coming down the bay
with a schooner piled high with casks"
(which makes me very happy. and
..Whooo. Whooo! Whooo." roared the
Grand Republic, while her decks auiv-
cred
Should fire the pride of all the world
would have preferred to return first
to American Shores but this pleasure was
denied me. Just then Staten Island
ferryboat came up from behind and bel
lowed another salute which had to he
answered punctiliously by the Grand Re-
public. Other steam craft followed her.