Evening journal., 1909-09-03
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MAN OF COURAGE
Saked lis Rep tatIOn on
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Reach d in Win.eT
BY United Press Leased Special wirs.

NEW YORK. Sept. 3-Of wnat man. !
ner Of man is Frederick Albert Cook |
OF Brooklyn. that he should plunge into /
the traclSless north unaccompanied by |
white companion. and come back with |
the laurcls OF the worlds greatest dis
cover.
A strong minded man, with per-
sonsI ambition and the courage 70 win
A.. his friends characterize him.
From driving a milk wagon over a
Brooklyn route at s. a week to dis
covering tho North Pole has not been
such n farce for Or. Cook for he Is but
a. years old now.
Dr. Cook was born of German par
entage at caliicoon Depot. n. r.. in
June. 1865. and came TO Brooklyn when
he was 16 years old determined ITO do
something worth WHILE" as he put IT,
Young Cook worked hard in the early
morning hours on his milk route and
saved enough money TO go through
/ The University of the City of New
/ York. where he took his medical de-
gree. Even then he plodded on In the
Offices Of the dairy. which Is still run
! by his brother In Brooklyn under the
name OF Cook Brothers. He made his
work finance TO an higher education
this timo graduating from the College
OF Physicians and Surgeons with high
honors.
4 DR.. Cook is a splendid speciman OF
physical manhood. He is s feet, IL
inches TALL weighed 40 pounds on the
day he left New York. more than two
years ago. and has tho Same ruddy
complexion he had when he left his
fathers farm ~ Callicoon Depot. His
nose Is roman. his chin resolute and
the entire face denotes strength Of
purpose. He speaks German, French,
italian and English fucntiy
DR. Cooks first experience In search
! ing for the North Pole was as surgeon
and ethnologist ON the first Peary ex-
!, podtion In isa1-iS92. A year later DR..
Cook commanded the yacht zeta and
failed 70 win out. Then he organized
and commanded the expedition on the
steamer Miranda I'm 1904 but this ves-
sci was crushed In the ice and the
party had TO return on another ship.
When the Belgian Antarctic expedi-
tion started out IN 1897. DR.. Cook went
along as surgeon, photographer and
: anthropoligist, remaining there until
1893. though failing to reach the Pole
y While IN the frozen south, his
nancee Miss ANIMAL L. Forbes, OF
r Brooklyn. died and he did not know
Of her death for more than year az.
terward.
1902 1902 he married Mrs. Mary f
Hunt. OF Brooklyn, and has two chill
drcn.
Dr. Cooks success. in the opinion o
b many scientific men and explorers hal
u proved the correctness Of his theoor-
that the time 70 make dash for IN
Pole" Is I'm the dead OF winter, whe
the ice fields are firmer and more eS
tensive than IN the spring when MOI
v open water is encountered.
He staiSed his reputation and his III
on this theory and his success win III
he doubtediy revolutionize future pol
er expeditions.
,se Cook held that the ice was not on
he iirmer In winter but, by reason OF Il
would offer comparatively smooth 81
,ro faces for Shedding. He insisted that
~ winter dash would not be balked
~ often by open water and shifting
or foes. He pinned his faith to dogs al
~ sledges rather than to boats or q
he hckleness OF seeking transportation
water.
In one Of his books OF Arctic explo
alton. DR.. Cook writes Of his ambition
long before he discovered the Pole:
Few of us ever have "a long run ov'
y a hill Of happiness without stumblin
upon several ups and downs but "
soon forget this. and altogether III
seems easy enough TO most OF us VIII
y live in temperate climes. II is not n
y same-however. with the men who see
% the realms OF the great frozen land
1' In the Arctic and the Antarctic The
le path Is over a series OF ups and down
T. but mostly ups Their comfort,
they have any. Is even lived IN the q
OF fort 10 overcome the ever-present di
r comfort The men who hope TO reac
ls the pole are kicked about by giant sol
are pounded by heavy storms, a.
w brushed by freezing drifts Of sno'
ne and yet they calmly resign themselv
TO become the footballs Of a hard IA
because Of a few pleasures. An effo
only partly crowned with success Civ
IA, such elation and Joy that all the su
OF ferings and discomforts are forgotte
an Herein lies the reason for the u
II. faltering law that he who has once b
er held the other world conditions. Al
has felt the charm Of the white snoy
- silence OF the frigid zone win ever ioi
TO return.
y IF. from any cause, a polar e
81 piorer cannot return TO the dream
W his life. he either commits suicide, sc
married, or dies an unnatural death
some way"