Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-30
Thousand Men and Women
Heard His Story Of Discov-
ering the Pole.
ADDRESS NOT TECHNICAL
He Paid Tribute to Ills Bnclscr, An.
swcred Briefly a Few Charges
and Referred with Reverence
to Commander Perry ns
I'M Explorer.

New York, Sept. o3-Cheercd by 81
thousand n1en and women as he entered
the banquet hail on tho arm of Rear
Admiral Schlcy (retired). Dr.. Frederick
A. Cook told his story tonight before
the most brilliant audience he has adj
dressed since he left Denmark The ban
quct WIS given by the Arctic Club Of
America Of which Dr. Cook IS n mem
Der In recognition of his last polar VEN
ture. While there was no official re-
preventative from either state or nation.
the assemblaEe wGs cosmopolitan and
enthusiastic. Crowded in the great bail
room Of the Wal1orfAstoria they toast =
ed the brooklyn explorer and listened
attentiveiy to his recital In the form
OF an after dinner address.
Among those ut the tables were ex-
plorers. some Of whom knew the CAN
gers and suffering Of the Arctic zone
almost as we'll as Or. Cook himself.
Men OF science also were there but
the explorer addressed himself primarily
to the great majority OF his hearers
whose interest in polar conquest has hut
lately been aroused. Tho address was
not technical. He expressed thanks for
'ne honor acO"r""d hl'n' reviewed tne
n'N'''S VI nun e'"''No' 10 "'tali the
''e, Pil" 'r'.u'e 10 '"e ''F"itF vi 'oh''
~ b'""'ef' '"e man ""ose money en-
49, MN 10 '.Nt '',' Ie"'',''''
''ie''S 'N ''"'HH 'n',
net,ato, .,., ~ ,,..,.., 49,,
the Pole on April 81. 1915. Commander
peary's name he did not mention except
a. the end of his speech when he said:
There ~ glory enough for all. Then II
was mat Pearys name mingled WIN
.n'S' vi o'ner explorers 10 whom nc re-
ie'reo win reverence
APPEALS TO HIS HEARERS.
Or. Cook appealed to his hearers to ac-
c"pt his narrative Of his Journey to the
Pole as he has seen 1T to give 1t so FAR
po''S Oh any previous explorer. ne Sa'"
heretofore such evidence mas peeh 'aKer
WIN lai'h ana the compete record "aS
NOV 'Ni'','' ~ appeal i''
D'' '"" was He','u n."e''" '.s u'u'
cat,o, -, 49, .,s,,, ~ cara, Will
,t,o Do,is,, ,,,t,,,s,nr -, tha ,a,,
po,r,c. c Ncc.ou,, rros,den, q, m,
hoard ~ aldermen sat next n Roar Al
m,rnl Scr,.v md IN tho chair ot Nr Mo
Covan,s RIGHT ga, Rird q Golfer. nres,
dent Of the borough OF Brooklvn. DR.
Cooks home town. Mrs Cook did not al
tend the banquet proper but occupied
balcony box during the latter part Of thu
evening.
WHY COOK WAS DELAYED.
rba h,,,,o, ,,s 20 bo,.o h.e, nra.
coded NV rc,ontlon. bn, after lone
wait the diners crowded into the hal
without chance Of Shaking the han,
Of the expIorer. The reason for DR.
Cooks DELAY and the abandonment OF
the reception was amusing and at the
same time characteristic Of Or. Cook
simplicity. 1t became known mat M
I'"u '"'''" III '"''
'aN'hs '''''
IN III" ""'"' WV, "'''' va
since "IS N"' :" "
Ing oeI'ereo '' MS w"
reason '"e W. Wv ''''
ner 'ns'e'o vi p'r''"S IT,
| The Dali room WIS "''"'"'eu WIZ
patr'ot'c co'o'9 NH''' "'e' INV
| plorers hea" NUNS p'''u'e " Wv
globe win us '"i"r A""e Nnai p'' W.
hne6. The nan" 'ore surviving PIC
| ture or Dr' LOOK us 't""''SP''''
while b"neath was printeo his rccor'