The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
LIEUT.. SHACKLETON TALKS
MODEST RECITAL or mrs HUNT
ron THE SOCTH POLE.
nIrossuc~d b. Peary ana Welcomed ~
ChOate. Use Gets . Hearty Greeting
Glsssrs Oser the Hartl-hip- and
PRAISES IIIs a smpAnlSau ln the FIght.


Two adventurers who were a. FAR apart
about a year ago ~ IL had bs,cR possible
for mcn 10 get on thls planet sat two feet
from each other on the stage Of Carnegie
Hall last night The bag square shout
ders-i man az tbs. left OF Joseph II. Choate
was Commander Robert T.. Peary. The
ahorter. younger. PHEASANT faced chap
q Mr. Choatc's right Was Sir Ernest II.
ShaclSl.ton. g. y. o.. who missed the
south Iol., Tor the want If a few pounds of
grub.
Il was sir Erne~t's night of course,
since the occasion was his first public
s.rt,fta in this country. but Commander
Prarv emo In for a part Of the Applause
that a very enthusiastic audience Of i,OOO
OF more gave constantly. Two others
who had something to do with pole hunt
ing. Capt. Bartlett OF Peary's ship, and
Gen. Thomas n. Hubbard. who financed
the commanders expedition. were ON the
stage.
Mr. Choate. who presided found an
opportunity to say extremely nice things
about both men and the countries they
represented in their adventures. They
were heroes Of the world. said Mr. Choate
snd New York vas mighty glad 10 have
them both under one roof. There was
Applause at that. you may imagine. MIR.
Choate knew that the English people
oousidered Peary one Of their heroes.
Certainly Americans had every right 90
az some claim 20 Sir Ernest.
He thought. did Mr. Choate. that the
whole country was waiting imDatiently
for Congress 70 put the seal of approval
n. uFshtgssansfaNaN a
for the British explorer. although he had
not yet won the south pole, he knew
vshera a. waa and the merit time hs went
hack he WOuld get It. A little extra
thunderous applause at that
srhe Stars and stripes, concluded the
farmer Ambassador 20 Great Britain.
are where wanted TO see them. waving
from the north pole. II you don't believe
h 20 up any day and So for yourselves
naughterI When the Union Jack ~
nlanted where I should like To Sc q, at
he south pole. the whole globe will be
enclosed in an AnglO-Saxon embrace.
Commander Peary squared his shout
dsrs over the tootlights at word
from Mr.. Choate and presented Sir Ernest
70 his audience in very few words. He
talked a little Of the English explorers
achievements at both the top and the
bottom OF the world lie turned sud
enIy 70 where Sir Ernest WAS irRlAassively
waiting. saying:
Up they got all over the auditorium
and In al the galleries with great STIR
ring and swi~hinR OF gowns. and there
broke swiftly q grand cheer that turned
Sir Ernests face a deep pink; lie was
touched. There was no doubt about
Il. Although ne took about six words Ia
exrress his feelings. Then be started
the interesting story OF his Eight Tor the
il was notiosal,ls from the outset mat
Sir Ernest has little U.s. a. possible
for the first p-rSon singular pronoun.
Il was readily obvious. not only from hs
sDoken lecture hut from tn. ILLUSTRATION
that went with it. that the I.-riis he and hls
party went through were real and des-
perata but you never heard the English
man speak Of his own particular danger
or Of anything he himself had done 20 save.
the lives OF othsrs. He never missed -
chance 10 say what fine. splendid fellows
were Adams and Marshall and Wild. who
tOiled With him ON tbs last dash but you
would have thought 10 listen 20 him that
they dragged him on "A slcdge with TN.
bareback all the way to - degrees -
minutes South.
Sir Ernest talked along easily and kept
his temper. despite some amazingly
erratic performances ON the part Of the
person who manipulated the picture
machine. Occasionally mountains were
thrown ON the screen upside down. and
the mountain climbers were reprcsentrd
~ CnePrtnlly HtiAnuhk ON tHhftT us"AiN
Now and then the operator flashed the
picture Of a penguin when Sir Ernests
tongue was forming something about a
glacier However. he took u gently with
q word or two Of ironical comment that
more than pleased the crowd.
He described the start Of the expedition
on tho Nimrod. forty-thrce- year. old
tub that leaked pretty constantly.
But Shackleton was shy OF FUNDS and had
90 take the cheapest bottom he could ind
-. - H.
four ponies-hRrdy, shaggy little Man
churian exiles-supphes for two years and
a great quantity Of scientific Instruments
and other necessities. The start was
made from Cowss on August q, 1891, and
the real beginning OF the adventure from
New ZEALAND on January 1. leOs. One OF
tho last things Sir Ernest spled through
bis binoculars was an American nag
waving from a Yankee steamer.
Il was easy enough going az first. with
but after poking her nose into Ross sea.
the Nimrod began TO grind up against
peak ice. Then she found icebergs,
Gigantic ghosts OF the Antarctic seas. and
she had TO shy away like frightened
horse many a time. Once or twice
Shackleton and his party thought they
were goners Icetergs crashed together
and the little Nlmrod only saved her
sides by fifty yards or 30.
Then the Ntmrod came 20 the great
az ice that runs for $50 miles and u all
the way in height from 90 10 2os feet.
The ship had TO scout for openings TO win
her way 20 Cape koyds. where winter
quarters had been planned. But Cape
Royds was made safely and the party
settled down for one long day o. 100
, ordinary twenty-four hour days. They
lived In hut and they had rather bully
sort % time 10 hear Sir Ernest tell u.
He somehow glanced over the miseries
and emphasized the jolly episodes.
There was one Of the party who spent
most Of his IDLE time reading the foot
notes aloud from Gibbons Decline and
Pail Of the Roman Empire. reading them
aloud no matter who protested. And
there was another. MArsten. the painter,
who painted practically all of his spare
time. A. SirErnest "a ~ dryly. he made
rather a mess 81 things in the hun The
cOok Cwho shall he nameies-I achieved
the msr idian II unpopularity one day
when a sock was found "a the <,-ttle Of
SOUP Prof David. the man Of science,
who discOvered the south magnetic pole
while shnckletOn was fighting Further
south. remained polite with the tenn
perafure al utty degrees u fTust. One
fkaty k.sarN him calling for MnrafeU