The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-29
PILGRIMS HONOR SHACKLEHON
GIVE EXPLORER 4 LUNCHEON
ar THE LAWYERS CLIB.

Mr.. Choais resls ths Anlaresis Nan Thai
No TAks ma wssa RsP what Ne
Dia- nhAshleisa Tesls &C ma l.seaage
Expssasaees. Free and 0shsr~tse.
Everybody had a nice. pleasant little
time yesterday afternoon down At the
Lawyers Club. 10 Broadway. when the
Pilgrims OF the United States gave .
luncheon in honor Of Sir Ernest n
Shackleton. c. v. o.. the young man Who
got within 100 miles Of the south pole.
W. Butler Duncan. tho president % the
Pilgrims. told Sir Ernest how much
America thought Of his Antarctic explorA-
Sions. JOssph n. ChoAts added some more
aowery tributes in q short speech. and
finally the guest of honor told the Pill
grims how glad he was to b where he was
Mr.. Choats thanked Sir Ernest. and
others NJ President DuncAn's table wcrc
Bishop Greer. Gen. Thomas Hubbard.
MAior-Gon- Wood. Sir Edgar speyer and
CouTtsnAy Walter Bennett. c. y.
AZ the various tables about the room
we're Cornslius Vanderbilt. John d. Grim
minis. Ogden, Mills Reed Paul Dana.
George G.. Boldt. James NJ. Beck, Isaac
sehGmAn. colgate Hoyt. Herbert L.
Bvidgnan. Albert Eugene Gallstin. Myles
Standiah. Frederick Townsend Martin.
Jacob n. SchiT. Timothy l.. Woodruff. the
Hon. Reginald Walsh. NJ. v. o.. and Robert
c. Ogden. Lawyer Peers Davidson came all
the way from Montreal for the luncheon.
and ex-Judge Archibald. the Canadian
jurist who for some time was an English
Judge In Egypt. was also present.
The list OF guests also included Com
mAnder Peary. but the pole discOverer
was unable 20 get over from Warrington
and sent regrets. Sir Ernest himself only
managed TO arrive in time from Washing
ton by riding most OF the night.
President Duncan told the diners some
thinG about their guest Of honor In sort
Of welcome to our city speech OF just .
few sentences. The Pilgrims theFeupon
lee loose three humping cheers. and the
Young man with the hair parted In the
middle bowed his acknow Judgments. Mr..
Duncan thea introduced Mr.. Choate.
.aid Mr. Choafe :Nevertheleas. Sir
Ernest. you have come TO q community
Of more than sO,OOo. 900. all anxious to
see you and 20 hear your story. We have
no envy. no criticism. no inquiry Ilaughtefl
to make about your achievement' We
take your word for u. lApplanee
Your progress has been rapid. for to-
day after only q few years Of effort you
are one OF the two greatest living dis
cOverers But we Americans like swift
and rapid careers like that; Twenty
years ago you left Dulwich College and
went into the merchant marine at salary
Of q shilling q weck. and -
"A shilling q month.- corrected Sir
Ernest with . laugh that proved 10 be
conta gious.
n AsS1 -
stars aad Stripes are floating uD there
to-day. daughter and aPplausel But J
really believe that the discovery 81 the
south pole should by right bs lett 70 the
explorers of England. the mother country
Applause Now. Sir Ernest, | have the
honor 10 present you 20 thls body OF repre-
sentative men Of New York
There were three more cheers Tor the
explorer and then he told has hosta Of his
appreciation Of the pleasant things they
-Rec~ntIy I've been doing everything
m the way Of opening bazAara. Sir Ernest
began. -and laying ccrnerstones and
attending functions like that. but this 10
the !. mos; pleasant Of tn" functions ! have
He had come to America, he vent on.
to tell US about the work % his explOra-
ton party In the far south and he ez-
pressed his gratitude to Americans for the
success Of ms opening lecture In Wash
ington. where he spoke 90 an audience of
!, on. And this suggested 20 hum some
though about the days when hrs audi
ences we're not 30 large
-Once upon a time. related the ex-
plorer L used TO give many lectures
Tor charity and the houses always were
crowded But one day ] awakened 20
the fact that I should lecture for my own
b~nefit. because charity begins at home.
Laughter No l hired hall IA Edin-
burah and when printing and every
thing had been attended To ] found on
the night ~ the lecture that my expenses
we're six pounds ten.
-Nhsn | entered the hall ! found the
audience consisted VI one plain drunk.
two old women and three boys. Laugh
ter I went out 20 the street again and
said to my oabman. Now. u you can get
some one 10 hold your horse you better
come up to tho lecture too Laughter
No. thank you, sir, he answered,
I'm ali right where ! am. Laughter
But before the lecture had begun there
were really twenty-five persons IA the
hall And 80 when | went home l todd
my wife proudly that even q my expenses
had been six pounds ten the house con-
tanned twenty-five shillings Not AZ
all nv wife answered. because ] sent
the cook and one % the maids. Laugh
ter
more serious vein. that the great honor
You are paying me to-day IL not for me
alone. but Tor the band ~ comrades who
ACCOMPANIED me TO the south az we'll.
They're not out IN the hmsllght a. ] am.
To-day they're scattered all over tho
world. but no one knows better than
the sterling worth Of that small hand
and of how impossible At would have
been Ia do anything without them.
Air Ernest concluded his talk with a
tribute to Commander Pesry.
Your great explorers Efforts we're
4 ~ "A
u his persistent efforts for tweny one
years. During those years he learned
the value u organization, and he sue
ceeded at last because 81 his experience
aud his splendid organization; and only
with experience and organization could
AnV eEDloreT auCCNsed