The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-04
UNPLEASANT TO SHACKLBrON
No PROPER ARRANGEMENT ron
Providence LECTURE.
Prof Tb SG the Civic Forum sAyS Oaasaaa
Drlay In Granting . MostnG Pseturs
irrnse killed the Night Lecture;Bue
~lr Ernest says Nothing e That.

Drla, In Granting . Moving PSeeure
Irrnse kiiled the NIGHT Lecturs;Bue
~lr Ernest says Nothing g That.
Frnest X. ShAckleton. who pretty
r...y discovered the south pole. and who
...sn telling folks on this side Of the
about Il In . very amusing and
...... uulug way. had such an unpleaaant
,,....-u,- in Providence ON Saturday
o.. .. returned To New York that night
without having delivered the two lectures
e.. ,.yin Forum Lecture Bureau had
arrt.s"i for him.
~ Iru,-t went 10 Providence expecting
I, ching Il the kind OF treatment he had
rs,..,,.i in tins city. Prof. Robert Err
,k.rr lily. th. head % the Civic Forum,
No. assured him that Gov. Pothier OF
Ri" Island would be on hand to preside
a. r.a lectures and 60 Introduce the leo
t.s.r Ahout the first news that Sir
I-.a-r received was that the Governor
w., Unable To keep the engagement The
tr,.rruor had cold or something.
~- Ernest toward the end OF his story
az rHa search for the south pole shows
a r.ruhrr Il moving pictures. Some
q. 'hrm show his ship. the Nimrod.
N..t-'lug the ice in Antarctic waters.
,...-- Illustrate how Sir Ernest and his
shre, companions harnessed Themselves
La" huskie- and dragged a heavy sledge.
Othars display the queer bird Of the Ant
arctic. the penguin. and all In all the
moving pictures are a very essential part
at tho illustrated lecture.
Sir Ernest carries his. own picture
Isachine operator. and as soon an he ar
Hv-d IN Providence. according TO Prof
Nv 'hs operator went around to the
I.'y Hall To- get a license for running the
f.,n machine. No difficulty was expected.
L.Ir a., sorts 81 difficulties cropped up.
TIE y.,ope who run the license bureau
InierpOs.'d Oh iections.
Finally Sir Ernest applied In person and
after considerable trouble the license was
granite II might as well have been
withheld. for according to Prof. Ely. by
Ihs time the paper was made out IL was
too late TO give the evening talk The
afternoon show had been cancelled on
Accouni ~ the lack OF a crowd. due to
"a lure 10 advertise IT,
Very much put out Sir Ernest got on
che long distance phone and asked Prof
Ely what 10 DO Prof Ely told him To come
hack To New York and forget Providence.
for the time usng anyway. Sir Ernest re-
Surn-i afd put up at the Hotel Gotham.
Prof Ely had a good deal TO say about
the delay 81 the Providence officials in
rnAkins out the moving picture license.
], was not at all true. said Prof Ely. that
SIR Ernest was dissatisfied with the ar
fragments the Civic Forum had made
for him IN Providence. Even the failure
Of GOV. Pothlsr to APPEAR would have
made little difference. The license hold
hss frnttttla
PLEASE understand me- said Prof.
Fly. ! am not saying that anybody ia
Providence was after graft, but do say
that IA cases II this kind. where delay
hu'hers a lecturer ia getting offiCial per
mission to Use properties a IS OF a SO
bI. helps immensely. Unfortunately the
civic Forum has a conscience and will
Ut consent t. such practices
Moving picture men tell me that they
ar constantly up against the necessity
- naylng graft 20 p~ople who have au-
thuuty tp block performances. They
tel 20" thar unless s. or 40 ~ paid all sorts
81 u' Stacl"- ar" pat In their way. but that
vh"n the money - handed over the most
ordinary provisions u IN. laW are bilnk.-d
a. For instance. "a one cas'. the payment
81 S. made u unnecessary to remove an
ashesiOs booth from - railroad station. al
though before the graft was handed out
The authorities iu~i-ts'4 that the machine
would have a. be operated within the
ust,eatos booth.
Sir Ernest gave an explanation 81 the
cancellation u lectures somewhat diff
ferent from Prof Elys. When he got
e. Providence he found that nobody
peemed 10 be- ware that he was TO he at
the town hall that night.
i arrived In Providence on Saturday.
bald SIR Ernest, and found that an I'M
accountable blunder had resulted IN
people in that city not being properly
Nppriaed % the lecture was naturally
very much annoyed The local manager
communicated with the Civic Forum
Lecture Bureau. which advised him 90
postpone the lecture, which was done
! was perfectly willing. however. % give
II. ! lnten 90 return TO Providence and
give my lecture when the proper arrange
ments have been made