The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-31
SHACKLEfON RRASTBD TWICE
PEARY Also TOASTED ny TINE
GUESTS OF HENRY CLEWS.

seash Psle Hunter Says Anglo-@axons
Necan't 0uarrel. fer They're Round t@
Have Beth AKA Tlps-The Tpansp0r.
tAtiOa Club AlsS Entertalns HIN.
Long may hs iva
Happy may he Be-
Hlsst Win eoneenG
And from miafnEtmns froa
Chorused the guests % Henry Clsws
a. thsydrank toast 20 Sir Ernest Shaokle-
ton At luncheon in his honor nc SherTy's
yesterday. On Mr.. Clsws's left hand
sat Robert T. PeAEy and the English
explorer % tho other end Of the earth
drank q toast TO the disooveror OF the
north pole. Sir Erneot's wife was not
forgotten. for Il was unmarked by Mr..
ClsWs that having seen her No all realized
how hard it must have been for the ex-
plOrer TO have stayed away from home
20 long.
although he In not our oountTyman.
he continued. sir Ernest h OF the Anglo
Saxon race and speaking our language.
20 We claim him a. one Of M and almost
regret that hs belongs 20 tho old oOun-
Try" Prof. Herschel c. PARKER. who
was present. was assured that no would
get % the top Of Mount Mckinley. although
he vas about 70 attempt the seemingly
impossible.
Joseph Il. Ohoats. Archer NJ. Hunting
ton. Francis Lynde stetson. Stuyvesant
Fish. A. Barton Hepburn. J. Edward Sim
mons. z. r. L. Gould. william @. Bennett.
British Consul General. and Robert z.
Ely were among those that drank q toast
10 the explorers.
Lieut.. shacllston and Lady shAoklston
were the guests Of honor Last night nc
a dinner given by the transportation
Club in its rooms In the Hotel Manhattan.
The diners numbered $50. Senator Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew presided and John z.
Milholland was POSTMASTER.
Senator Depsw introduced Lieut..
Shacklston ~ a man Of worthy achieve
ment- who had -impsrilled life and limb
in the cause Of humanity and science.
Il remember talking with an eminent
literary man Of sympathetic heart, said
senator Depew, who was describing how
much he had suffered in reading OF the
adventures in Arctic explorations He
II wish you would secure the passage
Of a Law by Congre~s putting to death
any man who proposed trying TO find the
northwest passage or the north pole and
then those who were not discouraged
would meet with q speedy end and NE
would not he narrowed for months or
years before the lanentable result was
The explorer .aid that in his experience
with our baggage transportation system
he had had almost n much difficulty In
exchA nging his checks for the right lug
gage as he had experienced In making q
bowling acquaintance with the South Pole.
Il failed in tho actual accomplishment
OF nv work. he said. but that only
leaves work for somebody else 90 do.
Somebody must do IL. AZ ono time only
a thin line divided IN botween death and
a safe return homo. Ours, l believe, ~
the only Antarctic expedition that has 70
turned homo without los Of human life.
do not hatter myself that my loSs would
be irreparAbls There In always some
body 20 all up q vacant place. but ! am
sure that one ~ least would have missed
me- with an inclination toward his wife.
l.iotIt. Shackleton believes IL 20 he Tar
harder 90 road about explorations in
Arctic regions than 70 mako them. Never
look Aa the Thermometer. was hhs advice
To explorers in thOse regions.
He thinks PeaTy 10 . great American.
discovery Of the north pole and said he
had carefully avoided any participation
in it hut thought that irrespective
Of right and wrong the work was very
hard work. These things should not
be discussed now. he said believe
own the two ends Of the earth. We are
the twin nations and should own them
Lieut.. Shackleton said be wanted to
70 hack 90 the scene Of his exploits. but
he didn't say positively that he would
do 90.
Richard wightman read a poem. The
Quest which he had written in honor
of the explorer.
Other speakers were Joseph Smith
of the Boston Trarsisr ana Tslcott Will
Jams Of the Philadelphia Press. Among
the guests were Mas Eleanor Shackle-
ton. the explorers sister and Mas fraser.
Lady ShAckleton's sister.