The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-05
THAT CLPtkHAGth Mtt1lNG
Dr. Hansen vs. Dr. COOk-A Newspaper Report of
 the Meeting
(Dagens Express, Copenhagen, Oc-
 tober 23.)

Phoenix.
 But, of course, there was excite ment. Demonstratiye opinions of the most forceful American character that we have ever heard or seen in this country were openly. expressed. The man who said he would kill Dr. Cook with one single question:" Dr. Norman Hansen. became the object of such strong hissing and whistline that he had to flee through a side door.
 Long before the meeting started the hall was crowded. In front of the speakers stand a shabbily dressed man walked around fighting with his arms in the air and tearing his long beard. The man in the soiled Prince Albert coat was Dr. Norman Hansen. At S:15 o'clock Dr. Cook stepped be- fore the curtain. He was greeted by strong applause, mixed with missing and whistling. But the American Doctor who had walked among hun- gry Polar bears and Polar foxes was calm. When the excitement had sub- sided he left the platform to the chair man of the meeting, the young Count C.. E. Holstein Ledreborg, Ca son of the Senior Count and an ardent Cook believer). Count Ho1stein deserves a compliment for the authoritative and intelligent way in which he solved a problem which was neither easy nor pleasant.
 The chairman hardly had time to open his mouth before the shabby bearded man jumped up and leaped to the platform. Fighting with his long arms in the air he screamed: "l |swant to speak. want to strike Dr. Cook down and swindler he is!' x Now the audience started power full hissing. Strong voices of protest arose. "Take him away, that beard ed monkey. - What does he want here We paid to hear Cook, not this reg Five or six times the angry man jumped up and down on the platform. He tore his hair nervously. Those who sat close to the platform began to be afraid : of this hysterical and entirely uncomfortable gentleman.
 Count Holstein spoke with his sten- torian voice: "Let us listen quietly to- Dr., Norman Hansen,'' he said. 'This meeting is to be reported in all the papers of the world. Let us there fore behave like gentlemen"
 Evidently Dr. Norman Hansen did not hear the last sentence, for again he jumped up on the platform with a in his hand, yelling: "This book is a swindle and a lie."
 The chairman requested him to be quiet and polite This seemed abso- lutely impossible for. him.
 "'Dr. Norman Hansen" said the chairman, "has stated that he wants to ask Dr. Cook six certain questions. Why does he not do it?
 q have not said that" said Han sen. Perhaps it has been printed in the paper and I can have no responsl- bility for that"E f5s
 pr. Cook smiled ironically. He ur,- derstood that he had to do with a r1 or1f Tn play. For yesterday afternoon when our reporter, together with Dr. Cook, Mrs. Cook, L.onsdale and another per- sonal friend of the Doctor was sitting in the salon of Hotel Phoenix, Nor man Hansen called Cook on the tele- phone and told him that he would come to the meeting and strike Cook dead in six questions. He also de- clared that he would create a scandal and stop the meeting.
 True to his duty, Norman Hansen attempted to keep part of his promise Now only the six destroying ques- tions were awaited.
 Perhaps I have promised to speak in six sentences" said Norman Han sen. Voices rose in the audience-'Ha ha. You have used more than one thousand words-you swindler! Get down to business, idiot.'
 With this encourag cement Norman Hansen aSReQ ms IlrSl QucSeioh, "ArS1 true enough was crushing-not to Dr. Cook. but to himself
 "I have been your friend, Dr. Cook, = said he, "and I am now sorry to say here-(A voice from box to the left, where Editor Wienbald was the cen traI figure, called, 'Then go down if you are sorry. We don't want cry ing people here. Sing us a song and give us a little step dance, please. )
 These we'll meant and hearty words inspired the crushed bearded gentle man. refreshed his memory and his English vocabulary. He continued: .I ask you Mr. Cook. will you step down from this piatformE ,..
 Tn despair the chairman shook ms head. The audience made terrloie noise.
 "This is the worst yet" he said, "a man who is invited to lecture or meeting has the monstrous nerve to demand that the lecturer should leave the meetlng!!"
 Tn the next second it seemed the re- markable man was about to be hauled from the platform. He Jumped around on the floor in a war dance like Can nibal Editor Dah' of the. Politiken, in vain tried to bring him to his sen ses It was impossible! Norman Han and stepred on some of those who sat close to the platform. When they pro tested against his Young Social stic" demonstration he rolled his manuscript into the shape of a paper bomb Whlcn, with his entire strength, he threw at the head of an old lady.
 The situation was not entirely With out danger for Dr. Norman Hansen The audience demanded that he be thrown out and beaten. Count Hol- stein stepped into the hall and saved the excited man from what he really deserved. :.
 q have come here to hiss at him" said the angry man, "the nervy swim dler. All his pictures are fake or stol- en pictures!''
 A big strong man approached Count Holstein and whispered confidentially to him: "I am a detective. Do you want me to throw Norman Hansen out?"
 "No, for Gods sake" the Count said, Don't do that.''
 And it was super1uous. Norman Hansen suddenly, by a side door, dis appeared followed by three or four gentlemen. In the corridor he yelled three times: Down with Cook.
 Now Cook started his lecture. By degrees he waxed enthusiastic so that the audience listened to him quietly. Only now and then while the pictures were being shown there were expressed differences of opinion, especially at the appearance of the pictures that bore directly on the subject of the North Poe.
 Dr. Cook started to analyze the Peary attacks one by one.
 After the lecture Cook and won crushing victory over his opponents