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it very nearly bit its tongue off. We 

 made it fast to the deck, and that was 

 about 6 o'clock in the evening. About 

 9 o'clock the little bear was suffering 

 so from distress that finally I told the 

 captain if he would shodt it it would be 

 a great relief, but I didn't want him to 

 shoot it while I was on the deck or on 

 the ship. I was going down the gang- 

 way when the thought struck me, if I 

 can get the skin of the mother to this 

 cub, possibly it will quiet her. I went 

 on deck and told the captain to get the 

 skin of the mother, and the little cub 

 jumped on the skin and fell asleep. It 

 slept for about 20 hours ; the only sign 

 of life in the cub was the twitching of 

 its muscles. About three days after 

 that I was standing watching the cub ; 

 its tongue was so swollen that it could 

 not eat anything; it took its mother's 

 skin and turned it over and started 

 eating the blubber, the fat off of its 

 own mother. It lived for eight days in 

 that way. After that we put it in a 

 cage, took the mother's skin away and 

 brought it to New York, and shipped 

 the cub to the park here and that little 

 bear is now in Washington. I thank 

 you, ladies and gentlemen. (Applause.) 



Members and Guests Present 



The Arctic was also the subject of an 

 address by Mr Walter Wellman, who re- 

 cited an incident of his dash for the Pole. 

 Another distinguished Arctic explorer, 

 and one of the founders of the Society. 

 Brigadier General A. W. Greely, U. S. A., 

 made a brief address, in which he spoke 

 of the era of peace among nations, and 

 the evening's entertainment was brought 

 to a close with a benediction by Repre- 

 sentative Burton of Ohio, who, on beha 1 f 

 of its guests, wished the Society God- 

 speed in its work. 

 Those present at the dinner were : 

 Lady Durand and Miss Durand, 

 Representative and Mrs. James R. 

 Mann of Illinois, Secretary of War 

 and Mrs. Taft, the Ambassador from 



Brazil and Madame Nabuco, Mr. Eki 

 Hioki, charge d'affaires of Japan ; Sena- 

 tor Perkins and Miss Perkins of Cali- 

 fornia, Mr. Fiala, leader Ziegler polar 

 expedition, and Mrs. Fiala ; Henry G. 

 Bryant, president Geographical Society 

 of Philadelphia ; Mr. Crist, Mr. Shaw, 

 Baron von dem Bussche-Haddenhausen, 

 counsellor and secretary 'of the German 

 Embassy, and Baroness von dem 

 Bussche-Haddenhausen, Professor Lib- 

 bey of Princeton, Senator and Mrs. 

 Thomas Martin of Virginia, Represen- 

 tative Lamb of Virginia, Mr. Champ, 

 Mr. Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Well- 

 man, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Larner, 

 S. B. Hege, Representative and Mrs. 

 Joseph W. Babcock of Wisconsin, 

 Representative and Mrs. Sydney Bowie 

 of Alabama, Representative Theodore 

 E. Burton of Ohio, Representative and 

 Mrs. Burleson of Texas, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Ernest G. Walker, Mr. Frederick 

 Emery, Representative and Mrs. 

 Charles F. Scott of Kansas, Mr. Edgar 

 G. Snyder, Senator Newlands of Ne- 

 vada, Mr. Lloyd C. Griscom, American 

 Minister to Japan, and Mrs. Griscom, 

 Representative and Mrs. William Alden 

 Smith of Michigan, Senator and 

 Mrs. Clarence D. Clark of Wyom- 

 ing, Mr. and Mrs. George Rouzer, 

 Representative and Mrs. Henry C. 

 Adams of Wisconsin, Mr. Charles 

 Denby, Third Assistant Secretary of 

 State, and Mrs. Denby, Gov. Wright of 

 the Philippine Islands, Mr. Rennie, sec- 

 retary of the British Embassy; Mr. R. 

 N. Oulahan, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore 

 W. Noyes, Maj. Joseph E. Kuhn, Rep- 

 resentative and Mrs. Graff of Illinois, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Kauffmann, 

 Miss Lilian Whiting, Mr. Albert F. 

 Ferguson, Linnie M. Bourne, Dr. W. 

 Duncan McKim, Mrs. McKim, Profes- 

 sor and Mrs. Bigelow, C. Heurich and 

 Mrs. Heurich, Representative F. W. 

 Mondell of Wyoming, J. T. Hendrick; 

 Victor H. Olmsted, William Simes, 

 Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Bethell, Dr. Arnold 



