Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1874-07-15
Hans Christian Andersen.
THE DANISH sTORY-TELLER.

Hans Christian Andersen was born II
Odense, Denmark, on the I'd of April
1906, in the one room which his fathe
and mother occupied, which servet
alike for house and shOemaker's shop
he left the town when he was fourteen
to seek his fortune, and in 1867 he wa!
received in Odense as the guest of the
citizens; the houses were all illumina
ted, banquet was given in his honor
and he was presented with the freedom
of the city. In the sixty-twO years tha
lie between those dates, and the sil
years since then. is the story of life
full of varied lights and shades. Hi.
father was young man of poetic mind
always hungering after richer life
than that spent in making shoes; hi;
mother, simple, superstitiOus anC
affectiOnate woman. In their one room
began his life, and his earliest recollec
tiOns furnished him with scenes which
afterwards he wOve into his stories.
sour little roOm," he says, (which
was almost filled with the shoemaker:
bench, the bed and nv crib, was the
abode of my childhOOd; the walls, how
ever, were covered with pictures, and
over the work bench was cupboard
containing books and songs; the little
kitchen was full of shining plates and
metal pans, and by means of a ladder
it was possible to go out on the roof,
where, in the cutters between our house
and the neighbOrs', there stood great
chest filled with soil. my mothers sole
garden, where she grew her vegetables,
In my story OF the snow queen tha'
garden stlll Dlooms;
lie grew into tall, ungalniy lau, as
shy as girl, and yet so slmple-hearted
l. l. H..
that ne was ready TO conhde TO the ut
most III any one VINO smiled on MINI
ii,,ia o hnt tbot 'Tl TtsIa nc s araIassivJ J tho,
- e.",', e., u...,. Ios,,soaI a. fos.t In.
e,"I, J,'ea aus nc ,nrIoJ % o ono ian 20
bn1. So w., snoW % IT, ,a, 1",,. - .hat hn
began to associate more with Others,
and like his comnanions- tn 90 throu oh
4 the Catechism. preparatory to COntir-
nation He tells a little story here of
himself. which shows where ..Tbe Red
| Shoes came from.
g. o,a too,,, .,;,,. ,,,o5 - 5o
..sad % fathar,. araat .,,oo co.t ;nto my n0nfr
,nat;on sn;t for me. neUar hnfors bad I
worn so @noJ a co,t baS also for
the first f;ne in nv life a MIR Of boots
Nv Jaj;gbt was aytra1elY areat. nv
anIv fear was that everyhodv wonIa
not ace them and tLercfore drew
them IN over nv tronserS and tins
nnarnbad b thrannb ,b. cb,rch r Tha
hoots cre,IeJ and that inwardIv nleased
mo. for tLuS tba connraaation would
hear tbat ,bev ware new Nv wbola
J.~o.;nn ras d;StnrhaJ. 7 was .raro
of II and i cansaS n,e horr;hI. nomo
! Of consc;anca that nv, tLonahts sbonii
he rs n,nch w;tb nv NV honts as NTH
Cod nr,,.od u.s., .,,,ostI,, e., -, :.
]
,b"roht ahent NV NV boo,s :.
'"un' W., ~, oo
W men ne set OUT Ior Copenhageh' ne
sau u niue sum oI money anu MS con-
Irmatlon suit, ana unDounded cohn-
uehce IN every one.
The poor boy lived, one scarcely
knows how, but he could not help at
tracing peoples attention, he was so
ingenious. and at last wise and good
man, Councillor Collin, took him as his
own son, and began TO educate him. As
Andersen now learned how TO use his
mind, all the odd fancies and make-be
liefs which had kept him busy with
mock theatres and puppets and dolls.
began to find expression in writing,
and before he had finished his school
ing, he was writing stories and dramas;
anu Just before ne passed his last ex-
amination, wnen ne was twenty-tour
years old' ne brought OUT coilection
OF poems,and one OF his plays was acted
at the theatre.
denmark Is n little country but al
oiu nation ihilaDlts II; ana hence lt Is
IN IN Iact, that society tnere Is somethihS
ike great famliy. Every one knows
every one, ana personal AFFAIRS get
talked ABOUT, ana new au'hor, or
artist, or actor, Is at once taken In
hanu; people not only !aik aDout MN,
ouI taik 10 MN, ana critlclZe nlnl' anu
teli MN what ne ougilt 10 uo, anu what
ne ough. no. 70 90. o9ciety there Is a
.niage lea-taole 9l euucatee people.
erty, and was, besides young man lg-
nora1t OF worldly wisdom, was bad
Sered g9od deal, ana IN .he carry
days OF ms authorship, anu had 10
struggle hard 10 MAINTAIN posltion.
put oy degrees, he commanded atten-
non anu respect people pegan 70 see
.ia' ne iiau slIts ~ an unusuai GlaIac-
ler, anu just the ,hihS lot Wnlcn ne was
at nrst plained-hls haivete ana
WORCESTERSHIRE how Mnat ,he Morlu
49, s"iA'' 40 e'o" i""i''''' 'n
'ur.'
FROM tnat tlme 10 tnls ne mas Deen
writing stories; novels 1or oiaer people,
such as ne inproVlsi.3re, wnicn Is
picture OF ItaIy' anu Inc Two pa
roneSses 4, "; anu oniy riq-
1Sh Mh.,e -. .h tao ST. sou' III i'ho nId Iado ie
rs aa I;. na;t ;U tno nount, tto U,i r;id sond
hams h, ms % of Iutiand tbs beech @ e trees s' tbe
h,;ah, or nnarrniS"1a .n c;+y I;fo tha fr.Sh
fraSI % InSn;taI;iy J ali I nst & inio III, his ' sfn,
rias Rnt y i h;S little stories that baTe
reS, mon him & renown ~ :" @ The They - ware sometb;nS % hi
so Som new VIII, and ni nieas;nn that tbev hecame
ot nnca ',mu menpraI fayor;tas ih With vonne
and nId and in the theatres INSTEAD nf
nna,ur ,,na u, tba Gnu ac,orS wnnId roc;te .Tba
ronsfant Tin Soldier aTbe Ton and
Roii y or mrbe Sw;neberJ trbnr- @
Daijs. | tho famous sculntor waS a
nana and .IS waS % deI;obteJ WIFI Amder.
son,S ,,"r;as " va" In b;S cnmnanv bo mrote
cola Shut Eve.,' and ..often y says An
dorson ..;n tbe tw;l;obt wbs, tLe fam
;iv c;rnl. m sat t"H IN tha omen aardan lem " nan
i Tio~a,dnan @ o p'id 500 sitf.i,,