Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-02-06
CITY AND DISTRICT.
HISS BROWNS VIKING HALL.
: ne Memorial that Sine Proposes iu
ksonoE of Lett EriksOn.

The ancient Icelandic viking Hall which Miss
Marie A. Brown proposes to have ere ted in Wash
lnstOn. in COMMUNICATION OF Left EriksOn and his
discovery OF America, as Miss Brown claims. I'VE
hundred years before Columbus time, has been d.
signed BY the Icelandic anUquary, Siguri Gud-
mundsOn.
Ni,S Brown wants this hall erected In connection
with the constitutional celebration next year.
The hall, which Il a long structure with double
roof Ike the Pension building. has a porch
Il eacn end, with entrances In this build
Ing, which - planned to be OF regal
proportions, Miss Brown proposes 20 have
exhibition OF collections OF antiquities, manu-
scripts. models, ngures, &C. relating 70 Lief
ties nom the viking period Miss Brown
saws, Is Viking hall OF that pc
tSS IN Whici kiS-s and diva warriors sat on festive
occasions, surrounded BY hundreds OF guests. lis
tenins 20 the wonderful impr0vfsations OF the
skAlds that have immOrtaltZet the northern race.
Tae Interior OF the hail would be nttei with great
benches with high seats at the ENDS and sides,
huge nre-hearths In The center.alcoyes tables ana
STOOLS. The interior. Mss Brown says. would De
admirably al Ipted 70 tne arrangement OF the KIND
Of objects that would compose this exhibition
All aTmOr SHIELDS bucklers. hllberis, &C, would
appropriately decorate the walls, as would
also tapestry, and specimens OF Woo carving.
panels between the pillars. one table, Miss brown
says, should b. nled with drinking-cups, gold
S Sha s!'er he eeaH others could be Utilized
Tor any articles that could be suitably displayed
ca them. one or two OF the alcoyes, at the side OF
the hail. She thinks, could De ntted up 10 show
the style OF the sleeping apartments In those
times. while the Others could serve as sections for
countries sending eNb DIS.
HOW SHE BECAME T;TEREsTEp.
Mss Brown, stated IA Tax STAR. has entered
rpOn the work % securing recognition for Left
ErikSOn as the diScOverer OF America. She told a
STAB reporter that she became interested In this
work because naturally she had north
err sympa,Hies, being of scotch descent,
Hsr cary literary labOrs consisted OF TRANSACTIONS
Of sc1n1inavian authors, and she thus became IN
tere~ted m th- people. she mas since spent years
In vlrOGS cities Of Europe studying such records
as have been left of the vikings and their
age. She has satisfied herself that the colonies
pIa4Ifed on the shores Of Green ana and Vinland
BY the Iceiandic naylgators existed down To the
year Il4O. Roman Catholic bishops, she says,
were appointed for Greenland and yinland.
The first bishop was appointed In 1855, and
there was. Miss Brown says continuous line OF
ing that IN the archives OF the vatican
exist records that VIII prove the
Miss Brown SAYS the name OF vinland was given
70 the coasts Of America south OF Greenland.
The leeianders are supposed TO have landed in the
neigAOOrAOOd OF Massa ,nuSettS Bay.
TO EKCAvATE FOR RELICS.
Miss Brown hopes that the records she believes
exist Ia Rome are 50 exact as 10 enable one to
definitely locate the site Of churches. In such event
she proposes that excavations b. made for the
purpose OF discovering buried relies. Another
record she hopes 60 lind at Rome II ne Of
the visit there OF the wife OF Thor
nm karlseine, one OF the early C0lOniSts
Ia Ninl&nd. a man OF wealth and distinction,
" no made pil-rimag- u Rome. II Is stated, and
gave tull account % her three years stay IN VIM
land These early lceIanders. Miss Brown says,
were strong, Intellectual, p1Oud /
and Independent people who would
not endure the oppression or Harold. the FAIR
Haired and therefore lrfU Scandinavia for lee /
land Relics that exist OI these PEI pie she says
indicate a nigh degree OF advancement. In their
great halls they entertained IA q royal manner.
The >a<aS she says, tell OF Left Er1k>Jn and
100 men being entertailed during whole winner (
by one OF the colOul,tS. They had wealth. ami |
Ia their ships that went all over the
known world were brought dellcaCieS from the /
Mediterranean and other southern seas Miss /
Brown believes Columbus was FULLY Informed OF |
Leif EriSsOn'S voyages and di-cDyeTirS
History mentions that Columbus visited Iceland |
before MS 1TsJ voyage To Amer "a. This l. men, I
Toned In the biography Written by his son Fer |
lAniO. and uuOtei Oy MashIn gtOn Irving.