New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-17

boots and bringing up water from the court
ward. Whether this old woman has a servant 10
wait on her I do not know. bnt strongly s"s-
pect she has" The marketing is usually '.'-
trusted 70 The servant girls. who can MAKE
the money 90 much further than their employers
are able TO do Provisions are plentiful Nd'ie"'
GOOD and cheap and housekeeping on mouei'''
scale is consequently not burdensome, put ue-
cidedly pleasant Mr.. Thomas Is enthusiastic o'''
the Swedish stove, in which wood alone Is pu' w
and which is apparently identical with the i'''''i"
Dutch and German stove. Economy OF iue' "''
couabilty of heat distribution ana hiaii''"''N
are its virtues: defective ventilation Is us
As the Swcdes are full century bchlhu ~.
in respect TO ventilation, which 'h'H ''
this defect is not one in their eyes ,,;,,
Whether the method OF paying TIC i".,''
doctor which is employed in the lahn VI Wv
S,;,,inOs would answer in any other country seems
Questionable Mr. Thomas states 'ha'
Sodsh ,,hvs;cans do not make out or Sehu Ill
onv hill 20 their patients What you pay your
doc,or is entirely optional with yourself NV
rich nav him literally, whether they nave heeo y,
HE service or not if he has once been Te'ai''"
nv them The poor pay him a small sum, ""'
the very poor pay him nothing AT All '''
bc visits them and cares for them AZ aSe''"o",N
as he does for the rich. On the las' "'S " w.,
old year. the evening Of the 5is' Decein'e'
49, =; IN .rrelone addressed to your physician, "a
sum of money which you think suIhcich'' NV oas
10 compensate him, but 10 accOfu WIN So" ~,
nos;tion !, life and enclosing your card Win ''e
money in the envelope, send IL py sci'""V "
rour doctor The servant returns with the car"
Of the doctor in a sealed envelope dlrec'eu ~ w.
This shows YOU that the doctor Has '''''.''
vour money. is your own receipt ana ho q"o''io
in regard to money ever passes between Som
How would such a system answer hei'
opinion OF the faculty upon That ques,ion "0"i'
nrohoblv he interesting. There is in Sweden one
custom more honored in the breach ,han III NV
observance. We mean tipping without "mcn
.oa .or,,;oo i, tbc restaurants cannot be secured
and which extends, as in many other countries 10
al ,bo relations of life Mr.. Thomas defends the
nroctics but in not very convincing way
An interesting chapter is on the Swedish winter.
which Mr. Thomas found far less severe than he
bod exnected Bat the effect Of the shortening
DAYS he describes as being singularly depressing.
In December :" the day dwndes TO MINIMUM VI
less than six hours, followed by nlght HoIc ''''
eighteen hours lOng-more than three-ioui'ns y.
tho time in darkness: and then, when the igh'
docs come snch o. wan, sad light II Is ANA
oooin tho author saws: At midday the shade"
Of the great square palace is thrown across '"o
wide harbor and darkens the windows Oh 'ne up
posite shore No ray OF the winter sun c>''
gets down into the narrower streets ana 'he S""P'
are lighted with gas and electricity an" N'io'' "''
by day the same as by night. You stand al your
window and watch the sun set. then light your
lamp and read an hour or so by lamP-le"'' ""'''
milling out you, watch You find it 10 be not |e'
o'clock in the afternoon. You step OUT o." '"V
street in the morning to do an GRAND, ana un-
less the distance is very short YOU must marry
for dear life, or il will be pitch dark before you
ge, home again And this sense OF the shoi'hess
Of time and the necessity Of hurrying up remains
and abjdes with YOU all winter Mr lholi''s
comes to the conclusion that il is moi the c0lu ana
snow that make the northern winner ui',''E
il is the short days and eaden SKIES, thc IohG
darkness and the gloom; the pctP'!n"I St.1~ '
being pursued by the dark as IN a hleh'in mar
the perpetual hurry by day 10 accomplish SOM
before the darkness OVcrtakcs You. ana lnf hIE"'
comcth when no can work. ana the ever
present. uniformed, unreasonne, lurking lc'I'
strongest in December lest the LIE -giNhE sun c"N'
Won forever" lie tells story "i gchtl'h.' t
who took charge of some mines wlthin Inc N'''
Circle who told him that during the mrs. Wih'ci'
when the darkness lasted Tor weeks ne was com,
PEELED TO jump into reindeer pulk ana drive
fuNonsly over the country 10 save his reason nor
would he pass a second winter Their:
The authors brother. General lh"inas. ms
written a chapter describing the regular autumn
manoeuvres Of the Swedish army, which. though
small is characterized highly disciplined ana
very efficient. This Is by no means one OF tlf rds'
interesting CHAPTERS Of the book Mr. Thomas
himself writes very pleasantly and approximately
Of King Oscar and the Royal family. of whom b"
saw much That the King Of Sweden adnIrcS ih"
American Minister is made quite apparent in many
WAYS We have already spoken Of the hunting
episodes and it only remains 10 notice the highly
curious descriptions Of the Swedish winter sports
The volume is profusodly illustrated. ana most OF
tho illustrations are more than commonly good
Mr. Thomas has much humor and an agreeable
and natural stvlc. and he has added great deal
To the available KNOWLEDGE Of an extremely inter-
estng country and people.