Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-08

DR. NansUu met me at the depot ~
told me that De had given up smoking
and drinking entirely, loo order TO tram
| himself Tor the impending hardship.
/ Nansen's wife is petite, lively woman
/ OF dark complexion, who loves sport no
| less than her husband
"His study i5 furnished wiin rare ol1
furniture. on q large antique table
/ type.wnting machine and bundles OF
! papers and manuscript wcrcto be 'ound.
/ There were also letters from lll paris oi
the world, from people WHO wanted 10
participate 100 his expedition lherc
was a letter written Joy French l9dy'
who was tired OF HE aud intended TO
enter a convent. but believed it would
! be better and more prudent to Strike
OUT Tor the North pole.
THE bread which viii b' the pnncl.
pal uuurishments Of Nauscn aud nus
/ people during the expedition IS kini
of biscuits. large and round. white ana
very compact The ration of each man
Is to consist Of four biscuits a day
! silk will be used as the most suitable
material for tents, as % shuts out inc
| cold better than anything else.
"Thc cabin Of 'lrcm FORWARD is
heated by means OF au English petto'
lcum stove which consumes three liers
OF petroleum "a day AS the explorer
has taken along with him a sufficient
supply OF tins fuel TO last him eight Or
nine years, there will be no lack Of heat
Ing material.
The library Of the expedition consists
Of 1000 books, halt Of which are scien'
tifc works aud the other half novels,
poetry. etc. The crew OF the snip
numbers twelve men. who together viii
occupy the cabin, which measures on'y
thirteen feet square Here they are
going to dwell. eat aud work. Nansc'
intends to take his typc.wntng machine
along, as he believes that his eyes VIII
be strained less II be- omitl using q pen
during the long aud dark days.
Each one ul the crew, as well aa the
explorer him Ell, will wear certain
kind Of suit which cannot be penetrated
by water.
ANEW iESsy LIMO rs PARIS.
Sih Lind is the nom d. artistic under
which a young Swedish song,tfcss has
made her successful debut IN Paris. Her
real name is Gertrude Sparrman, and
she can boast o being a relative OF the
great leuny Lind.
The prominent Journals lie Gaulos
and lie Matin speak Of her voice as one
Of rare tmbre and cultivation, and the
former paper states that "she created
formal sensation by her singing at a
soiree the other day
4 NArioSAL HOLIDAY
Hitherto old Sweden has not had any
a If I'd
and In the same sense as the Fourth OF
July Is one wherever loyal Americans
meet, or the i7ih OF May, where Nor
wcgians come together.
Why should not Sweden celebrate her
day Of liberty as well as any other
country Is the question which up to
recently has been asked many times
over aud over again, being always
answered In the Affirmative. BESIDES,
the matter has been thoroughly discuss
ed IN the press, but II was not until
few weeks ago that opinions united as
to certain day Of celebration
Midsummer evening, the 25rd of June.
was set a. this day, and was selected
chiefly on account Of its importance 10
the Swedish people as q day OF JOY aud
festival. ON which they used 10 adorn
Nltlf MONIES WIN llhWtlH ANu lldliH AuA
| dance mculy around the may-pole, but
also by many reasons OF historical
significance.
The 33rd Il June Is named as day Of
fame in the history OF the three Swedish
heroes OF liberty. Engelbfekt, Gustavui
Nisa and Gustavus Adolphus I, was
that day In i3ii on which Engclbrekl
and his Dalecartians arose against the
Danish king, who was also the ruling
regent OF Sweden, aud 1t was on a mid.
summer night Ia 1928 that Gustavus
Nasa ended his war of liberation by
forcing Stockholm. desperately defend.
ed by the Danes, to clptulitc, and, at
the head uf his victorious army making
his entry In the capital,
And last but notlc1si, may be rcmem
bcred another event, which, taking place
ON the same date ~ 1880, became an
epoch In the history of Professionalism
and l.uthcrani5m: the landing Of Gu,a
yus Adolnhus aud his army ON the
island OF Rucgen and Sweden's formal
participation In the Thirty Years war.
No wonder then, that the people of
Sweden have stamped their approval OF
the 25rd OF June as q 10 holiday Of the
whole natonl