The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-04-13

~ Wss scandinavian SNOW Lamp Tha,
Mlhn Iha IIrlmrn OF n.nntN


made the ficture of beauty
AT tha hHu4o " friend on West Nine.
tythiri street on The day following our
recent h,.ff -uuWsturm said "a west side
T dwrllcr 'v were called from our after
dinner m, Of whist Goo come Co tho rear
I of the h.us. The summons. proceeding
unmi-taI uh from the small but potent
lungs of % rycy. the G.yoar-old scion Of
| the house q used us to- 90 30 the back par
| lor Windows in haste 20 see what inven-
/ tiveness ,f O. ischiof had seized that lively
I youngsto' ut such an hour
llarF 8- iu uo trouble this time,
but was .u ; Vh glee over u sight that for
the moment ook MS ahack with its beau
~ aud ra yencss The yard. the drift
aud the dun brick walls were softly illu-
minated .n he mellow but ferycnt light
that radi &C., on all sides from what seem
ed "a min at re- Eskimo snow hut beside
the drift J ais edi6ce, built, as we pres
entity disco, red, Of large, loosely made
snowfall ,s in shape an elongated half
sphere set on it, base. being perhaps feet
high by leet in diameter at the base
Its walls Ire together as they rose clos.
ing nt the r, lnded top 1t was a. lumi-
nous as p reclaim lamp globe but its
ed boy the Gu YES and Inequalities Of the
balls of snow and bright shafts and CLEANS
where licit from within came here aud
there througl nm open chink.
"By the 81 e of this glowing cairn stood
Edith, tho Sy edish maid of all work. tall,
slender and lond Of hair and skin Har-
yey at her .i' stood rapt IN the Joy Of his
cold, fam ny mound, but the girl looked
up Laughing.
"'WLat on earth il that, EdthY called
out my hest lrough the open window.
at is a 10 lykta. What you call it
in American' A Tampa snow Tampa
lightY her teeth flashing white as she
laughed the more, what we make in Swe.
den, at home. the girls aud the boys
" She made it this afternoon when the
snow was damp in the sunshine, said my
hosts wife, who was In the secret Then
1t froze hard at nightfall You ought TO
have seen how quickly she did IT, It's
candle set up in lido you see that little
square hole in the bottom where she puts
1t iny That makes the illumination.
Would you believe that one candle could
throw out such light through snowi She
made the sno lykta, ms she calls II, to
please Harvey and she was as much de
lighted as he was to be piling up the snow,
and then, poor girl, Of a sadden missed
the sound of her laughter and looked to
see her standing by the snow mound cry
ing. 1t had brought to her so many mem
ories of home.
Wasn't this strange scene for the
heart of New York city, The snow lamp
shining with that wonderful soft flame
light through translucent snow, the laugh
ing Swede girl standing beside the drift,
bareheaded, in her gay skirt and blue bod
ice, beside the delighted child, the dark
surroundings Of somber brick house walls
Beyond these the steeple of the new Trini-
ty chapel stood carved against cold sky,
from which the winter stars looked down
upon Swedish farms over seas In the far
northeast, where youths and madens per
chance were gathered on many an emf
nence, laughing and calling and whisper
ing in the glow of their snow lamps or by
the same mellow radiance signaling mes
sages, well understood, to distant friends
across wide valleys, dark pine forests and
sheeted lakes. New York sun.