The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-19

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henrik losen's last play. John Gabriel
Borkman." has been staged in Paris with
great success. IL has also been performed
recently IN New York as the first of Sc
ries of high class literary plays to be given
curing the winter. The Criterion. which
originated this plan. says:
what value has the best work that our
s,age can snow. compared with the least
SiIorts or such men as Gernart Hauptrnan
Ibsen. Stfindberg. Becuue PjseGshi
Porto-Riche. Giacosa. Sudermann. Echer.
garay: VINO are fighting In the defense OF
their Ideals? In Paris Berlin. Prague Nj
Ian. Vienna-ay, ana in the smaller ToSns
OF the European continent il Is possibIe for
sne LLnleiiigent public to see plays that are
tons. we are offered nothing nothing bi,t
crude or insipld pieces written BY psopI,,
, VINO Know nothing for people who know
Lieut. {. Amdrup, OF Copenhagen. will
ieaa another expedition 10 Greenland
Inc prime object of the expedition IL 10
map the east coast of Greenland which
- at present terra incognita. The west
coast has been mapped to the 18th degree
where smiths sound commences. Throuph
this sound and It's continuation. Kennedy
ana RobeSon's canal, which separates the
northwest coast of Greenland from
rIdh' land, ships have passed into Lin
coin sea and stili farther north. I.ieut
Peary has 'rav srsed the inland ice pIatns
10 the northeast coast at Indenanderca
bay But the east coast remains uner-
piored Scarcely more than half of ,he
coast line has been mapped ana the
charts that have been published over The
southern half Of the coast line are in
complete and unrelia BILE The long stretch
of coast line from Cape Fareweii ~ -.
Angmagsalik station was explored IN tsss.
~ ny Capt. Holm who al Angma9salIk
found unknown Eskimo tribes A, fhis
point the Greenland Commercial comnsnv
established trading post In 1884, From
angmagsalik north to Cane Brewster a,
Scoresby sound the coast &c en,iret,, -
known. The distance between these tvgo
point Is s59 miles The Carlsbereer f,nd
VIII defray the expenses of the eynedi.,nn
and has placed i5aoro crowns a, the a.
posai OF the commission OF geological, ana
geographical explorations i'm Graarta,s
Whlch consists Of Commandant Wander
Capt. Holm ard DR.. Steenstrun TbiS
commission has selected Lieut.. Amdru,
as The chief Of the expedition NJ
ornp mas lived one year I'm Iceland. ana
has made study Of Arctic eora;tinr.
re - recognized as an able officer. ard
Is young giant. He viii be sece yora,ta,s
Dy TWO scientists and an officer ana natt,
oiflcer In The Danish navy. he ain n..,
Honaily attend TO the asiroloeicat "a
magnetic observations. The exnedgr.or
VIII leave Copenhagen July. isas and s.,s,i
carry provisions for several years p,,r.
rag me summer and fall depots VIII be es-
eao.Ishta q, dinerent points along the
coast, which can be reached 81, 49,.
lions either across the inland or the coax,
les on Skis snowsEfoes or WITH sleagag
IN the spring Of 1899 the expedition vu,
return TO Angmagsallk and thence In az
.ai 20 'opeFansGfn n. In the spring of Ig9sg
aH1irup and companions will set gu. IN
a whaisr for ScoYess1y sound yfa rc~.s,
insnee the expedition VIII work n. .,aw
soa'h to the store depots, taking obsery..
IONS ami soundings. going from denot -
cFpot unfH AugrEaEsalik ~ reaehes vvhs.
the expedition VIII have comoIe.ea ga 81
tons and can return to Denmark with
complete maps and charts OF .bs sac,
coast of Greenlasd With This ,,rae-,st,
ls.s successfully carried oiit the onyv n,,.
., ores nland which viii remain unsx.
S'0fsd = the coast between the nortnnast.