Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-09-26
swedes ~smorsasbord." at which

selves to cold meats OF various kinds,
herring. anchovies, sardines, radishes.
sausages of great variety. fried fsh.
hot omelets. corn brandy. potato bran
dy. schnapps and other drinks. always
| precedes the regular dinner. When
large parties are gathered 1t is always
customary for the men to sing one
of the national drinking songs when
they take their schnapps.
The Swedes have good appeti.es
and enjoy eating. On the steamers
on the lakes and canals and the coast
ers they seem to be eating and drink
| ing all of the time, and an old fashion
| ed custom permits each passenger to
keep his own score. There is usually
slate or memorandum book hang
ing by a string in the dining room,
where he writes down his name and
the items of food and drink he has
been served with. At the eni OF the
voyage one of the maids goes around
with this book and they settle With her
No one ever thinks of cheating. The
honesty of the Swedes Is proverbial
This custom. however. is being done
away with. with other equally old fash
ioned. and modern methods intro
duced
The charges for food are compare
lively low. At most of the hotels
breakfast and supper are AZ cents
each and dinner Sc cents with tea,
coffee and all other drinks extra.
The cid fashioned hours of meals are
also being changed in the cities. It
has been customary to have break
fac -. 4, 4
at 3. This custom appears to have
been the result of the long nights and
the short days of winter From Nov
ember until April II is not fully light
until O'Clock and II Is dark at A. The
banks. government Offices. the law
yers and other office men begin work
at 10 O'Clock and continue un-
til 4. with perhaps cup of coffee and
a sandwich at their desks between
times. They then go home to din
ner and do not return to their work,
although the shops keep open from
o'clock In the morning until or 8 In
the evening. and mechanics and lab
orers work from eleven to twelve
hours. The meal hours. however. are
changing. and fashionable people fol-
light breakfast with coffee and rolls
in the morning, luncheon or break
fast at ~ and dinner at Z.
The state dinners at the palace are
always ut 6 o'clock. At nearly all
the other courts of Europe 1t is Gus
tomary to dine at s. The kings din
ners are short. His guests seldom rc-
main at the table more than an hour
or an hour and u half, after which the
ladies' adjourn to one of the drawing
rooms, the gentlemen to the smoking
room and later are usually entertained
by musicians from the opera house
or the royal conservatory. This
seems old fashioned, but for people
who like to go bed early and those
who are uccupie with business al.
day it is much more sensible and
agreeable custom than in some cities
where social festivities do not begin
until the hour when the King OF
Sweden's guests are bidding good
night.
Everybody complains that the
Swedes are drifting away from their
old customs and are becoming mod
ernized. The French influence seems
to prevail and modern Swedish life
is an imitation of that of Paris
Another OF the old customs Is for
people to Indicate their business upon
their visiting cards. You will receive
the card of Lawyer Jones. or Banker
Smith, or Notary Johnson. or Music
ProfessorBrown, or Grosserer (Which
means wholesale merchant) Furgeson.
or Geologist' Thompson, and IL man
ever held an Office 1t is customary to
Indicate that fact upon his card. A
burgomaster Is always a burgomaster,
a consul Is always a consul and an
alderman always an alderman. The
prefixes Hon and "Mr." are seldom
used, and the title, whether CONNER
cial or professional, is observed in
conversation in the same way. It
would eound rather queer for anyone
in the United States to ask whole
sale Merchant MacVeagh, will you
kindly pass the butter?" or Banker
Hutchinson. will you escort Fri Board
of Trade Operator Jones to the table?"
or ''Directorof Music Ziegfcld. wish
you COED day; but that is the custom
in Sweden, and 1t is observed by chill
dren as well as grown people A
lisping child will approach guest,
make a pretty title bow.courtesy, and
say Good morning, Chief-Justiceof
Supreme Court Fuller" or Good
night, Representative-in Congress
Boutell."
It is customary also for ladies to
print their maiden names under their
married names. particularly II they
have Il pride of family and want peo-
to know their ancestry.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 24.-Edward SAT-
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