Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-04-24


elusive house of Orleans AMI married
into one of the most conservative OF
royal houses, Princess Marie, the wife
of Prince WaIdemar of Denmark, is
anything but sedate and dignifed. AS
is well known, she is usually termed
the Fire Laddie Princess. and she is
we'll named, for never was the passion
for running to fires" more acuteIy
developed than in Princess Marie.
Whenever there is a fire in Copen-
hagen she is notified by secret messen-
ger. as her father and husband DO not
sympathize with her in her hobby She
always appears on horseback encour-
aging and helping the men, She oftes
carries messages from one end of the
line to the other and is not afraid to
go where the fire is fiercest. One day
she dressed up in a complete fire fight
ing uniform, trousers and all, and Wis
tied the court photographer to have her
picture taken. The man was afraid to
do it, fearful of the kings censure, but
gave in at last to the entreaties and
commands of the princess. Two hun
dred OF the photographs were framed
and sent to the fire companies OF Des-
mark and are highly priced When the
king and prince found out about the
photograph, they were exceedingly
angry and tried to recover the pic
lures, but the tiremen would not part
with them at any price. The princess
often visits the men at their stations
al Sr,+n -, bo; IrTJ bat
her ardor for the service has been
largely suppressed by her family.
For a European fire department that
of Copenhagen deserves high comph-
ment. The training of the men has
been done we'll, for it takes but few
seconds to get the apparatus hitched
and out of the station. When the en-
CINE or truck arrives at the fire. the
first thing that is done, provided the
fire is small, is for two men to rush
into the building with extinguishers
and endeayer to put out the fire with
them. Should the fire have gottea
Roadway, this, OF course, cannot be
done and a stream of water is gotten
on the blaze in short order The lad
light weighing only about 2 400 pounds.
including the truck, which is made
narrow so that it can go through the
gateways to the alleys.
The courage of the men and the iE~
teIligence and GOODNESS of the officers
account more than anything else fos
the efficiency of the department. The
hn I'd l., hot
the admiration of Princess Marie and
she aids not a little in the work.
Foolish Employers.
Arather incredible story comes fsos
Eskilstuna, Sweden, in connection with
the success Of the temperance people
in having the barrOoms closed at
o'clock on Friday, the general pay day
of the factories. Some of the employ
ers who are bitterly opposed to the
temperance movement were so amazed
over the victory that they changed
their pay day to Thursday. This was
not first believed, but the announce
ment of the change was actually made,
but was recalled in the face of tho
strong disapproval from the general
public.
In search Of a Cradle.
King Oscar of Sweden has offered 3
reward of $4,000 for a golden cradle
that was sent in 1920 by a German
prince to Queen Eleanora UIrica of
Sweden for her baby. The ship bearing
the cradle was wrecked in a storm az
the Island Off Thorn and was looted by
the inhabitants. According to tradi
ton the cradle was buried in the sand
somewhere on the island
Generous Brothers.
V. EnestrOm has added 100 900
kroner presented by his brother, Or. P.
A. Enestrom, to Karlstad, Sweden.
The interest from this fund viii be
used for such purposes as the city ad-
ministration may direct, and which de
not properly come within the province
of taxation.
In the Philippines.
David o. Lund of Manila P L. held
the first Norwegian religious services
ever held in Manila Jan. IL, at the
Seamen's home. 1t is his purpose to
conduct a mission for ScandinaVians RI
the Philippines, of whom there are
many in the army, and naturally
among the sailors who come to the port
Of Manila
A Fine Crook.
Sahlberg, the lawyer, who has been
arrested in Paris on orders from the
police for swindling, proves to be a
scoundrel of the worst kind. Letters
found on his person indicate that he
was negotiating with the Russian for
eign office to serve the car as a SPY 10
his native land.
After the Nobel Prizes
Candidates for the Nobel prizes will
De more numerous than a year ago.
when many thought that the princely
gifts were too large to be anything but
mythical, and the academy in Rome
proposes Professor Marconi for the
scientific prize. In Paris. AnatoIe
trance is proposed for the literary
,rize and DR.. Yersin for the medical.
Before the curtain.
When Nine. Riston played Indifb in
stockholm she was called before the
urtain after the scene in which she
yas beheaded. Some ways wanted to
now why she did not carry her head
nder the arm. Ever since it has been
'ell nigh impossible to get Swedish
crosses to respond to curtain calls
Fter death scenes. Miss Eva Sjostrom.