Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-01
SCANDINAVIAN
MISSION HOUSE.
p,illlant Affair in Aid Of Erection Of
Structure at Copenhagen
FINE ENTERTAINMENT.
..,, rail- aud supper at Chris-
,.o.en,s Last Nlght-Gov, Wells
Dellyers Excellent Addres"

Grand concert, ball and supper
Given I'm Christensen hall last
ayonlng for the benefit of the seahu'-
Ion mission house at Copenhagen
n'a,nork The AFFAIR was conducted un-
los ,ne direction of a number OF Scan
~aoy,an citizens and was one OF the
ns, hrlliant affairs Of the season, ana
'ns successful to a large degree a
,anst excellent program was rendered.
~, ohlef feature of which was an ad-
.rs.s nv Governor Wells, which appears
4, sn hollow. The hall was very ar
I,Isdcollv decorated with flowers, potteu
,lors and draped with the iiags OF
Ill., United states and Scandinavia
ma arst number was selections from
Ana oneras oGelsha' and "Ba-Ncci1''
\, Miss tlma Lonquist, on the violin
fa,'cnnnanied on the piano by MISS EN-
s.,'o Iagnan. A duet called "SaeterJen-
&,an . was sung by Mrs. Christine AN
fdsrsnn ana Matilda Christi rms was
fSoiioved with comic speech py 40
ssnh straaberg, and the swedish IA,
s,,nal snnp by Misses Berna kranll ana
,,nma Runswick. Then the Danish
raWfnal song. "Vlft Stolt paa kodans
nBolge." was rendered by MIS- CIris'i"e
Henderson. -, ,otioa
N PRESIDENT Joseph u. Taylor was caileu
I'm for speech and responded WIN q
Hf,w haypy remarks, He was toho"e'
IN The rendition Of the Norwegian ma
t',onal song "Ja vi elsker dette Lahlet
I'm Hyrum Olsen. Selections rom
|.rvedish plays were given on the WON,
IN Mics Ullma LonQuist, accompanies
In KNIT I,onquist on the guitar,
M A onartet. composed OF Thos, j. ia
cohsen Martin Chrlstophersen, ole
HCuldbrandsen and Hyrum olsen rem
4 dered A very pleasing piece, ana tue
ruests were delighted with q skift
#dance by Miss Ethel Beesley ana caEe
|4,yalk by twelve little girls In costume
4nnder the direction of Miss Emma
Is lagman ,t,,o,aa
"a Governor Wells address was ls'enen
ITO with close attention. ana was AS
Efoitws's
IA GOVERNOR WELLS ADDRESS.
IA II is with the most pleasurable feel
'4jngs that [ respond TO the invitation
ia to be one with you this evening ana
Ileaving the cares and strifos, the vexa-
tions and shortcomings of everyday
plife outside and elsewhere, as YOU have
None, participate with you IN the gen.
eral Joy Of this occasion.
IA 1t seems altogether fitting and proper
that the children Of the scandinavian
countrIes. SO far away from their ma
|five land, should engage in these So
elal reunions, INDUCING in pleasant
"Reminiscences OF the past along with
2Rfhe good Cneer which the companion
Xehlp of the present produces,
IN ! shall not address you as Fellow
,FScandinaylans," as | can claim no Inn
hnedlate ancestry OF that blood; at the
1samc time | do not hesitate 20 call at
'Hstention TO the fact that my complexion
fmight easily entitle me to pass In a
f1crowd for one OF your cOuntrymen. And
<Iif such mistake should be recorded,
8let me assure you | should regard II
IfRs no stall compliment TO be classed
{. Rs a countryman Of that proud group of
#1ations that has contributed so much
#to the worlds advancement, and that
has assisted SO phenomenally in peO-
Mpling all parts Of the civilized world,
nnd particularly the United States, with
"a race cf men and women who are
&greeted with so warm welcome every
9Nhere for their sturdy honesty, their
,naryelous thrift and enterprise.
M Naturally by reason Of the some
what rigorous climate Of the land of
their nativity and the temperament and
haolts acquired thereby, they have
B,ovitaied largely 10 the northwestern
/, fec'lons OF our country, where the tenn
peratufe Is more nearly like that In
(which they or their immediate ances.
Va 'or3 We're born and reared; and so We
d. 1hd an Immense proportion Of Scandl-
4|IaVlans In Minnesota, and Wisconsin,
1Wlth goodly numbers in Michigan, Llli-
ri hOls, Nebraska and the Dakotas. BUT
am proud to be able to say that our
.&own Utah is little. If any, behind the
98greateSl OF these In point OF Seandna.
81 wan population, vast numbers having
lWhed their faces and directed their
"a Footsteps hither when the fatherland
Va. Nus oldden adieu. Il therefore happens
llat we who were born In Utah have
~ accurate a knowledge Of the char
ac'er ana worth Of the scandinavians
os the people Of any other state. and
Nhal Is said of our Swedish, Danish
sno Norwegian friends anywhere in the
|u Ohlted states may be said of them with
HSuai accuracy here. Speaking OF them,
'neh ~ we md them, the Scandina-
81 Ins Ia ms country constitute a mum
III VHi political and commercial factor
Isecohu to those Of but one other pow
LIN ana not greatly inferior TO them,
&wnlle as citizens, as adopted children IN
n b '~ nousehold of our magnanlmous anc
n ptaole government, they are euua
w. 'ne natives OF our own or any Other
NJ ,S"l. IN the matters OF loyal support
y !, our institutions. requirement OF oui
W am OF education, In enterprises OF
4 ~ Kinds and in all those qualities ant
49, Whlcll contribute toward main
4,,,nng our country IN the proud posi-.
W. 10 which II has attained as the
N,,h,ea'est the freest and the best of al
III 'c ua.ons OF any age OF the world.
v sror.' .,s mere, as many OF you have
N 49, .ue iahd OF the midnight sun, neA-
~" W the ultima thule. so long and
s rsas sought for--where The
49, white bear climbs up the North
n bo o.e ana washes his paws in the aurora
In sSa a have not taken much tim,
r peen subjected 10 much Inconven.
6,h~e'e IN becoming assimIliated with
,sn peopie and methods OF the more
Al conl,sldle region. Nor should n be
n ro Sns,oefed altogether as a matter of
Sseht assimilation, benevolent mr. o,h'
Il fec,Ioa .of the ties that bind us by az
3clstionale remembrance or loyal appre.
4 ro ba OF the children of Scandinavia
Y onr ~ 10 period long antedatinp
|when ~" existence--to the time
cy" W., ,ne present era was IN IT'S infan.
. nv aa. u are strengthened and fortified
n ilonei 70 VI personal friendship and ma.
Il W. buou VIII beyond enumeration.
81 N w ute disposed, and very properl,
(. coyer, e,te the first credit for the dis.
n umbnss OF America to CHRISTOPHER Col.
II acble,,,, IunoWing up his initlatory
n vesnneeIi' ents with those OF Amerlgt
a spuccl, Sebastian Cabot and others,
\ Ina sn we properly give TIE courageous
or beerprlsing Genoese the first hon.
ta,,in vause his discoveries are the
- Nss,e.s point OF the history of tho
tklnndna world as a home for the white
sides ana advanced races. and be-