Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-01-05
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden. Norway ard
Denmark.
THE HOLIDAYS In STOCKHOLM
Swedish Citizens Relieve Ia celebrate
Ing u . MAJ which leave.
Notkinx GasaAxs~.
SWEDEN


stock hotns.
Christmas ON but ouce . year ia
Sweden, the saine ~ In any othci
place, u the Stockhoimtsns believe
In criehratiitx during yni-tide in q
way which len yes nothing unloue ~
far as merrin,-nt. gayety snd good
things To eat and drink are concerned.
During the holidays the cafes have
been over crowded aud everyone is III
holiday attire and booking as PROSPER
GUS ms circumsta m.s allow. The mosI
popular cafes la Stockhoim ut presen,
are Grand hotel. kydberg. Rosenbad
Continental, lu Nosd. and of courss.
the old landmarks -"B~rrs Stronger
and Hssseibac These pieces ha re
been ov~rcrowded during the holidays
and thousa nds Of CROWNS have been
spsnt Cor wines and dinners. The
yuietide IL n strenuous time for the
tovfai StOckhoimian. aud young men OF
festive prociivities nnd themselves in
debt head over hreis before th~ ssason
b passed. Early un,rniny uass I'm
otta'' was heid IN all the city churches.
and nearly all Of them were crowded
In the country districts Christmas eve
and the "Jut-otta'' are tie two most
notable events of the yesr. The good
cheer" spirit H. prevalent in NIL parts
OF Sweden these days.
A number OF the me,ubers Of ths
Scudina Wan colony in Parts seem 70
regard the rumor Of Prince tiustaf's
snSa cement to Miss Alice Roosevelt
seriously. An American newspaper
correspondent took ocea sion fo In
terview Prince Gustaf on his question
the other day and received the fol
lowing answer: II am only la Paris
for enjoyment. DO not put any stock
In the Stockholm reports. should
consider ii an honor to meet Miss
Roosevelt. but | am at present more in
tereeted In automobiles than matri-
mony." A number OF Paris papers have
discussed the rumor at length and or,
dea to give their reports the c0lor
OF possibility. The whole matter is OF
course ridiculous as IL has only eman-
ated In the mind OF some enterprisinc
newspaper correspondent.
G. +. Lundquist. popularity known as
"Lunkan" gave his farewell perform
ance at the Royal Opera Dec. 3. The
beloved song veteran has for thirty.
eight years been connected with the
Swedish opera and he now appeared
for the last time. He was assisted by
Johan Forsell. Sweden's greatest living
baritone. Mr.. Lundquist's numbers
were received with an enthusiasm
which knew no bounds, and he ended
the performance by leading in three
cheers for the beautiful and ideal In
life. "Lunkan" has thouss nds Of AL
mirers in Stockholm. who all regret TO
bid farewell to this singer, who when
In his prime rendered "Du Gamla dn
Friska" In a way which has never been
duplicated by n other baritone IN
Sweden.
Albert Rees, OF London, has been ap-
pointed chief Of the Salvation Army In
Sweden to succeed Commander" Me-
Mahon. who recently resigned. Mr..
Rees arrived In Stockholm Dec. 5. and
was received at the Central depot by
w afNrsit oivdtiOufStS
Automobiles are now being used for
mail delivery In the Swedish capital.
So far they have not proven ats
factory and have 90 FUSED the post of.
fes department nc "a Of trouble and
expense. They IRE. however. to be
given q trial Of eight months.
Ten OF the Swedish riksdag repre-
sentatives who recently were the
guests OF the French parliament. re-
turned from Paris Dec. g.. The re
mainder Of the delegation fool q trip
to southern France.
DIR. ID. o. Bell. secretary OF the
American legation I'm Stockholm. has
received a written letter Of thanks
from King Oscar for his interest In be
half OF the famine sufferers In Norr-
land.
Not less than 4OS persons were
honored by decorations OF different
Swedish authors on the kings birth.
day, Dec. I. Besides these q hundred
medals of honor were distributed.
"Litteres ct artibus'' has been
awarded Nine. Anns Midling. Of Hud-
iksyald. and Frans Tiger. director OF
music. Stockholm.