New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

housekeeping in this country IL carried out hera
When servants are engaged it Is for persod Oh
six months. The engagements are renewed al
the end of this period. if agreeable to both
parties. The dates of changing are hxed -
moving days in the neghborhood OK new
York. In Norway they are April and October
IA On these days all the girls leave their en-
ployers at p. m They spend the remaindr OF
the day in walking up and down the principal
street with their beaus and friends. Early IN tne
evening they go to the homes of their new ena-
ployers, or their old ones, if they have not
changed. In Sweden the days are April ana
October "a. In that country they have the tnfoe
following days in which to make merry 1nen
employers during this period have TO shin D01
themselves
Reading 'riting and religion are the three
Rs" Of the people of Norway and sweden InA1
practically all learn to read and write n IN
dcated by the small percentage OF hnte11.H
among the Scandinavian immigrants to the
United States. Last year it was OoI per cent
the lowest of any nationality. While all reiis-
ions are tolerated, there is state church In
both countries for the support of which all are
taxed, as in w-England in the early daSS
of its history. The denomination IS LutnerAn
No member of the state church may Do TO
ceiyed into any other church without = Ses1A
discharge nor is it lawful for any d1sSenuns
clergyman to administer the Holy Communism
to members of the state church All chlioren
baptized in infancy in the state church must
remain in it until they are nineteen years old
modification of the laws owing to agitation
has made It possible for adults to leave II II
they specify another church which they wish
| to Join, but not otherwise
The story is told of a professed atheist who
| wished to leave the state church. He asked a
clergyman to dismiss him. saying that he DID
not believe in God future state
| IT cannot legally do so unless you name some
other church." said the clergyman
.I do not believe in religion of any kind" re-
piled the atheist
| ..1hen." said the minister, IT cannot give you
| a discharge"
The atheist brought civil action against tne
clergyman to compel him to grant his request,
but the court sustained the minister. The
| atheist could not get out of the church
The lot of the pauper in some of the parishes
| of Sweden is enviable one In these prov
| inces there is poorhouse. Those who officially
| have been found incapacitated for work are
quartered upon the people of the community
They spend six days in the year at each farm
house They receive the best food the house can
| furnish for it would not do for them to carry
around the information that "So-and-so Is pc
! nurious, and doesn't care about the poor
| The traveller who goes to the North Cape to
see the sun shining at midnight on the waters OF
the Arctic Sea will find cows there that are car
nivorous as well as herbfvorous. The supply OF
grass being deficient fish are fed to them They
eat the strange provender voraciousIy Ii ne
chances to cross over into Lapland. he will md
the Lapps are not so primitive as he supposed,
! although they have way of economiztng IN
the matter of water which might not appeal to
him. When water is scarce the dimtnutive Lapp
woman cleans her spoons with her little rod
tongue.
THE DOMESTIC POINT OF VIEW.
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