Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-08-30
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
'DwEDRN AND SWEDISH PEOPLE
Impressions of Thekia Bernays. Cor
respondent of the ST. Louie
Globe Democrat.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Thekla Bernays, q correspondent or
The st. Louis Globe Democrat, has the
following comments to make regarding
Sweden and the Swedes in one of her
recent newspaper articles: alto
gether Sweden proved of absorbing in
terest. | never tired Of watching the
faces and figures. the gait, the color
Ing, the costuming and the manners
In general of the people. | was struck
by the large number of truly delicate
and refined faces and by the sweetness
and mildness of intercourse. The
compilations of the young girls can
only be called true Schneewitchen
ompleXions-white as snow and red
as blood. But | saw not one who had
hair as black as ebony as the Ger
man fairy tale goes on to describe
Schneewitchen. All shades of blond,
from tow to strawberry, ash and chest
nut and often that hue of the silvery
moon that is so rare and admired in
warmer climes were noticed, but
neither men nor women of dark COM
plexion, hair and eyes were to be seen.
AS there are few Jews In Sweden and
Norway. the energetica and aquiline and
usually swart compilations Of that
else ubiquitous race were absent, too.
The voices are low, the manner re-
served and quiet, until the subject Of
Norway's detection comes up. That
nearly always brings out fash Of in
dignatioD, a heightened tone of voice,
something of excitement and scarcely
suppressed anger. Il detest Them
said a young girl-mean1ng the Nor
wegians. They have insulted us.
They are Doors A man of poise. posi-
tion and much erudition expressed
himself as delighted with the 'di-
vorce' IF we had had a war; said
union. So l am glad that we shed no
blood and still are rid of them. But
they might have been less uncouth and
rough in signifying their intention for
divorce Another gentleman, the
superintendent of the kings court, ex-
pressed himself more automatically.
The Norwegians,' he said, are very
nice individually. have many per-
eoaal friends among them. But
when they get together they are i'm
possible, impossibler / asked him
whether the king felt their secession
very much. and he answered sadly,
yes, it hurt him keenly.' The wound
Is very fresh one and one cannot
blame the Swedes for showing irrita-
lion with their neighbors, especially as
they are loudly jubilant over the gain
IN of rot, ind 4
schesty,' not to say cocky in their at
titude. And that after divorce
seems hardly fitting. 1t seems to me
that in the union of those two peoples,
80 similar in many ways and yet prob
ably antipodal In temperament and
the conception of life Norway had the
part of man and Sweden that of
woman. I may be mistaken. but Swe-
den and the Swedes seem to me to
have the softer, yielding feminine
traits, whilst the Norwegian are more
virile, passionate, adventurous and in
considerate. Sweden's people, be-
lieve, are distinguished by tender af-
fections. religious bent love of beau
ty, of abundance and brightness and
good living. Certainly there is a
measure of delicacy and over refine
ment in their appearance that is sig
nificant, a yielding softness, love of
appreciation In their private manner,
as there Is i'm their public conduct
lately toward Norway--a lack Of en-
ergy and self-assertiveness that does
not argue for vigor and power This
Is only a somewhat impulsive guess
on my part, based on valuation from
the literary and artistic standpoint
and a very brief and insufficient OBJ
Eeryation Of but one side-the Swedish.
When l see Norway and the Nor
wegians l may be obliged to re-
tract"
Sweden is advised to raise more
sheep by the editor of leading agrl-
cultural paper, who recently visited
the country. He declared that sheep
breeding could be successfully con-
Quoted in that country and that Great
Britain always furnished a ready mar
ket. He praised the quality of
swedish butter, but said that 1t was
too soft for export
Sweden's women telegraphers have
recently organized themselves into
society known as The Swedish Wom-
ems Telegraphers' union. The first
meeting was held In Stockholm and
the society starts out with 200 men,
bers.
The eleventh annual alcohol con-
gress was In session in Stockholm
July % to Aug. 1. About 500 dele
gates were In attendance.
Three hundred tailors went on
etrike in the capital July "a. There is
1T present no sign of any abatement Of
the trouble.