The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-05-31

National theater at Bergen. and rs early
as 1857 he had made a complete success
as a play writer.
He might never have been the rage
with his social plays" had not the lbsen
cult arose in England He was studied
and translated galore, and several of his
plays, notably Mora, or the Dolls
House." a consideration of the new
woman" question, were produced IN Lon
don and America.
Many Books Under Ban.
Up to the age of So or until 1864
Ihsen may be said TO have lived the life
of al ordinary member of society so
far as outward conformity is concerned
Since that time he lived, if not in open
rebellion, at least in open protest, against
the conventions of society and the state
and many of his books are now under
the ban of the police in Germany as
inimical TO the social order and the wei
fare of the state. His best plays are
the following:
brand" Peer Gynt," ''Emporer and
Galilean," The League of Youth" Phi
lars of Society" "A Dolls House .
ThS wtld bnck EneTy 1t lnG e0 Thc
Lady from the Sea" and "Hedda Gabler."
Early Life Was Difficult.
Henrik Ibsen's father was rich mer-
chant of Norway, but the celebrat ted
Scandinavian descended from a line of
Scotch ancestors on his mothers side.
The elder Ibsen failed in business when
Henrik was only s years old, and all the
boys dreams of a university education
and the career Of art We're dispelled. He
was compelled to go to work as "A drudge
In the shop of an apothecary in an OBJ
scure town.
At q he went to Christania and pub
lished his first book, which was a fail
urc He then managed to enter the uni
versity, and when he left it he wrote a
play-"The Warriors Barrow''-which
was successfully produced in the Norweg-
ian capital Through the influence of
Ole Bull, the violinist. he secured the
post of stage manager of the Bergen
theater. He retired from the theatrical
business in 1862. On his SEVENTEEN
birthday he was personally congratulate
ed by King Oscar.
Died Millionaire.
He died a millionaire. On Victoria ter
race in Christiana he occupied n mag
niicently furnished suite Of rooms. the
walls of which are adorned by real gems
of art which were picked up here and
there during his many years of travel
On entering his study, one was surprised
at finding it so small, and asked if it is
possible for a man to complete such
grand works in such narrow quarters.
At this Ibsen smiled end told you that
when he worked he made use of the
whole suite of rooms. He did not com
pose sitting quietly at his desk, but wan
dered restlessly from room to room, let
ting every thought pass through his
mind a score of times before he COM
mitted it to paper Thus his method of
work was truly Arstotelian.
DIR. Sigrid 1bsen, the son Of Henrik
Ibsen. differs from the sons of other
great men principally in this, that the
rays OF renown issuing from him ema'
nate from a source within himself, DIR
Ibsen is destined TO become ono of Nor
| ways greatest men. Last year he came
within one vote of being chosen professor
Of sociology at the University of Chris
tiania by the Storthing. His failure was
due to his strong opposition TO the exist
ing government. Dr. lbsen is married
to Biornstierne Bjornsen's daughter, {
strange and interesting union indeed