Morris tribune., 1906-09-22
NEWS Of SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences OF Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
STOCKHOLM A BEAUTIFUL CITY
Rev G.. I'll. Trabert Tells What He
Saw in the Celebrated SWed-
ish Capital.
STOCKHOLM A BEAUTIFUL CITY
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

letter to the Lutheran Ph1ladelpnla).
"Stockholm. the capital of Sweden, has
! been described as beautiful city ana
beautiful for situation, and both are
correct. 1t is built on number or ISL
ands. all connected by numerous
bridges. and the chief buildings are
on grand scale with considerable
,,eauty of architecture. Our first visit,
after getting our bearings, was to the
American legation, where we expected
letters from home and were not dis
appointed. Where there is so much to
be seen. and only a short time in which
to see it. it is sometimes difficult to
choose, but we had selected IN ad-
vance the royal palace, the royal muse
um. and the Rydderholm church OF
the principal objects for our inspec-
ton. The royal palace is open to Wis
itors during the absence of the royal
! family. We find that kings live just
about as other people do, only their
surroundings are a little more sumptu-
| GUS and the adornments are a little
richer than the common run Of peo-
pie. There are many beautiful statues
and other works OF art in the several
palaces, and the several guides are
very polite and accommodating. AS
| we were alone, the guide to the crown
princes palace-Who spoke very tine
German-took us into small room
| not generally open to visitors, where
are kept the rich silver and other
antiquaria which the crown prince has
collected. 1t is the most costly room
in the whole palace and is never
opened for parties of visitors, as some
valuable articles might be thrown
down and injured. In the kings apart.
ments we saw the vase which the
Swedes in America presented to the
king at the time of his jubilee, several
years ago, and in the queens apart,
ments the beautiful present sent to the
queen by the Swedish women of Amer
lea. The royal museum has some
features which are unexcelled by any
other museum in the world. The
Swedish antiquities, ranging from
the bronze and iron age to our day,
can only be found here. Tie old
canoes made out of immense hollow
logs with no other implements than
stone axes, are a marvel. We were
struck with the remarkable similarity
! between the stone axes and arrow
heads of the ancient Swedes and our
nVia IpGS In hn oVaf nYV
are some paintings of Reubens and
Van Dyke, and also by Rembrandt,
| but most are by Swedish artists. A
| look over the city from the Katrina
| Hissen, an iron tower in which runs
an elevator, gives an excellent idea Of
| the beauty of the location on the Male.
rem. One of the most interesting
| points to visit is the Rydderholm
church, the mausoleum of the Swedish
kings. Here lies entombed Gustavus
Adolphus, the hero who fell in the act
| Of liberating the church from popish
| thralldom. The church itself does not
present an imposing appearance 1t
was originally built in gothic style,
but later additions are composite,
which spoil the original beauty"
Marta Patrini. the opera singer, has
| returned to her home in Dalarne after
an absence of several years on the
| continent. She will now remain in
| Lalarne for some time and take a good
rest before she will return to the stage
| During her absence from Sweden she
| has spent much of her time in Rome,
| where she began her operator career
in 1905. She is great favorite of
| Queen Margeruite. for whom she has
sung number of times.
Crownprince Gustav and Crownprin-
cess Victoria are now in Carlsruhe.
| Germany. where they celebrated their
silver wedding anniversary Sept Is.
| The crownprincess left Stockholm
| Aug 25 and has for few days been
guest at the royal palace in Copen-
| hagen. The crownprince prior to join
ing the crownprincess enjoyed three
| days moore hunt in the vicinity of
Gronbo and Edeby.
A modern skyscraper, twelve stories
high, will be erected on Kings ISL
and' in the near future. In point Of
architecture it will be one of the finest
Office buildings in the capital and will
cost when completed in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 crowns. Work on
/ the new building has already com
| menced.
One of the largest real estate deals
in the history Of the city was closed
| last week when the Zimmerman prop
erty, which lies between Karla plan
and Birger Jarl street, was sold for s.
226.OOO crowns. This property lies in
the heart of the city. Prices on Stock
holm real estate are soaring high late
ly.
| Rev. John Telleen, the well known
Augustana missionary of Red Wing,
Minn., is at present enjoying an ex-
tensive visit in Sweden. Mr.. Telleen
has for many years been editor of
ssThe Church Messenger"
The American Tobacco company has
bought Sweden's largest cigarette fac
/ -. Orient sFaho