Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-06-02

HENRIK IBSEN
conscious before he died and passed
away peacefully. None of his friends
We're allowed to see him during his
long illness. the only persons admitted
to his room being the physician and
the dramatist's wife and son. Ibsen
was born at the little town of Skion,
Norway, May 20. 1923 He was part
~. but not purely of Scandinavian
origin. his family being of mixed
Morse, German. Danish and Scotch
stock His ancestors We're mariners,
but his father was a merchant The
boy attended school at Skipn until his
fifteenth year and his one great desire
was to he an artist This was impOs-
gible. however, owing to the family's
circumstances. and he was sent to
Grimstad small seaport town, and
apprenticcd to an apOthecary. It was
while learning to be q chemist that
1bsen began to write The revolutions
airy movement Of 1913 awakened his
genius His first poetic drama, Gaia
line" he published at his own ex-
pense, and when he started for Christi
anna in 1850 to become medical stu
dent he took with him several poems
and drama in manuscript. Through
Ole Bull he became Theatrical
poet" in Bergen in 1851. In 1857 he
was made director of the Norwegian
1heater in Christiania and the same
year he married Susannah Thoresen.
daughter Of minister in Bergen, who
survives him. Until 1864 Ibsen re-
mained~at Christiana, but the war
which had begun between him and the
conventional inha bitants of Grmstad
over the publication Of "Cataline" was
continued through all these seven
years, and at last the narrowness and
1espotism of the Norwegian bourgeoisie
drove him to revolt He left in 1864
for Italy and for thirty-five years he
was almost completely separated from
bis people Until his exile Ibsen had
founded dramas on ancient Scandi-
navian legends, using the ballod
form, interspersed with lyrics. He
impregnated these compositions with
and as his conflict with life became
more intense he left those poetic
regions and developed the modern
drama that has made him known the
world over. Except for one or two
open letters and a few poetic epistles,
Ibsen confined himself mainly in these
Ion gyears to his social dramas, which
L
more than one a year. Of the lyrical
works ''Loye's Comedy" Brand" and
s'Peer Gynt'' for briliance Of execu-
ton and vigor and affluence of ideas
stand as the greatest satiric poems Of
modern years, But since 1867, when
peer Gynt' appeared, have come
''The Pillars of Society,"" 1877: "A
Dolls House," 1879; Ghosts" 1881;
IAN Enemy of the People," in 1882;
1.-The Wild Duck" 1884: "The Lady
From the Sea-" 1888; ''Hedda Gabler."
1890; 'Masterbuilder Solness," 1892;
little Eyolf," 1894: "Johan Gabriel
Barkman," 1896; when We Dead
Awake" in 1899. Ibsen always was
quiet and retiring and lovable. He
HaEF&I Iudue lu0 mistake OF mixing up
I'm national politics. At public meet
ing, or at a banquet if called ON for a
speech, he would rise and say simply:
Il thank you very much" His per- I
sonai life was simple He had few
intimate friends-Georg Brandes being
perhaps the best known-and he never
sought popularity.
Says nj. Alger, the Minneapolis
Journals Christiania correspondent:
The season for the catch of cod is
new over. except in Finmarken, and |
The results are not what were once ex-
peeted. The stormy weather raging |
turing the first half OF this month COM,
pIefeiy spoiled the favorable position
OF the fisheries at the end of March, |
and set the returns back by several
millions. In fact the first half of |
April may be considered as practically
lost. The total catch for the country
Mp to April % was SO, 100, 900 cod. Last
year It was 34,8OO,OOO and in 1904 &c.
10000 to the corresponding dates.
The amount Of medical cod liver Oil Is !