Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1906-01-13

Announcements Tor the coming week;
Monday, 1890 a. Dressmaking
Class Class; $3.50 p. M, Round Tables a
p. m, Beginners French Class; s ?. ms
New-Century Chorus
Tuesday, 1880 a. m.-curent Events
Class.
Wednesday-Arts and Crafts Exhibit
ton, open afternoon aud evening All
exhibits must be entered ia the morning
Admission for non-members, 25 cents.
Thursday. Ills a. m-Fencing Glass;
23O D. M, Physical Culture Glass. Arts
and Crafts Exhibition open morning and
afternon. Admission for non-members,
25 cents.
Saturday, IL a. m.-Advaneed French /
Class.
Instead Of the usual meeting Of Che /
German Glasses ON Monday afternoon /
their members are invited to attend the /
meeting of the Round Table, at which /
Miss Speakman will have a paper on |
Schiller, the Dramatist" This win be |
of especial interest to the advanced class,
as they are reading schillers "Wilhelm
Tell"
Each person exhibiting at the Arts and
Crafts exhibition is requested TO have her
work marked with her name and TO enter
it on Wednesday morning.
At the Current Events Glass a com
prehensive review was given of the CON
tents of the current magazines by Miss
Butler, who told just enough of the sub
iect of several of the articles % tempt
one into reading the whole of IT, She
closed with extracts from Ebert Hub
bards article in "The phlistne." on John
Fiske; it appears he was a most remark
able infant prodigy, who began his career
as a historian while a small boy BIZ writ
ing n history of the world from the time
of Moses 30 his own birth. He seemed 20
know foreign languages by instinct, but
with an his literary achievements his
autumn did not quite fulfill the promise
of his spring. Miss Mabel Golding CON
tributed a lively review OF the latest
book, by the author Of Elizabeth and
Her German Garden" which Is entitled
"The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight and
which abounds with the authors usual
philosophy, humor and whimsical and
piquant maner of narration, as was
shown by the extract from il which Miss
Golding gave.
The entertainment closed with a most
interesting account by Mrs. Al. Krehs of
her native island of Samsoe, in Denmark,
which is the very center, if not in inn
portance, at least, in situation, Of that
land Of peace whose old monarch, Chris
tan Xf still supplies the thrones of Eu-
rope with rulers, as his grandson,
Haaken, has just been proclaimed king of
the Oldest and yet the newest throne in
europe. Samsoe belongs 10 a count, a
kinsman of the royal family, who, with
his heirs, is the only one permitted 10 use
the royal -colors and fly the royal flag.
The island is 20 square miles in extent
and is really like two islands connected
by a narrow strip of land. The inhabi-
tants Of each end speak n different dia-
lect, rarely associate and never inter.
marry. The thin neck which connects
: them might be a mountain chain so sci.
dom do the people cross it. The island j.
, beautiful, in its diversity of hills field.
{ and forests, the latter mostly Of oak
beech and pine, swarming with birds anl
deer. On hundreds Of the hilltops arr
5 mounds and graves of the vikings. res
7 there from the time of the Sagas. II
9 these mounds were found implements
ornaments, skulls and urns belonging Il
Y the heroes of the different epochs iron
' the stone TO the bronze age There ar,
{ also ruins of cities from the Middle Ages
I the thickness of whose walls showed how
p strong they were for defence "Near ON
p home,n she said, "a ragged wall stood OF
:. tho very edge of a cliff that shot straigr
+ up from the sea. ! remember our sorrow
e and dismay when this last sign Of pas
;. grandeur, ono stormy winter night. CAV
j. way from its ancient foundation anl
with a noise like thousands of sighs
e tumbled down into the ocean below. From
s our home we could count 20 windmills Oh
l. different hilltops and on each of fv
e others stood a church. Their white wall
and redtiled roofs and gables could b.
seen afar, standing as sentinels over tn
dead at their feet and the villages in th
valleys below. From these church tower
9 the bells rang solemnly at service an
i sunset with three knells Of blessing a
a the end Of the ringing.
I "Ihere are between four and five thous
. and inhabitants, mostly peasants, VIII
are all farmers but do not, as a rule, liv
0 on their farms; but, being sociable, liv
in villages, and many of them have
Q great distance to go 10 their farms. Tn
q villages cover a large area, each farm
I; house being built with four long wing
u with courtyard in the middle and al
3 have orchards and flower gardens. Thes
= peasants are the marrow and kernel o
= the Danish people, but are divided int
three sharply defined classes, each Twin
to itself There is no room 10 rise i
q Denmark and each must remain in IN
Z class where he was born. If a maid fror
the upper, a number one class. shout
I marry a youth of number two, OF tn
+ middle class, it would be a sad mesalli
a ance; while a marriage between humble
/. one and three class was never heard OF
a The people of the lowest class possess
+ house and yard, where they can keep
, few chickens; the men are the laborer'
|. digging, cutting wood in the forest an
|. tending the cattle of class number on,
q The middle class have two or three acre
y of land, house with. two dwelling an
two bedrooms, besides a kitchen, a littl
barn and stable for the one COW, fou
sheep, one pig and poultry, TO which thei
a possessions are limited. Such a home
I neatly kept beside the big oven is IN
z mothers easy chair and spinning whee
/ The clock, with its heavy leaden weights
/ l. II