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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

II Tsr rlH9er r1eSsaHaaASNlSs r7eT rldHo'
The young folks may know each
other already. Of the past ten years,
a growing iberalitys haszlet young peo-
pie Hof the same world II meet at dane
ing classes, for example, in, the pres
ence of girls mothers. They may have
skated together. at one of the ice pal
aces-another novel liberality. Or
they may have played tennis together.
or golf :. =. the girl 8 mother holding
bead on them with her operaglass
It is even conceivable that the youth
may have stammered a formal phrase
like: r.. ......... !. sa- 49,.
+ "May I ask for yous' = -. T.. T.
This is the: limit. I have known one
such case in ten years. L.. -,
...s.s How They Propose. - ~. -'
When the -Lemire law comes int
force, young men may brace up ani
do, more Of, it. , Today, they are hclo
down by knowledge that such a propo
sal might become ridiculous and ever
Efwonnding by; the mere refusal Of thei
parents men Is parents-toe con
sent. ;454 sYaG,r VIA ka3& AZ f.
I In all eases, the father of the youn|
man, or.hissieAdeE brother, does the rea
proposing. -, ~. 49,. =. L..
TO whonig Why To, the rs fathe,
He takes another bath, puts on hi
frock coat and silk hat and, sustaine
by the male relative already :nentione
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11
MRS. BAKER DEAD
AUNT Friendly Famous Writer on
Sweden Passes AWAY.

oWeueu RAISES Away. h..
Mrs: Woods Baker, an author, Of some
note died recently at: Stockholm, Swe-
den, where She has lived since 1876,
when her daughter Louise became the
wife OF the Hon. Ernst %Beckman,. now
member of the Swedish 'riksdag. She
has been a. prolific writer and among
her works is "Pictures Of Swedish
Life, which is standard English
work on Sweden, and is the only work.
with the exception of w. W. Thomas
"Sweden and the Swedes,':' recon-
mended by Baedeker for tourists in
She began writing in 1847 under the
nom de plume Of "Aunt Friendly,o her
stories having had great vogue
among children. : Her works have been
translated into German, French, Span
ish and Swedish, ~ :,
Mrs. Woods Baker was free from am
bition for literary fame OF desire Of
gain. She wrote as a labor Of love, in
the hope Of doing good; Of aiding
readers toward the higher life, Of pro-
noting interest in Swedish history and
of making better known the beauties
and virtues Of Swedish life. !. As far as
possible, she kept the fact of her writ
ing for the public a secret until late in
her career.
The funeral services of Mrs. Woods
Baker at Djursholm were attended by
a delegation from the Swedish parlia-
ment, by the American minister, Col.
Charles H. Graves, the American con
sul-general, Edward L. Adams and Mrs.
Adams. "
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Il Il |NQlNAE|NlzH|E[NEDE +

IN return wood pulp, hides =and skins,
n 1aa; IN various lou forms including herring,
o., business amounts to about $6,6oo,0o0.
The imports show aSsubstantial Increase,
while there IS a tendency to a de-
Denmark annual business with the
United States amounts to about
$l6,OOO,0OO, or about one-half the
trade with Scandinavia. The i'm
ports are comparatively small, amount
ing to only a trife over a million
dollars and represented, by hides and
skins, rennets, unground fints and
other small imports. The export trade
IS very large, consisting practically of
the same products as is sent to Sweden
and Norway.
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Whistler's Peacock Room.

Whistler's famous peacock room is
by the generosity Of Charles L. Freer
OF Detroit, to be re-erected. He has
bequeathed this, with his fine art col
lection, to the Smithsonian Institution,
tainty regarding some of the condi-
tions, the regents have just voted to &C
cept it. Some of the requirements were
that the building to be erected by Mr..
Freer's money for the housing of the
collection should be "arranged with
special regard for the convenience of
students and others DESTROYS of an op-
portunity for uninterrupted study, and
that no charge shall ever be made for
admission to the building or for the
privilege: of examining or studying the
collections"
| The whole heartedness of the offer
and It's liberal spirit is typical of the
! American collector, and secures to the
public one Of the most interesting works
of Whistler, altho not the most artistic
masterpiece.
Of Whistler's eccentricities this is a
type. It's origin was the purchase by
Mr.. Leyland of portrait in japanese
costume, for his dining-room. When
this was hung over the fireplace, Whist
Ter agreed that the reds of the picture
were not harmonious with the reddish
brown leather of the wall hangings, or
the deeper hue of the carpet border.
After considerable persuasion Mr.. Ley
land consented to allow Whistler to
harmonic the incongruities. He no
sooner got the room, than he began to
paint walls and ceiling in peacock deco
rations with spreading tails, the design
and colors of the background con-
stantly repeating those iridescent
shades. He painted with an assistant
at furious rate, covering both leather
and woodwork and when the owner saw
the work it was too late to stop it,
altho they disagreed.
It took six months to complete it,
and after the artist IS death, in 1903,
when his work and rank were appre-
ciated, there was great excitement in
art circles that the famous peacock room
had been purchased in America Mr..
Freer had previously bought the Prin-
cess picture, which was the original
cause of the rooms redecoration. The
walls and ceiling were taken down and
reset in London for exhibition, a mir.
ror supplying the place of the portrait
before it was shipped to the United
States and where in the future the work
and associations will form most in.
| teresting memorial.
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OFFICER COURTMARTIALED
Major General Centervall of Sweden
=: .,< =; .. in a Bad Box.

Major General Centervall Of the
Swedish army is under courtmartial for
revealing military secrets in a recent
report, secrets which his superiors de-
clare should never be mentioned in pub
lie documents. In this report the
coast artillery is sharply criticized for
it's lack of competent officers and men,
with the result that serious blunders are
committed: The navy and particularly
the school of mines is inadequately
equipped and the practice maneuvers
had to be abandoned in consequence.
The Notifications are inadequately pro-
vided with supplies and armament.
Finally he gives some detailed informa-
ton concerning the range of big guns
and the strength of the Notifications,
which is very interesting to the enemy,
but the publication of which is general
ly deplored.
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me e ring % her finger, he kisses her
Is that all9''
Surely. Show me bourgeoise
French mother who will let her daugh-
ter be kissed on the cheek before the
signing of the marriage contract! What
he must do is tossend the girl a white
bouquet each morning. He generally
arranges with a forist,'' continued the
widow, !" SO as not to have it on his
mind. 80 8 4.
The French courts have decided that
such florists bills are recoverable, later
on, out of the girl IS dot, even under
the separate property regime.
Everyone is busy now. The mother
and girl are engaged on the trousseau;
the girl and the young man talk over
the corbeille; and the youth himself
is putting his bachelor affairs in order.
"The mornings are for the trous-
seau,o says the widow, "sthe afternoons
for the groom; and it is unbecoming
that he should even hear the trousseau
mentioned. The corbeille is his personal
/ gift to the girl, often representing a
little, fortune in jewels, always at least
! a couple Of nice rings with real stones
in them e
The Marriage Contract.
$, As to the marriage contract and the
/ dot system, 7 recently heard a French
/ lawyer defend them warmly.
"The legal object Of the dot, - hi
said, els to defray the household ex
penses only, not to keep the husband il
idleness. The French law makes hin
ipso facto its trustees-not for his wifi
only, but for the two Of them consid
cred as one; and it gives the wife
mortgage on all his property for it
5amount. .. s....s..,s, < -. g.
Gin what case?' asked. !. -
: elm case Of divorce or her dyin
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pom the Cneek. 81
without children. Really, on the ground
of sentiment, the French husband is to
be pitied. His property becomes mort
gagged simply because, in buying wife,
he has bought mortgage with her.
Then he must give her parents place
in his household, if they require it, or
find them a home; if he refuses, they
can sue him. The only solace is the
thought that, should he come to need,
he can sue his wife's parents to sup
port him!''
At Last the Wedding.
Six months often elapse between the
betrothal and the signing Of the mar
riage contract. The guests are all
there. 1t is blithe morning.
The notary rises and reads the con-
tract. The young man has not listened.
Good taste demands that he should
! whisper gany to the girl while it is
being read. It shows his disinterested-
| ness.
The notary finishes reading. The
mother of the girl should turn to the
! oblivious lovers with tender and in
dulgent smile. The young man should
step forth briskly, grab the pen, sign
his name in haste-and kiss the girl,
smack on the cheek. At last! He
has put in six months between the kiss
on the hand and the kiss on the cheek.
But when does he kiss her on the
lips, you may ask?
/ Why, when they are married.
/ Yes. Exactly. Such is the tyranny
! of the middle class French mother, hav.
ing all the law upon her side till now
There are tens of thousands of married
men in France who never kissed theii
wives upon the lips till the day of their
j wedding. ~
/ Will the Lemire law-when it passes
even make dent in such hidebound
system?
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the country at large. He is a good
student, taking up each branch system!
atically. and thoroly. 1t is a frequent
occurrence for him to remain at lis
desk until 2 o. clock in the morning and
his secretaries know to their cost that
they are earning their salaries.
King Haakon is wise enough, how
ever, to look to his physical condition
and never fails to, spend a couple Of
hours a day, in outdoor sports. Doubt
less this has led many to believe that
the life Of a king is one round 'oof pleas
ure, but those who are near. him say
that he is. the most industrious and
energetic worker. = ~t
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from many sources. The deep cream
paper gives most artistic background
to the Illustrations. a charming article
is devoted to the exhibition of Whis-
tiers etchings in New York.
. Have you visited the annual exhibi-
ton of the State Art society at the
new capitol in st. Paul, which began
March Z, to continue two weeks?
/ The Tourist club of Minneapolis has
decided to study French art for the
coming year. Meeting at the Public
library, as they have for fifteen years,
they have the advantage of the fine
books and pictures from the art book
room.
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DANES AGGRIEVED
because King Oscar Was Prevented
from Visiting Denmark

Denmark is greatly aggrieved over
the failure Of King Oscar to attend the
funeral tn OF his old friend, the late King
Christian, since they have learned that
1T was King Oscars intention to be
present at the services but was COM
PEELED to. defer to the positive opposi-
ton: of the Swedish nobility and the
conservative press. The report from
Stockholm, is that he then concluded to
SEND Prince II Carl as his representative,
which appeared to be quite appropriate
as the late king was the grandfather
Of his 1i wife, Princess Ingeborg. Even
this was denied and Princess Ingeborg
was permitted to 60. without her liegee
lord: Prince Gustaf Adolf, the young
heir apparent was, therefore selected TO-
represent Sweden. g
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or his business partner, makes the call
and the proposal. The girl IS father
ought to give him an immediate re-
ply. At this interview, also, ques-
tions of fortune are discussed more in
detail than heretofore; and notes are
made for the final marriage contract.
After the Acceptance. :.s !!
Immediately he has been accepted;
the young man puts on his dress suit
be it even 10 a.m-and goes out to
make a call. On the girl? No, on his
future mother-in-law. He ought to
thank her warmly, but without exag-
geration. He ought to talk to her a
good quarter Of an hour. He ought to
make himself agreeable to- her Then,
just before taking his departure, he
may ask to see the girl
The next step is the betrothal, a
very private family party. You dc
not expose the blushing joys of young
girl to the critical indifference of
friends, quot donc &An. experienced
French lady (thrice a widow has beer
telling me about it. -~ j" ~ o.
"At the betrothal lunch,' she said
s'the two young folks sit side by side
He has brought the engagement ring
and he must put it on her finger"
/ "When?'
whenever he works up to courage
knowing that all eyes. are on him; of
:. tenest it is after the lunch, when. tn,
young folks must be allowed to tall
together without being overheard
"Alone9'
"Oh, dear, no; the rule of the grea
.middle-class remains to marry first an,
do your courtship after'!' r.r--~----
! Kisses Only Her Hand.
~ "But doesn It he kiss her9' ST..
| eyes when he nuts tho enua cye
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HAAKoN, THE BUSY
Norway's New Ruler Frequently Burns
the Midnight Oil.

King Haakon is one Of the hardest
working men the kingdom Of Nor
way. He rises regularly, at the un-
royal hour Of $50 and it is not long
afterward before he is plunged in work
There is SO much for him to do, for not
only is there a great deal of current
government business requiring his APP
proval, but he has to inform himself
on great mass of detail in the opera
ton of all the government departments
as well as becoming acquainted with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-11

were Godfrey Kneller, Allan Ramsay's
George III, Copley's Garrick and
Thomas Lawrence. The modern men
were Sargent, Chase, Vonnoh and Lam
bert. =~..e .,..-- -,-....
The general arrangement was chrome
logical, beginning with the Penn fam
lily, altho the great founder was absent.
Benjamin franklin IS portrait was
painted in Paris in 177s by the French
Duplessis. It is the design of the
academy to have represented American
men and women Of literature, science,
art, politics and social life, truly
national collection.
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Nobel Peace Prize.

H. P. Arnoldson of Sweden, and Fr.
Bayer of Denmark, are proposed by
members of the Swedish riksdag as
worthy of the Nobel Peace. prize for
1906. Mr.. Arnoldson has been one Of
the most active and influential workers
for international peace in Europe and
the recommendation will undoubtedly.
find much favor in Norway to which he
has always been a stanch friend.
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him great court favorite, and while
his life work was divided between Mi
Ian and Florence, urged by Francis [ of
France, he spent his last few years in,
Paris, and his remains, by the kings
command, were buried in the royal
vault of Amboise. .51@ -.
He was the first Of the great men in
art whose works were independent Of
the antique. In the Renaissance move
ment Raphael represents the return to
the classic, but da Vinci to nature. He
was painter of the mysterious, sub
dued, half-ights, like a Mozart minor
symphony. Da Vinci's pictures show
faces full of unexpressed ideas and emo
tions, sensibility and mental power.
The scope Of his work was like the char
acter Of Hamlet, looking into the I'M
seen realities of life, and like Hamlet,
reflective, procrastinating, the output of
his life work was small in comparison
to his great rsatility.
Compared with Others
Da Vinci g subtle brain showed: the
mysteries of existence, which Taine de-
clares makes Raphael's virgins seem
like children, with souls asleep, or Mi
chelangelo's figures like heroic ath
letes. Leonardo forgot facts in, order
to embody spirits. He represents the
intellect and imagination of the italian
school Of Florence, as his great German
Contemporary Durer, does the actual
facts and understanding of the leu;
tonic. ~ III. M
IT, His early environments were favor
able. Born at: Vinci; (from which he
took his name), situated midway. be
tween Pisa, with it's celebrated "trinity
of architectural beauty and the great
art-loving city Of Florence.
The great interest of these artists
consists in their especial point Of view
and reminds one Of Emerson, who from
his wide horizon said: "From his ow,
yard he could look into the clouds am
see Germany's mysticism, Frances ar
and England s power
References for farther study:
italian Renaissance painters-Beren
! son.
italian Cities, Blashfeld.
Painting in Italy, Grove and Caval
CASTLE.
/ Modern Painters, John Ruskin.
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A National Portrait GALLERY.

A national portrait gallery, similar
to that Of Great Britain, was founded
by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Arts, Nov. Is, 1905, to celebrate its
one hundredth anniversary. The sue
cess Of the plan is assured from these
fundamental elements: It is located in
the first political capital of the ma
ton; in cultivated society of ample
means; the buildings are well adapted
for the purpose; of the LAG canvases ex-
hibited, forty-three belong to the
academy, the remainder loaned and all
are associated with national history.
Besides, the exhibition is of high i'm
portance due to the work Of three or
four men of the earliest American
artists. OF Gilbert Stuart Is there are
thirty nine; Thomas Sully's, twenty
four; Henry Inman s, nine, and Rem
brandt Peale IS, four. Stuart's Wash
ington, formerly presented to Lord
Lansdowne, occupied the place of hon
or. Sully's General Jonathan Williams
and the full-length portrait of La
Fayette was Brought from Independ-
ence hall. Mrs. Kemble was represent
ed in two portraits, as Tragedy and
Comedy. The few foreign painters
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Consuls in Denmark.

The Norwegian government has de-
cided to appoint nineteen vice-consuls
in Denmark with consul general at
Copenhagen, a consul at Thorshaven on
the Faeroe islands, consul at Reykia-
vik, Iceland, and vice-consuls at Seydis-
ford, Akureyri, Isafjord and Patricks-
ford.
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Art Aids for -: p.
Busy People
;a-55,.~ ...e.e = d, -. go n.
...-.. go BY MARTHA. C. WELLS,
= Chairman Of the Art Committee of
the State Federation
VI. Leonardo daE vinci's '.1ast Sup
peri; His Versatility and Methods
"A National Portrait Gallery for
Observation-Disclosures Peacock Room.
(Copyright. 1909

~ ~ - Copyright. 1909 n -
~ HE use Of oils for a medium. for
. painting was one of the live
-. world events of the fifteenth
century,: which gave such glorious re-
sults:sAto the Sixteenth. Previously,
frescos: had been@painted with distem-
per or water color on the plastic, the
smooth goat being only applied as fast
as the work ofSthe artist progressed.
Il During the. Experimental stage Of oil
,colors Leonardo 3da Vinci painted ''The
Last Supper on the walls of the re-
fectorys oS the convent Santa Maria
della Giraffe, Milan. The crude oils
and the extreme dampness Of the build
ing greatly impaired the picture in a
comparatively few years. In addition
to this, door was cut thru the wall
to enlarge the entrance, and during the
Bourbon invasion Of Italy the building
was used for barracks and cavalry
horses were CHARTERED in the room.
But, defaced sas it is, no one can
fail to appreciate the grandeur Of the
figures or the impressive simplicity of
the arrangement. Several copies or
RESERVATIONS hang in the room. The
background Of the picture shows an
architectural arrangement of a room
with the central windows admitting
light and a; glimpse of the Judean
hills beyond. Without stiffness the
figures Of heroic size are grouped
around a very simple table set for the
sacramento feast, Christ in the center
six disciples on either side distributed
in four groups Of three each. The
dramatic moment is chosen when Christ
has said: Zone Of you shall betray
me-" In varied characteristic atti
tudes and expressions they each ask
Ills it II" with surprise, doubt, sor
row and suspense.
The dignity, solemnity and resigna
ton of Christ have placed this figure
as the world $ ideal and superior tx
that of any other painter. It has beer
called the first masterpiece OF the per
fected renaissance.
The portrait of Mona Lisa, a smil
ing, delicate beauty, shows the sans
thoughtful work It hangs in tn,
Louvre with Correggio's Marriage O.
ST. Catherine Titian's "Entomb
ment'' and his Holy Family
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Art Notes.

The Scrip is a new magazine in its
sixth number, devoted to notes on art
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His Versatility and Methods.

Leonardo ola Vinci (1451-1519) oc-
cupies a unique place in art. Heswas
an architect, sculptor, painter, engineer,
author, musician and naturalist, and ex-
erted q marvellous influence on his CON
Temperatures. With such versatility of
attachments it might be supposed that
he, like an alchemist, was recluse in
the laboratory. Not so. His accomplish
ments and charming personality made
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SCAN NAV |ANS AMONG
OUR BEST. GUST OMERs
DEAL EXTENSIVELY. WITH THE
UNITED STATES, "
Trade with Scandinavia Has Increased
Practically 200 Per Cent in the Last
Decade-Presence of Noble Natives
Of Those Nations in This Country
Aids Business. "~. -.

Scandinavia Is a good customer in the
United States, according to a recent: re-
port Of the bureau Of statistics Of the
department Of commerce and labor.
The, report says that the trade of the
United States with these countries has
increased practically 200 per cent in the
last decade, while our total foreign
trade has increased but 70 per cent
How much of this rapid growth in
our trade with these countries is due to
the large percentage Of their people
who have become a part Of the popula-
tion of the United States, cannot be
statistically stated, but it is at least an
interesting fact that the Scandinavian
population Of the United States bears a
larger ratio to the present population
of their countries of nativity than is
true of any: other class of our foreign
born population. ...... = s,
Census Shows It. -.
The census of 1900 shows in the Uuited
States 1,062, 100 persons born in Swe-
den, Denmark and Norway, total
equal to 1917 per cent of the present
population of those countries; while the
highest ratio which any other nation
atty in the United States bears to the
present population Of it's home country
IS that Of the United Kingdom, SIS per
cent, while Germany ranks next. with
4.S per cent, Italy 1.5 per cent, and Aus
tria Hungary 1.3 per cent.
The entire trade with Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark amounts to 49,, 0OO,-
900 a year, of which $6,000,00O repre-
sents the imports from those countries
and $26,000,0O0 the exports. To
Sweden this country sends manufac-
tured cotton, mineral oil, iron and steel
manufactures, -four, lard and fertiliz-
ers and other articles, and imports iron
and steel in the form of bars and
rods, hides and skins, wood pulp and
matches. The annual trade both ways
amounts to $1O,1OO,OO0.
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Norway Good Customer.

To Norway the United States sends
breadstuffs, iron and steel manufac-z
lures, sole leather, molasses and syrup,
raw cotton and mineral oil, and receives
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"But doesn It he kiss her9' j..
eyes, when he puts the engage