The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-01-10
been dalnpened In the country die
tricts Of Sweden and Norway the
Christmas holidays last for q month or
more. 800.
NORWAY.
Christiana.

Says s. c. Hammer, the Christiania
correspondent: ION peaceful spot in
Our Sayiour's churchyard at Christi
anis the remains Of Henrik Ibsen were
returned to the earth on June /, 1906
a day Of sunsine and showers, full
of light and shade like his own poetry.
His grave, in the midst Of what looks
like a sea Of grass is inaccessible, as
he was himself in life, but in the
birches above the birds fly in and out
by summertime, and in winter the
leafless branches bow under the
weight of snow. A few days ago Dr..
Sigurd Ibsen, the poets son, in honor
of his father has raised the worthy
banta. The grave is entirely covered
by stone. which bears the name Of
Henrik Ibsen, and the date of his
birth and his death. The high stone
bears miners hammer, indicating
the laborious work Of Henrik Ibse1,
the great miner Of human character.
Of bronze, tribute from Italy placed
on his grave by the officers and sailors
of an Italian man-of-War that visited
us last summer. "Hail to the man to
whose honor his son raises a stone by
the roadside" runs a line in an old
Morse poem. This noble bauta goes
far to confirm the truth of it.
Labor conditions are improving in
Norway. This is noticeable now more
than ever, for in Christiania, for ex-
ample, where so many hundreds Of
men and women used to lay idle dur
ing the holidays and hundreds of other
poor families had to be fed by the
charity organizations, there are this
season comparatively few who have
been in actual need Of assistance. The
charity organizations are not, however,
tagging behind. They realize in full
measure that their services may be
needed in the future and thus they
continue to solicit funds whenever
opportunity affords.
The Mormons are keeping up a
vigorous propaganda in Norway. A
new president has recently been sent
from Utah. who is to make his resi-
dence in Trondhjem and superintend
the mission work. Twenty missionar-
les, mostly young men, are expected
to begin work in northern Norway and
in Finland for the cause Of Mormon
ism. A great Mormon conference is
to be held in Trondhjem next summer,
at which representatives from all the
Scandinavian countries are expected to
be present.
Harry Randall, the we'll known
Minneapolis gentleman, who is Mr..
Road Amundsen's lecture manager, is
at present arranging lecture tour for
the celebrated explorer, who returned
to Norway not long ago. Mr.. Randall
has arranged lectures for Mr.. Amund-
sen in Copenhagen, Berlin. Paris and
London.
The we'll known Savage club" in
London, held au elegant banquet last
month in memory of its fiftieth ami
versary. Fridtjof Nansen, the Nor
wegian minister to England, was toast
master for the evening. Present were
many representatives from London's
semitic, literary and musical circles.
Bergen will have a tourist and ex-
port exhibition in 1908 and that active
city is already making strenuous prep
arations for making as complete and
unique an exhibition as possible. Bust
ness men generally are much inter-
ested and substantial appropriation
is expected from the srorthing.
A wife in Nordland, who is an ex-
IRENE vegetarian, has for several years
protested against living with a hus-
band who persists in eating meat. AS
she was unable to convert her hus-
band to her belief she at last applied
for a divorce and is now legally
separated from her husband.
Hulda Garborg's five act historical
drama has now been completed and
rendered with great success at the Ma
tiollal theater in Christiania. The
drama depicts court life from the time
Of Louis XIV Of France and is de-
clarcd by critics to be an unusually
strong presentation.
In a late report Missionary Skrefs-
rud, of the Santal mission, which has
been published in Norway, says that
his mission field received during the
last year 2G40O crowns from Norway,
$4,000 from Denmark and $4,000 from
America.
An international ski exhibition will
be held some time this month in
Christianiu. 1t will be given in con-
nection with the annual Holmenkollen
ski tournament, which many foreign
skaters and ski runners will attend.
Paul Hayse, the German author, has
severely criticised John Poulsen's book
on Ibsen, stating that he has done the
great poet the rankest injustice and
plainly recommends that the less Mr..
poulsen's l>ook is read the better.
DENMARK