Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-01-03
NORWAY.
Cbrtstiana.

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OF social lions, from savage chiefs to
rulers of world empires and from
musical prOdigies TO victorious soldiers.
hut not many have obtained the wide
spread popularity which follows little
Prince Olav of Norway. 1t was long
ago acknowledged that he was the
most popular man in Norway. but
he is fully ms warm ~favOritc in Eng
land as in his home country. All
kinds of things are written o him
and his mother. Queen Maud is Keep
ing n scrap book Of the stories OF say
ings and doings attributed to him. but
which are untrue. Among these,
doubtless. Is the story that when his
grandfather. now Fredrik VIII OF
Denmark. was crown prince. little
Olav nj a family dinner party turned
ia him with a cup in his fat little hand
and. said, "Skaaf KoIegai!''' Your
health. collearue). s Olsv will be 4
years old on Feb. Z. and rs a manly
and goodnatured little chap. When he
drove out with the, royal family pee
pie cheered him along the way, and
tho little chap was never c~ontented TO
remain sitting. but always Insisted
upon standing up on the carriage seat,
and with his finger to- his little blue
cap returned the salutations with
charming and childish dignity Little
Olav is perhaps the most popular. and
certainly the most talked about. of all
the little princes Of Europe. He has
had the affection of the Norwegian
people ever since his entrance into
T%rondhiem for the coronation cere-
monies. He was carried high on the
shoulder Of a grizzled old naval Of
tlcer. and kicked his chubby legs with
glce. ana enthusiastically kissed both
hands in response to the cheers of the
delighted people. Again. at the corona
ton, when he became weary with the
speeches. he darted away from the
royal party into a throng of little boys.
trying TO reach a Norwegian banner
that had caught his eye, before he was
dragged back by Mortified ATTENDANTS
During the remainder OF the day King
Haakon took the little fellow In hand
and somewhat restrained his enthusj-
asm. In the evening. when the people
gathered In front of the palace, the
new king and queen appeared on the
balcony. but so loud were the calls
for "Olav. Olav" that the little fellow
was brought out. and held by the king
himself at arms length above his head.
Little CLAWS daily constitutionals In
the park are almost royal progresses,
so Eager are the people to see at close
range this lad Of 3. 0lav is unaf-
fectedly delighted and meets their adj
vances in so friendly a way that he
not ~Mfrequently, even more than the
people. has TO be restrained. At first
he wouid kiss any n who attracted
him and his attendants had to keep at
a distance many other children to
whom he would rush IL he were al
lowed. The little white sweater and
knickerbockers that the prince usually
wears on informal occasions have
come to he called the Olay suit. Every
little boy in Norway has n like 1t,
and since the visit to England the Eng
hsh youngsters are clamoring for them
too.
An art auction has been held during
the past few days in Christiania where
some productions OF Norway's leading
artists have been sold for remarkable
low prices. One OF Fritz Thaulow's
pictures Melted only go crowns, a few
brought 800 crowns. while the average
price OF the pictures did not exceed 100
crowns
Helmer Hansen and Anton Lund.
two members OF the Gjoa expedition,
were net by a procession headed by a
music band upon their arrival at their
native town OF Tromsoe last week. On
the evening of the day of their arrival
a banquet and ball was given in their
honor AT the Grand hotel.
The palace will not be ready for
occupancy by the first Of the year as
had been calculated.