Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-07-04
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
SWEDISH SINGERS POPULAR
Marked Attention Given by tho Press
to Mrs. Emma Meissner and Miss
Rosa Gutenberg.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

StOCknOIn1.
Mrs. Emma Meissner and Miss Rosa
Gutenberg, the prima donnas of the
Oscar theater of Stockholm who viii
appear in series of Swedish saen-
gereest concerts in this country dur
Ing the next month, are not TN first
artists TO come here from Stockholm
to sing in special vacation engage
ments, but never has the Swedish
press given so much and marked at
tention to such departures as to the
one Of Mrs. Meissner and Mile. Gruen-
berg, having had columns Of in err
views and description upon the trip,
plan, repertory and wardrobes of the
two popular singers. The halo OF ex-
traordinary success of "The Merry
Widow In which Mrs. Meissner Gre
ated the leading part. still surroGnas
this charming artist while Mis-
Gutenberg is considered the risii g
star among Swedish coloratura so
pranos. The time is considered close
at hand when Miss Gutenberg vii
leave the private lyric theaters for the
royal opera. Says Stockholm daily
about recent appearance of Miss
Gutenberg: ale petit due was sung
by Miss Gutenberg in excellent style
and she was duke, the like of which.
we have never seen. Miss Gutenberg
has been sweet as O'NIimosa San. She
has been charming in long series Of
other parts, but as last night she has
never scored before. She won a great
and decisive victory. What brio I'm he
rendition from first to last! Nothing
done by halves. she giving herself ful-
ly and entire. Already in the first act
she showed the lions claw: In the Sec
ond act she made the scenes of the
peasant girl splendidly, and at last she
was little colonel both dashing and
bewitching. She might as well have
sung at herself, the most handsome
officer In the world. The critic is dis
armed. his sword shattered" The
two prima donnas are to appear in
concerts in Minneapolis, St Paul,
Chicago and at the great Swedish
saengerfest In Moline ILL.,. July 81 to
"a.
Stockholm is passing through re-
markable boom. Such building Of new
houses, palatial in their size and beau
ty, was never known before. In al
parts OF the city old houses are being
torn down. to be replaced by more i'm
posing structures. 1t Is surprising
what large and fine looking buildings
are being RACED to the ground in some
places. Even five-story residences of
pleasing architecture are being Ie-
placed with new ones. so intense is the
building craze. One of the conse-
quences Of this peculiar boom is a
scarcity of houses and rooms to rent.
and the rates are so high as to lie
practically prohibitive.
The Swedish consul general at Lon
don writes to the minister of foreign
affairs that the Swedish business men
are not sufficiently aggressive to en-
able them to extend their business in
England He writes that the consul
at Liverpool reports TO him that al
though the firms Of Germany, Norway
and other countries send out Ierre
senatives and quotations of prices,
thereby keeping in close touch with
the English business houses. the
Swedish business men do neither and
consequently his efforts at trade ex-
pansion for Swedish merchant Sc has
met with failure.
The engagement Of Prince Wilhelm.
the duke of Sodermanland, and the
Russian princess. Maria Pawlowna,
has been officially announced. Prin-
cess Maria was born April 10, 1890.
and Is the youngest daughter OF the
cars uncle, Prince Paul Alexandra
witch.
The Swedish government has dur
ing the past few days been compelled
to pay an old war debt, accumulated
as early as 1913. to the city OF Lu-
peck. 1t amounts to $4,000 forms AMI
must be paid In accordance with the
treaty of 1852.
The Countess Casa de Miranda
(Christine Nilsson) contemplates pur-
chasing the Jenny Lind relics In Lon
don in the near future and will, ac-
cording to reports. present them to the
stockholm Academy OF Music.
A telegram from Copenhagen states
that young Prince Wilhelm of Sweden
prior to his American tour is taking
two lessons day in English at
the present time. His teacher Is Pro-
lessor Michia Of Copenhagen.
War Minister Tungsten has been ap.
pointed commandant Of the fortifita
lions at Boden and this means that he
will in the near future be requested to
resign as minister of war.
1.-THE Merry Widow" which was
rendered at the Oscars theater not
less than 100 consecutive times last
season, Melted Director Rauft 100000
crowns.