Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-11-07
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
ROYAL DRAnArIC THEATZa
Playhouse Built with the Proceeds of
Lottery Will BE Thrown Open
Early Next Year.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Early next year the new RoEal
Dramatic tbeater, which costs 6,5O0.-
900 kroner (S1, 600, 00O), the pro, eeds of
state guaranteed lottery, viii be
opened 1t is very fine building ana
beautifully decorated by works of art.
paintings and sculptures, from the
hands of the best artists In Sweden.
The company which is to set there
consists Of the best actors and ac-
tresSes in Sweden with few excep-
tons. Some of them belonged to the
company that played at the old Royal
Dramatic theater, and others have
been engaged from private companies.
At the present moment they are re-
hearsing great number of new
plays, both by Swedish and foreign
authors, so that they may be ready to
start mt once with good repertory. 1t
is the intention that no long runs shall
be allowed in this theater, but that at
least three different plays shall be
given each week. 1t will be real
rcpertory theater for the benefit both
of public and artists. Mr.. Ranft. who
controls several theaters in Stock
holm. has already introduced this
novelty on his principal stage, the
Svenska teatern. where formerly long
runs were the order. He has found II
necessary to meet the competition be-
| fore ii has begun. At the present mo-
ment Bernard Shaw's MAN and
Superman" Is being acted there. 1t
has met with unusual success, AMI
every night 1t stands on the bin the
house is crowded. At another OF
Ranft's theaters, the vasateatern. You
Can Never Tell' will be given early
next year. and the new Royal Ora.
matte theater will bring forward
candida" as one of its first pro
auctions. SO you see that Shaw Is
having boom in Sweden.
Mrs. Meissner and Miss Rosa Gruen-
berg, the two Swedish operetta stars.
who recently visited the United States,
have now been home for some time.
! When they returned they were full of
! pleasant memories OF their trip They
cannot find words adequate enough TO
express how well pleased they We're
with the great hospitality accorded
them by everybody in the states, es-
pecialiy by their countrymen and
countrywomen in the great republic.
! Who will be the lucky ones this year
as regards the Nobel prizes is kept as
secret as usual. At least In Sweden
people generally get the news only a
| few days before the 10th of December.
the Nobel day. But it is said with a
certain amount of assurance that Rud-
yard Kiplng will receive the literary
| prize this year. 1t would be a choice
! that would meet with anniversary APP
prevail here and suppose almost
/ everywhere.
Carl Kallberg, the actor, committed
suicide i'm his apartments the other
/ day by shooting himself in the mouth
with a revolver. He suffered from an
| incurable disease and decided to end
! his existence. He was recently en-
gagged as director of Falck's new
Srindberg theater and was a man of
brilliant talents and well liked by all
who came in contact with him.
A. G. OLSON, of Stockholm. has
donated 10000 crowns to the Lutheran
Mission society. The money thus
donated will be known as the OLSON
missionary fund. According to Mr..
Olsson's stipulations half of the pro-
ceeds will go to the home missions
and the other half to the foreign mis-.
sions
Bailey, the newly appointed secre-
! terry to the American legation In
Stockholm, has arrived and been pre-
sented tn the members of the foreign
department. Hutchinson, his predeces-
sor, has been transferred to Belgrade
The well known sportsman, Fred
erlck Lowenadler, Of London, has OF.
fered to pay all the expenses of the
Swedish representatives to the Olym-
plan games, which will be held in Eng
lands metropolis next year.
The Russian steamer "Lituania," en-
route from Libau to New York with
about 500 aboard, ran aground of
Skillinge last week, says telegram
from Malmo. No lives are reported
lost.
| Mr.. Stanhope, editor of the New
York Herald, win go to Stockholm In
the near future to ascertain the fact
regarding the Royal Swedish Yacht
clnb's challenge for the Americas cup.
The duke and duchess of Skane
with their sons have returned from
London, where they were the guests
OF the duke and duchess of Con
naught
King Oscar has appointed III. G. W.
Wrangel as commander of the Swed.
ish fleet Ranking next to him In the
navy is Admiral III. w. Hamilton.
Vice Consul X. NJ. Nordlind, OF
Rochelle, France, has rendered his res
ignatiou and will return to Sweden in
the near future.
The Swedish minister in Copen.
hagen, Hjalmar Hammarskjold has
been appointed governor Of Upsala.