Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-01-12
NORWAY.
Christians.

correspondents: ION peaceful spot in
dur Sayiour's churchyard at Christi
anie 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
bauta. 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 a miners hammer, indicating
the laborious work of Henrik Ibsen,
the great miner of human character.
The wreath at the foot of the stone is
OF bronze, a 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 stone by
the roadside runs 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.
new president has recently been sent
from Utah. who is to make his resi-
IClu'c Ill anu
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.
Roald Amundsen's lecture manager, Is
at present arranging a lecture tour for
the celebrated explorer, who returned
to Norway not long ago. Mr.. Randall
has arranged lectures for Mr.. Amundz
sen in Copenhagen, Berlin, Paris and
London.
The well known Savage club" in
london. held an elegant banquet last
month in memory of its fiftieth ami
versary Fridtjof hansen, the Nor
wegian minister to England, was toast
master for the evening. Present were
many representa- tives 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 ana
UNIQUE an exhibition as possible. Bust
ness men generally are much inter
ested and substantial appropriation
is expected from the stOrthing.
A wife In Nordland, who is an ex-
IRENE vegetarian, has for several years
protested against living with 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
tional theater in Christiania. The
drama depicts court life from the time
of LOnis XIV Of France and is de-
clared by critics to be an unusually
strong presentation,
In late report Missionary Skrefs-
rut, of the Santal mission, which has
been published in Norway, says that
his mission field received during the
last year 2s,4O0 crowns from Norway,
% 600 from Denmark aud 1900 from
America,
An inteITa tional ski exhibition will
be held. some time this month in
Christianfa. 1t will be given in con-
nection with the annual Ho1menkollen
ski tournament which many foreign
skaters and ski runners will attend.
Paul Hayse, the German author, has
severely criticised John POulsen's book
on Tbsen. stating that he has done the
great poet the rankest injustice and
plainly recommends that the less Mr..
Poulxen's book is read the better.
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