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

Eays 4. G. Hammer, the Christiania
correspondent On q peaceful spot in
Our seviour's churehyard at Christi
snls the remsiss OF Henrik Ibssn were
returned to the earth Oh June 1, 1906
- day Of suusine and showers, full
of light and shade like his own poetry.
His grave, in the midstsPf what looks
like a sea Of grass is Inaccessible, az
he was himself in life, but in the
birches above the birds Hy in and out
by summertime, and in winter the
l~eafless branches bow under the
weight OF snow. A few days - DR..
Sigurd lbsen, tho poets son, in honor
Of his father has raised the worthy
bauta. The grave Is entirely covered
by a stone. which bears the name of
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-wa that visited
us last summer. Hail to the man TO
whose honor his son raises a stone 10y
the roadside" runs a line In an old
Morse poem. This noble bauta goes
far to confirm the truth of il.
Labor conditions are improving in
Norway. This is noticeable now nor
than yer, 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 IL the future aud thus they
continue to solicit funds whenever
opportunity affords.
The Mormons are keeping up a
vigorous props ganda 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 i'm northern Norway and
in Finland for the OF Mormon
ism. A great Mormon conference is
to be held in ,Trondhjem next summer,
at which representatives from all the
C,n ,1fn,, ysnn ,n,,ntpiAg q ya ayt1A.fn1 tn
be present. +'t.
Harry Randall, the well known
Minneapolis gentleman, who is Mr..
Roald Amundsen's lecture manager, Is
at present arranging a lecture o 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 well known Savage club" in
London, held au elegant banquet last
month in memory Of Its fftieth ami
verssry. FridtjOf hansen, the Nor
wegian minister to England, vas 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 a 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 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.
Hulds Garborg's Ave act historical
drama has now been completed and
rendered with great C at the Ma
tional theater in Christiania. The
drama depicts court life FROM the time
OF Louis XIV Of France and Is de-
clared 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 28.4o0 crowns from Norway,
1900 from Denmark and $1,000 from
America.
An International ski exhibition will
be held some time this month In
ChristiaDia. 1t will be given In con-
nection with the annual H~olmenkollen
ski tournament, which many foreign
skaters and ski unner 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 book is read the better.