The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-07-09
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden. Norway and
Denmark.
HIGH PRAISE FOR THE sWEDEs
What Russian Delegate to the Evan.
gelical Congress Has to Say
of the People of tho
Country.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

4OO utduy uOWc1S, Sd1u CdACAoo,
one of the Russian delegates, who at
tended the Evangelical conference re-
Gently held in Stockholm, when he was
characterising the Swedish people.
Says Mr.. Calchas: Il had expected to
see snobbish people, lively and full
Of gestures, but to my surprise I
found a simple, assuming people, re-
fined and cultured. Why, the working
man in Sweden are dressed as gentle
men, every one Of them. The city Of
the Stockholmians stands like a doll s
house, the police merely wave their
hands and people obey as though they
all had received a military training.
The Stockholmians are all peaceful,
and you seldom see any drunkards and
paupers. These happy and prosperous
people are living in a country where the
Russians would starve to death. The
country is mostly rolling and noun
famous in the northern part and the
fields up i'll DalarnO, for instance, are
| exceedingly small and unproductive
looking, but the Swede knows how to
take care Of the little that he has, and
takes such cafe of it that it often
yields splendid results. The churches
are full Of evangelical Christians, the
telephone reaches almost every nook
in the land and there are all kinds Of
railways, steamship lines and street
car lines, etc. The king lives among
his people and the princes participate
in the educational progress Of the coun-
try. The riksdag representatives are
treated to soup and cakes by the king
| and are not compelled to drink whis-
Ky with the cakes. And then think of
their baths with women attendants, a
thing unheard of on the continent Oh
it is all like one Of their good old
sagas.' This is a Russian characteri-
cation of the Swedes and all over Swe-
den it is considered very unique.
The Geographical society and other
scientific bodies interested in DR.. Sven
Hedin's third exploring tour into
Thibet have given up all hope Of ever
seeing him again, assuming that he
must have died Of famine, thirst or
warlike natives. The last time that
the Swedish geographists heard from
the explorer was in December, 1907,
when he was about to start from
Scheyok for southeast Thibet with a
strong guard and many scientific CO.
workers. Scheyok is the terminus Of a
much frequented caravan route, and
DR.. Hedin's friends calculate that if
alive he would have had plenty of op-
portunity to send letters or messages.
The doctor in his last letters received
in Stockholm said that he expected
much trouble, both from unfrendly
natives and from the lack Of water
and food in the districts that he in
tended to explore.
Stockholm is becoming mecca for
royalty this summer. The latest re-
ports from Stockholm state that the
royal family of Baden will pay a visit
to the Swedish court some time dur.
ing the month of August. At the same
time comes the report that President
Failieres, Of France, has decided to
postpone his visit to Sweden until next
year. Some Of the Swedish dailies pro-
fess to believe that it is owing to the
political friendship which has recently
been manifested between Germany
and Sweden that the French president
has postponed his Stockholm trip.
Mile. Martha Holman, the popular
Swedish actress, has been presented
with a pair of slippers studded with
ornamental butterflies Of different pat
terms. in precious stones, the cost of
which was nearly $4,000. She an
peared some time ago in the Swedish
capital in a play entitled Man Kan
Aldrig Veta'' Zone Can Never know.)
The title of the play seemed to be a
fortunate one for her.
There have been all kinds Of stories
lately regarding the health of the
young crown prince. At no time has
he been critically i'll and it appears
now that all that the prince needs is a
we'll needed rest. There have heen
too many soc1als and his doctors state
that his nerves are in bad shape.
About two hundred Stockholm sing
ers serenaded King Gustaf and Queen
Victoria the other evening at the royal
palace. A large crowd Of people
gathered in front of the palace to lis
ten to the singing.
Johan Peterson, the Swedish minis
ter of agriculture, is at present at
Karlsbad, where he is being treated
for diabetes. According to latest re-
ports the distinguished gentleman
was doing we'll.
The chief of China's national tele-
graph bureau arrived at Malmo the
other day and will spend at least a
month in Sweden. He will spend most
of his time in the Swedish capital.
The Society Of the Common School
teachers Of Sweden are this week hold
ing their convention in Gefe. The con-
vention is attended by about two thou
sand delegates.
The Duchess Of Sodermanland's
brother, Grand Duke Dmitrt Pavlo-
vitsch. has during the Dast week boon