The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-05-28
NEWS0F SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
: Denmark.
AS TO THE PRINCESS PAvL0vNA
Bride of Prince Wilhelm Is RAPIDLY
Mastering the Swedish
Language.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Stockholm.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg
makes the following comment regard:
ing Princess Pavlovna, who a few
days ago became the bride of Prince
Wilhelm of Sweden: "She speaks
French and German perfectly and is
making great progress in Swedish,
which is only natural, as her teacher
is the youngest Swedish prince. Most
of her life has been spent in Moscow,
and she IS Russian to the backbone, a
devout member of the Orthdox church
and an enthusiastic admirer of Rus.
sian art and literature. She is par.
ticnlarly fond of the works Of Tolstoi
and is proud of having received sew.
eral letters from the great writer. Her
aunt made a home for number of of.
ficers and soldiers who had been
wounded in the war with Japan at her
country home in the south, and no Wis.
1tor was more welcome by the suffer.
ers than the Grand Duchess Marie.
She used to spend hours reading to
the patients and would help the
nurses to tend them. The poor fel.
lows used to call her the fairy prin-
cess"
During his recent visit in Stockholm
King Edward was awarded the grand
cross of the Vasa Order with chain
from King Gustaf. In return King
Edward awarded the Swedish king the
Victoria chain, which the British SOY.
ereigu awards only to members Of roy
atty. Prior to leaving Stockholm King
Edward paid fine tribute to his de-
parted friend, King Oscar. At II a.
m. on the day Of his departure from
Stockholm, King Edward, accompanied
by Gustaf, went to the Riddarholm's
church and placed a beautiful wreath
of lilies and ilacs on King Oscars
coffin. He also donated 1000 crowns
to the Stockholm poor and regretted
that he did not find time to visit the
so-called arbets-stugor, of which the
Princess Victoria spoke in such high
terms Of praise during her visit to
Stockholm last fall.
King Gustaf will arrive in Copen-
hagen on the morning of May 20 and
will remain there until the following
evening when he will continue his
journey to Berlin. On the evening of
the 10th inst, a gala performance will
be given at the royal opera in honor
Of the Swedish king and a reception
has also been arranged in his honor
at the royal palace. While in Berlin,
King Gustaf will be the guest Of EN-
peror William and will participate in
the great spring parade, which will be
held in Berlin June 1. Queen Vic
toria, the Swedish queen, will join her
royal consort in Berlin June 1.
Consul Ljungquist, Of Antwerp, who
was to have arranged for the expendi-
lures incident to the burial of the
SWedes who persisted in the Tscherniak
drama, is said to have placed Sweden
i'll discredit. According to reports he
did nothing whatsoever and a Swed-
lsh merchant is said to have footed
the funeral bill. The latter has, how
ever; taken up the matter with the
Swedish government and an investiga-
ton has been begun, which it is be-
heved will lead to the suspension Of
Consul Ljungberg.
The ladies Of SOdermanland, headed
by the Countess Ingjerd Reuterskiold.
have completed their subscription list
started some time ago for the purpose
OF purchasing a suitable wedding gift
fnr prinan Wi1bn1yo
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. The
subscription list has now reached the
sum OF 10000 Crowns. The present
Will consist Of an elaborate silver set,
which will be purchased from and suit
ably engraved by one of the leading
jewelry firms Of Stockholm.
The labor unions Of southern Sve-
den are reported to be waging an ef-
fective war against the sugar factories
and the result may be that they may
be able to boycott the Swedish sugar
Industry completely. Hundreds Of mer-
chants are now compelled to import
sugar from foreign countries, which
has raised the price on sugar half
cent pound.
Queen Victoria, who recently jour,
neyed from Venice to Switzerland via
Simplon, spent day or two at Lake
Geneva, where she paid visit to the
Countess of Flaudrau in Ouchy. She
arrived at Karlsruhe, where she will
remain until the Goth inst, when she
will journey to Berlin to join King
Gustaf.
Fire suddenly broke loose in the
Nord1ska museum the other day and
Tor time the beautiful structure was