Morris tribune., 1909-08-07
1IDINCS FROM
!. SCANDINAVIA
News Of General Interest
from Three Countries.
PLAY TINE In STOCKHOLM

Leaders of Fashion Now Occupying
Summer Homes on the Shores of the
Malaren-Average Stockholmian Is
a Generous Host, Although City Has
but Few MiIlionaires-Poor People
Welcome Summer as Season
When They Can Reduce Expenses.
SWEDEN.
At this season of the year nearly all
Of otockholm's fashionable population
Ire comfortably located in summer
cottages on the beautiful shores of the
Malaren. Stockholmians always make
the most of the summer and then is
the time when indeed the purse fares
the worst, too. In well appointed
summer home the Stockholmian finds
himself entertaining friends from up
the country and even from abroad and
while the summer rent is in a measure
a trif1e cheaper, the table bill is by far
much heavier. The well-to-do Stock
holman is also a generous host and
this does not tend to increase the
strength IF his purse. Jolly launching
parties, Lake concerts and sexas are
common and it all costs money. In nc
city in the world are well-to-do people
so generous to fault when it comes
to entertaining as in Stockholm, and
this may account for the Hact that the
city has comparatively few million.
aires. The poor people on the other
hand welcome the summer months as
a boon to their existence, for they can
move out to smaller but cheape"
quarters along the lake shores and
there in measure make up for the
expensive winter. Still, take it right
through, the experience of all who Wis
it Stockholm and who live there is that
it is from all points of view an I'M
usually expensive city to live in.
There have been several automobile
accidents in Sweden this summer and
several people have also been killed,
but none has created so much attention
as the one at Falun, principally because
of the miraculous escape of those who
figured in the sensational accident. An
automobile carrying seven persons be-
came unmanageable while crossing a
bridge across the Stubborn river, near
Falun, and the machine, together with
it's occupants, plunged into the river.
Just as. the automobile left the bridge
all of the seven occupants were hurled
iy{o tho riu hot hv hn
was fortunate for them. They were
hurled into the river ahead of the au-
tomobile, so that no one was caught
under it. The entire party was car
ried by the current and saved at dam
a short distance below. Several of
them were slightly hurt in the fall, but
none of them dangerously. The au-
tomobi1e landed in seven feet of water
and that too was pulled out of the wa
ter in practically unframed condi-
ton. 1t was indeed most miraculous
escape and all the occupants are now
wondering how it can be really posi-
BILE that they are alive today.
A sum of 2,385.05 crowns has been
solicited in Stockholm for a fitting
monument to be erected over the
grave of the late novelist and story
writer, Alfred Hedenatierna (Sigurd,,
Sweden's Mark Twain, whose works
will ever remain popular In Sweden
"Sigurd" has been widely read in
America, where thousands of Swedish
Americans have made his acquaint.
ance.
Emigration from Sweden is increas-
ing instead of abating. During the
first six months of the present year
there were 1850 persons who left for
foreign ports. During the same period
last year there were 1904 persons who
emigrated to foreign lands. This
proves very conclusively that the work
of the National Anti-Emigration So
ciety has not been very successful.
The Stockholm exposition has thus
far proven splendid success and
while the attendance has not been as
large as during the international ex.
position in 1897, it has still averaged
about 5000 people a day, something
very gratifying when it is considered
that the exposition is only being man.
aged on small scale.
The opera singer Wilhelmina Fun.
din, celebrated her ninetieth birthday
at her home in Stockholm the other
day. The famous lady, who was q
contemporary of Jenny Lind and an
intimate friends of hers, is still en-
joying vigorous health, and enjoys
her promenades out in the fresh open
air every day.
At Sonborne there will in the near
future be erected chair of Scandi-
navian languages and literature. The
professor who will fill the chair to be.
gin with will be NJ. Paul Verrier. This
is the first time that the Scandinavian
languages and literature will receive.
attention in Paris, France.
syndicate with capital of 1900.
600 crowns, to be known as Ingaro
Strand company, has been organized
for the purpose of erecting new
SaltsJobaden. A large number of vii.