Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1909-05-08
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
News Of General Interest
from Three Countries.
ANNA LUNDBERG COMING

Popular Swedish Actress Will Start on
Her Second Tour of the United
States in the Beginning of June
During Her Former Visit to This
Country the Actress Was Received
with Enthusiasm Wherever She APP
peared and Made Many Friends.
SWEDEN.
According to latest dispatches
from Stockholm, Anna Lundberg, the
popular actress, will in the beginning
of June start her second American
tour and will this time appear prin
cipally under the auspices of Swedish
American theatrical societies in the
states During her last visit here she
made many friends and she was re
ceiyed with enthusiasm wherever she
appeared. It may not be out of place
to mention in this connection that
Swedish male choruses, bands and
prima donnas who have been popular
in Stockholm and all over Sweden for
that matter are beginning to visit the
United States regularly. where thus
far they have all been appearing to
remarkably large and enthusiastic au
diences. This is an entirely new field
to Swedish artists and they will not
hereafter be slow to avail themselves
of the opportunity of coming here.
One of the most successful Swedish,
American impressarios is DR.. Victor
Nilsson, of Minneapolis, who first
brought Madame Hellstrom and John
Forsell over to this country. They
made decided hit and ever afterward
musical organizations in Sweden have
begun to take deep interest in the
United States.
There is a society which has been
organized in Stockholm for the relief
of the idle. 1t is known as ''The So
ciety for the Relief of the Idle" and
it has just sent in communication to
the state department calling attention
to the needs of those out of employ
ment. The society desires to have
homes arranged for by the state for
such as cannot otherwise be provided
for. 1t also argues that the state I'M
dertake public works to furnish en-
plOyment until general conditions pick
up. The society has already been do
ing whole lot of good for those out
of employment and next year it hopes
to be in far better condition to make
it's work bring results.
The Gothenburg home for paupers,
known as Gibraltar" which was or
gained some twenty years, ago is now
altogether too small and is not nearly
GOthenburg. At this institution a num-
Der of people who are suffering from
mild attacks of insanity are also kept
and the space of the institution has
been so taxed lately that number of
the patients have been sent to Brandt
dala and Lundby. The number of pau
pers, aged and insane at this institu-
ton number at present about 1900
"Varmlanningarne," undoubtedly the
most popular play that has ever been
written in Sweden, was rendered at
the Royal Opera the other evening for
the four hundreth time. 1t seems that
this play will never grow old in Swe-
den or Finland or even among the
Swedish-Americans in the large cities
of the United States where it has
been rendered so many times. It was
first rendered in March q, 1916, when
it struck popular chord at once and
this popularity has never abated in the
least.
Captain Hjalmar Zielfelt, of Rib
bingsholm, who during the last year
has been employed at the military
school in Norrkoping, was found dead
in his bed the other morning with a
bullet hole through his head. It was
evidently plain case of suicide. His
large circle of friends have been try
ing to solve his motive for killing him
self, as he was in no financial Difficult.
ties and at all outward appearances
seemed absolutely happy and con-
tented.
The croWnprincess and the Duke of
Vesterbotten have each subscribed
$500 for the fund started some time
ago for erecting cottages for laborine
men in the Vesterbotten district. The
work has already been started by
concerted action on the part of a num-
Der of charitable associations and soon
there will be several hundred working
mems cottages erected there.
Last year Sweden's king had \
rather expensive travelling bill and the
riksdag has now agreed to pay it. II
amounted to the tidy little sum of 49,
900 crowns and the king claims that
this even will not cover his expendi.
lures. 1t is an expensive matter to be
king and when he travels abroad he
cannot do it as cheap as some people
can.
DIR. Alex. Mardlioka, chief of the
meteorological department of the Ma
tional Museum of Washington, D. G.
is at present in Sweden and has spent
the past month in Stockholm, where
he has been exceptionally well re-
ceived by all the prominent scientists
of the city.