Morris tribune., 1909-03-27
TlDINGS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
News of General Interest
from Three Countries.
THE RED TAPE in SWEDEN

HAIL NIL AAA II AAN 0u ADA@AN
what Had To Be Done Before the
Broken Glass In One Of the Signal
lanterns Used on the State Railway
Could Be RepIaced-Wife of the
Swedish Minister to Washington En-
tertains Society There in the Way
Which Holds in Old Sweden.
: SWEDEN.
Talking about red tape, there is GER
tainly an abundance of that in Swe-
den, if one is to judge from the follow
Eng statement made by one of the rep
gesentatives in the riksdag the other
DAY while discussing the rolling ma
Gerial used on the state railways of
the country. He related an incident
from Orebro. The station agent re-
ported to the station director that a
glass on one of the signal lanters had
asked the traffic inspector for new
glass; the traffic inspector turns to the
supply house in Stockholm; the supply
house ordered a new glass from the
machine director in the third district
and this one turned to the central ma
the glass delivered to the supply
house in Stockholm, who send it first
to the traffic manager, who afterwards
send it to the station director, who in
structed the station agent to tell one
OF the railway hands to place it in its
correct place in the lantern. Mean
time a receipt has been applied for to
the supply house in Stockholm and
that by the way travels much the
same way as the order for the glass
did.
Nine. Lagerkrantz, wife of the
swedish minister, has been entertain
ing Washington society after a way
which holds in old Sweden. She is a
delightful addition to the capitals So
eial ranks, say women who ought to
AhO" WAaI tlIuLC0 IIdL 0LCIlOu
thing, a delightful social addition"
She is the daughter of Senator Cron-
berg, prominent in recent Swedish
craftsmanship. She has brought all
her furnishings from Stockholm, and
the legation is one of the best equipped
In Washington. Nine. Lagerkrantz
gives receptions after the European
fashion. She has tea and light re-
areshments for the guests and chats
gaily. Below stairs guests may play
cards if they wish, though the Swedish
minister is an exceedingly solemn and
non-card-playing gentleman. In an
sther room you may have music, and
also refreshments that don't go in by
way of your ears.
Says correspondent in a recent is
the patriots in this country are using
every available effort to check emf
grafton and the field for the home emf
grant agents has been limited to very
narrow lines, the Danish agent is only
laughing up his sleeve, for his field
WA opSA ot1OiAS An Nv CuCu, at lCdSI LII
the southern section of the country,
appear to be growing larger every day.
1t just happens in spite of all the re-
WOrts to the contrary that there are
Jew SWedeS who emigrate to America
from this section every year and in
mine cases out of ten it is the Danish
agent who has made out the papers
usually in Copenhagen-and, the emf
grant has no trouble whatsoever in
getting through the lines. Still ou1
patriotic Swedes are writing long ar
ticles in the newspapers telling how
they are checking emigration"
DR.. John George Schuldheis, medical
Inspector for the insan asylums of the
country, died a few days ago, aged for.
ty-four years. Although only a com,
partively young man, he had neverthe.
less achieved much success in his
chosen profession and was one of the
best diagnoSicians for insane cases in
AL Sweden. He was a graduate of
the medical department of the Upsala
university and had spent years OF
~N"Ay N%A"e'N' LUZ AALSo IAO past y Gdl
his health broke down completely and
last September he had to abandon his
work altogether. He had scores of
friends in Stockholm and was held in
high esteem in Berlin and Copenhagen
where medical authorities were ia,
miliar with his work.
The Duke and Duchess of Solder.
mainland have purchased the beautiful
Rots in the villa section of Furusund.
N is most ideal location for villa
and the duke has ordered that suita-
ble building be erected there at once.
The building will be completed during
Che latter part of June and the duke
and duchess will occupy the villa
about July 1.
Professor Lawrence Erickson, con-
servator at the museum of the Brook
Nn Institute of Arts and Sciences, has
been appointed assistant conservator
nf the National Museum in Stockholm.
Professor Erickson will assume his
duties in Stockholm about July /.