Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-17

propaganda with the same methods that
they used for radically different social
conditions. Whatever the fragrant social
wrongs here, they are nowise comparable
to those Of Europe. Still the battle is
waged here by the Disconnected as II they
were up against an autocratic car. or a
military Germany, or as II they had no
franchise enabling them to vote for men
Of integrity. rather than for the liquor
soaked boodlers that In the rule are sup
ported by the radicals Of our land. The
problem is immense.
However. / forgot the social problem in
Copenhagen when / came in sight Of the
capitals unequaIled Thorwaldsen museum,
where the great Danish seulptor's com
plete works are shown In marble originals
or in plaster casts. Thorwaldsen and Ital-
ian Canova were the two chief sculptors
Of the early nineteenth century. The Dan
ish genius had less grace than the Italian,
but surprising depth and Greek majesty.
His Christ In the Frue k~irke-what~a
work, undoubtedly the greatest Christ in
marblei One needs time IN this Thorwald-
sen museum, as the masterpieces are nu-
merous and the artist can be studied here
at a special advantage. 1t is surprising
what an array Of men Of genius little
Denmark can show forth.
Perhaps no traveller misses Copenhagen's
summer garden, the eO-year-old Tivoli. It
reminded me of a church social program
l sow once in a Boston museum. 1t came
from colonial days Of Puritanism. The
first part was headed, For Ye Cody
Men, the second, For We Worldly Men,"
The latter half had numbers such as the
church of today incline to make the stand
ard for all church socials. Tivoli is a
clever thing. From the classical orchestra
concert to the smartest Partisan vaude-
vile, ffrom the Internally lighted boiling
pot" to open-ait theatrlcals of shocking
suggestiveness-it's every mans place! The
young people Of Sweden and Norway lust
love 10 CONT down to Tivoli. It seems
as IL the Copenhageners themselves had
Nt as their second home. The population
Of gay Copenhagen certainly relish the
place. Compared with Stockholm's sum
mer gardens 1t is an eminently light
hearted affair, but attractive to men OF all
tastes. Financially il must be a gold mine.
Danes are good at business. alert, nimble.
cheerful shopkeepers. Something of Ger
many's dash has come up into
Their is extensive, their farm
products considerable, If you order eggs
at Lipton's delightful tea rooms on oxford
street, London, you can be rather certain
that they were laid by a Danish hen. Our
Danes can make money on Tivoll as we'll
as on their dairy and poultry. But it i'm
presses you more as business on the small
shop order than in the gigantic English
manner.
The Danes are not as serious a people
religiously as the Swedes and are given
to many religious vagaries. Utah has har-
vested in Denmark. At the same time,
when they do become earnest there is a
beautiful directness to their spiritual life
that wins ones heart.
What a galaxy of master minds that
little land has producedl The astronomer,
Tycho Brahe; Hans Christian Andersen,
Holberg, the comedy writer: Bishop Mar
Jensen, undoubtedly the greatest Lutheran
theologian Of the three Scandinavian coun-
tries; Soren Kierkegaard, absolutely In a
class by himself, a philosophical llterateur,
hat were his works in English he would
create readers for himself of all educated
minds, and Brandes. perchance the lead
ing literary critic of the world, and Paul
sen, the w~orld-known philosopher of the
University of Copenhagen-these and many
more are proofs of the fertile mentality of
the Danish nation. 1T is a pity that such