The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-25
SCANDINAVIA TO
HONOR ROOSEVELT
Will Spend Only One Day in
Danish Capital
NEW PRINCESS NAME
Is Bright and Promising Child in spite
of the Burdensome Cognomen
Thas Becn Imposed
Upon Her
NEW PRINCESS NAME

Copenhagen, April 24.-(Special.) ALI
Scandinavia will do honor to Mr.. Roose-
Welt 1t is deeply regretted here that
the distinguished American will only be
able to spend one day at the Danish
capital, but the Danes will endeaxor to
make up in their warmth of reception
the shortness of the time they will have
to entertain him. An effort was made to
have Mr. Roosevelt make a longer stay
in Copenhagen, but he has found it impos
sible to get here before May 3, and as he
is scheduled to deliver his Nobel prize adj
dress at Christiania on May 5, he can
stay here only one day.
During his stop in Christiana he will
BE- the guest of King Haakon at the royal
palace. On May he will leave Chris
tiania for Stockholm, where he is eX-
pected to remain three days.
The faculty of history and philosophy
of the Norwegian university has confer
red upon Mr.. Roosevelt the degree of
doctor of philosophy. This intelligence
was communicated to Mr.. Roosevelt by
telegraph and he Immediately returned
his thanks through the American minister
in Christiania.
The new princess of Swedens first
daughter, and the third child of the
crown princess, is to be named lngrid
Victoria Louise Margaretta, but despite
this she is a fine. healthy little girl. The
crown prince and crown princess are de-
lighted at the advent of daughter. the
two older children. the dukes OF Wester-
botten and Upland, being boys.
Mrs. Aubrey LeBlond, an English wo-
man. has established a record for noun
tain climbing in Norway. Sixteen I'M
named peaks in all were assembled by
Mrs. LeBlond, who left the beaten track
at Tromso, and on the summit of each
height her guide built up a stone mound
to tell future climbers of the peaks con-
quest.
Some interesting facts about women
suffrage in Norway have been prepared
by Mr.. ]. Castberg, ex-minister OF justice
in the Norwegian liberal cabinet Mr..
Castberg says in Norway women got the
municipal franchise in 1901. and the par
liamentary franchise in 1901 Men have
universal suffrage, but the the female
suffrage is at present confined TO those
women who, themselves or through their
nus bands paid taxes on a yearly income
of at least ego This limitation excluded
about 100000 adult women out of 100000.
With the female franchise was combined
eligibility for parliament. The first time
that women exercised the franchise at
the general election last autumn. Sew
enty per cent of the enfranchised women
voted. Women were divided on the same
political lines as men. or course there
were exceptions, but as a rule the infiu-
ence of the family on the result or the
election had been doubled. Three women
stood for parliament, but they were all
defeated by their political opponents.
Only one woman got elected as MEM
ber's deputy that was, she would take
the place Of member who died or was
absent through illness or any other cause.
ON the whole. 1t might be said that the
result OF the first exercise Of the parlia-
mentary franchise by women In Norway
was to awaken the public spirit of wo-
men.