Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-02-04

thing in Germany, it is absolutely con-
trary to popular sentiment at Stock
holm or throughout the entire coun-
try, for that matter. An exchange
says: "The atmosphere throughout
Sweden is getting to be very Demo
cratic. Within the memory of the
present generation only two such De-
flirs Cour ever have taken place at
the court of Stockholm, one on the oc-
cassion of the silver jubilee of King
Oscars succession to the throne and
one on the occasion of the accession
of the present ruler. The latter, when
he became king, gave great satisfac-
ton by announcing that he proposed
to dispense with the ceremony of the
coronation on the plea that it was an
extravagant and utterly useless an
chronim, no longer in keeping with
public sentiment in Sweden, and his
subjects were still more pleased when
he abolished a number Of expensive
Offices at court, simplified much of the
ceremonial, and did away with many
dignities that were as useless as they
were costly. The announcement there
fore by the grand master of the court,
Just before Chritmas, that a Defllir-
Cour would be held at the palace on
New Years day and that every one
holding any official position was COM
manded to attend, aroused no end Of
criticism, and the move was at once
and rightly ascribed to Queen Vic
toria, who is a German princess by
birth The Swedish press of every
shade of political opinion has been
outspoken in it's condemnation, many
of the papers boldly declaring that
the bowling, scraping and crawling, in
fact. all sorts of subserviency, are en-
tirely foreign to the Swedish char
acter. In spite of this the Deflir- Cour
took place as scheduled on New
Years day, bat was so sparsely at
tended that it is doubtful whether the
experiment ever will be repeated. At
any rate, it will be wise, on the part
of Swedish royalty not to attempt it.
The storm which passed over Stock
holm on the morning of Jan was a
terrible one and later reports show
that it caused immense damage. For
tunately no lives were lost. The
street car barns out at Hagalund were
completely wrecked. Not for years
has such a peculiar storm passed over
Stockholm and southern Sweden in
midwinter. The storm was accom-
panied by violent rain and thunder
and the thunderbolts came as thick
and fast as in summer storm Any
thing like it has never been recorded
at the weather bureau in Stockholm.
Erland Nordenskiold, who during
the past two years has been conduct
ing extensive ethnographical investi-
cation in South America, is expected
to return to Sweden this spring. 1t
may be that he will prolong the home
journey until later on in the summer
as he desires to visit the Internation-
al American congress at Buenos Ayres.
1t is claimed that young Nordenskiold
has made the greatest and most thor
ough study of the tribes of South
America, and that his investigations
will be published in book form upon
his return to Sweden.
Miss Signe Rape has been selected
as one of the prima donnas at the Roy
al Opera in Stockholm. She is a
young woman and very talented. Mus
ic loving Stockholm is much inter-
ested in her and expect great things
from her.
e. G. Geyer has been appointed
Swedish vice consul in Baltimore, Md.