The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03
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Affairs In Other Lands N
STOCKHOLM IS CRAZY
OVER ICE YACHTING
Crown Princess Has Set Pace.
and Swedish Society Has
Taken 1t Up.
BY ERIC GRUNDMARK.

Speclal cable TO The Tribune.
COPENHAGEN. April All Stock
holm has gone crazy over Isjakting.
which. translated means ice yachting
The crown princess. who was Princess
Margaret of England. has led out the
fashion and Swedish society has taken
II up eagerly. The fact is, the English
princess has been perfect godsend to
Swedish femininity She has proved to
the rather indolent Swedish ladies' (bound
as they have been by the strictest OF
rules) that women can be companions OF
husbands and brothers out OF doors In
mldWinter without the loss either of their
complexion or their dignity. Her hockey
II was perceived that the Drinccss-in
her dainty ,garb: with her white silk veil
drawn costly over her rcbcIlious hair.
natt!est OF footgear-had managed to
have good afternoons fun without sac
rlfcing ono jot OF her womanly charm
the startled ones began not only to CON
done but to copy. The miles OF frozen
sea and lake about Stockholm, the blue
Sky. the long slopes. covered with pow
dery snow. that descent from the forests
to the shore-all these make a sort OF
paradise for skiing, skating, sleighing.
and. above ALL for ice sailing in the Is
5akts. These yachts are built on racing
lines. When the force of the wind makes
other ice sports unpleasant, then is the
time to don furs and wooens and sur
render oneself to the intoxicating pleas
ure of speeding literally like the wind
turesque ford or out on Lake Malar. or
even on tho Baltic itself. Next season
il is safe to say every one who can ar
ford II Will have an Isjakt.
AS to Swedish Royal House.
The, action brought by an old man
dowager OF Sweden and the three younger
brothers OF the king. OF which mention
was made last week. may develop some
interesting facts concerning the Swedish
royal house. Johapsson has been pos
sessed all his life with the idea OF un-
ea11hinS the secret history OF q mystcri
Gus lady named Helsa de la Brache. who
was at one time thought to be a daugh
ter of King GuStaVuS ". This monarch,
who died In 1897 was himself an ecccn-
tric, and his virulence against Napoleon
and TO many i'll consequences for Sweden.
He was dethroned in 1909, King Charles
XIV. from whom the present line de-
scends. succeeding to the throne. The
divorced consort, and the suggestion is
that Helga de la Brache was their
daughter. Johansson now declares that
In lS42 she delivered to the present kings
grandfather tafterward Oscar u some
letters proving her royal birth and that
she never succeeded in getting them re-
ager queen and the princes to obtain the
letters. IL seems to be true that the
mysterious Helga obtained q pension
from the government on the strength
OF the letters. and that she lost ii after
ward and died in poverty.
To Abolish Censorship.
The Danish premier, NJ Zahle. has
brought in n bill in tho chamber for the
abolition of the existing censorship:
which is at present carried out by the
police authorities. but will in future be
entrusted TO board, the members Of
which will be theatrical critics. actors
and managers, III case the authorities
declare that in the public interest any
play should be forbidden, the author Will
have the right TO appeal to the board
OF censorship, which can permit the
performance or confirm the prohibition
Opportunity for Americans.
American electrical concerns may be
able to do some business with the mu-
nicIpality of Copenhagen, which has just
announced loan OF S1l 900. 600. the pro-
cceds OF which are 10 be devoted TO pub
lie improvements. including an electric
power plant. Among other things for
which the money Is to be spent are
schoohouses. market buildings and new
hospital. ] understand II is the purpose
of the municipality to invite American
bids on the electric plant,