Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03

MUNICIPAL POWER PLANT
City Of Copenhagen BOrrOws SILL
000,0 for Public Improvements.
CHANCE FOR THE AMERICANS
American Bids VIII BE Asked for the
New MunicipsI Power and LiEht
Plant a. is Proposed to
Build.
BY ERIC

hl mi
COPENHAGEN, April Especial to the
Publishers PressD-American electrical
concerns may be abe 90 do some bust
ness with the municipality OF Copenhagen
which has just announced q loan Of uloo.-
90. the proceeds Of which are to be de-
voted to public improvements including an
electric power plant Among other things
FOR which the money is TO be spent are
school houses, market buildings and a
new hospital I understand it IS the pur-
pose OF the municipality to invite Amer
lean bids on the electric plant.
Bit of Swedish History.
The action brought by an old man
named Johansson against the queen dow
aEer 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.
Johansson has been obsessed all his life
with the idea Of unearthing the secret
history Of a mysterious lady named Helga
de la Brache. who was at one time
thought to be the daughter OF King Gus
tavus ". This monarch, who died in
1897, was himself an eccentric and his
virulence against Napoleon led to the Rus
sian conquest Of Finland and to many III
consequences for Sweden. He was de-
throned in 1909, King Charles XIV, from
whom the present line descends, succeed
ing to the throne. The deposed ruler aft
erwards remarked his divorced %consort,
and the suggestion is that Helga de la
Brache was their daughter.
~Johansson now declares that in 1s42 she
delivered to the present Kings grand
father afterwards Oscar u some letters
proving her royal birth and that she never
succeeded in getting them returned. He IS,
therefore, suing the dowagsr queen and
the princess to obtain a pension from the
government on the strength Of the let
tiers and that she lost it afterwards and
died in poverty
Danish Theater Censor.
The Danish premier, M. Zahle. has
brought in a bill in the chamber for the
abolition Of the existing censorship, which
is at present carried out by the police
authorities, and which will in future be en-.
trusted to q board, the member OF which
will be theatrical critics, actors and man
ayers.
In case the authorities declare that in
the public interest any play should BE-
y y NA0 "a VIA haNE AHE L4hul
to appeal TO the board Of censorship
firm the prohibition.
Enslish Prineess wakes Then Up.
All Stockholm has gone crazy over Is
jakting, which translated means ice yacht,
ing. The crown princess. who was Princes,
Margaret OF England, has set the fashion
and Swedish society has taken it w
eagerly.
The fact is the English princess has
been a perfect godsend to Swedish fem.
ininity. She has proved to the rather
indolent Swedish ladies bound as they
have been by the s%tricttst Of rules tina.
women can companion husbands and
brothers out OF doors in midVinter with.
out the loss either Of their complexion Of
their dignity. Her hockey team startled
society at first: but when il was per
ceived that the princess-in her dalnt,
garb, with her perfectly-cut skirts show,
ing the nattisst OF footgear-had man.
aged TO have a good afternoons fun with
out sacrificing one jot Of her womanly
charm, the startled ones began not only
to condone but to copy
Paradise for Ice Yachts.
The miles Of frozen sea and lake abou
Stockholm; the blue sky; the long slopes
covered with powdery snow. that descend
from the forests 70 the shore-all thes.
make a sort Of paradise for skiing
skating, sleighing, and, above all. for ice
sailing in the isjatks.
These yachts are built on racing lines
When the force OF the wind makes othe
ice sports unpleasant. then is the tim.
to don furs and woolens. and surrende
oneself to the. intoxicating pleasure o
speeding literally like the wind" dow
the long reaches OF some picturesou.
ford or out on Lake Malar or even OF
the Baltic Itself
Next season it is safe TO say every on.
who can afford IL will have an isjakt.