Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-07-29
TIDINGS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
WELL RECEIVED EVERYWHERE

swedish-American Singers Continue
Their TriumphaI Tour Through
Sweden-Sk Tournament on Mid
summer Day One of the Years
Novelties in Norway-Rats Causing
Great Annoyance at Copenhagen.
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The Swedish-American singers are
continuing on their triumphaI tour
through Sweden and have been giving
| concerts during the past week in
Halmstad, Jonkoping and Norrkoping.
In all these cities they received an
enthusiastic reception and their sing
| ing captured the audiences every
! time. Swedish audiences are sur
pTised at the splendid way in which
! the American singers are rendering
Swedish songs and cannot under
stand that they are able to preserve
the gems of Swedish song out in the
| far West. When they arrived in
| Stockholm June 80 the Central station
was filled with thousands of people
and the surrounding streets were
crowded to their fullest capacity. They
were received at the Central station
| by United States Consul WinsIow,
! ''Kammarherre Buren," and other
members of the reception committee.
A double Quartette selected from the
/ Swedish-AmeTican society Of Stock
holm rendered "America" under the
direction of Herr Assar and the Amer
lean singers responded with the SWed-
| ish national anthem, "Vart Land" On
! Thursday evening, June 80, followed
! the regular concert in OsteTmalm's
cathedral 1t was filled to the last
seat with an enthusiastic audience
and the singers were at their best
| throughout the entire programme. On
the evening Of July the singers we're
received by King Gustaf in the
"Hyita Hafvet" at the palace and after
greeting the king with a song the
| singers had the pleasure Of listening
| to a speech Of welcome from the
| friendly monarch. A little later Direc-
tor Ortengren and OIOf Nelson Of Chi
cago were called forth and were
awarded the Order of Vas4. This is
quite a distinction and both Mr.. Or
tengren and Mr. Nelson were Visably
affected. The singers also were en-
tertained by the Stockholm Press club
and at HasseIbacken.
There are some very notorious night
scenes in Stockholm, although it is re-
garded as a comparatively peaceful
city. The other night a wealthy coun-
try gentleman, who owns large es-
tates, was taking promenade on
MastersamueIs street when woman
suddenly appeared and commenced to
| embrace him tenderly. Just as sud
denly a man appeared on the scene
and while the woman was engaged in
embracing the country gentleman he
made. for his large pOcketbOOk, which
contained several hundred crowns in
paper money, and made his escape
with it. The gentleman from the cOun-
try, however, began to cry ''rObber"
and soon a crowd gathered and went
in pursuit of the man and woman, re-
suIting in their arrest. The woman
was found to be a notorious prostitute
and the man proved to be none other
than the daring card sharp and swim
dler, Erik EnOk JOhanssOn. Similar
occurrences have been rather frequent
this summer and the Stockholm police
are very much on the alert at present
as a result of it.
Miss VaIfTid PaImgTen is the first
woman member of the city council in
Stockholm and the other evening she
made her debut as a speaker in the
large city council room. She spoke
on her favOrite theme, the Better
ment of the Citys Morals" and her
address was listened to with rapt at
tention throughout. Her address also
teemed with piquant criticism against
methods that are in vogue at present
in the regulation of city affairs and
while there were replies, and sharp
ones, too, it was cheeTfUlly conceded
that her points were we'll taken. When
she had closed her maiden speech the
room was filed with applause and
braves. The members Of the council
cOncede that in Miss Palmgren they
have received a valuable member and
she will no doubt be force for much
good influence in that body and in
augurate reforms which will be of i'm
mense benefit to the city of Stock
holm.
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