Morris tribune., 1911-12-15
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAv|ANS
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
ENTHUSIASM FOR ATHLETICS

Women of Sweden Are Taking Deep
Interest in Helpful Exercises-Nor-
weqian Railroad Shows Greatest De-
velopment of Engineering Skill.
Philippine Official Completes Study
of Agricultural and Industrial Condi.
tions in Denmark.
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This winter promises to. bring an
extraordinary boom to women's fenc-
ing clubs in Sweden. The fourthcom-
ing Olympian games are partly respon-
sible, for there is general enthusiasm
sor athletics. More powerful than
that, however, is the belief among
stylish women that fencing is by far
the best exercise for developing an
easy and graceful carriage. In the
Swedish capital the Women's Fencing
club is one of the most exclusive and
fashionable organizations in the city.
The crown princess is patron and
often attends the o'clock teas given
there, along with the crown prince,
who finds the headquarters charm
ing social rendezvous. The founder
of the club, Miss Janken Wiet-Han-
sen, is notable pupil of the famous
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Some years ago she won the first prize
in international fence matching at
/ Tourcoing, near Lille. Since then her
skill and enthusiasm have made this
Stockholm club famous III fencing cir
cles throughout Europe. International
son, competing teams coming from
England, France and elsewhere.
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Mr.. L. S. Dale, secretary of the
American Boy Scout association, is
engaged in making the rounds of the
capitals of Europe in the interest of
the Boy Scout movement. He has al
ready paid a visit to Christiania and
the other day he came to Stockholm.
He stated to the papers there that
there were many Swedish and Norwe-
gian boys in America who had joined
the Boy Scouts and he spoke very
highly of their behavior. He carried
official greetings from 100000 Boy
Scouts in America and urged that the
movement be pushed with equal vigor
in Sweden, as we'll as all other Euro
pean countries.
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Preparations for the Olympian
games are being pushed with vigor.
The city council of Stockholm has
been requested and will, in all likeli-
hood, grant an appropriation of 100,-
900 crowns, which will go long way
much local enthusiasm evinced and
all over Sweden, for that matter, the
Olympian games are the talk of the
hour. So far as hospitality is con-
cerned there will be no limit and
Stockholm will certainly aim to sus-
tain her reputation for being the most
hospitable city in the world.
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In the Novoje Vremja est. Peters
burg) there appeared the following
significant telegram under date of
Nov. 9: ''The Swedish government
has, after representations from the
Russian and British governments,
agreed to avoid all future complica-
tions by not allowing twenty Swedish
army officers to enlist in the Persian
army" The Swedish foreign depart
ment has since been interviewed by
a Stockholm paper regarding this tel
egram and stated that the Swedish gov
ernment had done nothing of the kind.
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Christina Nilsson Countess Casa de
Miranda) is again in the public eye,
since evincing such genuine interest
in the Olympian games, which she has
promised to back with several thou
sand crowns cash II necessary. The |
other day she was awarded a gold |
medal by King Gustaf, designed to be |
carried with golden chain about the |
neck.
Aurthur Donaldson, the Swedish
American actor, who appeared as lead
ing man in THE Prince of Pilsen" for
a number of seasons, has arrived in
Stockholm, but has not made his de-
but at the Oscars theater, as was ad-
vertised some time ago. He will soon
appear, however, in a comedy entitled
"Kyska Susanna" (Vfrtuous Susanna).
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David BJorling, Swedish-American
opera singer, gave concert at Berns
"salonger" the other evening and was
very well received by the large audi
ence. Mr.. Bjorling possesses a fine
voice and the comments of the Stock
holm papers have been rather favor
able.
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Admiral Arvid Lindman is confined
at the Sofia Home, where he recently
underwent an onaratipu T.otact ~