Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-26

Leading Danish Actress on Lecture
Tour In Norway-Women of Iceland
Lead the World in Complete Equal
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The Minneapolis Journal in its is
sue of Oct. Is has the following inter
esting editorial on the Advance OF
Swedish Democracy" which we be-
iieve will interest many readers of
this column. Ii says: "Sweden's re-
cent elections were the first held un-
der the new law granting universal
manhood suffrage. They were held
for the Second chamber only, the
First chamber-corresponding some
what to our senate-remaining un-
changed. The results were a stunning
surprise to the Conservatives, who had
counted on retaining sufficient strength
in the popular chamber to hold on to
power. The complete returns show
the parties TO be thus represented in
the lower house of the riksdag: Lib
erals, 1902; Socialists, "a; Conserva-
tives, "a. When the Conservatives
three years e were forced into per
hitting the universal suffrage meas
ure to become law, they succeeded in
making a part of it a peculiar system
of proportional representation, where
by the minority was to have its pro-
portional share of the representation.
They hoped in this way to retain their
strength in the Second chamber. This
they had usually been able to domi-
nate under the old Swedish system of
property qualifications, which per
mitted only about 8 per cent of the
tive hopes proved Elusive, and both
the Liberals and the Socialists have
made tremendous gains at the expense
of the old party. So great, in fact,
was the overturn, that on joint ballot
of the two houses the Conservatives
will be outvoted. Under the Swedish
constitution when money measures
cannot be agreed on by the two houses
acting separately, a joint session is
held and the result of the vote of both
memberships is decisive"
That Miss Alma Hedin, sister of
Sven Hedin, the famous explorer, has
been elected to the municipal council
of Stockholm, as stated in recent cable
dispatches, is not surprising in view
of the Importance assumed by women
and by people of culture and attain
ment in public affairs Of Sweden. The
all in the way of a tribute to DR.. Sven
Hedin, although his daring and toll
some journey overland to Picking, de-
scribed in his book, Through ASIA"
made him something of a national
hero and gained for him a worldwide
reputation. DR.. Hedin himself was re-
Gently hopored by election to the
Academy of Sciences.
A Swedish-American tenor, who,
however, has little financial means at
his command, has arrived in Stock
holm, where he was given an oppor-
tunity to try his voice for the we'll
known Swedish composer, Peterson
Berger, who declared that the young
man has a wonderful voice and a most
promising future. Even In spite of this
excellent recommendation young Mr..
Gronlund has not been able to find
any Of the prominent vocal teachers
in Stockholm willing to accept him as
a pupil.
Ellis Olson Ellis, said to be the fore
most comic actor and singer in Swe-
den, will arrive in this country Nov.
to make a brief tour as a star in the
title role of "Sten Stensson's Saga"
DR.. Victor Nilsson of Minneapolis has,
after negotiations extending over sew
eral years. at last succeeded in hav-
ing Mr.. Ellis come over to appear
with Swedish-American companies in
different cities of the East and West.
Sven Hedin's latest book, entitled
From Pole to Pole" has just now
been placed in the market by the AL
bert BONNER Publishing company of
Stockholm and will be translated into
not less than twenty-one languages.
Literary critics pronounce it a singu-
larly interesting book and predict that
1t will have an enormous sale in the
Scandinavian countries and also
among OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
l.. Brante, a prominent Swedish
veterinary surgeon, who has just re-
turned from an extensive tour through
Germany, states that the trade agree
ment between Germany and Sweden is
being violated every day in Germany
and that IL is up to the Swedish gov
eminent to see to il speedily that the
trade pact is enforced. Sweden, claims
Mr.. Brante, is losing trade under the
new arrangements every day.
Selma Lagerlof has completed a
new novel, which will be ready by
Christmas and will be entitled, ILL
Jecrona's Home" 1t is practically a
prologue to COSTA Behring'S Saga"
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