Morris tribune., 1912-02-23

Direct Route Between Norway and
Sweden and the United States and
Mexico-Death of Herman Bang Re.
moves Denmark's Greatest Novelist.
Women Teachers ofNorway Organize
Independent Association.
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At meeting in Gothenburg a few
days ago the so called Swedish-Amer
ika-Mexico steamship line was orga
nized The leading men in this new
| company are Consul M. Bryde OF
Christiania, who is chief of the Nor
way-Mexico Steamship company, and
Brorstrom, Waller & Sandstrom, who
| are at the head of the Swedish line.
| The minimum capital stock will be
100000 crowns and the maximum
stock 100000 crowns. About 1,4OO,-
900 crowns have already been sub
scribed and it can easily be raised to
100000 crowns if necessary. The
board of directors chosen for the new
company consist of H. Mannheimer,
president; Dan Brostrom, secretary
and executive director, and Axel Car
lander, Consul Ekman and Justus Wal
ler The merging of the Swedish and
Norwegian interests in this company
will mean thatrthere will9he direct and
regular communication between SWe-
den, Norway, the United States and
Mexico. The organization of this
company will fill long felt want so
far as Swedish and Norwegian expor
ters are concerned and they are espe
cially gratified to know that they are
going to have direct traffic with the
United States, which is popular mar
ket for Scandinavian commodities.
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Swedish sporting goods such as
will be used in the hammer, shot,
tavelin and discus throwing contests
in the Olympic games at Stockholm
next summer have arrived in New
York They will be suspected by the
American Olympic committee next
week and unless some fault is found
the samples will be reproduced and
distributed all over the country for
trials The javelin is of wood, with
a sharp iron point. 1t is 1.6 pounds in
weight and 8.5 feet in length. No
throws are counted unless the point
Of the javelin strikes the ground be-
fore any part of the shaft. The discus
weighs "A pounds, the same as the
American, but is said to fit the hand
better The hammer consists of a
massive leaden head, with a four foot
shaft of steel wire, and weighs 1873
pounds. The Swedish shot is exclu
sively of iron, not of lead, and is an
ounce short of sixteen pounds, the
regulation weight in the United States
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Edmund Gosse, the famous English
critic, has an enthusiastic article in
, the Pail Mall Gazette regarding Au
gust Strindberg, whom he charac
, terizes as the most interesting per
, sonality in all Europe. Strindberg
] says Mr.. Gosse, has written thing:
: that form the most beautiful and the
, most noble that have been written il
, recent days and has besides been the
: author of books whose contents are
: such that they can hardly be classet
z as even civilized and which are so bit
ter in spirit that they border on the
ludicrous. Mr. Gosse maintains tina
Strindberg has many characteristic
in common with Nietzsche and Ros
: seau. In spite of all his faults, how
ever, the English critic regards Strind
berg as the peer of all modern authors
! Selma Lagerlof's books continue t.
4 attract great attention all over tn
+. country. Her latest book, "LiljekrC
+ ma Home" is especially in great de
J. mand and hardly had the first editio
il been run off the presses than it wa
s sold out and other editions are nov
4 selling at a remarkable rate. TIL
+ book has been published in not les
t than nine languages and we prediC
8 that the time will soon come whe
n Selma Lagerlof's works will be a
popular in the United States as the
are in Germany. In the latter cou1
try Miss Lagerlofs novels have prove
;, very popular and thousands of copie
= have been sold there
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"a The mother of Princess Bernadott
n died at her home in Stockholm th
% other day, aged ninety-one years. Sh
d was Henrietta Munck af Fulkila an
n belongs to one of the Oldest familie
t. of the nobility of Sweden She we
n the mother of the present Princes
r. Bernadotte, who is the only wome
IA not of royal blood to marry a Swedis
g. prince. Henriette Munck was born
1913 and was daughter of Gener
Bror Cederstrom and the Counte.
Christina TIilda Wachtmeister of ]
" hannishus.
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