Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1912-03-21
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAVIAN
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
CRITICISES YOUNG SWEDES

Prominent Physician Says They Are
M~ollycoddles and Frumps-Norway
Enthusiastic over Amundsen's Dis
covery of the South Pole-Mormon
Missionaries Continue Their ActiV.
lty in Denmark.
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Are Swedish young men mollycod-
dies and frumps? This is what DR..
Nettelblad seems to believe and he
bases his observations on those of DR..
Sven Hedin, who recently wrote a
very caustic newspaper article in
which he severely criticised the young
men of the country, principally those
who refuse to do military service.
Every word that has been uttered by
DR.. Hedin is r to my way of think
ing a y DR.. Nettelblad, 'and ! de-
sire to heartily thank him for what he
has said. There is an unlimited self
ishness which seems to permeate
them and it seems to increase from
year to year and has absolute control
over our young men. ! have just re-
ceived the annual reports from the
various regiments and after reading
them through | wish to underscore
every word of the criticism entered by
DR.. Hedin. When more than 20 per
cent of a regiment reports sickness
when a forced march of twenty miles
is to take place, can n call this any
thing but weakness? Are they any
thing but frumps and mollycoddles?
Military doctors are practically in de-
spair and they cannot begin to supply
the places made vacant by those pre-
tending to be sick. This glazing
weakness among our military young
men is a most disgusting feature and
one would really wonder how they
would conduct themselves on a real
battlefield. They are sorely in need of
the most rigid discipline and some
thing thoroughgoing and epochmaking
will have to be done soon or our young
military men will surely become moth
ing but a frumpish and good for moth
ing lot" Judging from other news
paper comment it would seem that it
is not so much weakness on the part of
the young men as it is their aversion
for military service. The young man
of today in Sweden is not very en-
thusiastic over military matters.
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Interest and patriotism still clings
to the memory of King Charles XII,
as may be noted from the following:
"a movement has been started in
Stockholm to add a deeper interest to
the monument in Artillery park COM
memorating the Swedes who died
while fighting under the leadership
of King Charles on the battlefield Of
Pultava, in the war with Russia, by
burying beneath the monument the
skulls and bones recently brought
home from the famous battlefield. AS
will be remembered a company Of
Swedish officers some time ago made a
trip t. the battlefield to make investi-
cations as to the exact location of the
great common Swedish grave and on
their return they brought a number Of
skulls and bones that they had sue
ceeded In u~nearthing. A careful in
vestigation Of these by Professor Ret
illus seems to indicate that they I'M
doubtedly were the remains of Swedes
and 1t is therefore probable that the
remains will And a permanent resting
place beneath the monument erected
in memory Of their bravery at Pultava.
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has been opened at the Swedish club
In Chicago. The Chicago Record
Herald some time ago published a long
review of the art exhibition and the
Herald's critic pronounced 1t to be
one OF the most interesting and most
pretentious seen in Chicago or In the
country, for that matter. for many
years. The art critic of the Record
Herald claims that Zorn's influence
can easily be traced in nearly all of
the productions, but other eminent
critics take a different view of it, stat
ing hat the Swedish-American paint
ers show d variety of Independent ten
dency and originality, which is, II any
thing, purely Scandinavian.
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The ecclesiastical authorities of the
country have announced that a col
lection may be taken up in all the
churches of the country during the
years of 1912, 1913 and 1914 for the
Gustavus Adolphus societies. It is
also specified that said collections
shall be used only for the establish
ment of Lutheran congregations in Ro-
man Catholic countries.
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Prince Wilhelm and Princess Maria
et latest reports had arrived at Cal
eutta, India, from Siam, where they
attended the coronation festivities.
They will remain in India for some
time and will travel incognito. They
will leave Bombay for one Of the
European capitals March %.
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One Of the Oldest churches in Swe-
den is TO be renovated at a cost OF