Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-04-30

ending some time the 1irst part Of
August, will be made and concerts
given at Trondhj em, Aalesund. Ber-
gen, Larvik, Drammen, etc. It Is the
intention to charter a coast steamer
at Trondhjem to visit the principal
coast towns, as well as some OF the.
finest fjOrds. Concerts also will be
given in Gothenburg and Malmo,
Sweden, and in Copenhagen, Dem.
mark. The choir then intends to
take passage for home via the Scandi-
navian-American line, leaving Copen-
hagen Aug. Z. It is thought that about
thirty-flve concerts will be arranged
for during the five weeks in the Scan
dinavian countries. About a dozen
concerts will be given by the choir
en- route to New York and in Chicago
and Brooklyn. The choir is under the,
direction Of Professor F. Melius Chris
Hansen, well known composer.
There are fifty singers, twenty men
and thirty women, divided in the fol-
lowing manner: Sixteen sopranos,
fourteen altos, eight tenors and twelve.
bassos. i 3. Ell. ] u. .=.5. E. ..* T. !:
Road Amundsen. the discoverer of
the South pole, the other day CURLY
told the members Of the University
club In Butte, Mont, one of the swell
est organizations of that city, that he
didn't propose to sit down to their.
banquet despite the fact that it had
been arranged in his honor and that
the banqueters were waiting for him.
Amundsen evident]' dislikes ban
quets arranged in his honor and wants
it understood that he is. out to lee
ture and hot to feast. He has sent
word to other cities in which he in
tends to lecture that under no con-
sideration are any banquets to be
arranged in his honor, but that he will
be glad to give an impromptu recep-
ton after his lecture has been COM
pleted. --.~ "
The most northern Old Folks home
in the world is that which was recent
ly erected and dedicated in Hammer:
fest, Norway. The buildings have
been erected at a cost of $4,000
crowns. A Ladies' Aid society Of the
city raised $500 crowns for beds and
bedding. Consul Robertson and wife
donated $500 crowns for other furni-
ture. The home can take care of
thirty old persons and is under the
management of a Miss Kolstad, who
had been the manager of the Red
Cross home in Bergen. Hammerfest
has population of about 2,4OO and
is the most northern city of Europe.
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J0han B0yer's new play, marie
Walewska," has been accepted by the
National theater and will be rendered
there in the near future. The play
also has been favorably received in
Germany and will be rendered in sew
eral German cities in the near future.
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DR.. George w. Washington is at
present in Christiania for the purpose
of inducing number of Norwegian
students to attend the international
Students congress which is to be
held in Ithaca, N. Y, this summer.
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The Trondhjem's Safety bank has
awarded 1900 crowns to the historian,
Henrik Mathiesen, for writing the
history; of Trondhiem and the SO
called "Trondelagen.' 80.
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Finse hotel is undergoing a thor
ough renovation and an annex is un-
der course Of construction. A dining
hall with q seating capacity of 1000
also has been built.
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A bust of Professor Brugger has
been placed in the foyer of the Uni
versity of Christiania alongside those
of Count Wedel and Nicolay Verge
land.
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The storthing has appropriated 25,-
600 crowns for boats and tackle for
fishermen who suffered losses during
the recent storms in Trondhjem and
vicinity. H. = 3 II
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