The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-20
fiaaish Socialists are 10 Have Three
DAYS. Observance Here. Commenc-
iag Sunday, and Many Wis.,
itors are Expected.
TWO PLAYS TO Be GIVEN
At SOCIALIST OPERA HOUSE
-Four Bands 10 Attend and Band Contest
viii be a featufe---Ninth Annual
Celebration to be the Big
gest to Date.


Of Midsummer Day ever held ON
the lion ranges will be held at
Virginia, Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday of next week under the
auspices of the Finnish Socialist
locals Of this city. 1t will be- the
ninth annual held here and it is
expected that it will witness the
biggest gathering Of Finnish peo-
pie ever held in Northern Mime
sofa. Visitors are coming in num-
beEs from Two Harbors, Duluth,
Clo1uet, Tower, Ely, Soudan' and
Winton, besides Hibbing, Chisholm,
Bull, ENe1eth, Gilbert and all the
towns on the Mesaba range.
The formal culebrat;on will be-
gin Sunday morning with a parade
from the Socialist opera house at
40 o'clock to Auburn hill on the
EveLeth road. All the local Fin
nish Socialist societies and the
visiting societies as we'll will par
ticipate. At the picnic grounds at
Auburn hin there will be lee
ture by Prof. George Sir6la Of
Smithville. college on the subject
Of Labor Christ ian" There will
also be a lecture by john korpi,
the Finnish lecturer of the Social
ist party. The Midsummer Day Ode
will be recited by E. V. Pitkan-
nen of Virginia. There will also
be a picnic dinner and program OF
sports in which number Of local
athletes and visiting athletes as
we'll will participate. In the even
ing at the Socialist opera house
will be presented the play, "kul-
lerve," dramatization of Alexis
Kiwi's poem, which bears about the
same relation to Finnish literature
as does Longfellow's HiaWatha. to
American letters. There are IS
in the cast and it will be under
the direction of E. V. Pittkannen.
Mondays program will consist
of lectures morning and afternoon
at the Socialist opera house in
this city by Prof. Serola and John
korpi. In the evening cast OF
IA will present the play "Valap-
atte,' an adaption from the Ger
man. The English transalat ION Of
the title is 1.-The Perjurer." The
title role win be played by f. '
pittkannen while John Huttinen o.
Virginia, will have prominent
part i'm the cast Of "KulleMe,' t(
be repeated Tuesday night. Tht
play "Valapatte" deals with So
cial question: and ds' particularly
strong in it's dramatic possibilities
Tuesdays observance, will be- ON
Of the. most elaborate of the three
days. There will be a parade from
the opera house to Auburn hil
headed by the local Socialist bant
and a program of speeches as OF
Sunday. In the afternoon ther'
will be a. band contest with tn
organizations from Hibbing, Ely
Aurora and Virginia partic ipatine
Three will also be a contest be
tween the, Finnish mixed choruse
Of Virginia and Ely, while the pro
gram of sports will be the mos
elaborate of the celebration.
Midsummer Day lis annual
made much of by the Finnish peo
pie as we'll as all people of tn
Scandinavian peninsula and Den
mark. The custom of celebratin
It is centuries old. Midsumme
Day in Finland is June "a. O
that day there is "a hours of sun
light. The evening period is give
over to games and festivities gen
orally by the people of the town
and critics as we'll as in the coun
try. The Finnish people hay
brought with them to their ne'
home i'm America the custom {
celebrating Midsummer Day an
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