Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-03
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ntCblll happenings 1lo
Country and Abroad.
new MINISTER TO NORWAY
Hon. Albert G. schmedeman rendered
Banquet by the Union League Club
Of Observation-Disclosures Last Novel
Highly Praised by British Literary
Critic In Recent Comment. ~:
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Hon. Albert G. Schmedeman OF
Madison, Wis, who has been appoint
cd United States minister to eNorway
to succeed Lauritz Swenson, was ten
dered a dinner at the Union League
club in Chicago last week by Consul
Oscar H. Haugan. Among the guests
present were the Swedish consul, Mr..
Henschen; the Danish consul, Mr..
Bech, and Vice Consul Rove from Mil
waukee. The various presidents OF
Norwegian singing societies, Attorney
Grundeland of the NATIONAL associa-
ton, Messrs. Thorstensen, Biorn and
lager and Rev. Gulliksen and Rev.
Oftedahl also were present, John
Wage represented the Skanddnaven,
Chicago Tribune and Scandal. The
Observation-Disclosures Steamship COM
pany was represented by Birger Os-
land, and Engineer Glaver represented
the Chicago Norwegian club. A num-
Der Of speeches were made, Consul
Haugan acting as POSTMASTER. Mr..
Schmedeman replied with q happy
speech, stating that he had come in
close contact with Norwegian-Ameri-
cans for many years and that his de.
sire and aim as minister would be to
bring about a closer and better under
standing between Norway and Amer.
lea. Next year Norway will celebrate
her one hundredth anniversary of In.
dependence and a large number OF
Observation-Disclosures plan to be pres
ent at the festivities in Christiania
and Trondhjem and large delegation
OF singers will then visit the father.
land. When. during the evening, 1t
was announced that Minister Schmede-
man had advanced handsome sum OF
money to defray the travelling ex'
penses Of the singers, there was no
end Of applause among the guests. DR..
Doe Of Chicago made the announce
ment of Mr.. Schmedeman's giftfn his
most happy manner and the evening
will long be remembered in the Nor.
wegian colony as one of the happiest
events OF the season.
Hulda Gaabord, the Norwegian act
ress, who is at present visiting in this
country and who recently appeared in
Ibsen plays in Chicago and New York
writes to a Christiania daily as follows
regarding the American schools: II
have been interested in visiting the
American school room and find that
for ventilation they are ahead of our
school rooms at home. The benches
are also very comfortable and the
children may sit erect in their seats
and do not have to sit crooked. Aside
from this the American school room
does not differ much from the Nor
wegian. Here in America they lay a
great deal of stress on athletics
Everything tends, it seems, to the de-
velopment Of the body, and to my
mind it is a triae overdone. attend
ed the gymnastic exercises at severa
schools and noticed that boys anC
girls are allowed to 60 through these
together and do not have separate
rooms or classes, all Of which appears
q little strange to a Norwegian. But
1t was a pleasure to see how bright
quick and graceful these children
were. They also introduced foil
dances into the American schools anG
1t was my pleasure to see the Scottish
English and Irish folk dances, but UNI
fortunately did not get to see any o.
the Scandinavian folk dances, but
am told that these have also been in
troduced in many schools
The professional thieves in Chris
tiania have very cleverly been classi
fed as follows: bush thieves, par]
thieves, international tourists thieves
open window thieves, boat thieves
cycle thieves and villa thieves. II
spite of this classification, however
there is no country in the world wher1
they are better able to handle thieve
than in Norway, for the strong arm o
the law Ia watching them singularl.
close.
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Mrs. Rika Holmboe, aged eight,
years, wife of the late Consul Holm
Doe, passed away at her home in from
soc the other day after brief illness
Mrs. Holmboe was daughter of Stifts
mand Harris and was woman Q
unusual intelligence. She was deept
interested In the musical development
of her home city: and during he
younger days was regarded as one q
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