Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-06-03

: body OF definite Information on this
very confused subject The report
shows that the study Of Swedish or
Norwegian. heretofore confined to the
universities and special Scandinavian
colleges. has since 1910 found q
place in the curriculum of frea
schools-high schools and upper
grammar schools-in I'VE states, Min
nesota, Illinois, Iowa. Wisconsin and
North Dakota. 1T will be thus seen"
says the report. that there are six
schools that have courses in both
Swedish and Norwegian. with an
enrolment Of 243 for Norwegian and
800 for Swedish. Norwegian alone il
found In fourteen schools, with an en-,
rollment Of 311, and Swedish alone In
eight schools, with an enrolment Of
SIG. This makes a total for Norwer
gian Of 554 and for Swedish Of 636, or
a total for the two languages OF
twenty-eight schools and 1,190 stu.
dents.
And now comes the report that the
car Of Russia contemplates visit to
Sweden. The report lacks confrma.
ton, but should it be 80 his visit
comes at time when relations be-
tween the two countries are seriously
strained. Such visit would tend to
create a friendly feeling and add
strength and better understanding
between the two royal families. but
We are little afraid that tho Swed.
ish people as whole would look upon
such visit as a significant one SO
far as settling the present delicate.
ness which exists between Sweden
and Russia. The Swedes are com.
mencing to be on their GUARD, which
is clearly evinced by the great inter-
est taken in the national defense.
The Western American, 4 paper do
voted to Swedish news and literature,
says: Several Swedish-AmericaD
journals have taken the initiative to
raise q fund In this country Of about
$3,600,000 and present 1t to the faith
erland for building one Of the largest
battleships in defense of Sweden.
With over 100000 swedish-Amer.
leans in this country, and their en-
thusiasm aroused, it is not impossible
to succeed in raising a large amount
for this purpose. The new tattleship
would be called New Sweden" and
contributions will be accepted by va
rlous Swedish newspapers through.
out the country.
i. !. !.
The balloon in which Professor An.
dree tried to reach the North pole in
1897 has been found in a forest in
Eastern Siberia, according to a mes
sage received by the Swedish foreign
Office from Yakutz. The Swedish
government will make thorough in
vestigation of the finding.
The Socialist. Democratic party In
Sweden is growing. The party, which
was started twenty years ago, has
grown from 5000 members at that
time to 10000 at present and seems
to be steadily increasing.
!. ]. !.
According to latest statistics the
population of Sweden at present ia
5.63S.583.
!. + j. !. j. j. !. j. j. j. + i. 81 T.
+ DENMARK. j.
!. !. j. !. j. i. !. !. + ]. j. i. + + j. ]. +
The fight against the increasing
cost Of living is as keen in Copen-
hagen as in any of the large cities of
America, but the thrift and intelli.
gence Of the middle class and well-to.
do working people have devised a
plan by which they can spend the
Sumner in the city and yet at a very
slight expense be among green fields
and flower gardens. The city au.
thorities come to their assistance by
turning over unused plots of land to
cooperative companies, and in this
way it is possible for any one to rent
bit of land, twenty feet wide and
from fifty to 100 feet deep, for from
1910 to $500 for the season. The
whole family usually takes part in
the work of erecting bungalow from
old packing cases. rejected boards or
any other material that Is obtainable.
When the warm weather comes they
spend long days there, and every
inch Of ground is made productive.
The women bring their sewing and
the children play about. Those that
are old enough learn to till the soil
anil to know that all riches come from
tka earth. Sometimes the little plot
is made to yield enough vegetables
for the whole winter. Often it is
made into a bower of flowers, for in
no country is the love of flowers more
intense, and the devotion of the
Danes to their gardens is such that
to be without retreat of this kind
Is to be an outcast. In the evening
the head of the family joins the
others in the CLUB" and neighbors
visit and exhibit to one another the
result of their work. In the fall
prizes are often distributed for the
best garden plot. When cold wealth
or comes the family return to their
winter quarters, looking strong and
vigorous after spending this kind Of 4
summer rusticating within q stones
throw Of their daily labor. =:
MARION 8. NOREIIUa
~ I