New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-07

Northland was the daughter Of wicked
witch, and her maleyolent nature speaks
out Of tie tasks which she imposes
upou her Wooers 10 their almost uh-
doing. 1t was while trying TO fashioh
q boat cat Of the fragments or her
spindle that WainamOnen sank MS axe
blade into his own body from thigh TO
TOE and let out the river o blood when
would not be stanched until the MIN
strel had compelled the old man 20
speak healing words ~ chanting the
Origin Of Iron.
Lemminkainen also goes 10 WOO the
daughter of Pohjola, and the ultimate
outcore Of his adventures is even more
fateful than that which befeH VAIN
am0inen. though the first sally OF the
gallant hero into the land OF Saafl
was crowned with success. for then he
carried home Kyllikki to be his wife
Eut Kyllill,i was a proud and naughty
Eesutv and not easily won. sun, moon
and star. each in turn had wooed her
for his son and Teen rejected. as had
suitors from Niro and Ingerland' but
Lemminkainen was not TO be dlssudded
either by his cautious mothers ADVICE
or tie ridicule of the maidens Of Saarl
when his sedge turned turtle ana SEM
him leadforemost into the snow. lie
trusted in his handsome face and hSure
and his winning words, which no woman
could resist. and though he had to
carry off the Flower Of Saari by force
lie won her love on the homeWard
Journey. But she extracted OF nm
pledge not TO go again TO war WINE
he drew from her promise
Not TO wander TO the village
Whether for the love of dancing
or to loiter in the pathways.
But the lure Of the dance was strong
err than Kyllikhs resolution, and one Gay
she sought the village, there 10 dance
with sportive maidens. When Lemmln-
kainen learned of her doings he donned
his war shirt and despite his mother 5
warnings and direful premonitons he
went 10 Pohjola and with songs Of magic
CONQUERED all the people save blind ana
wicked cowherd and performed one after
the other the tasks set him by the mis-
tress of the Oakland, except the last
This was at a single trial and with one
arrow TO shoot the Swan of Tuonela.
Now, Tuonela is the Underworld OF the
Films. To reach it one had to traverse
nine seas and the wild and murky river in
whose sacred whirlpool foated the swan
Thither Lemminkainen Jared with his
twanging crossbow and we Titled CULVER
Beside the rushing waters he came upon
the vengeful cowherd, Markahattu, who
drew q serpent from out the rivers reeds
and hurled II through the heart of the
gallant hero. To heal him of such
wounds Lemminkainen had learned no
magic words, and Markahattu hewed him
into fragments and flung them into the
laundering cataract.
Then did a comb and brush which inc
had left as oracular talismans at home
give intelligence to his wife and mother
that disaster had overtaken him. And
the mother Jared her TO Pohjols and.
threatening its wicked mistress Louhi
learned of the quest on which she had
sent the hapless hero. With a mighty
rake which Ilmarinen forged for her she
raked the depths Of the river till sne
had recovered the scattered members of
her SON. Then she invoked Suonetar, the
benehcent goddess of veens. and Jumala,
the Eternal, and with her magical adj
dresses she knit the fragments of her son
together. and with potent ointments and
salves.
Used when Jumala, the Highest,
The Creator. heals all suffering,
brought tho hero back TO life With
his mother Lemminkainen set cut upon
his homefaring.