Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-09-16
EDTFOR SPENDS DAY
EN- GOTHENBURG
las FIRST Experience with Swedish
Custnms and Gives Interesting
Acrnunt Of Swedish Life.

-a iii1e udy uu s1WGUiSn SOIL WaE.
spent m G0tnenhurg, Sweden's chief
saapar-t town. After arising IN the
morning { went to- cafe to- qet nv
hfealtIast and then and there had nv
Il z'stsexperlence with Swedish table
custdl1ls. That I went at It rather
aSvtardlg, I admit, but THAT acquir-
ext square meal before I finished,
that much Z know The asnGrgas
horu, or bread and hutter table IS
Somefflng unique and met with only
IN sWeften. Z am told. Briefly, It con-
sisTS OF large table ON which are
piared cold dishes such as hread and
huUter, neatly sliced cold meats and
SaI1SagEs. anchnvis, sslr-stri,nln-
ing and other fish, salads. pickles,
etc, also generally milk and ssvag-
ftl'lcssa IA very weak beer, consider
ed here by everybody a temperance
d1sislf. The receptive candidate for a
meal Is supposed To GO to- this table
and help himself to his hearts or
rather his stomach's desire. The
nruceeure is something like this.
First. you take a plate from the pile
OF dishes at one end of the table.
also knife and fork. Then YOU
will grab a slice of bread and with
the butter knife on the butter plate
help yourself To some butter, spreai-
Ing It With your own knife. After
that YOU will select as you like the
other dishes of cold meats, sausages,
etc, loading same onto your plate
with the forks. or spoons belonging to
each DISH. never dipping IN with
your own fork er spoon. Next you
may, It you like, sit down at a small
ta.,la. and begin the process of nasti-
catlun or you may do so standing up,
Just as you prefer. Ii your appetite
calls tor more. you have the privilege
Of walking up To the table to. helm
Yourself as many times as you wiisn,
and the same privilege applies to the
lIGuidss Many travellers. including
myself, when touring Sweden for the
first time, make the mistake of help
ing themselves too generously at
the bread and hutter table So t1,.,t
s7Wi1an afterwards the warm dishes,
which include meats, potat1es. snur.
yso,.ridga, or whatever iH selected
from the bill OF fare, ara served hy
tie walters, ones hunger has already
saen appeased and it is impossible TO
enjoy courses that follow At first
we did cot like the idea of waiting
on ourseif at the .tSIn6rraS hord, =
but now we rather enjoy IT,. making
due calculation, however, as to the
kind and volume of the warm dishes
that are To be supplied later. Long
live the Swedish "sn10rgas hard.' 2
Having conquered the 'tsln0rgas
bord,' we proceeded to- the Cunal.tl
agency to have some of oul, Ameri-
can money converted into Swedish
coin. Wonderful how the American
dollar sweIls when changed intn the
Swedish dollar or CROWN. But the IN
crease IS more apparent than real, as
the silver crown is but slightly larger
than our Decent piece, and it's pur-
chasing power IS IN the same proper
ton.
Next we invaded the city determ-
ined to see what we could in the short
time at our disposal The first place
Of interest that we saw was Gustaff
AdolpiIs Square. large open place,
paved with rock, IN the center of
which stands a statue Of GusJaf
Adniph,- Swetfen's hero king who
founded the city IN 1919 The statue
IS designed by Fogelberg and was
erected by the people of the city N
CnnfinlIfa4f on mare fivfa