The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02

usual INSTITUTION 1s the lnOTWHiubeii
bazaar, a cooperative store whose prof
It's go to charity. 1t is managed by
women Of the city, and the country
women send in knitted stockings. NIT
tens, embroidery to be sold on commits
sion. Stuffed birds. minerals and some
fine specimens of wood carving are car
ried in stock. There are beautiful
old tapestries. ancient weapons richly
adorned garments Of past centuries,
ivory snuff horns and carved horns,
wherefrom heroes quaffed mead and
foaming ale; brides and saddles. richly
fooled The Reykjavik sllversmiths are
uncxcelled artists in delicate engraving
and in nlgree and enamelling. The
city has a woolen mill where cloth
called vathmal In woven, and saw
mill that dresses the rough importa-
tions of Norwegian lumber. It Is the
commercial metropolis, though the
trade Of the north coast clears from
Akureyri. ReykJavik exports fish. NUT
ton. butter wool and hides. France and
Norway alone send Consuls: England,
Germany Sweden. Belgium and Hol-
land appoint natives to look after their
interests and the United States Is un-
represented. As the story flows from
Mr.. Russcll's enthusiastic pen the city
takes on definltencss OF form and
chara cter markedly in contrast with the
misty associations OF its name.
There are two hotels in the capital
and good boarding houses. One hotel
is Temperance" the other supplies liq-
uors." since 1912 the importation Of
wet goods" has been forbidden by
statute. and law now on the books
prohibits sale OF all alcoholic beverages
after 1915. The "wets" are fighting for
repeal. The service Is good accom-
panied by the minor music" of the
land. Tho bill Of fare follows Danish
models. Breakfast at 10: smoked SAL
mon. eaten without further cooking
picked FISH with raw onions: anchovies.
sardnes. smoked herring. goose breast
smoked and spiced. duck eggs. rye
bread and coffee. Stoutly favored fast
breakers for "A dry" land. Dinner at
.: soup. purple, sweet and "surpris-
ingly palatabe"; fish cooked with rare
art. vegetables and a roast OF mutton
or veal. dessert. coffee in the reception
room or in the smoking "parlor." Sup
per at repeats the breakfast menu
Coffee and cakes are always available
; About in the morning coffee Is
brought TO the guest in his room, to
he consumed in bed. with rusks, and
followed by the coffee nap" Oatmeal
can he had by ordering "porridge" In
advance. In all his Icelandc wander
ings, however. the author was only
once able 70 get oatmeal at a farm.
house. II had been thoroughly cooked
and was served with an abundance OF
| thick. sweet cream: 81 pulled out a
long black hair and carefully concealed
the presence of It from my companion
| Mrs RUSSELL. Soon I found another
and this one was white. I could nc
longer refrain from communicating my
discoveries. and so I stated, i have
discovered exactly how long this oat.
| meal was cooked We'll, how Ions
was II cooked? And why this smile ?
! replied The woman who started I,
prepare this porridge had black hair
but when she had finished II her hail
had turned white" The travellers ha,
had 20 wait two or three hours 70
breakfast because the porridge was still
cooking.
The climate Of Iceland has n reputa
ton based less on fact than on tn
frosty suggestion OF the name and
vague conception Of the country's loca
ton in arctic regions, Somewhere nea
the pole" II Is exceedingly" mild il
winter and never Every" warm in sum
mcr. 1t changes l.ttle with the latitud
thore isn't a very great deal Of lat
tude for 1t 10 change WITH. hut NOR
with the glaciers and with progress in
land from the coast. Mr.. Russell II
his enthusiasm neglects to mention III
dampncss Of the winter and tho short
ness of the summer or the exact nten
sity OF exceeding and very" in hi
vocabulary, hut he does give figure
from IN" records of the meteorological
station M BcTufjorthr long. ~ degree
- minutes w" lat 81 degrees 30 min
utoS y. ana ffty-hve feet above Sc
level The temperatures are in de
Ero"s ccntiSrade. in which scale. It
To Ice remembered. zero is freezing point
tho very lowest temperature given
--3,l, the highest 26.3. The loves
temperature recorded In twenty five yenr
~ ?la deIrecs below zero on the Fab
r"nhclt scale. However. the account Q
the glorIe' of midnight skies in tn
iar north is better bait for tourists tina
defence or Ic"lands climate. howeve
puttress"d with hGures.
me pam or Thlngvellir Is saga !
luA 81.