Morris tribune., 1914-06-19
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When Georg Brandes was in Chi
cago recently he said: Il have been
in your country three days and
never before saw so many beautiful
women in SO short a space of time
and l am seventy-three. They have
not only beauty but self-confdence
and an independent spiriS The pro-
lection you give them is wonderful"
With regard to American authors, ne
said: "Poe is the greatest American
poet, although little mad; next to
Poe is Thomas Paine, the hereto;
perhaps l may like him because am
a hereto also. I regard Jack London
as the greatest contemporary author.
Next to him might classify Upton
Sinclair and Frank Norris as dis
tinctively American. Emerson is the
greatest American thinker. All
Danes have warm spot in their
hearts for Longfellow, who under
stood Scandinavian literature better
than any American and whose trans
lation of the Danish national hymn is
wonderful" On the other hand, the
American press said about Brandes:
"Georg Brandes, as critic, is the
successor of Saints Beauve, Scherer
and Taine in France, of Lessing,
Goethe and Schlegel in Germany.
And perhaps he is more catholic in
his survey and more correct in his
appreciations than any of them. AS
critic he has the advantage of coming
from small country, Denmark. To
a creator like Ibsen that was dis
advantage, though Ibsen overcame it.
But to critic such origin is advan-
tageous, inasmuch as Brandes does
not have overcome national bias,
which in the case of great country
| and culture such as Germany and
France must be considerable. Bran
des naturally found refreshment from
| the provincial literature of his own
land in the literatures of the great
lands of Europe, France, Germany
and England. Georg Brandes is at
home in the salons of Paris, in the
universities of Germany, in the choic-
est circles of London. He is seventy
two years of age, and by crossing the
| Atlantic to lecture in various cities
| Of America he confers an honor upon
u.s."
The Conservatives have succeeded
in blocking the passage in the upper
house of the electoral reform law,
which is applicable to both houses.
This bill provides for the abolition
of all electoral property qualifications
! and for the nfranchisemment of
women. Amendments to the bill sup
ported by the coalition, comprising
the Socialist, Radical and Moderate
parties, we're adopted by vote of 3S
to 81. All those who voted in the
negative were Conservatives and the
Conservative leader then announced
that they would assume no RESPONSE
bility for the adoption of the bill,
would Immediately leave the house
and would withdraw as often as the
measure came up before the house.
After they had left the amended bill
was adopted by thirty-three votes,
thirty-two members being absent.
The president informed the house
that no vote was valid unless more
than half of the sixty-six members OF
the upper house participated in the
division.
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Every ride on street car in Co
penhagen is now accompanied by an
irresistible temptation to participate
in municipal lottery. The litter OF
used tickets which passengers throw
into the streets was such a serious
annoyance that the city decided to
make the tickets valuable as lottery
coupons. Automatic machines have
been placed at the various trolley
stations and when the passenger
steps from the car he may convert
his ticket into a lottery coupon by
inserting one ore (about the equiv
alent of one-fourth of cent?. The
machine stamps the ticket with its
number in the drawing. Every month
goods of local manufacture are given
n as premiums in this lottery.
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Secretary Bryan asked the senate
foreign relations committee the other
day to approve certain exceptions
Denmark desires to make in the new
treaty for the arbitration of all dis
putes, including those involving ma
tional hoRor. Denmark would except
copyright and international labor dis
putes. Some opposition developed tC