Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-15

I tnat would give direction Go The rising
national spirit Of the Norwegiaus-
commanded much Of his time and
money
In The mid-century. with Ihsen.
/ then "A youth of three and twenty, as
/ stage director. ne launched at Bergen
q project that was destined To be the
parent Of the most fruitful dramative
movement Of modern times. In 1852
I ne sank great deal of money In an
| ldealistic scheme for the establish
ment of Norwegian agricultural
and industrial community i'm Penusyl-
vania. 10 was a failure
! I'm Observation-Disclosures he first came
/ in lS44-as In his native land. ole
I Bulls circle comprised the choicest
spirits i'm the highest walks of life.
/ I'm Longfellow'S diaries and letters the
/ musician is fondly mentioned by the
| poet. and he was the friend of Booth
+ After his death his second wife. who
was am American, made her home for
| several years i'm Boston, and So did
/ his daughter. Olea Bun VAUGHN. who
married an American. His grand
/ daughter. sylvia Bull Vaughn. lives
/ i'm the United States, but spends most
/ of her summers on the Bull estate i'm
Norway
His Memory Kept Alive.
The beautiful face ~ ole Bull
! shown i'm youth and i'm old sc, con-
I fronts the traveller all through the
/ Bergen region. and the beautiful
memory of the man lives i'm the hearts
+ of the old people In the bookshop
windows hang prints Of him. and his
grave aud the Moorish villa at Ly-
soeen tLight island1 are shown en-
/ postcards. In Bergen is the heroic
statue of him in his prime, and on
/ the stone tower which crowns his
island is e medallion showing his Sc
rene. Kind face in later life.
( But more vital than these memcn-
+ tos was the tone Of fond recollection
with which a lady, who is mistress Of
windows of her ancient manor house
/ in this hamlet of Lysoekloster, spoke
/ of him.
cole Bull is the great memoy Of
my childhood" she said "He often
/ came 10 this house 10 visit my father,
/ and while he was here that sofa at
1 the end of the room was reserved for
4 his violins. We children were forbid
| den to go near it then. and I think
/ that even after the visit WAS over we
at first felt little afraid to go near
/ the sofa. He loved laughter and fun.
( Seei lie gave me this
! She took mp a case like the case Of
/ an old fashioned American kitchen
/ clock 1t had glass front. and be-
/ hind the glass was a cardboard figure
/ of the ante-bellum type Of American
! darky-mOre the theatrical type than
/ the actual. perhaps for here were the
/ gayly striped trousers, the banjo, and
the rakish expression. Inc laaY loohd
/ an old key on the chimney shelI, ana
/ with 1t she wound up the CRUDE toy'
! ForthWlth tnere came Ialht WhH-
1 ring of mechanism, and that sound
like the fun of the toy. seemed to
! come from long way OIL
The cardboard dairy began TO
/ thrum on the banjo, roll ms ewes ana
/ Work nus lips IN pantomlne expires
sive OF unalloyed satisfaction with
] life, and !, looking as foolish as the
/ darky, was wondering what all TINS
nonsense was TO lead up TO- When the
little lady sort of shimmerlng with q
/ pleased. Wlsttul excitement IN the
/ business, said, ole Bun gave us that'
! He said that II should be remenl-
! brance To us OF now happy ne had
| been IN this house ana when we
wished 10 know now happy thal was
/ we must WIND up the little man In the
case
! Eloquent of Great Mans Play.
( She looked at the ogling figure
| with a gentle smile, and while she
/ looked the whirr of the mechanism
4 sang to a metallic sigh and then was
/ stlll. Alas, the flying years! II Is
/ more than half a century since thal
tritle was brought INTO the ola manor
/ house, but somehow II is a strangely
eloquent bit of nonsense, and IT'S Whir-
ring speaks very prettliS TO me OF a
great man $ childllke run ANA lhe
lady VINO llrst set 1t gong so lohs
ago can ind the meme IN the chlHney
piece Where the Key lies WIN hel
/ eyes shut
| | should put in a word here about
! the way to Lysoeeh Tor IL IS puIhhhs
/ to the stranger. FIRST you take a
suburban train at Bergen about )
/ u 'clock i'm the morning 10 NestuIl, nan
/ an hour distant. Al NesJul you
change TO "a dummy line ana ride
/ nearly an hour TO the Hainlel OF
/ SOefteland, whittier you should nave
| telephoned ahead to have a peasant
| cart waiting for YOU. Then You drive
! the best part Of an hour over the
mountains to the malor-VlllaBe Oh
/ LysoeRoster where You must make
( an arrangement WIN one on me peas
ants to row you to Ole Bulls island.
/ The return trip can be made late in
/ the afternoon by the same route, ana
you will have time after rowing back
form Lysoeen to view the typical
I seventeenth century Norwegian
church at Lysoekloster and the RUNS
of a twelfth century cloisler neaiDN'
/ Food for a mid day meal and an alt
ernoon luncheon should be taken