Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-11-03
SWEDEN.

F'ru Maria LundQuest, who died in
Stockholm a short time ago. deserves
to be remembered not only by her
countrymen but also by others who
appreciate honest efforts and devotion
to humane ideals She was born in
humble Smaland, and settled down in
Stockholm as young servant girl. She
became the wife of a cornetist in the
Svea artillery regiment. The wages
of a cOrnetist are small, and his young
wife began to make a little money by
sewing. She became an expert in max
ing gloves, and in the course of time
she established the reputation that
her gloves were absolutely above COM
petition as to durability. Her hus-
band induced some artillerists to buy
the gloves from her, and thew were
so we'll pleased that the entire Stock
holm garrison became her customers.
And soon the police followed in their
wake She filed all her orders with
out any other help than a little girl.
and she took eaRe of her home besides.
But she was always busy from early
morning till late at night. At the close
of the seventies her husband died.
leaving son. who was attending the
gymnasium at the time. Henceforth
the widow lived for her son. She
worked harder than ever, economiZing
so that she hardly granted herself the
necessaries of life, and adding penny
to penny in order to carry her son
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tons as a physician. Finally she en-
joyed the pleasure of seeing him estab-
lished as a practicing physician in
Stockholm. She bought new house
for herself and him. But pinching had
become so firmly rooted in her very ma
ture that she could not afford to have
a girl in his waiting room, but tended
to that duty herself. Still she kept on
making gloves. but on an eyer-decreas-
ing scale, until she finally made only
a few to give to her friends. Her son
soon had large practice. But 1t was
not very lucrative, for he was not
strict about the payments. He died in
1902 This was q hard blow to his
mother Now she began to give away
what she had. Her charitable work
was done as secretly as possible. At
the beginning Of the war there was
great influx OF Russians. and she gave
large sum of money to relieve their
sufferings After her death Il was
found that she had willed the balance
Of her fortune of about $4,000 to char
table work This was in brief the life
Of the little Smaland girl who began
the battle for life absolutely without
means in the Swedish capital three
quarters of century ago.
Business men in Gothenburg have
bought German bonds of the latest is
sue for about 100000.
The number Of new applicants for
admission to the school of dentistry
this fall was 1O6, but 1ly 80 of them
were admitted. One-half of the num-
Der of those admitted were women.
The embargo on the expectation Of
meat has borne fruit in the form Of
lower prices OF meat.
The king has authorized the food
supply commission to buy 10000 tons
OF grain besides the 100000 tons
which the commission has bought
since it was appointed.
The crown prince of Sweden is serv-
ing as commander of the first battalion
of the Svea bodyguard.
II is feared that many men will be
thrown out of work in the building in
dustries in Stockholm at an early date
A large number of young clerks are
out of employment.
The Swedish chamber OF commerce
| In the United States is arranging to
open in New York large exhibition OF
products of Sweden to promote trade
with this country. The nucleus of the
| exhibition is to be the Swedish manu-
| featured products now at the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
Swedish interests here and at Gothen-
burg recently purchased the 12.000-ion
steamship Potsdam from the Holland
American line.
The supply of wood on hand in
| S+orlho1r, &c q Iitsfa oVar 90 nm nor5s