Willmar tribune., 1915-09-08

for rapid promotion we're not annonr.
aging. Then secretaries ara liahla "a
be sent to the ends Of the earth m
Mrs. Jackson was not enthnsiasfic.
But It was case Of Renmine a6action
one Of those slow growing sentimants
which nearly always prove lasting.
And when the relatives Of Miss Jack.
son saw her affections were eneaeed
and 1t was the young Swedish secre-
tary or rapid decline, all Opposition
was removed and the royat court of
Sweden being satisfied. the nunfials
were speedily celebrated. Under nor-
NAL conditions the event would hava
been brilliantly attended for the lack
sons are among the cream Of local ce.
lebrities and allied to nearly All tha
great families Of New England and the
middle states and no more popular
young diplomat was stationed In WASH
ington than the charge d. affairs Of
Sweden. But the date was that awful
day Of President Taft's Inauguration
and the diplomatic CORDS, drenched and
miserable after the battle With the
storm, sent almost universal regrets
and few of the incoming or outgoing
public men cared to brave the ele-
ments more than necessary.
It was q little depressing both for
bride and groom. hut thew were han.
py in each other and with lust a hand
full Of friends to wish them iov they
drove away for q months cruise in the
Southern seas about the Spandsb
main. A glorious surprise awaited
their return. The Swedish -miMster.
the handsome and courtly Count Al
bert Ehrensy8rd. had been called to
take higher post in Stockholm. and
the bridegroom had received the an
pointment as permanent charge
d'affairs ad interim, with the strong
assurance, If he proved successful, the
promotion to the post of minister
would be his.
The Swedish legation is typical of
the sturdy unpretenttous nation which
M. Ekengren represents. It is a
wide substantial brick eddfica in N.
Street near tha home whara modan,
first met her husband IF IL alao with
in an easv distance Of her brothers
home. Huntinrton wolcott Jackson
who married tha daughter of Admiral
Converse The drawinp rooms are not
hv anv means the most imnortant- nart
Of the house. thoueh thev are omen at
all times when custom or courtesy de-
mands. On the second floor there is a
great sunny nursery where the two
little daughters of the Ekengrens find
all to make their waking hours happv.
The eldest ia one of the most atfrac-
tive Youngsters in the foreign set and
r. called Elsie Helen Anensta after
several grandmothers on both sides of
her house. The voungest Rirl was
born three wears ago and bears her
mothers fnli name. . :
81 am a fervent American said
Madam Ekeneren "and entirely de.
voted to INV own country and beine
so fortunate a. to i've here I shave
never realized I have married a for.
eiener. Indeed. I regret I know SO lit
IL of nv husbands country. one brief
visit during the summer being the
sum total of nv actual knowledge.
Still I feel / know Sweden very we'll
and I admire her traditions and her
history and the sturdy practical ways
of her children. Being an American,
I have been CHALLENGED to declare my
self on the woman question. suppose
If l were in Sweden since the women
there have suffrage I should be asked
to proclaim my creed in that direc-
tion. Now have studied diligently
what women of the old world mean by
the ENLARGED snhere Of their sex and
what we mean and by conclusion that
we generally make conditions more
unstable than they are now. whereas
the women of Europe and Of Sweden