The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-04-04
SWEDEN.

Alng Gustaf recently attended ban
quet at the Royal Tennis club in Stock.
holm. In spite of the difficulties con-
nected with the obtaining of foodstuff,
the ladies in charge of the entertain
ment had succeeded in getting pastry
OF Kind that would suit even a royal
taste. Nc one Of the committee had
thought, even for a minute, that the
king, realizing their troubles, would
bring with himself bread for his OWE
use. They were therefore really lost
IN amazement when his royal majesty
personally presented a little box with
the royal bread. He said that he had
expected everybody to do the same, be.
cause the regulations would make it
impossible to accumulate enough bread
fcr such an occasion. This episode
shows the democratic spirit which to-
day prevails in the Royal Swedish FAM
lily. King Gustaf does not want any
exceptions made for himself and his
family during the present serious stu
alton. Royalty has applied for food
cards in the same way as the COM
mon citizens. This is only one of the
many tremendous changes which the
European war has brought about. Dur
ing the last decade Sweden has been
democratized in many ways. The diff
ferences among the social classes have
diminished to very large extent. The
royal family has considered it as an
honor to follow this inclination of the
public. It has set an example Of SIM
pie and sane life to the Swedish ma
t ton. The royal children in Sweden
do not get everything they want, as
the case very often was with the
princes and princesses of the fairy
tales. They are educated to simple
manners, to the necessity of hard work
for everybody, high or low, and to self
sacrificing. They are taught that
wealth and noble birth oblige them tt
set a good example to their people.
It is no sinecure to be a royal child
in Sweden.
Grown Prince Gustaf Adolf and
Grown Princess Margareta have five
children; Gustaf Adolfn born 1906 {;
Sigvard, born 1907; Ingrid, born 1910 !;
Bertil, born 1912, and Carl Johan, born
1916. Their marriage was not a state
affair with political background as
the case generally is with royal mar
riages. It was a love match of the
most romantic kind. The crown prince
of Sweden first met his wife in Egypt
in 1905. She was before her marriage
a princess of Great Britain and Ire
land, a daughter of the Duke Of Con-
naught, former governor general Of
Canada and a sister to Princess Pat
The married life Of this royal couple
has been very happy. Crown Princess
Margareta has taken the hearts of the
Swedish people by storm. In contrast
to other British princesses, who have
married foreign princes, she has found
herself quite at home in Sweden. She
is absolutely loyal to her new country,
which is more than can be said about
the majority Of her class, as is demon
strated by the war.
The fear that the Swedish cabinet
crisis was only postponed, and not re-
moved, by the promise of the minis
tiers to make another attempt to solve
the difficulties referred to by King
Gustaf in his request that their resig-
nations be reconsidered, can be read
between the lines of press comment.
Even in the newspapers supporting
the government is this apparent, while
the opposition press is openly skeptical
Of the ability Of the present cabinet
to cope with the situation. '"The king
demands an initiative and deeds from
the minister the Dagens Nyhete1
says. 'They answer with passivity,
crossed arms and skeptical wonder as
to whether the miracle will come to
pass of ITSELF" The Social Demokra-
ten thinks that the attempted minis
terial REIMBURSEMENT indicates that
the day of parliamentary government
in Sweden is drawing nearer.
Owing to the limited supply of whis.
ky the food control commission has
notified the hotel and restaurant keep
ers that they must cut down the drinks
served to their customers at meals
from one glass to half a glass;
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The customhouse receipts for the
year 1916 were almost $l7,0OO,OOO,
which was an increase of, more than
81 100000, as compared with the fig
ures of the previous year.
The pension bureau issued 100, 87a
pension certificates in 1916. :