The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-24
The Market Square of HeIsingfors.

the manifesto. Bells were tolled in the churches, and places of amuse- ment were closed Many thousands emigrated to the United States.
 Long Summer Days.
 During the long winters daylight lasts only three or four hours. On the shortest days 1t is even less. Then 1t is indeed, as most people think, a land of snow and ice. For three months 1t is so hot that the wealthy residents seel: summer resorts for comfort. During that time it is prac- tically one long day. Not star is to be seen, and the appearance of time of autumn frosts has arrived.
 During my visit, the evening twi- light had scarcely disappeared before the morning twilight chased the gloom of night away. One could read out of doors until after eleven o'clock. These long days, with scarcely any night, force vegetation to grow at a hothouse pace. Land and water have no time to cool. Summer comes In this strange land with sudden burst of flowers, sunlight and birds.
 Finland Is land of pine and fir- clad hills, for only comparatively small portion seems to be cleared. The most of the country Is fairly level, so that 1t has not the grandeur of the Scandinavian kingdom. In the cleared Ctn tages, which are usually kept freshly painted, red being the favorite color. Surface drain ditches are made in the cultivated fields every few rods, and all seems most carefully tiled.
 Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, is one of the interesting towns of Europe. Water seems to surround 1t on every side. It dates back to 1850, when 1t was founded by the Swedish king Gustavus Vasa. and the liberties of town were immediately conferred upon the little hamlet as a special fa- vor. From the water side 1t Is pro- tected by the great fortress of Svea- borg. which Is called the Gibraltar of the Baltic" and of which one occasion- ally reads in the news dispatches The highest point in Helsingfors Is crown ed by a great and imposing Lutheran church, and the majority of the Films are adherents of this faith.
 Scenes In HeIsinufors.
 Through the center of Helsingfors runs great boulevard, known as the Esplanade-Gatan, and this Is the center Of life in summer. The schools close for these months and everybody en- joys one long holiday so far as pos- sible. One day seems almost to melt into another. The young women one sees in Helsingfors are of the blue eyed, flaxen-haired type, for the Swed- ish type seems to prevail here. Young girls, almost to the end of their teens, wear their hair in two flaxen braids that hang down the back. They have the same social freedom as their sis- ters on this side of the Atlantic.
 The market of Helslngfors is an ex- cellent place to study the Films and their characteristics. From all over the surrounding country the peasants drive into the towns with their pro- duce, and sell 1t direct to the townfolk. A small farmer may have killed a sheep or pig, and may be observed driving n keen bargain for the best cuts. Another has few tiny kegs of butter covered with a layer of grass to keep 1t cool. Under old cotton umbrel- las sit the market women with highly colored waists and black or white handkerchiefs tied over their heads. In small basin are the boats of the fishermen just in from their catch. The housewives or maids pass from one stall or boat to another, inspecting their wares. A little after noon the fishermen and market merchants. who have come by sea, set sail, the cotton umbrellas come down, the wagons roll away, and the entire market disap- pears as by magic.