Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-09-02
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern.
ing People From the
North.

The king of Denmark last week
received Percival H. Dodge, the new
American minister to the Danish
court, after making him wait three
weeks-''in disgrace, the press dis
patches say. The American legation
in Copenhagen has refused to say
why Mr.. Dodge did not arrive in
time for his scheduled Fourth OF July
speech at the Rebild National park
celebration; the king has been wait
ing for him in his capital, postponing
his annual trip to his summer palace
"Marselisborg", near Aarhus. 1t is
understood that when the king finally
did receive the minister, he was
friendly and gracious to him.
Swims the Channel.
Mrs. Clemington Corson of New
York, last Saturday SWAN across the
English Channel from Cape Griznez,
France, to Dover, England, in Is
hours and % minutes, the second
woman in history to cross the Chan
mel in this way. Mrs. Corson whose
maiden name was Amalie Gade, is
a native of Denmark, and has for
several years been considered one OF
the ablest swimmers in the world.
Three years ago she made an at
tempt to cross the Channel, but at
that time she failed.
DIR. FOrsander Dead.
DR.. Nils Forsander, one Of the
Oldest ministers within the Swedish
Augustana synod, died last week. He
was born at Gladsax, Scania, in 1886
studied at colleges in Sweden, and
came to the United States in 1871;
for some time he was a member OF
the faculty of the theological semi
nary at Paxton, ILL.,, and after having
been ordained a minister, served as
pastor of a number of Swedish Luth-
eran congregations; from 1889 to 1913
when he retired from active work. DR..
Forsander was professor of church
history at the theological seminary
in Rock Island, Ill He was the
author of a number of monographs
and other theological works.
Literary Notes.
Rev. Halvdan Helweg. at one time
pastor of the Danish Lutheran con-
gregation at Tyler, recently has
translated from English into Danish
Sinclair Lewis novel, "Arrowsmith"
which is now running serially in a
Copenhagen newspaper. = Theodore
Dresser, the American novelist whose
latest work, "The American Tragedy
has created nothing less than SEN
sation in Europe and here, recently
visited Denmark, and said he was
deeply impressed with the picturesque
scenery which he had seen wherever
he travelled during his sojourn there.
A Book about Left.
Left Erickson, the Morse discoverer
of the North American continent
whose existence in literature has been
confined to the ancient sagas, now
experiences his renaissance in a
modern American novel, entitled
Left the lucky" and written by
Clara Sharpe Hough. The story OF
the renowned searover is retold in
the form of a modern story, the Incl.
dents described all being based upon
details that have come down the
ages through the sagas. However, q
New York reviewer says about the
book: cit is amazing to find such 9
subject as the Vikings capable OF
inducing so flabby and thin story
Others, however, praise the book.
To Sing in Germany.
Nine. Nanny Larsen-Todzen, Wag-
merriam soprano of the Metropolitan
Opera, New York, who is spending the
summer at her home in Sweden, has
been engaged to appear in Wagnerian
roles at Bayreuth, Germany, at the
annual music festival next year. This
fall she will return to New York for
the regular opera season. 1t is an
nounced that contracts have been re-
newed between the Metropolitan Ope-
ra and several other Swedish sing
ers, among them Julia Claussen,
Marie Sundelius and Lillian Gustaf-
son.
The Aftermath.
Following the visit in this ,coun-
try of the Swedish crown prince and
his consort-they arrived in Japan
the other day, by the way-a large
number of royal decorat ions have
been bestowed upon American citi-
zens who had the opportunity to be
of service to the visitors. Among
those honored in this way. are the
Swedish consul for Minnesota, Nils
Leon Jaenson the Order of the
Sword); James E. German, president
Of the Rock Island railroad; Charles
Donnelly, president of the Northern
Pacific road, and Edwin Lindeel, for