Evening star., 1928-11-23
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
STOCKHOLM, November 23.-Selma
Lagerloef, Swedish author and Nobel
prize winner, reached the age OF ~
Tuesday hopeful that the modern wom-
an would become. the glorious woman
that I'VE old people wish.
Miss Iagerloef, whose first work,
"Goesta Behring'S Saga" was trans
lated into English 80 years ago. was
asked what she though of the modern
tvpe of woman. Her first answer was
a question.
regarding the modern type OF woman,
I should like to ask this: Does there
really exist any modern woman type?
Then she continued:
"The type of woman of the past was
developed during centuries OF con-
straint and strict supervision. She.
could when at her best with regard to
goodness, forsaking tenderness, and
with regard to graceful appearance, be
said to have reached almost perfection.
"Let Her Grow" Is Advice.
'The type of today, that one which
is now being developed under lar
greater liberty, is queen who is her
self responsible for her behavior and
her doings. She may be yet only a
creation in being. To be just, one
ought to let her grow in peace, neither
criticizing nor blaming her.
s'We old people only wish for her
that she may become all the glorious
woman that we hope she would when
we provided her with her freedom"
Miss Lagerloef'S dearest wish had
been fulfilled when she celebrated the
seventieth anniversary of her birth.
She had regained Maarbacka, the
ancient home of her family, restored
it and made it her home once more.
Miss Lagerloef was a SchoolmistreSs
with a salary of 1,G00 kroner (about
$285) year more than so years ago
when her family was forced to sell
Maarbacka. She had published only
few verses.
When told about the sale, Miss
Lagerloef said, 81 raised my bands and
called heaven to witness that from that
moment my one longing, the object of
all my striving, would be to regain the
home of my forefathers."
"Goesta Behring'S Saga" was published
in part in weekly paper and won the
highest prize in competition con-
Quoted by the paper. The book, which
is collection of stories of the life of
her native Verrnland in the year 1880,
Was puDIlSLlGQ III 0WCuC1l l4 4oSA dAtu
was translated into. English in 1898.
Gave Entire Time to Writing.
In 1895 after. the publication of
"OSynliga Laenkar', (invisible linkS)
she was able to devote herself entirely to
writing and the thought of returning
to her ancestral home fingered in her
heart, and she finally accomplished
this desire.
In 1909 Miss Lagerloef won the Nobel
prize for literature and five years later
she was elected the first woman men,
ber of the Swedish Academy.
Asked how she liked to sit in the
Swedish Academy, Miss Lagerloef said,
"I only took part in couple of ses-
sions last year and had nothing to
say. I have no influence, but it is
very amusing to sit with all these men
in the academy"
II thought" said the interviewer,
"that you, as the only woman, could
be resisted by no one when you had a
wish"
"Oh yes" Miss Lagerloef replied. 81
was during many years of the opinion
that Georg Brandes should get the
Nobel prize. found that he deserved
it and that it would be an honor for
the Nobel prize if he had been awarded
it. But it was all in vain.'
Unable to Explain Award.
Asked what prevented the award to
the Danish literary critic, who died
last year, Miss Lagerloef said:
THAT I cannot say, but you see
there were so many bishops, I do not
mean the archbishop, Dr. Nathan
| Soederblon.. He is a wise man who