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enterprises in Copenhagen concen-
trate tenants in huge buildings, and
that even suburban developments are
permitted to be too crowded. Amer
lean landscaping leads the world, Mr..
Jensen concluded.
American Impressions.
Elsie Mccormick, columnist of the
New York World" in describing her
impressions of a trip to Norway from
which country she returned last week,
says: Automobiles and steamers con-
meet on such clockwork schedule that
itineraries which sound very complex,
work out with great simplicity. Fol-
lowing my own complicated schedule
involved less effort than finding an
address in the Bronx. OF course, one
must make allowance for the fact that
the Norwegians are not up to our
standards of progress. In all the five
hours from Vadheim to Sandane
didn't see one hot-dog stand, one bill
board, or even ginger-pop emporium
built in the shape of a derby hat.
Well just have to be patient for the
present and give such backward coun-
tries time to catch up
SwediSh.Americana.
Swedish migration to the New Eng
land colonies were closely connected
with early American history, and c.
Nf Il
Sweden, has undertaken the work of
pointing out some of the points of
contact, in a work which he entities,
America in Swedish Literature, 1850
1920" The book shows the tremen-
dous effect American life and man
ners exerted upon intellectual Sweden
during the seventy years of the period
dealt with. At the present time the
book exists in the Swedish language
only but an American edition will be
brought out this fall.
{. w. Nelson Dead.
Charles Waldemar Nelson, first vice
president of the Pictorial Review Co.,
died a few days ago at his home in
Brookhaven, L. L., N. Y, 67 years old.
He was born in Denmark and came
with his parents to Manitowoc, Wis,
later settling in New York where he
became one of the founders of the
Pictorial Review with which publica-
ton he was associated until the time
of his death.
Spiritual Life.
fin
motion of spiritual life will be held
in Albert Lea, Mimi, October Go,
in accordance with a plan accepted
by the last biennial convention of
the Norwegian Lutheran Church of
America. Social and literary prob
lens will be discussed in connection
with specifically religious questions,
and an unusually large number of
prominent speakers from various
parts of the middle west and the Pa
cific coast will be heard; DR.. J. A.
Aasgaard, president of the church,
will be the chairman. Among the
topics scheduled are the following:
Social Problems of Civilizations"
The Secular Spirit in Contemporary
Literature;" Dangers of Formalism;"
Prayer and the Sacramento" "Spiri-
tual Currents and their Influence
upon our Ministers, Congregations and
Schools" etc.
She Saved Her Money.
Mrs. Otto Sandberg who came from
Sweden some 80 years ago and had
been a nurse at an Omaha, Neb., hos
pital for the last "a years, had sue
ceeded in saving $4,000, it developed
after her death last week. AS she
had made no will, the estate was di-
vided between her three sons and her
husband who for years has been a
janitor at the hospital.
danish Village"
Congress Square Hotel Co., Port
land. Me-, is building at Scarboro,
Me-, socalled Danish Village"
which will be used as a summer re-
sort. 1t will be an authentic repro
duction Of a village in Denmark, sew
eral hundred years old, and will COM
prise-in the beginnings houses
clustered around a town hall and a
civic auditorium. Peter Holdensen,
a Danish-born contractor in Boston,
has suggested the idea, and already
firms in other eastern and middle