Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-08-06

residing at SO4a 80 Avenue S9ntn;
from Berlin on June &c. 1881. fol-
lows:
By Warren TOmlinsOn.
When was home two years ago M.
C. Madsen asked me if I'd been 10
Denmark, and said, you'd better go
there; there you'll find lots or
Danes." So l went to Copenhagen to
find out, and really there were lots
of them! Nielsen, Hansen, Christian
sen, Olsen, etc., were plastered all
over the store windows and shop
signs. The people in the streets were
good looking, we'll dressed, and very
friendly.
Copenhagen does not give the i'm
preston of being a very big city.
Though it has 100000 inhabitants. l
should have thought rather 100000.
Stores are comparatively little, build
ings little, all rather small. But the
shop windows are quite fine, and show
chiefly French and English influence.
was the most surprised that German
influence was so little to be seen.
Though the language is much like
German and can be read as German
with different spelling, few OF the
people on the streets or in stores speak
German, and it is interesting to try
to come to an understanding with
them through the occasional words
with German pronunciation. There is
in general no love for Germany to be
found, for Bismarck's war in 1864 and
the Schlesweig-H olstein question is a
sore historical point. AS neutrals in
the World war Denmark is better Off
today than most European nations.
Art In Copenhagen.
Copenhagen has interesting churches
and fine public buildings,t though much
of the older city was destroyed by
various wars, the latest by the Eng
lish about 1907. For art the city is
outstanding in sculpture, with many
French works, especially Rodin, and
the Scandinavian school of the great
Thorvaldsen Norwegian by race).
There is a whole museum of his
works, which l personally do not like
too we'll. They are romantic in imita-
ton of classic, with wonderful work
manship, but not the strength or
soul he might have given them
There is another fine museum present
ed by Jacobsen, the great brewer OF
Copenhagen. Among the striking
things | saw was a statue of a troll, d
legendary monster. In some of the
stores were some of the most wonder.
full porcelain animal figures l have
ever seen. Their prices were high
obviously tourist prices; Copenhagen
is in general high priced in compare
son with Germany.
One of the most striking character
istics of the city was the multiplicity
and diversity of uniforms. 1t seemed
that the place was overrun with sol
diers Gt was Sunday and that eacf
different company had different
uniform. And everyone who was no
a soldier had on some kind of ser
vice uniform if possible. We coult
never quite collect in mind all the
different varieties we met. There wa;
about the city the general feeling of {
small kingdom. The boat we came OF
eve" were a group of 80 student:
travelling together by train from Der
lin to Stettin, then all night by boa
from Stettin to Copenhagen; the spec
ial price of the trip, with meals an(
all expenses was 33 marks, or abou
dollars) arrived at in the morning
while the streets were still empty
The first sight of the town was in the
old square surrounded by four palaces
where the magnificently uniformed
Kings guards stood on watch. The!
had splendid high beaver hats, an(
colorful coats and trousers-fne en-
larged pictures of H. G. Andersen
Tin Soldier Of course everyone dash
ed at them with kodaks, and the pref
ty young boy soldiers, certainly sta
toned there only for show, smiled
most sweetly, and posed and turned
accommodatingly for every picture
In general the soldiers were extreme
ly informal: in front of prison sol
der on guard paused in his duty t.
try to answer questions, Danish tt
German. Cadets marching in the
street were loose and sloppy" The
whole military" atmosphere was in
IOIudl dllu udll- JOhlHS, especially at
er Prussia, where the stiffness ant
extreme Formally persists in tradi
tion even after the fall of militarism
Our group was led about the cit.
by most amusing and entertaining
old guide. He was of the old forma
school, and took us quite seriously
never catching ON that our questions
were mostly jokes. He led us arounC
and about on an unconscionablt
amount of walking, often to no grea
apparent purpose except to be sure
we didn't miss anything. One place he
took us quite an extra way to show
us a house being built in new style
1.-THE only Ultra-modern building We
saw and he remarked, THAT looks
funny, doesn't it," In Copenhagen the
automobiles were almost all Fords
some of them ancient. We set up g
WhOOp of delight at seeing one of 191 g