Show 1 I 1 MAW do 10 iv haymaking in norway prepared ly the th national 1 gog apolo soe society t y washington D 0 old viking capital and the surrounding country of central norway recently celebrated the nine hundredth anniversary of the death of No iwaya patron saint olaf the king who established christianity in europe Eu ropes a northwestern corner the cites hallm was officially changed a few months ago to Nl Ni duros daros its ancient designation but the inhabitants oie are not unanimously pleased with nith the chan change and Trond bJern continues in partial use modern Is hullt on a nin sula formed by the river nid and the fiord which indents Nor ways itys west roast coast its it a houses ore are cheerful frame structures painted in white or light colors with potted plants making colorful spots nt lit their windows the iho rayni palace a huge white buildings buil dingIs Is one of tile the largest wooden buildings tit in the world the shops have hate many unusual wares for visitors purs are sold and there Is a demand for blue find and silver fox for polar bear and ermine eiderdown Eider down quilts bear rugs rags embroideries carved wood souvenirs and silver carved in old norse deil designs gris are popular with tourists many of the 1111 linger shops are anre on olat olaf street which was ans campil after the towns founder although it lies in the same latitude as southern iceland has summers like those of england and its winters are ara no moro more severe than those of germany the river and tile the fjord fiord are aie seldom frozen la in sta bummer tamer numerous trees and ell shrubbery rub give the town a semitropical berul serul tropical a appearance P pe arance which tile the visitor had not expected the long arctic summer daylight has its effect on the farmlands surrounding often there are two crops a year of produce which yields but one crop in temperate all climates norse coronation place was the cororan coronation tion place of ancient norse kings find and tile present king haakon VII was crowned there in 1000 1006 when the union of sweden and norway was dissolved the city lias has a population of some inch of its life centers about the yater vater front the ship building industry Is brisk find and there Is a boat service between and III d bergen find and the north cape numerous fishing boats come com e in with their cargoes of sniped herring to be deposited in the tall quaint gabled warehouses which line the quays the lofty gothic spins of trond baem cathedral rise above the lie surrounding low buildings of purely norse architecture in striking kInK contrast to them the cathedral looks like a transplanted church in a norse setting its gothic style may be attributed to norsemen norseman Nor semen living in england when the gothic architecture was nas attaining its vogue who preferred it to the simpler norse norae style and incorporated corp orated it into the cathedral the structure wast was begun during the relyn reign 0 of f olaf the quiet between 1066 and 1083 1093 it has been restored many times but each restorer has kept to the gothic style and the present restoration to has ham endeavored to follow the original building all the which marks our most generally observed bol belliny holiday lIny christmas attends the day of if st SL john on june 21 24 2 1 while it bears a christian name naine the holiday and ami its customs go buck back to pagan origin in effect the tiny day still Is a festival of tle the sun BUU gren birch trees adorn every house and children carry evergreen branches th through rough the streets the analogy to breaks down however when younger folk crowd into boots bloats on the fjords fiords or hike to the mountain woods which at twilight are flecked clEed with bonfires bonn rea all night long ions these beacons burn as ghostly figures of the merry makers dance and sing around them life in central norway yearly more visitors fire are strapping on their knop knapsacks sacks tor for walking trips through uie the rugged countryside ut of central norway where every rock hewn road seems to lend to a biord and where the native cu customs defy adlfy the roads of such driblets drib lets of travel as now sift through the visitor goes to church and the simple services servas seem stereotyped enough until a bit of statuary descends from the ceiling cel ling tim the figure 0 of f an angel supported by a rod holds holda a bowl tilled with water the surprised visitor realizes tills this theatrical appurtenance 0 Is a baptismal font tho the simplicity ond nad innocence of the alie country folk in n the remote and isolated sections Is betokened by their promiscuous bathing and by bathing Is tine mount arat just that not the diversion s of writer water splashing and sand sunning hut but getting oneself clean A log hut Is the village bathhouse A furnace of stones Is heated and water poured over the tha red hot surface into this steam E stepa a family faintly men womer women children visiting relatives and neighbors rs the bathers switch each other with birch twigs to induce inace more and gleefully throw buckets of cold water over each other when the hant becomes too Inte intense ruge all of this la Is nothing of an orgy but ns as as our dully bath the rural norwegian would see nothing immoral nor funny in tin an american hotel which inadvertently advertised 1000 rooms and both bath in it a vermont village ench each faintly 0 once nee had its horse find and buggy 1 it a vehicle h icle now supplanted by the automobile in a norway hamlet n boat la Is the principal faintly conveyance convoy anco la in an summer an in or there fishing takes tho the place of ff liming farming and tho the houses are trung around a bell bend of f a fiord intend instead of along a r anial ig ma main I 1 it street grazing herds heida of goats Is the principal land industry of Nor ways rays hilly north country and these locks flocks give rise to tile the picturesque gont clarl the mountain paz pastures tures usually are tar far removed from tile the vI lInges and each spring sees the young farm women driving their herds up the mountain paths to some lofty but sheltered valley among the glistening enow capped peaks there they remain all summer long camping rolling ca in wooden huts visited occasionally by their men folk foil to carry away the bettex and cheece clie eee goats goate cheese Is a staple goats cheese a 0 delicatessen delicacy in tile united d states Is it a principal c article of norwegian diet it hug has the he rich brown color and something of the flavor of peanut butter it Is not eaten on crackers as a supplementary tary course but sliced and laid on large cross sections of brown bread Is a staple of the metal characteristic of inland norway la Is lillehammer which lies at the northern end cud of lake Nor ways largest body of fresh water the town Is a gateway to tile the fat dal in this valley many ancient customs and costumes cortum of the country are still till in vogue the town itself lies iles on the north and south roll route from oslo to find and Is visited annually by thousands of tourists this region differs markedly y front from the flord fiord country bordering tile atlantic coast find and the lie land of the lie midnight sun abich lies farther fait lter to tire the north in spite spile of its high latitude enjoys a comparatively mild climate resort hotels aiming iming open for visitors the henr round of supreme interest t to 0 both norwegian road forel foreigner irner IR on outdoor museum of ancient arts and crafts at the nearby village of fifty hond hand hullt built farmhouses mills workshops and brims were purchased purchase moved to one community and enriched ri riched cheit witla with collections of old norwegian there are articles of wood brass leather and troa iron together with examples of weaving find and embroidery typical of the products of cottage carried on ly by peasants of 0 the neighborhood during foil long winter evenings here are also spinning wheels boins und and tools wed used before tire the introduction of factory goods during tourist season provision Is made to have hare artisans actu actually nily working at loom and forge so that memory of the count rys peasant arts and crafts may not entire entirely lv fade from froin the parth earth itself while it Is tile the metropolis of and claims mor than 5 six xvi lahm 1 tants lisp line lind had only it borate existence |