| Show NORWEGIANS CELEBRATE Entertainment at St Marks Hall In Memory of Norway s Day of Independence Nor egnn residents oC Sal Lake City celebrated the 1th oC Mo Nor ways day if Independence at St Marks hall last night wtlh ixttrlotlo hymns speeches and 1 fine banquet The hal a decorated with lag prominent among which was the Stars and Stripes There was Is a profusion pro-fusion 01 flowers on the tables and In various Parts DC the hal About sixty Persons l were present The xerc < s eommnced with a Norwegian hymn beautifully rendered by the Harmonlen and then the audience audi-ence was addressed by Mr O J An demon Another elton uas given by the choir followed by a few remarks re-marks by Mr J M SJodahl who called I attention to the fact that the history of Norway conveyed at least one lesson to the nations of the world here was a time he old when Europe was In commotion from North Cape to the Mediterranean And when tho forces of destruction had exhausted Itself < < self I became necessary to rearrange the political map of the old continent Then Europe unitedly agreed to give Norway to her neighbor as payment for smlcts tendered by a Ueinadotte In the wars against Napoleon Tnt was I dark hoCTr In the history of th country Norly et1 non poor exhausted against Europe But in this extremity the people romp as one mn and concluded to give the Independence Independ-ence of their Inheritance On the lith of May their representatives gave the country a constitution and laid the foundation for the govrnmnt now existing Norway demonstrated ishat a United people can do even hn opposed op-posed by a continent she demonstrated the power of the majesty of the people when opposed by tyranny The time may come the speaker thought when the United Malta may pront by this lesson of history When the war with Spain Is over und new glories attach to the starspangled em belm of liberty probably Home powers of Europe will tndeaVor to call I hilt to our victorious armies But there Is I n need to listen aa long us we ore In the right The teaching of history Is tills that there Is I strength In unity and that a righteous cause must Ivol After the speeches the guests were seated at the tables where are prayer by Mr A W Wlnbrg a banquet ban-quet was served by the ladles Toasts were proposed by Messrs F S Hrt man M Chrlstopherson nnd Dr Innlson The entertainment was arranged by the Norwegian choir Ilarmonlen which under the direction of Mr Olo Nilsson rendered several musical selection during the evening |
