Show KING OSCAR OSGAR IS AN ARDENT NIMROD Enjoys Annual Hunt With As Much Zest As When Y Younger olinger I IS IN SPELLING REFORM l American r Tobacco Trust Is Xo In III S Im Capital O OI oi OX u lI of Sweden m at nt 78 SS as ardent a Nimrod as 1 i ever I was wa has ju just t enjo enjoyed Nl his annual annual annual an an- nual hunt on the Island of oC liven one of oC the thc royal roal preserves With lIh his party part he the monarch returned to the capital ju just t In time for tho ho reception of oC the king Ing and qU queen en of Denmark at nt the tho royal palace It is a n matter o of remark re- re remark remark re re- mark that the first forc foreign visit of nf King after his accession to the tho throne should be paid to to the Swedish Swedish Swed Swed- ish sovereign In In preference to his swed-I swed own son on on the throne of or Norway The explanation explanation explanation ex ex- ex- ex Is 18 that the Danish ruler lust just now Is Js rather lather more mote Interested in putting putting jut jut- put put- ting himself right with King Oscar Olcar and the Swedish nation than courting popularity on nn the Norwegian side of or the cleft peninsula Ever since Michelson Mich- Mich elson elsen offered the crown of ot old King Haakon to th the Danish prince there has been a n. coldness between Sweden and anti Denmark sufficient to cuu cause e the sound to freeze reze over o At an any rate there has been a noticeable falling off in the trade tade between the two countries To thaw out the line court at Stockholm seems therefore to be the chief purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of or th tine the royal visit The Tho queen 0 of tho the Danes Danci is 11 said aid to be the cause of the mischief having been the prime mover hover In putting her son on online the throne of or Norway anI anti and I to succeed in her present present pres pros I ent delicate mis mission of oC angel of peace she rua may many have to appeal to all her former former for for- mer popularity as the daughter of or King Charles XIV YIN and the pet et of th the Swedish COl court t l ln i 0 Oscars Oscar's 11 Hemon King Ing Oscar about whom very ery littler lit lit- th is heard nowadays outside his own countr country in the following amus amus- lu ing IlIg g Incident which tool took place mince recently recent recent- I Iv ly at Wiesbaden the bl tel German Cerman resort In the smoking room of If the hotel hotd where the I king ing was staying stay stay- ta ing there thel can came up one o of tho those e discussions discussions discussions dis dis- n are never ne all any the tine less earnest because e they happen to b bo be impromptu a a. a.- to the best form orm of or government Among those who had the mo most t to say was a young American loud In his defense o of democracy and this fhi would would-be orator finally noticed a atall atall tall gray bearded gentleman sitting near real who smiled rl continually as aR he followed the conversation with evident interest My Ir argument Jl does not mint fo seem em to convince you OU sir h said ll the thc Ameri Ameri- American can to this auditor of of- his eloquence l 1 pr presume you OU arc a monarchist Will I you ou not favor a l' l 11 us your rea reasons for or preferring jjr sort Hoit of ot Jot canio cun the tho ho Jn lant j V reply py 1 I think you agree will IM with inn mo that I J have several elal most excellent The f first Is I-C. I I 1 am King Oscar of or Sweden and Norway The Fine Ameri American can con did not ask to hear heal th the others Christina Chi II III at Home HOllie Chri Christina Nilson lIson Countess de f asa Casa Miranda l the celebrated Swedish singer sing sing- er visits her childhood home at Gal Cam Is- Is Isby b by e el every e l' l year ear sure safe a. a as s summer rolls around thereby proving the the- nightingale nightingale nightingale gale a bird of migratory habits This year ear she pucha purchased wd a bt beautiful chateau cha- cha eau at In her native naU province o of and the wires Ha Hashed flashed hed the revs that the i r singer Inger was a about out outto to o make male this her permanent abode The Fine case was overstated however for forthe ho tho Countess s Is too fond of or the com- com Orts of or lien her splendid Parisian mansion Ion and the pleasures of oC that metropolis te tc o- o sacrifice them for a n life 11 of quiet Swedish Her lIer plan as ns given out now is Isto to occupy the tho at Wit Wik as a n summer Rummel home until her death when it will become a retreat for Cor or retired singers rs superannuated cal eal folk music teachers and other needy musi- musi Simplicity of Swedish S h Life Life- Sweden's freedom from man many of or the ing social conditions which disturb disturb dis dis- other countries ma may b be accounted account account- ed for Cor In large measure b by the sinn slin of life which has hasl no false standards stan stan- dards dant and by the dignity of labor wh ch comes i from arts and crafts well done Nor 01 Is the tho attitude t toward ward ork work confined to the working people it ox- ox tends to the higher higher- classes as yell well A charming Swedish gentleman In showing a Do visitor one of the frescoes Cle In a high school In Inn Stockholm holm said This Is very line fine as ns you ou see see and was at done dont by Prince Eugene the Kings King's youngest son Ron who Js s an artist lJ by truck trade Spelling n Reform In ht Sweden Sweden Is In the throes of oC a spellIng spelling spell spell- ing lag reform that makes tine the most rabid English and American phoneticians phoneticians phone phone- look tame tamo In n comparison ison n. n Th The The reform was promulgated In April last b by the ihu D Department of oC Education to togo togo togo go Into partial effect at the thc opening of or the school year October 1 1 past To avoid To-avoid confusion wor worse won e confounded und and protect publishers h rs against too great at lo losses ls tho the reform Is limited to the thc grammar and other language text books for th three lower classes classen class- class t en es in ih the tine common and collegiate lutu schools school for fOI tho the next two years after alter which h the reform becomes general In the meantime the new nely spelling will prevail in all official papers The I change Is a radical one substituting v for 01 lv fv and soft on f f. f t for dt eliminating flUng silent letters us u's and amid giving the written or OJ printed language a strange ane and weird ll appearance A struggle Inns has been going on for Cor Y years IS I'S between n the new spellers and the tho old spellers spellers' lers' lers causing ln much confusion but the time 11 present ent r reform IH is su So radical as to amount to a revolution U By spelling out pho phonetically II t tI Ca II the saying Burds uv u a 3 f other ether you will have ha u tt- parallel by which to judge judg to what lengths an bodied able SWell Swedish I sp pr ln reformer will go JO Tol c i Tru i t Abroad The rhe American cco TIU Trust t is iR rampant In ht time the Sw Swedish capital may JUt lug ing IlK JU just Juit l purchased the Orient cigarette factory here i III the largest t l' In the coun coun- try Half a n million crowns was ryas paid for 01 the stock alone and a handsome sum in to addition for UI the thc raw ran material and finished product on hued hand While hill the stockholder are aro satisfied with the deal which brought them about I four to om ont em on fill their lr Investment In the I Swedish Sn tob tobacco trade Lade In General 1 is f ala at this ibis t appearance of I I Ithe th tile the di ud rJ comp their mar mar- I 1 k ket t. t Io I- I o ed l. l tj L' L |