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Show H HI3 REA80N FOR LOOKING GLUM. 1 i 1 Sour Expression Kept Swede from Be- H ing Bothered. H Prince WUhelm of Sweden told a H , New York reporter that Americans all H worked hard and looked happy. "In H my country," the prince went on, "we H work hard, too, but we havo not your H- happy look. Perhaps It Is the ell- H i mate. At any rate, we tell a story In H t Sweden that is typical; a story that H will give you, some Idea of our na- H tlonal expression, though not, I'm sure, H of our national character. A French- H man 'Visited a Swede In Stockholm,' H ' and one morning; the two friends set H , out for a walk. Suddenly the French- H man exclaimed Impatiently: 'You, H look as sour as a pickle. Why don't H jrou smile? Why don't you have a H pleasant, good-natured air when you H are out of doors?' 'What!' growled the Hf Swede. 'And have everybody stopping H me for a match or asking me how to H ,get somewhere?'" |