Show people of norway celebrate spring festivities on day of st SL john like christmas tt DISPa dispatches telles telling of th the a popularity of arwa a 8 winter wayn sports such each as the tha famous ski chub del by at lla lal of I 1 the A amerl arl cans who ha to now visit scandinavia A eki the summer events of norway which retain their distinctiveness distinctly en ess and their quaintness because they attract in much aless less attention lon A bulletin from the Wash washington an headquarters of the national geo graphic social society Y describes how the quick earning coming of spring PI g 1 Is welcomed I cd JY jyung uny with ith a celebi atlon that resembles our am christmas festivities their 1 christmas mist ma in june N nature store seems to take a boisterous pa part r tin in the occasion by throwing plan blan sets keta of foliage cram across fields the that t were am snow co covered 1 teed only a love few weeks before and adby by bur bursting stun forth with fill gorgeous flowers no in crann crannies im where here icicles icicle held way sway tor for the P past AS t at six months the but 1 letin biall continues oh ala all the e excitement bement which marks our oar most generally observed holiday at tend the day of st john on june 24 while it be bears a christian name the holiday old and it its customs go bac back to pagan origin in effect the day till still Is a festival of the sun ban green birch trees treas adorn aery house boom and child children tae carry eler evergreen green branches through the streets simon the analogy to clu clumm christmas mm breaks down dean however when yo younger ugar folk crowd into boats on an the fluids or hike to the mountain woods which at twilight are am flachek with nith bond all ax night eight long these beacons burn as ghostly figures of the merrymakers merry makers men dad dance and at sing around ad them th yearly more visitors are strapping on their knap knapsacks tor far walking trips through throng b tin i jagged jugged c countryside of cen 11 norway am ay every awry rock mck be hewn road read beeck to lead to R fiord and where the native customs defy the in roads ad of 11 such each of 1 t travel ti I as 5 now how sift fit through fort font let down dow from ceiling the visitor goes to church and the simple service seems bcd enough gh not until I 1 I 1 a bit of statuary de jhc scalds I 1 aiom thc the ceiling ailing the figure of an amol aap 1 supported Ap ported by ft rod red holds a si bowl boul filled with tin water ahe he surprised visitor realize real ties this theatrical appun cenance 1 is a baptismal font the simplicity and innocence of the country folk 1 in the remote and isolated sections kon I 1 Is batok betokened ad by their ammis bathing and by bathing g I 1 Is meant just the that t not the diversion diverl of water splashing old and send sand sunning but getting oneself clean A log hut I 1 IE the village tillage bath house bouse A rumors furnace 0 of f stones Is heated had and water poured over fiet the r red hot at surface into this steam rican steps a farelly ono men women children visiting failing re relatives latles and neighbors neighbor the bathers switch each other with birch wee to induce more perspiration per A olvat and gleefully gle fully throw buck ets is of cold water vater over ell each other when h an tr the he heat hear becomes W too intense all e of this to la nothing of an orgy but as pro safe as our dally daily hath bath the rural nor beelan would see nothing immoral In uarl nor nm tunny funny in an amerl american hotel u which aich 1 inadvertently 11 v tat lally advertised I 1 WO rooms roomi and a bath row over and ses see Us in a vermont village each family once led had it its h horse and bg buggy a yeh sent cle now supplanted by the automobile in a norway hamlet a boat Is the prim capal pal family conveyance in summer bummer there fishing takes the place A of I 1 iu farm r ing and the file houses are strung at around 1 I a head bend of a word instead e of I 1 a along n g a rumbling rambling main street th the a villager rows to chardi and rows to the store tore floore and ad con rows to pay his evea evening ag m calls fl grazing herds of goats Is the pl pran capal land industry of hit hill I 1 north country and these if flocks ka give rise to the picturesque goat girl the moun tat tain pastures usually ate aie far removed fr from the villages and each spring sees seea the young farm women driving their herds herda up the the mountain paths pat lie to some same 1 lofty f ty but sheltered valley at cy among the gi glistening I 1 ning snow mow capped peaks I 1 here hem t they bey remain all summer lots long m camping p 1 g 1 in wooden but huts visited occasionally by their men folk to carry bwy the butter and cheese these mountain pas are known know as secrets sa etera a word known to music mafe to lev ers em of ninni man lands because of ole pul bull 11 s song the saeter maiden a hamd sunday esy 1 in sang h he expresses the lonesomeness of the girl gerl goat tenders tender for their tand fir lies goat a cla cheese cess a dell eleni cacy in the united states stales is a p rl pal article of norwegian diet I 1 it be has the he rich bron brown ca color for aind ad of dagnot the flavor of peanut butter it Is not eaten on crackers us AS a supplementary course hot but sliced and ad laid on an urge large cross eess sections actions of br brown bread to 1 a ate via pie of the went meal |