Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF T ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most moet important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the scandinavians in america SWEDEN I 1 eonard ennard guase buass inho vho signed the lat last kill ill of alfred nobel the great dined ish inen in lontor tor and I 1 philanthropist is etith ith the na vai the N nobel prizes are distributed lie eais in part nobel isobel wished to lighten the bics of the dreamers drea merB spirits bent up on high ideals poets and inventors N who ho unpractical and de dei old of means often go BO to wrack and ruin to the ful ness of their mental powers into the hampered struggling lives liles ih lives es that threaten to come to a complete eland still of such gifted men he wished to introduce to a certain extent a finan cial motive mothe to facilitate their labor not to found a capitalist capit ilist institution tor for the decoration deconti decori tion oi of lamous men hp he himself never borc an in oder or ans other dc decoration oration on oil ills his breast the nobel therefore ther elore ind and this is in faiet contention which is a te stamen tare witness I 1 would lav la down doan for all time should never be bestoN bestowed cd as an honorary paize but is as i I 1 prize for the encouragement of new nein and beneficent ben work according to this principle more people such as really hid bid practical use for it would b by this timp have received it tenn such ts is though no doubt amply de serving sering it were nere no longer in need of it the idea of cimpl be bestowing stoNing an honor in pursuance purs uince wince of which it Is at al atis v n s i a person of worldwide N orld in ide celebrity that Is sought out must positively be b abandoned ind the policy police of economic and support must li be adopted if the proper recipients of the nubel nobel funds fund s income are to be found it Is I 1 absurd to be alv alvias is searching seir ching only for the greatest names tills this his has however boNNe Ncr un fortun fortuni atel been done and a like ille thing v hai have e occurred it if as had been suggested suggest cd the prize had been be stowed upon emile zola ard count tolstoy as it ins has been upon the role piani ieNI cz vho aho he resided in a knightly castle and upon the indgin patrician tagore edison Is assuredly assur edl the gleat geat est living inventor but nobel nobal would have hane been convulsed with ith laughter and would have haie considered it a poor joke upon his will in ill had I 1 edison dir on who Is perhaps richer tha than a nobel was nas him self been awarded the prize now novi it lias has been most foolishly suggested that the recipients should retain the honor for themselves and pass on the money for other cultural objects chis hoei however er would be out of lev kev NN with ith warmhearted loving nature which wished isac d to pro provide nide personal jov jo with his money it was his express purpose to shed life giving ia aas s upon hi highl 9 hl gifted individuals and ouen to them at i I 1 fitting time a I 1 fe tree free from care with no need to be diverted from their N work or tile the inen tor was nas to build his the poet his modest home where they they could hearken un disturbed to the of their genius but lie he did not wish nish to impose upon them the onerous obligation of the gift recoiled the interest upon crowns Is marks or a daiev daian income of 16 or 17 marks juet sufficient for a quiet and simple mode of life pr providing for a fixed home and deming sen ing as stimulus to further ettore nobel s sole loy joy in his will consisted in the joyous con ness and I 1 often saw this no ble joy glow glove in his mild blue eyes that his dead riches would become a 11 lining in source dource of new nenn and great achieve ments to quote his own words 1 I wish to demote mi possessions to the HIP good of mankind but the good or of humanik hu manit rests resta solely upon continued effort no one was vas more profoundly profound IN imbued with this idea thin than the cease lessl active nobel who nho was overtaken b death at his work table therefore this is my exhortation Be bestow the only upon persons from whom muan maa ma still be expected in the th was of accomplishment not up on persons persona whose Is concluded a as tar far as xe we are concerned but upon those who judging ba b what hat the haie chaett hitherto done tor for us all appear the most promising who emoke the wishes of thousands tor for their peace and con tent lent so that they ma achieve still greiter greater things for us 1 stockholm stock olm cable cablegram gram sas sais that 1311 huion on on of the famous bretie aloir plo ir who died in 1901 reports that his compin comp lon in art an lion in south Johi johnberg iberg has been killed the ifie dispatch flom haron baron r ciet flon fioti art il 11 it gaa no d lt tails ails concerning the death of johnner johnburg John ber borg alt the council of et ito 0 has improved ip proved the decision of the consist consistory orv court Lr granting a denorce in the case of prince wilhelm of sweden sneden ind prin oss marie mane who before her marriage wt the gland giand duchess alarie pavlov cavion na of and letb declared ired the marriage dissolved of temperament was nas given b both the wince and the princess as the tha ground for their appeal the two wera in irrice in 1908 and on account of domestic troubles the princess sepa rated from her husband |