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IS 126.2
Story of an Emigrant.
with long trains borne by courtiers or pages. We can
comprehend the importance of a display of this kind a couple of
centuries ago, but it seems to me that the common sense of
our times demands its abolishment, and unless I am very
much mistaken King Charles himself, wTho was a practical
and sensible man, was of the same opinion.
The same winter I made a visit to Norway, which was
repeated the following summer. The social and political
conditions of the country reminded me somewhat of America,
Norway being ahead of Sweden in that respect, and I am
not surprised that the Norwegians are proud of their
beautiful country.
One of my most pleasant journeys in Europe was a trip
which I took in company with wife and children in the early
part of the summer of 1872. On this trip we went through
the lovely province of Sodcrmanland, and thence by rail to
Stockholm, where we met many old friends and
acquaintances. Midsummerday was celebrated in the circle of a
number of happy friends at Hassclbakkcn, and on the
follow-ingdayswe made repeated visits to the enchanting
surroundings of the capital. On one of these outings to
Drot-ningholm, a summer palace, we met other American
tourists, and I remember distinctly how we all agreed that
this was just the locality for some charitable institution,
where the unfortunate poor and suffering members of society
could be taken carc of, as, for instance, a home for old
widows, or orphans, or old men who have served their
country faithfully in peace or war, but have been reduced to
poverty in their old age. As a contrast to Drotningholm we
pictured in our minds the Soldiers’ Home near Washington,
where Abraham Lincoln had a few rooms, and found rest
and recreation among trees and flowers, and it seemed to us
that some ot the country palaces of Sweden might just as<
well be used for a similar purpose.
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