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Last year the city of Copenhagen paid a graceful compliment to the Gothic intellect by holding a memorial exhibit of reliques, papers, letters, reminiscent of the life of Wolfgang Goethe. To reciprocate, the Prussian State Library recently opened a similar exhibit for a Scandinavian genius, Hans Christian Andersen. First editions of his books, illustrations for his earliest fairy tales, letters from Hugo, Heine, Balzac, Lamartine, De Vigny, the Grimm brothers and the Grand Duke of Weimar, ladies' favors, gentlemen's favors, and the souvenirs of princes, are shown there, and the German schoolchildren who went to gaze...
...father the cobbler, who, like Hans Christian, was sick a good deal, died one day, and after that Frau Andersen had no time to think about Hans. He stopped going to school; instead, he built himself a toy theatre and sat about all day in the cobbler's shop, making clothes for marionettes or reading plays. Such conduct irritated the Dominie of Odense. He had no liking for Hans; what was more, the boy did not know his catechism. So he took Hans away and had him confirmed by a Bishop. After the ceremony he took him into...
...Berengaria (Cunard)-Larz Andersen, U. S. Ambassador to Japan under President Taft...
...situation is said to have been the subject of a difference of opinion among the coaches, though the difference has been of a most friendly nature. The two sets of backs are Camp, Freeman and Dunn, and Spalding, Reilly and Andersen. By both sides Philbin, who played fullback in all the early games of the college year, is relegated to the second team. Those who favor the Camp Freeman and Dunn combination urge the punting ability of Camp, which is above that of any one in recent years, except Coy, and the plunging of Freeman and Dunn. It is really...
...been used much of late because of a muscle bruise, but he will be in the line-up against Harvard, and will probably start the game. All six of the backs will probably get in, no matter which set starts the game, Chances seem to favor Spalding, Reilly and Andersen, for, with other things equal, seniors would be given the preference, and it is the last year for Andersen and Reilly, both of whom are in the Sheffield Scientific School...