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...been nearest to the font of Swedish chivalry. The exalted prisoner, Baron Nils Stiernstedt, proved touchy. When his captors tried to question him he had a magnificent nervous breakdown. Swedish papers were so scared of the story that Swedes had to dig most details out of Danish papers...
Apparently the Baron, Chancellor of the Royal Masters Orders, had made a good thing out of orders turned back to the Swedish Crown by meticulous relatives after the demise of Swedish knights. Causing these golden gauds to be melted up, the Chancellor, according to Danish reporters, kept the gold himself, converted it into cash, and bought stock in a highly speculative firm engaged in the manufacture of Swedish skin food, lipsticks and eyebrow pencils...
...lumber and cement. Instead, he put witnesses on the stand, questioned them and then, without a jury, found the employe guilty and fined him $200, saying, "You have become a Judas and Benedict Arnold to your country." This procedure was, according to the Department of Justice, proper under Danish...
...Eskimo feast) in her legation at Copenhagen. Eighty guests, chosen for their interest in Greenland, dined on Eskimo food to the music of Eskimo accordions, reclined on Eskimo brixes, called each other by Eskimo names. Chief guest, addressed as Ipatuklivak (Mightily- Bearded-God), was Greenland's most jealous Danish protector, strapping, bushy Premier Thorvald Stauning. After dinner Madam Minister Owen, called Inunguak (Dear-Little-Woman), played records which she made in Greenland last summer...
...possessions and be capable of original research and independent study. They may concentrate in humanistic, technical, or scientific subjects and must submit definite plans of study. It is desirable that they be college graduates and familiar with at least one language in addition to English, preferably Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian...