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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#16 - SWEDEN
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
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Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
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| SWEDEN. |
| THE
Swedes who are the progeny of the
Berserkers and Vikings of the
Middle Ages, are a very
attractive people whose courage
is of the highest. From these
ancestors they also acquire noble
statures, hardy natures, simple
habits and great faith in
humanity. They are peaceable,
frugal and industrious. Their
tastes are simple and their
enjoyment keen. It may well be
inferred that they are great
lovers of sport, and their games
and pastimes are usually healthy
and hilarious. |
| Nations
which are more favored by nature
have longer summers, and may pass
more of their time outdoors. But
none of these enter with more
zest into al fresco
life. When the melting snows of
winter have gone, and verdure is
once more upon the trees and the
sward may again be reclined upon,
how these people arise and invest
their groves. A May-pole is
erected, and all the joyous
festivities it may inspire are
indulged in. On the grass the
repast is spread, and all help
themselves to the bounteous
feast. With music and song the
hours trip lightly by, and only
the advent of night ends the
joyous occasion. |
| The
waterways of Sweden, its bays and
rivers and fjords are peopled in
the summer-time with small craft.
All of the men row well, and love
to treat their dear ones to a
water ride. One can well imagine
what melody floats across the
dancing waters, welling from the
happy hearts and full throats of
these merry-makers. |
| Sports
upon the ice are of course
universal. There is nothing that
other nations have invented and
found enjoyable upon the frozen
waters which the Swedes have not
adopted. Sleighing, coasting,
ice-boating tobogganing and
sliding, are all practised in
this land where the ice is safe
fully six months of the year. In
skating especially, the Swedes
are wonderfully proficient. |
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