Foreign Language Press Service

Emil Egeland, one of the strongest Norwegian wrestlers in America, has challenged Ernest Jacobsen to a match. The bout will take place in Scandia Hall some time next week.

There is going to be a bowling match between two Norwegian clubs: "Norwegian Turner Club" and the "Norwegian Bowling Club" in Hansen's alley at Kedzie and Cortland Streets.

A new Danish society, Minerva, was founded on March 11. Its aim is to cultivate singing, gymnastics, and drama. It will meet at Lytthans' Hall, 423 Milwaukee Avenue. At the first meeting eighteen joined, mostly young people from Harmonien and Dania. Viggo Rasmussen is president, and Fred H. R

A new Danish society, Minerva, was founded on March 11. Its aim is to cultivate singing, gymnastics, and drama. It will meet at Lytthans' Hall, 423 Milwaukee Avenue. At the first meeting eighteen joined, mostly young people from Harmonien and Dania. Viggo Rasmussen is president, and Fred H. R

"The Cod-Heads Club" held a big meeting at A. Mathiesen's Hotel. The members are all prominent Norwegians who love fish and a good game of cards.

Out in the healthful and speedily growing suburb of Summerdale, situated directly north of the older suburb, Ravenswood, a number of our diligent and prudent compatriots have settled. As to church membership, the great majority of them probably are Lutherans, although a few Methodists and Mis

The Norwegian Singing Society had its first "Tivoli Night" last Thursday night with a full house. The singers in America sing better than any singing society in Norway. They showed St. Peterburg at night, the yellow house, the yellow fair and the city of Moscow. The Turner club Slei

The Norwegian outing club, Thor, will have a picnic at Brand's Park at Elston Ave. on Saturday, July 9th. The Athletic club, Sleipner, and the Norwegian Glee Club will assist. Ed. Hansen is the president, Carl J. Becker, secretary, Peter Backer, cashier and John A. Wold the foreman of the arr

Yesterday evening, a banquet in honor of the German Turner Section to the Olympian contest in St. Louis, was given at the Hall of the Turner Club "Vorwaerts" in participation of all Turner Clubs of this City. Mr. August Winger offered a hearty welcome to the guests and especially to the Germa

A special train of the Wabash Railroad carried our Sokols to the world's fair city, St. Louis, yesterday. The train left the depot at Polk and Dearborn streets at 11:00 o'clock last night. In addition to the travelers, many of their friends and acquaintances came to the depot to see them off.

p. 2- Initiated and sponsored by Mr. N. Protopapas, the Greek Athletic Club of Chicago has been founded. Eighty-five members have already been enrolled. At the next meeting officers will be elected and installed. Mr. Protopapas, who holds the record for lifting, is an athlete of gre

The Polish Sokol of the White Eagle at St. Stanislaus parish has organized for the coming season a football team consisting only of members of the Sokol. The captain is Francis Jedzejek; and manager August Kowalski. The first contest will take place Sunday at 2:30 P. M. against the

Mr. Jere Delaney, trainer of football players at Northwestern University, declares that the student players suffer from an ailment which is akin to softening of the brain, which manifests itself in the victim in peculiar and often ridiculous actions. "It is known", says Delaney, "that every f

The Theodore Kosciuszko Society of Polish Sons in St. Stanislaus parish had their yearly meeting in the school auditorium, and elected new officer for the coming year Wal. Guszak, president; Vincent Fenczar, vice-president, Woje. Micek, cashier; Wej. Kloch, recording secretary; Martin Kusek,

The tendency toward the establishment of a universal organization embracing all Polish youth in America was first observed about the year 1890. A small group of young people gathered in the Patriotic-Scientific Association in Chicago was trying at that time to make closer contacts with divers

p. 201. Norwegian National League... a federation of Norwegian organizations, non-sectarian and non-political, formed 1899. Twenty-nine societies and organizations support this League. p. 203. Nordmaendenes Sangforening (singing society) founded 1870. In 1883 it added sick

A Norwegian entry was received yesterday for the Illinois Athletic Club's meet at the Coliseum next month. Lief J. Widnaes of the Christiania Athletic Association is the entrant. Widnaes will represent the Illinois Athletic Club, and his specialty is the broad jump and middle distan

P.1--Whatever else man may be, he belongs primarily to the animal kingdom. As the flower from its root in the soil develops and unfolds all its beauty and fills the atmosphere with its fragrance, so do all the intelligence of man and his moral and intellectual accomplishments depend upon his

P.3--As it was anticipated, the young Greek wrestler of our city, Basil Demetrelis, won the $300 prize by flooring the Canadian champion, McDonald, in two straight falls. Demetrelis is scheduled next week to meet another Britisher who holds the championship of the Eastern States, an

P.4--Not less than ten thousand enthusiastic compatriots of ours gathered in the Coliseum last Sunday. We say, ten thousand! So large a number of Czechs and Slovaks had never before, in this city, been gathered under one roof. It was demonstrated that we can accomplish much--if we onl