the various Swedish societies of Chicago will hold a joint mammoth picnic in Gardner's Park on Sunday, August 24. The most elaborate preparations are being made to make this picnic an outstanding event in the history of Swedish people of Chicago, to which end the following societies are uniting their best efforts: Svithiod; Nordstjernan; Iduna; Svea; Kronan; Vega; Engelbrekt; Balder; Gustav Adolf II; and the Swedish Glee Club.

In this connection we will cite the report just made by the financial secretary of the Linne Memorial Fund Society. He states that a sum of not less than $1,376. has been made to the Society's treasury during the month of July and that the contributions up to and including July 31 totalled $12,463.81.