The Birthday of the Flower-King, Carl Von Linne', (210th) was celebrated last Sunday at the Lincoln Statue in Lincoln Park. A large gathering also met at Svithoid's Club. A great crowd of people were at Lincoln Park too. The songs were sung chiefly in the Swedish language, but several Norwegian numbers were given too with much feeling.

The Statue of the Children's Fairy Tale writer Hans Christian Anderson is near the Lincoln Monument.

The memorial speech was given by Attorney Carl R. Chindblom who employed the significance of the memorial as far as Swedish-Americans are concerned. "Hor oss Svea" (Hear us Svea) was particularly impressive. About two-hundred attended the buffet supper given in the Svithiod Club. John E. Ericson was master of 2ceremonies. Charles S. Peterson presented the Swedish singers with a beautiful photograph of the Robert Lindblom High School. The festivities ended with the singing of America, and, a lively hurrah, for the Swedish Singing Club.