1936 On the Continent

Don’t forget to choose your souvenir at the Permanent, Vesterport. Amongst porcelain see the new “Jern” (iron) porcelain that they say maids cannot chip! The tiles, too, and beautiful stoneware by well-known artists. For more Danish needlework see the Kunstindustrimuseum (Art Industry) in Bredgade.
    Hair-dressing is good at the big stores—Illum with an Elizabeth Arden salon, Fonnesbech, etc., also at Breining, Wolfke very up to date in Østergade. Prices: Hair cut (short), 2 kr.; permanent wave from 25 kr.; shampoo, cut, wave, 5.75 kr.
    The big stores have mannequin parades, tea, etc. The Queen they say goes to Illum and Fonnesbech.
    Tea and dancing are smart in winter at D’Angleterre, 3 to 5 p.m. In summer go to Langelinie Yacht Pavilion or Bellevue near the Deer Park (Dyrehave), outside town. You may notice ladies smoking little cigars, “Cerutter.”They are considered healthier than cigarettes but are a decidedly acquired taste.
    The Ladies’ Club is Kvindelig Laeseforeningen, Gammel Mønt 1, with library, winter meetings, but not so much social life as in English clubs. In June 1936 an entire building is to be opened only for women, with hotel, restaurant, clubs, etc., at 8 Niels Hemmingsensgade, near Amagertorv.
    Educated women wishing to stay cheaply for some months in Denmark can well advertise for a post “au pair” to teach English in a good Danish family (see Section VI). Kvindelig Laeseforeningen can be helpful here. But you stand little chance of engagement unless you are on the spot. So visit the country first, say, in spring, to fix up for summer or autumn. Danes are hospitable, and the right person in the right family gets treated as generously, I think, as anywhere in the world.
Danish Recipes
A EBLEKAGE (apple cake).
    One teacupful of breadcrumbs (be sure to have enough), equal amount of sugar browned a little in frying-pan with a very little margarine. Keep turning with flatbladed knife, or sugar will burn, about three minutes. Have ready 1 lb. apples (peeled and cored), cooked to a pulp, very dry. Spread on a dish a thin layer of the breadcrumbs. On this place the apple, which must be dry, then a layer of strawberry jam; then more apple; then breadcrumbs; whipped cream and pieces of jelly to decorate top.
R ASPBERRY S AFT (also used with rhubarb or currants).
    To each pound of mashed raspberries add half a pint of water. Boil half an hour. Strain through hair sieve. To every quart of juice allow 1 lb. sugar. Bring slowly to the boil. Skim. When cold put into bottles.
R ØDGRØD.
    Use above raspberries left from the saft with half the amount of water to their weight. Boil. Strain. Sweeten (just under a quart to a cup of sugar). To just under a quart of juice (1 litre), allow two tablespoons of cornflourpreviously moistened with a little water. Stir into hot liquid and when slightly cooled pour into glass dishes. N.B.—Place wet cloth under dishes to prevent cracking.
XII—COST OF LIVING
    Cost of living is cheaper than in England. Copenhagen’s best hotel has an “en pension” charge of from 24 kr. per day, inclusive of everything except afternoon tea; boarding-houses from about 130 kr. per month.
    Amusements, professional services, doctors, etc.—much cheaper than in England. The best restaurants rather cheaper. Ready-made clothing dearer.
    Railway fares vary according to distance but work out at less than 1d. the mile general class. 25 per cent. reduction on return fares.
Currency
    1 krone equals 100 øre.
    5 kroner, 10 kroner, 50 kroner, 100 kroner, and 500 kroner notes.
    1 and 2 kroner and lesser amounts are in coin.

SWEDEN
by
INGA NORBERG
    TABLE OF CONTENTS

SWEDEN
Introduction
    N IGHTS that are nothing but an ethereal transition from evening twilight to the first rosy glow of morning. Those are the “White Nights” of Sweden—that enchanting country in the north, where, for six weeks round midsummer, you can see the luminous disc of the Midnight Sun travelling along the endless line of mountain ranges. That is, if you go to Lapland, the most northern province of Sweden, stretching for miles and miles beyond the Arctic Circle.
    But what do you
really
know about Sweden? You must have heard about the City Hall of Stockholm, one of the most famous examples of modern architecture, and a brilliant expression of the Swedish artistic genius of to-day. You didn’t know, however, that the Central Provinces, and even more so, Scania, the most southern province of Sweden, are