DENMARK AND THE DANES 



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, . Photograph from Emil Opffer 



AN OLD CHATEAU AT NYBORG, ON THE ISLAND OF EUNEN 



Odense, the capital of the island, was the home of Hans Christian Andersen, and the 

 house in which he was born is now filled with memorials of this famous creator of fairy 

 lands and people. 



of this lack of prudence, it is true ; but, as 

 a rule, the system seems to have worked 

 well, and if it continues to do as well, 

 the majority of the agricultural Danes — 

 the vast majority — will soon be masters 

 of their own soil. 



IN DENMARK NEARLY EVERY MAN WORKS 

 HIS OWN FARM 



The habit of farming land on shares, 

 which we find in some of the Southern 

 States, where an enterprising colored man 



often becomes the arbiter of the white 

 owner's destiny, does not obtain in Den- 

 mark. Every man works his own farm. 

 In the summer months, however, over 

 20,000 Galicians and other immigrants 

 come into Denmark to dig the beet root 

 and to do other jobs which the Danish 

 farmer prefers not to do. The large- 

 estate owners are obliged every year to 

 provide facilities for these alien laborers, 

 who go home in the autumn quite content 

 with the result of their work. 



