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THE NATIONAL f,l«.( KikAlM I IC MAOAZIN 



Angelico in his work, and next to Joachim 

 Skovgaard, in this genre, is his brother 

 Niels. The newest school of artists is 

 always in advance of last year's eccentrici- 

 ties. It tries "to go one better" than 

 Paris ! 



One of the most beautiful buildings in 

 Europe is the new Town Hall of Copen- 

 hagen, created by Martin Nyrop. It is a 

 worthy companion of that admirable 

 edifice, the Bourse, which dates from the 

 reign of Christian IV (see page I2l). 



DANISH ART IS NEVER COMMERCIALIZED 



The saving quality in Danish art is 

 that not even its minor productions are 

 commercialized. The royal Copenhagen 

 pottery, which would be popular in the 

 United States if our absurd tariff did not 

 make its cost almost prohibitive, is an 

 example of this. It developed from the 

 imitation of the Dresden china by the 

 makers of porcelain in Denmark, under 

 the patronage of Queen Juliana Maria in 

 the eighteenth century. It is unique, and 

 as beautiful and as true to nature as it 

 is unique. 



The best thing that I, as an amateur, 

 can say of Danish art, is that it is indi- 

 vidual, national, and, like Danish human- 

 ism and science, is never followed simply 

 with a view of gaining money. 



If I seem too enthusiastic as to the 

 spirit and the material of this little coun- 

 try, it is because I have lived there ; I am 

 not blind to its defects. I regret the de- 

 cline of the sturdy religious spirit of the 

 older days and of an increase in the laxity 

 of sex relations, which results from the 

 decay of Christianity and the growing 



tendency, not confined to Denmark, of 

 the new paganism. 



However, it' the Danes love Denmark, 



it is because their country and its institu- 

 tions are worths' <>t love. 



PRESEN' 



TREND oi* THE GOVERNMENT IS 

 TOWARD PATERNALISM 



It is only fair to add that the burden 



of taxation on the well-to-do in Denmark 

 is almost intolerable at present. The 

 legislation in favor of the laboring man 

 has in some instances resulted, as pater- 

 nalism in government generally results, 

 in making him feel that the state owes 

 him a living, whether he works or not. 



The late financial crisis in Denmark 

 was made more alarming by the lockout 

 of the employers in February. Strikes 

 followed, and during the winter over a 

 hundred thousand men were thrown out 

 of employment. The farmers suffered, 

 not only from the usual coldness of the 

 season — ice stopped navigation at Copen- 

 hagen and Esbjerg — bnt from the de- 

 termination of the dock laborers at the 

 seaports to impede exports until their 

 demands were complied with. In conse- 

 quence the banks have suffered. The 

 farmers took the matter in hand and did 

 the work of shipping their own exports. 



Economic readjustments have begun. 

 The lesson taught by the vagaries of the 

 radical government will have the effect 

 of teaching the Danish folk that consid- 

 eration must not be shown for the work- 

 ingman only. If capital is taxed above 

 its earning capacity for his apparent 

 benefit, it ceases, to his detriment, to 

 function normally. But the Danes are 

 quick at learning by experiments. 



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