Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1892 — The Finns. [ARTICLE]

The Finns.

The inhabitants of Finland aro strong and hardy, with bright, lutolligont faces, high cheek bones; yollow hair is common, but by no means tho rule, black oi dark brown boing frequently mot with in tho interior. Their morals and mannors aro excellent. Their tomper is universally mild, and when angry thoy keep silence. They are happy hearted, uffoctionute to one anothor, und honorable und honest in their dealings with strangers. They ure a oleanly people, being much given to the use of vapor baths. This trait is a consplouous note of their character from their earliest history to the present day. Often iu tho runos of the • 4 Kalovala” reference is mado to the cleansing and healing virtues of tho vapors of the heated bathroom. They are morally upright and have an honosty and simplicity of olmraoter totally foreign to that of the liusslan; they aro hospitable, faithful and submissive, with a keen sense of personal freedom und Independence, but they are also somewhat stolid and revengeful. Superstition flourishes among the Finns to a far greator extent than generally known,and often takes Its form in quaint legends.— [Chicago Tribuno.