The Mail-Journal, Volume 12, Number 36, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 October 1975 — Page 7

SCANDINAVIA — Sixth In A Series

Tivoli Gardens keeps city of Copenhagen young at heart

By DELLA AND ARCH BAUMGARTNER COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Monday. Sept, 15 — The ride was a little rough. t but certainly different from anything we had so far on this Scandinavian tour. It was a 36-minute hydrofoil ride from Malmo. Sweden, to Copenhagen, Denmark, across a small slither of water, but to a different country and different culture For us it was our second hydrofoil ride, the other being in February 1973 from Sydney. Australia, to a suburban town called Manly where the bathing beach was super Visit Two More Papers Visiting newspaper plants has been “our thing” on this 23-day trip with National Newspaper Association journalists We visited two more in Malmo. Sweden. Saturday morning prior to leaving for the hydrofoil ride to Copenhagen. The first was Arbetet which has two editions, an evening edition with a circulation of 115,000. and a morning edition, called Aftenbladet, made up of three separate editions of a press run of 50,000 each The unique thing about this plant was that it is the largest offset press in Europe. The papers are printed on a 10-umt Goss Metro press, the biggest press Goss manufacturers We were told the press was manufactured in England under Goss patent rights The press has five color decks and pnnts 64 broadsheet pages at 60 thousand per hour. The same company. Goss, manufactured the press we have at Milford on which we print The Mail-Journal We were told the press cost $24 million, and it was something to see both the rtiorning and evening papers coming off the press at the same time, being delivered to a mailing room where all bun dljng was done by computerization. We came away shaking our heads, thinking, as someone pointed out. “if they can do this, it looks like anything can be done by machinery ’’ The second paper we visited at Malmo was the Sydsvenska Dagbladet, a morning edition of 120.000 circulation, which also pnnts an afternoon tabloid, the Aftonbladet, with a circulation of 120.000-plus, all counter or street corner sales Our guide told us these two papers were considered fifth and sixth in Sweden. Their huge Goss letterpresses run at 40,000 per hour Their composing room is being con verted to offset at a coat of $24 million US dollars, and they hope to install an offset press, much like their competition s, next year sometime After we visited the physical plant of the second paper, we were taken to the executive suite on the 15th floor of this new building where a press conference was held More sherry. We were struck by the fact that the Swedes value competition so highly that a six per cent tax is levied on all newspaper ad vertising, the revenues used to subsidize all newspapers other than the number I paper Sub sidies are based on newspaper circulation This plan could have its drawbacks

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Visit Tivoli Twice We had occasion to visit the famous Tivoli Gardens here in Copenhagen twice It isn’t fair to say everyone has heard of Tivoli, a fair)-tale garden in the center of Copenhagen. We had. but were surprised in what we saw when we visited there the first time Saturday night. We went to Tivoli again last night (Sunday) with Eileen Kay Vandermark of Leesburg, now a Copenhagen resident, but more on her later. Last night was the final night of the season for Tivoli, and at midnight they had an elaborate 15-mmutes erf fireworks that was incomparable. Since these unique Tivoli Gardens were opened in 1843. an estimated 200 million visitors have passed through its turnstyles We entered, paying a nominal fee, and were immediately taken by a fully uniformed band made up of young and old musicians, a tastefully bridled horse with uniformed nder in the center of the band The march music made one want to get in step and follow along. Pied Piper-style. Once inside, so much is free, but one can eat in any of 20 different places, from elegance to beer hall type. One can wander leisurely through the labyrin-

thine alleys between the trees, fountains and flowers in their 10s of thousands. Bright, colored lights are everywhere, and a multi-storied pagoda is in the center of a small park, festooned with hundreds of lights Tivoli is a real-life fairyland for young and old alike. One can attend a symphony concert, watch the performances of the Pantomime Theater, with its rich repertoire of traditional artists, and the pipes and drums of Tivoli’s own Guards large orchestra. Three nights a week, at midnight, there is an elaborate fireworks While we missed it Saturday night, due to the rain and rather cool weather, we did see it last night and were awed. We had dinner with Tom and Marcie Milk of Fredericks. Md., Saturday night, and walked the grounds of this 40-odd acre tract with the delight of kids. Our dinner was in the very posh Divan No. 1. Meet Eileen Vandermark When we left home we had the address erf Eileen Kay Vandermark, daughter of Mrs Hope Vandermark of Leesburg, and we had planned all along to call her when we arrived here. Eileen is a 1962 Leesburg high school graduate and a graduate from the very excellent Indiana university school of music.

After college, she studied organ music in New York, and finally sought out Copenhagen where the big organs are to be found in churches and elsewhere She plays in a Lutheran state church here and teaches at the conservatory and gives private lessons. We had Eileen and her handsome young friend, Dan Erickson, over to join us for a party with our group earlier last evening Later we had dinner w'ith this handsome young couple, then went to the Tivoli where we had a delightful evening. The group party mentioned above was a periodic social event for our weary’ travelers, and, as a flight of levity, a proclamation signed by all members was read to Kay and Frank Pfeiffer who are making their 21st NNA overseas trip. This afternoon, Monday, several of us were walking down Stroget street (Walking Street), where there are no automobiles allowed. Literally tens of thousands of shoppers jammed the street. And, wouldn’t you know it, we ran into Eileen Vandermark. She joined us for Danish pastry and coffee, and for a shopping spree that should result in an added attraction to our kitchen table. We hated to leave her. Tour The City We made a scheduled tour of the city of Copenhagen Sunday morning with our new guide Grete Henius. She informed us there are five million people in Denmark. 600,000 of them living in Copenhagen. While Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, it is located on the island of Sjalland. There are 500 islands around Denmark, which is bordered on the south by Germany. Like Norway and Sweden, Denmark was occupied for four years by the German Nazis during World War 11. It is a constitutional monarchy like its sister countries and has social programs much like theirs. One can retire on social security at 67 years of age, Grete told us. Their equivalent to our school system is composed of nine grades, plus three upper grades before college. After the first nine grades, a student can enter a trade school, something on the order of vocational education now being used in American high schools. If one qualifies for college training, on the other hand, he can receive free college training. It rained during most of the morning tour, but we did manage to see much of the city, including the Queen’s residence. We took a lot of pictures. The US Embassy and Russian Embassy are just around the corner from one another, our guide pointed out, “making it easy for spies and pickets." She took us to Grundtvig, a state Lutheran church. It took 10 masons 19 years to lay the 10 million bricks that make up this magnificent edifice. We were told that a beginning minister, paid by the state, commands about $20,000, and graduates to about $30,000 When he gets a large church, with a number of ministers under him, Grete said, he might get $40,000 She said only three per cent of the total Danish population attends church. If one does not want to belong, he is not taxed for its support, but he is also not entitled to its use for such rites as weddings, baptismate. funerals, etc Grete told us Denmark has a high rate of suicides, but she accounted this by stating all records are explicit. “A suicide is reported as a suicide," she said, “and not covered up as is done in so many countries. "

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Divorces are about the same in Denmark as in other countries, she said, adding that here young people live together three or four years without benefit of clergy “to be absolutely sure they are meant for one another." There are no slums or ghettos as we know them, no areas where anyone would not want to live other than for reasons of being crowded or too far from work, or reasons of this nature. There is a 15 per cent sales tax, which will soon be cut by five cents to stimulate retail business. We noted on the menu at the Tivoli last night that a 15 per cent sales tax and a 15 per cent ser-

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vice charge were added to the cost of our meals. We’re continuing to find things expensive in Denmark, tho, this being due to their socialized programs and to the devaluation of the American dollar. It was raining hard as our bus stopped so we could see and photograph the Little Mermaid at Langelinie, the sea entrance to Copenhagen, a kind of symbol of the country. The small, unpretentious statue appears to be an expression of something out of a fairy tale — and rightly so. The Little Mermaid is a child of Hans

BELLA CENTER — Copenhagen's new trade center which opened in mid-September. Denmark’s McCormick Place, hopes to attract International Trade Shows.

Christian Andersen’s genius. Tour Beriingske Tidende Another newspaper plant was on our tour schedule this morning, Monday, Sept. 15 — the Beriingske Tidende, the oldest newspaper in the world under the continuous ownership of one family and easily one of the largest papers in Europe The plant, still letterpress, printing on Swiss-manufactured Wifag presses, prints a number of publications for distribution in Denmark, but considers the Beriingske Tidende its flagship paper. It is edited and printed in old downtown buildings, and there is no consideration given to a new building. Thev have 25 printing units and

five offset units, and hope to be completely offset in another year. Using Finish newsprint, the paper has a beer-drinking staff of 3,400. In the plant, there were cases of beer around, and employees drank low-alcohol beer during working hours. “If we try to stop this we would have all kinds of labor problems." we were told. The Berlingske Tidende has a circulation of 125,000 daily, and 250,000 on Sunday. The last Sunday paper they showed us had 104 pages. Printers work a 30hour week. In our briefing session, we were told the owners of the paper have signed a contract with the employees, giving employees full autonomy in operating the paper. Later in the day we toured an Urban Planning social welfare center, one of the most modem in northern Europe, with kindergarten, home for senior citizens and a special hobby center. Such centers replace slums, we were told The average rent is $230 per month, including heat, but it can be lowered if an occupant does

not make sufficient salary. It accommodates 1,350 families or about 5,000 people. We were told it costs SIO,OOO per year for each child in the center paid by the state while mothers work. This didn’t make sense to us but essentially we were listening and not trying to analyze their system. Overall, it was an attractive complex, the apartments clean and the grounds were well taken care of. It can’t be all bad, since there are no slums in Copenhagen.

Bella Center Bella Center, our next stop, is considered the most modern meeting and exhibition complex in northern Europe One could call it Denmark’s McCormick Place We were given a briefing and shown a brief TV skit of the center and how it operates. Four trade organizations spearheaded the building of the complex in the hopes of attracting world trade shows to Denmark. It has its own television production company Cost: S2B million US dollars. That made the official day for most, but we had to walk the full length of Walking Street and see the shops. No cars are allowed on this street, and people jam it from store front to store front. One can safely say there were 10s of thousands of shoppers out — and they seemed to be buying, too. The street had a fair share of porno shops, but from what we could see their customers were tourists in the main. In the evening 14 of our group attended the ballet Napoli in the opera house. Without doubt it was expertly done, but we found ourselves with a lot to learn about ballet. The applause was deafening and the curtain calls numerous. Tomorrow eight members of our party fly from Copenhagen to London, then home. The rest of us are scheduled to leave at 8 a.m. for Brussels, Belgium, where we will have lunch at NATO headquarters

Wed., Oct 1,1975 — THE MAIL-JOURNAL

THE FERRY INN

Last night at Tivoli Gardens

The last night for Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen for the current season was Sunday, Sept. 14 — and we helped close it. We were not sure what the last night at Tivoli, the fairy-like spot that keeps Copenhagen young at heart, was like all nights — but we can assure you it was a humdinger, jumping at least at the little beer hall we visited. The beer hall was called The Ferry Inn, situated on the water’s edge of a small lake. Our guide. Gerd, who was in our small party for the evening, insisted we go there. “Everyone does.” she assured us. The hall was small, crowded, hot and noisy — all these things and more! An American fire marshal would take one look and start pulling his hair out. Several hundred loud beer drinkers crowded, shoulder to shoulder, into this small room. Aside from roughhewn benches and tables, there was a short bar where a matronly bartender who pulled the long lever bringing forth the foaming beer into huge beer mugs in one continuous action. Did you ever see a singing barmaid, banging out lyrics at the top of her voice, and doing her job at the same time? Well, we did. Other than the bar, there was a seedy piano player at a small piano, microphone extended in front of his off-key mouth. His discordant banging away went unnoticed by arm-in-arm patrons, some of whom appeared overly affectionate. The least little comment called for another lifting of the glasses in a friendly “salut." Our party of seven ended up in

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the corner of the room, sitting on three-legged milk stools. And here came the short-skirted waitresses, carrying six frothy glasses of beer in each hand, agily stepping between chairs and around overly-amorous customers. Our group joined into the singing, none aside from Gerd knowing a word of Danish. It was fun. We noticed several customers pinned with their backs to the wall, climbing up over the tables to get out. There was no other way. It all reminded us of a scene from the movie. “The Vikings.” As we sat taking it all in, two Danes came up to Eileen Vandermark and Dan Erickson, who accompanied us, and Eileen introduced us as “friends from America.” To add frosting to the cake, we told them we were Eileen’s parents. “Ah." they said, “we only know two American songs and we shall sing them for you.” What were they again? “Stars and Stripes” and “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” or something like that. Their loud, off-key rendition was interrupted not in the least by everybody around us singing an entirely different song Finally, before closing so everyone could leave and see the fireworks, a paper was passed out with the words of three songs printed on them. Everyone stood on his chair for this final singalong, arms intertwined. We followed suit. Then, almost quietly, everyone filed out, and the hub-bub took on an almost mouse-like quietness compared to the singing we had just witnessed. We could only wonder how they were going to top that at the closing of Tivoli next year.

operates 211 drug stores in 104 Indiana communities and is celebrating its 75th anniversary. One-car crash injures two Two Syracuse young people sustained injuries in'a one-car crash about three miles south of Syracuse on Indiana 13 at 10:55 Saturday evening. Taken to Goshen hospital by the emergency medical team at Syracuse were Cathy Holmes, 17, r 4 Syracuse, and Carl Hepler, Jr., 20, r 4 Syracuse. Hepler, driver of a 1969 Chevrolet, reportedly suffered severe stomach pains causing him to lose control of the vehicle, run from the roadway and strike a building. Miss Holmes sustained a bruise to the right leg and right side of the chest. County officers investigated the accident, however, no further details were available from the report at press time. Vehicles collide near Ridinger Lake No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle collision Saturday morning at the intersection of Ridinger Lake road and county road 200N involving a North Webster driver and one from Mishawaka. Drivers were Donald H. Gest, 28, of r 1 North Webster with $450 damage to his car, and James S. Jones. 48, Mishawaka. Jones had . S4OO damage and was ticketed by state officers for failure to yield the right of way.

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