Choir Tour of Finland Diary Entry - by Linnea Gord, Piano Accompanist

14th, 1930 - HELSINGFORS, FINLAND   JUNE

We all took advantage of our holiday by sleeping late.  Then we washed clothes and hung them about the room to dry.  At twelve we had lunch at Kappellet and from there we were taken to a museum to while the time away.  At 3:30 we were taken by boat to Sveaborg, the fort.  We went directly to Ehrensvards' grave, where we stayed about an hour, listening to a long speech by some man.  We then walked over the whole island and saw the various cannons and outlooks, picked flowers and went through all sorts of dark tunnels. We were not allowed to take pictures.

Back in Helsingfors again, we went to dinner and then to the station to see Somppis, Mr. Frederickson, Mr. Goldman and Werner Aura off.  They all took the train for Vasa, so we won't see them again until we come there.  We spent the evening at a theater.  We saw Lon Chaney in "Laugh, Clown, Laugh".  It was pretty good--not talking, of course.  The words were in Swedish and Finnish.  Skratt, Pajassa!