Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-29
Moscow Street Scenes.

A picturesque view Of the street popula-
tion OF Moscow is given in the following
sketch -
Neither cathedral nor bazaar. nor hos
ptal has more charms for the stranger than
the outdoor life of the city. The streets
are of varying width crooked, paved with
sharp, finty stones. and lined with build
ings Of every style eofarchitecture. Church
es, palaces, and the pink or yellow white
washed cottages Of peasants are jumbled
together, and from whatever point you
look, scme picturesque group OF domes and
towers delights the eve, or perhaps down
the vista you catch glimpse Of the hrem-
lin wall
Through these avenues poursthe varied
population. Princes pass in their swift car
RACES, and perhaps the Metropolitan, hid
den in his stately coach drawn by sleek.
black horses of noble breed: merchants
dash by in their droskies-men, 1t may be.
of enormous wealth, and whose transac-
tions are now with Paris and now with,
Pekin; drsys and country carts lumber
along, driven by peasants with wide blou-
ses tucked into high boots. or tied with
strinc-their feet incased in shoes made OF
plated reeds or'strips Of limetree bar&-a
blouse, like shirt OF pink calico why. with
their tiorid .aces. they should choose pink.
Icannot understand. } over the trowers. con-
fined at the waist by sash or belt OF
H. - in INT nE
noon, wrapper of shsepskin reaching be-
low the knees-while often there is no COW
ering for the head but the yellow. matted
hair. hound with fllet and falling low on
the shoulders as the full beard falls on the
breast.
In the open spaces stand the coachmen
with their vehicles wa ting to b. hired
dressed in low. broad crowned. black hats
cafans Of dark cloth fitting close :bout the
neck. but without collar; padded at the
hips, double in front, and fastened under
the eft arm with six metal ba:tons: while
their thick. white gloves, when not in use.
are secured bv the thumbs TO their girdles.
Men carry about buckets filled with salted
cucumbers. sell NJ them one By one to the
peasant crowd as a el;sh for their black
bread. which they eat as they go. At the
churches and the street shriaes Of the V;r-
gin. pass.rs by make the sign o. the cross,
AMI even pro trnte thems 2lves In their
reverence. Nurses appear clad in the RCs.
sian nationa' costune-a white uniergar-
ment, rather low in the neck, with full,
short sleeves o dark skirt; gathered into
q band Just above the bosom. and sus-
pended by straps over the shoulders, and
a belt above the waist, from which de-
pends a long, white apron. Earrings anil
q neck ace Of bea "a are worn. and OH tho
head high, turban Ike cap OF some brig!:t
color.
This striking but rather formless attire
seems now to be given over to nurses and
court ladies' for state occasions. when the
head-dress b,a es with Jewels Merchants
clerks. when not busy, may .be seen sitting
in the shoopdoors playing CHESS or dom-
noes, and perhaps holding a pet cat the
while. Loads of birch wood 60 by. sod at
= twenty rubles a cord-a lar % sum for the
peasants but little wood lasts them long,
as their BRICK ovens are not allowed to
cool, ani air is excluded. Soldiers, cons i
GUS and unbending in their uniform. are
always in view. and the dark faces of Clip
sizes, Tartars. Pers;ans and Jews are plea.
SAINT relief after the fair monopoly of tie
average Russians Why is it that men of
the Slavonic family are so mu Ii comelier
than the women: Handsome men abo md,
and doubtless there are lovely. graceful
women here, though they are rarely Wis.
ible in church, or stree, or bazaar.