Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-04-16

to keep up a large starding army at a
comparatively small expense.
AS preliminary to dinners they have
what they call sdcc0sski, which means
literally "a little something TO eat before
you begin Then follow succinct de.
scriptions of different national dishes.
Mr.. Jewell said society Is rlgidly divid.
cd Into castles or grades, and there Is very
little chance for those OF the lower to
rise into higher one. Only three per.
sons who have ever engaged in trade arc
invited to the palace, and they are
wealthy bankers. 1t is n rule for gentle.
men to bow first TO ladies upon meeting
them. Ignorance of this caused me
some embarrassment.
The servants are very docile, but each
will do only one kind Of work. The fel.
low who washes windows will not bring
up wood. Therefore, it is impossible to
keep house without large establishments.
Mrs Jewell, on going TO housekeeping,
provided comfortable beds for all the
servants, but the housekeeper in short
time called for more. On investigation,
IL was found that the nujecks despsing
such luxuries, had sold them off and
were sleeping on the floor, as was their
wont. The only time the servants take
oil their boots is once fortnight to
grease their feet. The lower classes are
very fond of their native liquor, Uoeski,
but unlike whisky, it does not make
them bel!igerent, but more goodnatured
So that the drunker they are the more
affectionate, and, sallying into the street,
they fall to hugging and kissing the first
man or woman they meet-their own
wives or somebody else's. | never saw
a fhtnfr nsv LII =.
Russia"
One great obstacle to the material
prosperity of the country is the religion
which everyone knows is that of the
Greek Church. This has Sirty.four fete
or holy days in the year on which no man
can work As hey usually get drunk,
however, which takes them at least hall
day to get over, they have only four
and half working days in the week.
Hence the productive capacity is about
20 per cent. less there than in England
or here; and Russia can never compete
| successfully with either country in man
ufaCtures so long as this state of affairs
continues.
No lady can safely walk out unat.
tended in daytime, and it is not consid-
cred proper for young lady to go with
out either her father, mother or escort
But his daughters were not disposed to
submit to such straitlaced ideas, but
used to 90 out sightseeing or shopping
alone, as at home. Being Americans,
any amount of independence would be
tolerated; the people only held up their
hands in amazement and let them pass
unmolested. At balls, when a gentle
man dances with young lady. instead
of being allowed to lead her to seat
and indulge in that chat which forms
one Of the chief attractions of our ball
rooms, he is compelled to relinquish her
hand, and she betakes herself immedi-
ately to her mothers side "to recover"
as an English sportsman would say, while
the beauX stand wistfully gazing from
across the room.
Most of the marriages take place i'm.
mediately after Lent. There is no such
thing as divorce known in the Greek
Church, for high or low. Mr.. Jewell here
gave some very interesting facts con
cerning the Government and the relation
of the governed and the governors, with
few remarks upon the Emperor, of
whom he said: "The Emperor is man
OF very progressive ideas. He is also
very humane, and, if when walking in
the summer-garden (so-called apparently
because it is never used in summer), q
woman can throw herself in his way and
petition him to pardon some convicted
relative, she is pretty sure to gain her
cause, for he finds it very hard to resist
woman's prayer"
Mr.. Jewell thinks the regard the
Russians entertain for us is based upon
the fact that we never antagonize, and
as there is no prospect of rivalry with
this vast, fertile Empire he thinks the
friendship will be permanent.
In conclusion, Mr.. Jewell said st.
Petersburg is very good place in winter
for those who have the eRtree to all that
Is going on socially, but to one who has
not il is pretty dull. Thoro 0ro lectures
no concerts or anything of the kind, no
halls TO hold them in if they wished.
There are a few literary societies in
which limited number of questions are
discussed. There are no public opinions,
and the papers do not discuss the public
affairs of Russia, though they may the
war in Ashantee or Arkansas. There
are no schools, no churches, as we know
them, and there is nothing gregarious
about their religion leading to pleasant
intercourse as with us. There is no
middle class; everybody either lives like
"A prince or works like aslave.
Then, with a few graceful congratula-
tions that we are American and not Rus
sian, Mr.. Jewell closed his very interest
ing sketch