Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-18
OLD ANOTHER MOSCOW
Affection with Which che City is Us.
 gartled by the Russiuu Peasantry.

Affection with Which che City is Us.
 garded by the Russinu Peasantry.
 In the zealo,,s talk and rising enthusi- asm of the peasants one may gather whole philosophy of the affectionate in. terest with which Moscow is regarded by the people, Russia has a urique Etera- ture-partly in prose, partly m rhyme of the popular sayings about Moscow. and these the travelling agriculturisn love to repeat iii sort of patriotic con- petition. and with view of determining which can recall the largest nuI. ber. Some of these sayings relate to MeAcow as city, such aS Moscow was not built at once; it took ages to build Moscow" Moscow was created by the ages; St. Petersburg by millions;" "AIos- shepherds to one sheep;" Moscow, mother of all cities;" "Humpbacked Moscow, built upon hills;" "Who in Moscow ne'er has been, he a beauty ne'er has seen;'' and Moscow, white stoned, golden doned, hospitable. ortho- dox, loquacious, tsar loving" Others describe Moscow as an ecclesiastical cen- ter: ''In Moscow there are forty times forty churches;" "In Moscow every day is holiday;" ''Moscow matin- chimes may be heard on the vologda."
 Among the general allusions are: "Live, live, children, until you have seen Moscow" "It is high in the terem. but far to Moscow" "There is plenty of room in Moscow" Moscow is not suburb;" ''It is refreshing to live on the Don; it is gay to live in Moscow;" Moscow is not obliged to initiate, follow. he led or influenced by the star, but the tsar must be led by Moscow" ITO taste bread and salt in Moscow is like listen- ing to sweet music;" Moscow is re- nowned for its virgins, it's bells and ita bread rolls;" 'sThere is never a bad har.. vest of bread in Moscow" "Moscow mud does not soil;" "ln Moscow the bread rolls burn like fire." A pessimistic vein is disclosed by such sayings xs: ''Moscow loves money;" ''To one Mo- COW is a mother, to another . mother M-law;" "They calculate to the last copek in Moscow" 'Praise Moscow Af- ter you have seen it," "Moscow delay;" Nothing is to be had as gift in Mos cow." Four rhymes contain some of those touches of nature that make tho whole word kin: ''Our native village is more beautiful than Moscow;" "Moscow is kingdom, our village is paradise;" ''It is good to be iu Moscow, but not like being at home," and "lou will find everything in Moscow except your own father and mother"
 The real Moscow, as distinct from the Moscow of the proverb, the guide book and the literary description. stands alone among cites, as Russia stands alone among countries. The ground which it occupies is a vast circular plain, into the southern half of which the river Moskva penetrates like blunt wedge. The city has kreml or fortress for its center fac- ing the watercourse, and around it have been built successive concentric rings of urban growth, representing in the order of recession the business, residential and village portions of the old capital. That is to say, the church lies at the core of life in Moscow; commerce comes next, bound to the ecclesiastical center by the. closest ties; third in line stand house. keeping and pleasure; last of all live hud- died together the dependent and impov- erished classes of one of the richest cities in the world. The parallel between the structural and the sociological order in Moscow is thus complete. Edmund No ble in Atlantic Monthly.