Tombstone epitaph., 1891-01-18
OLD MOTHER MOSCOW
t6ectIon wfsh Which Sszs City Ia Rs- garded by she Baszi.su Pessantry.

G6ec1IaB wfsh Which Sfss City Ia Rs-
 gsrsied by she Bassissa Peasantfy.
 Is tl3c zcalo;ss talk and rising sR:hgst- asZu Of the peasants one may gather whole phiiOsopny of the alIectionafs in serest with which Moscow Is regarded by she people. Russia has 8 urigue htera- sure-partly in prose. partly m rhyneA- 0f the popular sayings about Moscow. and these the travelling agrieultuEisz love 60 repeat in sGrt of patriotic cora petition, and w5Eh a view of determining which caa recal the largest nalsber. Some of tlese sayings relate to AeAoov as a eity, such as: Moscow was nos built aE once: 1T took ages 70 build Moscow" ''Mnscov was created by the ages; St. Petersburg by millions" Mos COW with it's seven seigniories-ssyen shepherds to one sheep;'' Moscow, mother of all cities;" 'sHunpbacked Moscow, built upon hillsi" 'Who in Moscow ne'er has been, he a beauty Be'eT has seen;" and Moscow, white stoned. golden domed, hospitabie, ortho- dox, lOguaciOus, tsar loving" Others describe Moscow as an ecciesiastical cen ter: ''In Moscow there gre forty times forty churches;" In Moscow every day is hoIiday:" Moscow matin chimes may be heard on the Vologda."
 Among the general allusions are; live, live, children, until you have seen Moscow" 1t is high in the tsEem, but far to Moscow" There is plenty of room in Moscow" Moscow is not subnrbi" ''It is refreshing to live on the Don; it is gay to live in Moscow Moscow Es not obliged to initiate, follow, be led or influenced by the star, but thS tsar must be led by Moscow 'fTo taste bread and salt in Moscow is like listen ing to sweet music;" Moscow Is re- :c=--ee6 sc- ::s :.i;==rfs:::==, E. h.els =5 :.= bread rOils;" ''There is never bad har- vest of bread in Moscow" Moscow mud does not soil;" "In Moscow tho bread rolls burn like fire. " 4 pessimistio vein is disclosed by such sayings as: Moscow loves moDey;'' TO one Mos- COW is a mother, to another a mother n-law;" They calculate to the last eopek in Moscow" Praise Moscow af- ter you have seen # |" ''MoSCow delay;" Nothing is to be had as gift in Mos cow" Four rhymes contain some of those touches c! nature that make the whole word kin: ''Our native village is more beautiful than Moscow" Moscow is a kingdom, our village is a paradise;" ''It is good to be iu Moscow, but not hks being at hcme," and '.Iiou will find everything in Moscow except your own father and mother"
 The real Moscow, as distinct from ths Moscow of tn@ proyerb, the guide book and the litersEy description, stands alone among ciues- us Russia stands aIona among countries The ground which it occupies is a vast circular plain, into the southern half of which the river MOskYa penetrates like blunt wedge. The city has kFeml or fortress for its center fac ing the watercourse, and around it have been built successive concenric rings of urban growth, representing in the order of recession the business, residential and village portions of the old capital That is tO say. tine church lies at the core of life in Moscow; commerce comes next, bound to the ecclesiastical cenfer by the closest ties; third in hne stand house keeping and pleasure; last of all live hud- dled together the dependent and iupoy- eTished classes of one Of the richest cities in the world. The parallel between the structural and the sociological order in nnscow is thus complete. - Edmund No ole in Atlantic Monthly.