The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
!, ~ ES women and children IN RUS
NJ sla suffer as much rs the z. men Y
from II the prevailing mlsgof5.i
; & crntnent.a IL lightly per cent q q,
the population arc pcas'ta'. MS
40, Z. NY nil fire. t3 \


Russia Is 3.t CO o. fcrt le soil and ~
rlch natural resources. ret the peasant
are cl,rnnlcclly on. the verge q stafV1l-
N Hot, and there are a " N
witch they die of Ike flies
The distress Is owing 70 rui 7, q;
io,is ard 10 III eg fact that aillost all the
~ I'M, nv 9n,s,ied nv tile crow no
i and Sthn8n,onas teries. T he Ear n liimsell
81 ,,as65 iimmensc M possessions In ~ !ferent5
" ,,ar 4 az Russia. inclu ding the pes
hands, forests and mi nes II ~ a.
about a. hundred m embers Of ms ialtnlls,s
I'LL great land o. ilers al; .5 !,
lie poverty8o f the peasarts ls ilo 7 aus
Ia Ia zIless. They are hard w a an
INA ,yor,1en As well as the mon are stronsl
"a ) M 5can az ii 9 rcn Il deal Of
4; sn,n, I. q "a rts OF Russia the NOV
a, nc fha u ,rhrougho the count itt 81
thcy5who reap the g M
a nca sal, woman of en- goes VIII sieI
4 husband to the forest and elps MN
woot! a widow Will me pious :,
M rself and do al! tl,e work sa
81 nrtler "a save her tiny allotment q y lan 1
,inirnpaired for II err soll II. I !, !, Z =,
TIE mortality among the chil!d I !, ls
q ,rt.a til g mother has 70 ~
way a day wording In the eios, -
children are lief t. at ONE ny nv ~
"a chr for them, except when one rs g aas
n older children can 4ooiN5 q
n ones. s 5s =, :, 4, NJ =, 4 ia
ta,, lsff II charge OF several IS nlalllel
,,rntl,ars; 4 "a sisters. a child OF SIX NAY
n ~ ~ FAN seen with a young er child IN s
Il ans strapped to It by banda ges & aI.u
s,vhen INC two fall down they On mo 3 =.
u up gain. wi I. !, ~ 4 rts shut I'D
III ans Hence result free len I'll Y ! ".
gSOmc Rot Goa Is iii
Iar..t IL ashes to rckindle the IRE Win
,rha,r shey comes home. The chic poisss
IL n he ashes to- see an itiii,.h
aatah,e ID cooking there. He throws .ns
not coal right and IS ~
is ry and the roof IN.
goes up in a blaze y men "a
Hnrca Dis TO the whole !. Il, u.
Il si ~ sYit,,tlon drt, poor TODD
-. !, u, and scarcityof mecca
W. iii contribute to kill off the ~,
y ,rhs Russian peasant w
Il oh,,dren but treat them grong ~ ~ 81, Z
,,sn3 thelr own life Isl rough
,rber6 Id II law for tnc IA
,n..nt of8chldren s, -,
10, X BIT little effort ~
49, nn, the people are 80 utteliy
49,, MAI II they re led 70 sssiet
n INN, i,tldren 10 work under Y 3
W ,,iar innate child lsgnot&on utli'''p
MI Is debarred by rom
,9,,i,,.s /, col,ege prof essorsl,!p or any
imnortar,t nubllc Office. !, J, z,
sAS lnuried woman in Rus s;l. i cal'ssioM
control her own proper . :.
wonia il. under rtnill ,rbip
III tho Mir, or village 5 !; 7 Il I'd
,,,1cvcr. is NOT by a law q the }lanun
I'M merely ~ the customer TIE A peas W
ants II, "a, I, !. J, \, II :, yed Ia
t,oc,,nv 3ofticial posi- tons as doct oIs q
Tie Zen,stvos and sFdlstrict phS =,
81 tile Municipal Councils q 81, fe.e.a,
hlrg and MOSCOW, but " "a ps w.
81 e ~ iust Spnssed, hat they are in!loMe y,
TO receive the regultlr asS 3 t'' II
y OF doctor Of medicine, . a., u
The educated part OF he RUSSIAN !. p.4F ~,
hna become Ia ical before beco nsi IN;
AZ an, u, our educated men hold adVaMcceu
ideus on tlle womunquestlon they pelleN v
y in giving women n bsol tie esu I'VE tiIs,i
lHong' the rogress1,Ye lpuI -. ~
cally, women are
spect But government - u,,It1s, s,,s.
$ to won,e,'s progress, and looks Win su W
pIe;on upon the higher educntlo on Ie- :
srartlIng it.as likely to inspire women
with ideas host lie Il aut ocrAc lSs l;ss
Any woman who tries TO do BEN Voleet,l
II work among the peasants has 70 nleet
many Difficult lies, and Is lucky y her @oVk
4 is not summariy stopped byS&th ne gov "
4 er,lrlent. g II 81 III VI
a Mrs. ouspeinskayn had for years. /, de-
voted herself to going bout among %
j villages, teachng tile women 70 make
carpets, to weave, to ellihrolder etc. W y
work was like That az the arts and crafts
movement In tho United stntes
a IN the famine of 1901 phianthlopIe per,,
sons gave her money With which 10 feed
Tie Surviving speasantry. "A and she went
about among the Villages, es tas2lls mug
relief Kitchens. IN Elizayetgiftd, thls
came 10 the ears of the governor Of y ne
districtsand one day. he wa ked into her ne,
dining room for he easants, Il He SO w
hear YOU are feeding q e pepple,, &
N es, ;t % ~. \. "a SSss
~ s.In ~ hose name NJ. 81 "a NH
m, my OWN, .,,
Il s.yyllo ii yes YOU the money III ss
\. 'ISjpd hearted people.