The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1906-09-23

direction TOT the popular movement.
hut believing that Individual regener-
alton furnishes the only complete
emancipation. from all forms Of evil
he takes but little Interest In what
he regards a. the smaller and lcss
important remedies proposed By the
DumA II remains to be seen whether
IL II wiser to secure that which II
now within reach and then press for
ward for other advantages or to re-
Jet piecemeal reforms In the hope OF
ultimately gaining larger ones. Prob
ably the pioneer in thought and the
practical reformer will never be able
to agree fully upon this point
The boat ride from 81. Petersburg
to Stockholm 10 one Of unsurpass-
ed beauty. 1t requires about thirty
hours TO make the trip, and of that
time but two hours are spent in the
being between islands that I'LL tho
Baltic and the Gulf of Finland as the
stars stud the sky. Just out of st.
Petersburg is Russia's most important
naval station. where we saw num-
Der of warships. and were informed
that the crew of one of them had re-
GENTLY refused to comply with sail
ing order. answering that 1t was watt
Ing to see what the Duma would do. =.
Until about a hundred years ago.
Finland was a part of >the Baltic En-
pire of which Sweden was the head.
and OF the 100000 inhabitants Of
Finland something like 20 per cent.
are Of Swedish descent. As might he
expected. the Swedish element was
not only the oficfsl element. enjoying
to a large extent the titles OF nobility,
but it iss still the weather. and more
influential portion. The Films proper
are not Laplanders. as their northern
position would suggest. neither are
they In race closely akin to the slavic
or Scandinavian population. As mem
came from Western Asia and ara quite
distinct In race characteristics from
their present neighbors. They nc.
ouired from their Swedish conquerors
q fondness< for the public schools. and
the per centage of illiteracy is much
less in Finland than in other parts OF
Russia. under whose dominion they
unwillingly came in 1908.
Our boat stopped at Heisingfors for
a few hours, and we bad an opportun-
ity to visit the principal points OF In
terest in the capital of Finland. II is
O. substantial and prosperous looking
city, with large schiolhouses. atrae-
tive public buildings and commodious
churches, We passed several small
parks. Where children were playing
and where numerous comfortable
seats beckoned the weary to rest be-
meath the shade. ~ .5's'a -
| confess to q partiaiity for the
small city park; 1t Is much better to
have these breathing spaces so scat
tered about through densely populated
sections that the children. as as well
as the adults. can find In them a daily
refuge. than to have the entire park
| fund lavished upon suburban parks
| which can only be visited occasional
ly. 1t Is pity that space Is not mora
often reserved for these parks in the
laying out of towns. for the ground
not only becomes more valuable in
proportion as these small parks are
| the more needed. but the. opening Of
| them in the heart of city brings a
large unearned increment OF those
who own land adjacent to them.
We could not help noticing the con-
trast between the market of Helsing-
fors and those which we visited in
Asia. At the former, neatly dressed
peasants, men and women. exposed
for sale from the end OF their carts a
bountiful supply Of vegetables. meats,
butter, eggs and cheese. The eggs
were stamped with the name of the
owner and the date Of laying, the but