The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1909-11-10
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, COUNT ToLSTol IN HIS
: OLD AGE.
: Health Excellent; He Works
: Much and Takes Long
Walks.
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/ 81. pctcrshurg-h0W count Lee
Tolstoi. the patriarchal sage OF Rus
STA. lives. talks and thinks in his ole
age is the subject OF a vivid article
by NJ Pankrato0. in the Russko'
Slovo.
Tolstoi has been staying at the
house OF his friend vladimir Tchert-
kom in the province OF Moscow. The
house belongs TO the famous Pashkoif
family and It's former owner. the head
OF the Pashkoff sect was there arrest
ca suddenly at night and sent into
exile.
The writer first saw Tolstoi as ne
returned 10 the house after ride ON
horseback.
THE old man." he writes. looked
wonderfully erect. healthy and strong
Behind him rode his friend, the
young Zemstvo. DR. Nkitin. whose
Hofmarschars appearance cOntrasted
unfavorably with that OF Tolstoi
Left Nikolaevitch CTolstoD rode up
to the steps. jumped unaided from
his horse and at once lost his brisk
appearance Bent and with the gait
of a very old man. he went into the
house
In Tchertkofrs house Tolstol feels
in first rate mood. His health is eX-
cellent. He works much and takes
long walks in the neighborhood. In
all that he has. written during re-
cent times echoes a triumphant vie
torious strain:
To live is very good!'
THE local peasants have not yet |
recognized him. and this is particu
larly agreeable to Tolstoi. He car
ries on long conversations with them,
not in the capacity OF a famous man.
but merely as the old man we met
on the road
Talk About the Soul.
"A few days ago he wrote a min
iature,' that is. a short dialogue with
a peasant. In this miniature he
calls himself the old man. The sub
jet is a conversation which he had
about the soul which made a strong
upon Tolstois sensitive
mind When the miniature was read
aloud in the family circle. and the
sentence was reached. With such
people it is possible to live the great I
writer was affected TO tears.
"One day very recently Tolstoi had
long conversation with DIR. Mkt ,
in. He described his meeting with a !
hoemaker. The shoemaker complain
d that life was full OF need that land +
vas hard to get, and earnings scanty
speaking OF this, Tolstoi said to Mix r
tin: If~ sumol y
The present state of society and /
+ the state is similar to that which =
xisted BEFORE the enancipatf0n or the
erfs. Then people weye-saying, as
hey say today II is gimpGssible to
ohtinue thus But in those days the
olution layrtn.-the abolition of serf-
ON. Today there is no solution.
rom Western Europe we are taking
My it's minuses. Thus. FOR instance.
re have taken one minus; their land
4 system dndividuai holding)
"Tolstoi is writing much. Two days
go he finished a letter on the Polish
uestion. 1t is addressed to Polish
ldy, who asked him why he did not
rite in defence of the Polish people.
'olstors answer is in the same spirit
s that of his Letter to n Hindu.
He is a foe of oppression. But SAL
alton from oppression he sees not in
rmed rising. which only Increases
he sum of misfortune, but i'm the at
linment of better relations between
zen. relations based on love for one
mother
"Tolstoi has also had copied on the
typewriter two compositions, one on
Justice addressed to student and
he other on Science reply to
inquiries. In the latter he
xpounds his view of modern science:
Nowadays we learn much that is
seless, and pay no attention to much
nat is necessary and useful
Selecting Aphorsns.
'1n addition to replies to letters Toll
tot is devoting much time to other
lteresting work He Is selecting
phorsms of an ethico- religious char
cter from the works of the wise men
{ old. At present he is searching the
'ritings of Lao-tse. He has already
'ritten an Introduction to this work.
"Tolstoi converses much with Mad
me Linieva of Moscow, whose inter-
st is national music, who has con- :
ervatorium for such music in Mos !
ow, and who has lately made a jour
ey through different Slavonic coun-