The daily sentinel., 1909-10-19
OLD MOSCOW'S HISTORIC SCENES

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ana o2uHHtvr of County Judge Walter
;. Sullivan. who with her mother is
spending year In Europe. has written
The Sentinel most interesting. enter
taiU.uE and delightful letter drsCrih-
ing her tour through Russia and par
ticn!arlF her visit to the historic city
est Q" ALL II follows.
Moscow. Russia Sept D. 1903
To The Daily Sentinel:
II WAS bright August morning
when We left Berlin uu route to Mos
COW. After gruwlluE our way into one
OF u COMPARTMENTS Of the queer rail
road trains which are To- bee seen every
whtIr .n Europe managed To g,st q
seat near the window where I could
TAX" boz Oh" sights all So new TO me
Tie country about Berlin is thickIy
populated and we passed through many
German villages. stopping at nearly all
OF tN.w tu tax" more passengers into
the already crowded train. Large fields
of h1, wheat and corn farm houses
with NrIr red roofs. the bright Culurnd
winumlIls. the oxen hitched to loads OF
hay and the women barufuOtud. working
IN iN" .lwldS with tine men. made pic
lure off German farm-lifs never To br
i"rE"I I,"n We passed through Frank
furt Hr~uu and Hanover. stopping long
cuougN at each of these places FOR tho
cugrE pHsS'.uwrr= TO purchase hot
wecu.us aud tu partukv Of tho refresh
noted
Tovlrds evening We reached the
hordr" .|m" uf Germany and ct "a small
station wu changed cars for Alex
whurr $500 stopped tu show our pass
ports and uay" our baggage examined
beforn .ptvrinE Poland. Il was at this
station That ] WIS made To realize that
] wa % real foreign rouutry-th,
crowds of queer ana strange looking
neoulr dressed iu odd costumes and
the PEASANTS crowded together showing
their passports aud llhboring away i'm
their native tongue. not one sound of
which WIS familiar to me nor one word
of which ! could understand After
eating 900 excellent dinner which was
ordered Tu Polish by one of our party
we tunk ID train for Warsaw arriving
ing, W, spent the night at hotel and
were nw.l .lkgn"d To- my surprise 10y the
Honk rf automobiles.
Warsaw is "a thoroughly mndrru bus
mess city with 70 population nf 20 bout
four hundred Thousand. The morning
crnwd'i with people and the shops
seemed I" b" having % fairly good
trade Everywhere uar notice was at
tract"H 2" tine -nudv signs and 3dvur-
tscmruts written both I'm Polish and
Russian but which looked much NOR,
like CNnr-" To mo The wHiu huz.u.-s
iugS lHrsr and Wnd.rn iu ever. --4r..,.t
aud the many beautiful churches with
their gIIlrd dom,s hrSurrk tho ralTn-
iouS tone which praNnils there.
We were nearly two days on the way
from Warsaw to Moscow 4 vast plain
with few low unimuOrtaut hills. lurg"
tracts of forest and marsh Iuud ana
here aud there q lake or "a river de-
scribe the country through which we
passed ON the second day of our
journey w." began to SEQ signs Of civ
and the many low thatchcd peasant
cottages told Us that We We're not far
sia,-AIoscow.
The, ,aingy. dark and fiuhy station at
NtiitW We arrived, IA which peasants
were sitting or lying on the floor will
and dirty children some Of whom were
happy playing others Cryiug.--al was
iIinI ana wonderful Moscow Of which
had read. Not Uutl the day uttur
when We took "a trip down th" Moscow
climbed sparrow nm where NapoIpuu
Sloon hHd viewed the city was my i'm
preston of the city changed. From
view Of the CITY. The many large
buildings with their DIR
Ieront eolorcd roofs the strrplos, tow
'fs ana ElId"d dum"s Of th, hundreds
of churches ana beyond the mussrs of
green forest which extended as far Hs
the eye could reach. presented "a sIsrnt
OF Spiondor and hriiluucr.
Moscow has "a population of a million
Hud a half thu city itself rs a mass
ui buildings cNITnvnEant IN color and
design. built closely together. the
streets narrow ana winding and paved
with cobblc stones. II was "a surprise
20 me to sae the large and modern
stores with tho latest Purisun goods
Hhd iasunu- lue streets are filled
wit. people and one cam secs pturI. of
all uauonalittrs with the exception J
am sorry to say Of Americans. I have
seen only two Americans sine. I've, been
mere. They were tourists ON their way
home to Chicago.
Moscow is 10y no means InuEluu in
summer resorts aud beautiful PARKS
Ihyy IRE reached both hE street car
and by small pleasure boats ON The
Moscow riNur. The PARK usually visited
llTal or all hE visitors 'u iHu city is
PirirgNsky Park, so GJmoI after Peter
[no.'} [nG l'r9aG SaG IT. is a portion OF an Old
eAmnlt"n grounds. ADar here are
many beautiful summer homes. The
hIiIilNG erected Tor the LtaUuuHrIpTg
of the Gar during the Moscow rNuibI-
ton is now used as club house. II is
hHIi Of wood ana from tho exterior
f,s,mnlcS church. THE Interior is
rlannrutely decorated tine wallis and
ceilings being painted 10 ErotesVuo fig
he floors iulgid with stained wood
.uIHInE an elaborate border around the
ooms In somewhat dHyyldlrpd EAR
den nForEr0wu with weeds we wnl,.
served with the uuaFuIduDle Russian
.nH ana chocolate bars. Two splendid
.rhMls courts adjourn On, garden ON
'H" I.ll whore some enthusiasts of tn.
sInrI Were oNrLtlnE themselves seem
Hn-|E needless OF the hot sun which WAS
pouring down dts rays upon them.
cafes aud fashionable RESTAURANTS
.' numerous and at night are thruuE-
cd with people. The walters wear duck
suits and long white aprons. At one
lI the summer theatre gardens which
a. inc way resembles very much
E.i"hs In Denver we were fortunate
enough to hear NiHlEryu the noted Rus
20 singer who sang Iu light opera
tN" nights i'm Moscow ] ann told by
tI"au who are good Judges ilat grand
uNrr iu the winter time I1 Moscow
t1r #urpasses that heard either i'm Paris
uu London.
Tut FOR ain the Jtructions which Mos
cow offers that which interests most
aud that which rs best worth knowing
mot only in Moscow but I'm ull RussIu
DIS Do" l\remliu Mos"nW's sanctuary and
n'IFeSS which is richer ju historical
nEsnriluons than any place of it's slzu
the world the place where SO many
amt different Kinds Of relies are pre-
Railway Tickets Bought and Sold.
transportation guaranteed. Buy and
sell your tickets here and save your
money.