The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21

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hii' tsbibt me- .''.r - n"p ma mo ipno
cent hi""1 ~ cb'i.'isr msr
fysn h,isd ovsf vrh 'prt suf ifi-5 ~
stop philips IN. eth nsu.css. tp, thss'
had N" terror n, me holy msn ~ en-
. stranger ava /, pilgrim upon Earth ~ I'll
my fathers were" he quietly replied. end
J am ready 10 .unsr Tor the truth. whore
would br my faith n I kept silence"
Afrah - luv" his Metropolitan
murdered then and there Ivan waited.
Hnd once when the Metropolitan was
performing the liturgy he sem n
crowd ~ his r.tainers into the church
to tear all III" robes from the "a .
lcavin- him standing there before
altar with nothing hut his shir,
nnd III" sentence Of deposition ".
read ou' In The presence of the Car
the hest; da.. Even th.si 81. f'hi.it,
brnrely imploreI the Car to cease
his murders. The saint was removed
10 tho monastery Of 81. Nicholas.
where the Car in n Git Of savage
pl"asaniry sent him the bloody head
IF his nephew as II present. st.
' iliB ifsSSth Nlt f0tlu anu TeVlT1t'J
II to the sender. \ week later the
saint was to another mon
astcry aud there ,nart,red The chap
ter IN "~Solovetz To-day" Is most de-
lightful and inspires the lullcs' OF us
with "A nov wander us,. t.
Neliki IsijuG IL called tho Florence
Of the north ui accouut OF It's many
churches. u lies on the River SUI
cnona. n branch OF the Dwinr. The
Dwlna Itself cani- M ~ surprise TO
the travellers, for instead uf u dreary
cNpansc of swamp they found It's
banks covered With look
ing woods. showing tho most wonder
fpl, mul'i'nhincIs shades ~ green.
i~nt"rspcrsed With snug. prosperous
looking villages, The most i,otic~-
abb" feature OF the river is tho cxtrao--
binary deposit Of alabnster lining
the right bank for miles. This ala
buster IL heavy and the cost of trans
p%ortation would be very considerable.
but the deposits are on an enormous
scale and ultimately exploitation will
be deemed worth while.
The author thus describes his ar
rival at the Russian Florence:
A perfect summer morning. with the
softes' 81 breezes whispering through the
birch trees fringing the banks Of the River
Suchona. horaided our approach to veiiki
Cstjus Round a blum the sturdy little
stsamer swung against a good six knot
current. and th<re. away on the iEht.
nestled this quaint and remote townlet
which. were II situated IN other iatitude,.
would undoubtedly draw visitors from
afar as With q magnet. For OF all the
towns In strange countries I have CHANGED
to visi, I know Of none that makes such
instant appeal TO ones sympathies. an ap-
peal which time and familiarity only
serve 10 strengthen.
II attracts the eye with .the exuberancs
~ its fantastic architecture. architecture.
IS always In Russia. 81 a religious type.
Churches Jos,le one another as though In
di,idually anxious to reach the river bank.
There are large churches standing aloof.
as It we're. upon the higher ground. half
hidden by solemn pine trees; there are
little churches which might have aprouted
from the soil a. the wave Of q magi-
clans wand. 80 Rnomelike are TRAY In ,ap-
psarance. And their domes present Q be.
wilderinE complexity OF hues-red, blse.
green. golden. spiashss OF primitive color
setting m with admirable effectiveness
the white or creamy tints Of their struc.
buIS u UuOrt. AT uEbt sl8nt one 10 re-
minded cf . vast basin Of iridescent sosp
bubbles blown ny q child from a clay
pipe, for a. far as the range Of ones
vision there appears . vista OF nothing
hut church tome upon church dome. with
only now and again . glimpse OF some
comfortable single story dwelling which
might well he a presbytery
And In oil truth veliki Csuug 10 al
most an secississtica, monopoly, The last
official census gave its population As ii.iS7.
and for the spiritual needs OF this COM
muni'y. q community Of approximatelv
the same number a. . county town IKE
Ayieshury. there are forty churches. Not
that It must be imagined tina these are
Of = recent date. for with the exception
~ the new church at the Convent % So
John the Baptist The majority date back
20 'hs sixteenth century, whrn tao o.
three h,ss, % 4 foundation during the
year iioc. Aud herein lies on. Of Tho
greatest charm. % ,h,s li,tlc town
or the naive curiosity OF the Rus
sian peasant tho author gives an
amusing account. He inquired upon
arrival AZ Nelila Cstjuc for one David
S~imconoy!'rh and the chorus sur
rounding him replied that Sirneono-
witch was not az home, tina, he had
-'' w ~ WV WI b'iEl'i'Sst Una nlS
family was a, home. and what u.as
wanted with him anyway? Tho a,-
thor replied thai he had n letter for
him. "Ah.' the chorus replied. "the
BARN has a letter for him? What Is
in the letter? From whence have you
come. BARN? What do you wish to
do here? How long do you stay?
What country have YOU come FROM,
The answer to the last question was
supplied by one who had been TO
.Archangel and recognized that the
travellers were not Germans hut Eng.
lis,I. and upon this there was "A posi-
tive boom in popular interest. Nor
was the host Of the inn less Interested
in his guest. IFS that your wife,
then? oh. 7 thought 1t WAS your sis.
ter. hut II Is as you say-there Is no.
much likeness between you. Age SO
Only So? We'll. yo,i look more than
that. Only you are very fat, and thai,
makes q difference, docs il not? Pro-
fession? Author. Well. I declare, yo,
the Erst author I have ever met.
And | have always wanted to meet
What do you write about?
Ncliki listing? Come. come. that's .
And he laughed heartily.
"Ah, yes. You know Sinconovitch 4?
OF course he's a Jew. but hos a worry
good IT'S funny he never told
me That he knew an author consid-
that I know him as my brother.
Now II you had said YOU we're a mer.
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