Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18

and down the platform of a little station crowded with soldiers. The men, whose opportunities of~ seeing {. pretty woman had been limited for | many. a month, gazed in admiration and were prepared to mako a manifec- | tation in her honor. But suddenly their feelings showed change and cries of discontent began to be heard. A group of soldiers went up to the woman and severely upbraided her be- cause a bow of red ribbon was fas- tened over the ear of her PomeraniaE dog. Srch a of the symbol Of revolution was shocking, they said as | it showed wish to ridfcule the grew | movement. The soldiers shouted and shrieked and jumped about excited]y, i to the utter astonishment of the pretty woman and of the Pom. But the wo- man extricated herself from an embar- assing osition with the guile of a. true daughter Of Eve. Sine took the ribbon from her dogs head and placed crowd changed it's tone and 1t was amid enthusiastic cheering that she. and the dog, took the train little later. A certain general was suspected by wards tce new movement, so a dele gation of coldiers waited on him to ask his zeal opinions.
 'Tll tell you just what I am, he said to them, and you can tell it to everyone. I look upon roy men as my children and so have no reason not to tell them the whole truth. am a MaxiEialist Anarchist After that I am sure you won't want any further details"
 The men went away delighted They declared to the resiment eha1 had all right. He is so tremendously rev olutionary that we couldn't ever re- member the meme that he said"
 Two soldiers had happened to speak to a general and one had used the term, Your Exce1lency." as was the custom before the revolution. The oth- CT soldier afterwards rebuked fhis com panion for such lapse from new prin- ciples..
 Well. of course. said tExceHency' '
 But don't you know that now you mustn't say Excellency?
 cy any more?"
 What? Why? Because we have made the the .Heve iution and now we are all
 The first soldier was silent for minute, ind then remarlSed:
 "But since we are all free, we are free to say 'E~ceilency' if we like to-"
 The ether soldier in turn reflected for minute and then declared:
 "That'E true, after all The momont we are free we can G- wha. we like. It's that. you see, that's difficult to to qnde stand stand a But : as that's really self:" Then he added:
 But. all the same, it won't be the same thing as before.
 Ludoyic Nadeau hs-s found time to great rev olution.
 In the early oays Of the revolution a strange looking street~se!l made his appearance on the Nevcky Prospect. soon gathered. He was offering pam phlets at fifty kopecks apiece, and could hardly hand them out quick enough. The natural inference would lution, but as 8 matter Of fact, it was a History of Buddhisr.", bought doubtless for a nominal sum as pub fishers remainder One soldier, as he carried away hi sbargain was heard to say. .I can't read; but lots of com rades in the barracks can
 Before the revolution. people bathed naked in the Nera, but outside the stripped. within. the town and walk about the bridges and quays be- tween the French and British embas- sies. The men of 1793 were christened sons culotte"- (wtthout troUsers), the men of .917 are sans calecon" (with- out drawers).
 The Petregrad sCsdiers, anxious to instruct themselves and occupy the lei are great visitors to the. museums. Their enxiety to investigate every thing leads them to pass their hands over the. pictures and caress the sta tuary (often marking 1t with their nails). 4&oticec have been lut Up beg ging comrades to touch nothing.
 The founder and curator of tho "Ethnographic" Museum recounts that his, staff (care takers, cleaners, etc), has petitioned the goverrmt mt for the suppression of his office, on the ground that a curator is useless in museum, that he does nothing. costs money, and is Of no service, as they, who carry the keys ,wield the feather brooms, and clean the floors, are the read cu- rators. -.
 In a n1anufactory the workrnen in a body waited n the engineers to tell them that the old order having passed away there must be no more slavery, Everyone must work in turn So you will kindly some of you go down into the mines and others run the engines
 And who will do our work?" asked the engiE eers.
 Som of us will take. turns in your
 But what will you do there?"
 The same as you-Sit around sharp en pencils: and smoke cigarettes"
 On s anday, July 8, Naudeau saw a | crowd moving along the Nevsky Pros- pect, carrying banners, half blue, haIg yellow. That's all right" said a mid dle-cIass citizen to him, 'Rt volutionary red seep:s to be going out of date" | When toe column had approached it