Evening star., 1917-11-05
By RHErA cH1LDE DoRR.

Copyright. 1917. by the New York Evening Mail.>
After Napoleon Bonaparte's defeated
legions had fed from Russia to freeze
and starve and die by thousands In
frenzied attempt to get back to France
the victorious commander of the Rus
sian army said that his two greatest
aids had been Gen. January and Gen.
February. The relentless cold and
storm of q Russian winter were foes
too strong for Bonaparte to conquer.
They sent him to st. Helena, and the
same strong foes this winter are going
to rout and Danish the Bolsheviki. The
Russian revolution began with a bread
riot, and it will eliminate in a bread
riot.
When the people of Russia get
hungry enough they are going to stop
contributions "all the power to the
Soviets." and the rest, and demand a
| government that shall govern. and as
soon as possible put the country back
mometer falls to As degrees below zero
| and ffty-mi1es-an-hour wind is driv-
ing sleet and snow in their faces peor
pie can no longer stand twenty-four
dren, especially when their clothes are
thin and worn and their boots are
dropping OF their feet.
| If you want to buy pair of shoes
to do 1t, and you must put much money
| in your purse. There is an American
shoe store on the Nevsky Prospekt, and
every day the line of people trying to
Il blocked traffic. The line now forms
in a court or lane in the rear Of the
store and the customers are admitted.
a few at time, through the back door
Shoes $25 Pair.
A woman can buy a pair Of boots
as low as S25. Mems shoes are some
On a corner Of the Grand Morskaia
there Is another shoe store, in front of
which a. crowd stands all day long
| and all night.
In order to buy a pair Of those shoes
! q man or q woman goes there and gets
| a place in line. He stands in line until
his turn comes to be admitted to the
| shop. long and weary business. When
| clerk gets around to waiting on him
i he gets-a pair Of shoes? Not a bit
4 Of 1t. He gets a ticket with a number
i on 1t. The ticket entities the Gus
/ date. stand in line and claim a pair of
I shoes which are probably at the time
i being made-provided he can afford to
pay a minimum Of SO for them.
| Cotton Gloves, Sell for $3.50.
\ You could get cotton gloves as low
Of Kid gloves and you knew where You you
could nnd them ana had time you
could buy them for 50 to IS. They
were the kind that an American de-
aisle nd shd ss PIT
to attract customers IN the dull season.
! A man, pays 81 for a nfteen-cent
collar in Petrograd. He pays several
do!lars for decent pair Of socks:
i staggers the Imagination.
! There are only two things that are
cheap to buy in Russia Just now
nifcent wolfhound or other thorough l.
bred dog or a pure-bred Persian or
Angora cat for song in Petrograd
because people can't AFFORD to feed pet
animals.
i Russia is a very cold country and
wears furs. The rich wear sable.
mink and ermine. and the poor wear
rabbit skin and sheep. But furs just
now are as difficult to buy as other
so many people hunting furs since the
war. and the pelts are scarcer, and, be-
sides, the Russians have never cured
and dyed their own furs. They sent
them to Germany to be prepared Tor
market
There is plenty Of food in the en-
pire, plenty Of raw materials for
clothing. But the transportation sys-
tenn has almost broken down and they
cannot distribute the food. Also the
factory system has all but broken
down, and they cannot produce the
clothing.
Russia Will Starve and Freeze.
The main reason why Russia will
| starve and freeze this winter is be-
cause the people Of Russia, liberty
mad, have allowed tho railroads to go
/ to pieces, and because they have. to
an almost incredible extent. ceased to
do any work. May Is. 1917, the then
aztnistsr Of Wy. and Communications
- per can't Of the total number Of
Dlooomotiyea :. were laid uD for El-