Imperial Valley press., 1919-02-03

WHICH Will De open 10 leluIHihS SUI
dieIs and sailors.
(3) The list of new jobs available
should be forward at once to our OF, <
flee in San Francisco. esort
(4) Your county supervlsors,a fo,
councils and private capital shoaas ste for
urged to rush all proposed =, . o,aSs
ment work. 7'''7'
NOTICE OF STFys how to eat and
Public notice is at any hour OF the
on Wednesday, tai the hundred and
uary, 1919, the officers and civilians
one oney Oh Fed at leisure from a res
y passed a ible, for one is never in a
numberedere. A "quick lunch" house
street be a dismal failure in Siberia.
TOWN. may rub shoulders with Russian
.o3erals bedecked with medals, with
g. zech. French and Italian officers,
and there is always sure to be a
sprinkling of Canadians and Amerl-
cans. Some of the restaurants have
taken to printing3tbeir menus in Rus
sian and English. but English study
has not vet advanced very far and
sometimes it is less difficult to un-
derstand Russian version. Language
difficulties mar enjoyment somewhat
although there is sure to be some
! body in each place who understands
| French, if not English and the sign
language will go far.
Making change is always toll
some affair and. for the recipient OF
the change. decidedly risky. Give a
waiter a forty-rouble note to pay
! for a meal and you receive in change
! a mess of paper that is well worth
looking into. Interest coupons torn
! from various domestic loan bond is
sues are circulatd as currency. They
! are rood if they have reached the
date of maturity, but if they are to
/ nature next year of the year after,
! they are worthless as cuffencN.
| MANY Canadians have now IN thelr
possession punches of coupons ma
/ turing in 1919, 920 and 1921. Even
the bonds themselves are handed
/ about as money. In fact, everything
! but real money may be obtained.
When the cashier at a cafe is unable
to make the proper change he gives
YOU a chit for the balance. This
chit is accepted in payment for a
meal next time you go to the place.
Kolken's is famous for this method
and there is a great deal of so-called
"Kokken money" floating about
among the troops.
At tie present writing it is almost
as difficult to secure liquor in Vlad-
ivostock as it is in Toronto, Winni-
reg or Vancouver. The only brand
generally sold in cafes is light
her "water beer" about as potent
as the famous "two per cent" of the
Canadian dry belt. At one or two
places, French cognac may be OBJ
tained at fabulous prices. Vladivo-
stock is to all intents and purposes
dry. although there are, of course,
bootlegpers who vend fiendish sub
stance which they describe errone-
ouslv as Vodka. The real Vodka,
with the imperial seal, is found IN
some private cellars and is more or
less like Canadian white wheat Whls-
kew. The bootleggers' brand is
methvlated spirits and water, and
kills every week few of the brave
sorIs who are willing to tackle it.
The Aquarium is typically Rus
sian institution. combination of
theatre and restaurant, where the
show begins at II o'clock at nlght
and ends at 9 or in the morning.
The Russian is a nortorious night
hawk. The program is like that OF
the ordinary variety show-dancing,
singing and the lke-while the au-
dience sit about at little tables and
eat and drink. Eating and drinking
are ALWAYS in order. When off duty,
the actresses circulate among the
tables and fraternize with the spec
Tators.
The Russian dances attract large
numbers of Canadian and American
officers, although dancing after the
Russian style is a science that must
be ACQUIRED slowly and prayerfully.
The waltz is very fast and there is {
no reverse. The ball begins with
usually excellent, which lasts
url" ---'Inight with one of two in
during which the guests
90 out to the refreshment rooms and
eat. Then the dancing follows, last 4,
ing until a to in the morning. Inc
is being acquired since the
advent of the Allies from America,
and the repertoire Spanish dances, a
species Of two-steps. and manv curl
Gus and pretty Russian figures.
Every Russian is born dancer and
the ordinary concert program IN
cludes one or more accomplished
danseuses.