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liths of great size. This museum be- gan when Catherine II had part of the building erected in which to keep a small number of treasures she had collected and it gradually grew into this great museum.
 Famous Statue
 Petrograd is rich in statuary and beautiful bridges which cross the Neva at various places. These bridges are, made of Finland granite and adorned at each end by huge statues. The greatest of all monuments is that erected to Peter the Great, by Cath crime II. It is regarded by artists as the most perfect equestrian statue the world has ever known. It is a colossal figure of Peter the Great on horseback, in the act of refining up his horse at the edge of precipice ''to overlook the great city he built,'' said Catherine II when the statue was finished. The statue of Peter the
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All these cathedrals have great monoliths, in fact the monolith obeIisks of Egypt are not more re- markable. Four of these huge col umns each sixty feet high sustain the four porticos of the Cathedral of St. Isaacs, while fifty-six columns of granite from Finland support the Kazan Cathedral. These two churches have interiors in which malichite, lapislazuli, gold and precious stones are heaped together. Great ikons- queer paintings. partly covered with gold, are all about where people pray and with superstitious reverence have kissed the gold away from many of the sacred ikons. One stands in awe at the hugeness of this church and the barbaric magnifcence of it's decor alton. The great church is gradually sinking although it cost a fabulous sum of money to sink piles for the foundation. This is, of course, owing to the enormous structure being built upon made ground.
 The Kazan Cathedral was built aft CT model of St. Peters at Rome, all i though it is much smaller. Its interior decoration shows the same barbaric splendor It is best known to the average American by pictures of the columns as a background for demon strations by the people. Hundreds of thousands gather here at the call of almost any demagogue and as there is an open space before this church it makes an excellent place for demon | strations
 The church in memory of Alexander II is one of those beautiful buildings with many domes which are a perfect riot of color beautiful blues. delicate pinks intermingled with gold and magnificent mosaic pictures. It is more Russian than either of the oth- CTS and wonderfully artistic in it's ! makeup N
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Ending Of The Romance


 The romance usually ended soon after landing. At the immigration station the girl was met and claimed by a man who was a. total stranger, and who looked more or less like his photograph. She knew nothing about him; he might be a decent chap or a brute. But, whatever his character, he owned her; he was her master, and as such he led her away.
 Thenceforward she was expected to earn her keep. It might be that the man was engaged in some mercantile business, but in all likelihood he was farmer. If so, he probably raised garden truck or fruit. His picture bride" shared his toll, or labored un- der his direction. Demanding no pay for her work, she was cheap.
 Soon there arrived a baby. Other babies followed. The babies are ex- tremely valuable, for they can law fully own land in this country, as their parents cannot. In this way, through their children, the Japanese have acquired ownership of great areas of land in California. With the rapidly increasing influx of picture brides," and the consequent multipli- cation of Japanese babies in Califor- mia, more and more of the most de
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no binding force so far as he was con ] cerned. The immigration authorities could not compel him to accept her. i
 Frequently similar situation has arisen where immigrant women other than Japanese were concerned. For . there are also picture brides" of Flu ropean nationalities. though only ac- cidental ones, so to speak, and not shipped systematically as a matri- monial commodity. Thus Italians in this country som etimes write home for wives, asking their relatives to pick one out and send along her photo graph. Commonly money is sent later to fetch her over.
 It may happen that before the orig inal of the photograph arrives the man has changed his mind about marrying, or perhaps he has newly met girl whom he prefers. In such
 case the easiest way out of the diff culty is to refrain from meeting the
 imported fancee. She arrives. and l no husband is on hand.
 A Melancholy Situation
 Her situation then is melancholy in the extreme. Presumably she has
 only a few pennies in her pocket, and
 she finds herself alone and forlorn in
 a strange country. She may have to
 be sent back; but before resorting to
 this last expedient the immigration
 authorities will make extraordinary
 efforts to discover the delinquent bridegroom. Probably the woman has his name and some sort of address, and, if there seems to be a chance of getting hold of him, he will be chased all the way from New York to Texas or Oregon, and frightened if neces- sary into coming up to the scratch. Meanwhile the woman is kept at
 the immigration station, well fed and comfortably lodged at the expense of l the steamship company which brought l her over. It may be that some aeci- g dent has prevented the man from e meeting her, or there may have been r some misunderstanding. But what 0 ever the cause of the difficulty, if he s is found and the matter arranged sat
 isfactorily, she is put aboard a train t in case the intended husband is in s distant city-with passage paid and 2 0 big Iunch-basket of sandwiches ana | other provender to sustain her unti @ she Joins him. In such wise has many !? an incident of the kind cheerful! e wound up.
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them is impossible. The Americans are inevitably driven out.
 We Americans know very little about intensive agriculture-the art by which a single acre of land, scientific ally titled, can be made to yield sup port for family. The Japanese have developed it wonderfully. Their skill in the production of fruit and garden truck is nothing short of marvellous which fact presumably accounts to some extent for the circumstance that at the present time in California they grow and send to market 90 per cent. of the strawberries and cantaloupes, 80 per cent. of the onions, asparagus, tomatoes, celery, and lettuce, 40 per cent. of the potatoes, and four-f1fths of all the cut flowers.
 Under A "Gentlemen's Agreement In 1907 we settled with Japan a dis pute about immigration by what was called ''gent1emen's agreement" un- 1 der which the Mikado's Government promised not to issue passports to la borers, while retaining the right to send to this country merchants, stu dents, professional men, and wives and 1 parents of Japanese already in the United States.
 This agreement has been violated by Japan in every possible way. The "picture bride" business, by which young unmarried women were shipped hither as wives" is only one ex- ample. Laborers are sent over witt passports describing them as mer-
 chants or professional men. Trans
 Pacific transportation being controlled
 by Japanese companies, their steam
 ships dump large numbers of Nip
 ponese immigrants in Mexico. whence
 they are smuggled over the borde
 into the United States.
 U. S. Senator Phelan, of California
 recently wrote: '"The Japanese il California are a permanently foreigl
 element. The money they produc from the soil circu1ates among tn l Japanese, in shops conducted by thei l own countrymen, and thence flows | Japan, to be invested in industrie that compete with our own" Occasionally, though not often, } has happened that Japanese in thi country has found the wife sent t him unacceptable, and, disappointe f with her looks, has refused to talk r her. How about the marriage" then l Being purely imaginary, it could hay
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sirable lands in that State have been passing out of the hands of Ameri- cans.
 One-third of the births in Los An geles county (Ca1.), in the last year were Japanese E. In Placer county twice as many Japanese. babies were born as white babies. There are in California six times as many Japanese as there were in that State nineteen years ago. No wonder that the white people rose up in arms, appealing to Congress with a demand that these aliens be shut out. They were being supplanted by Oriental invaders with whom they were wholly unable to compete.
 Japanese In Hawaiian Islands Behold what has happened already | in Hawaii. In the last seven years 1000 picture brides" have been sent | in that little archipelago. Their | children, though compelled by law tc attend American schools, are in out. of-school hours sent by their parents l to Japanese teachers, who instruct them in the literature and customs ot Japan. There are now in the island: | (the strategic key of the Pacifc) 12,
 900 Americans and 10000 Japanese Perhaps this is one reason why thu War Department is anxious to garri
 son Hawaii with a, full division O
 troops.
 The Hawaiian Islands are today
 Japanese colony. It has been realized
 that unless drastic measures wer
 adopted to put a stop to the Orienta
 influx, like situation would arrive il
 California at no distant date. Orego,
 and Colorado also have been invaded !, The Japanese are more industriou than Americans; their perseverance, !, in laborious endeavor is relentless They are content with a scale of liv ing far below the requirements c white people. For these and othe
 reasons successful competition wit
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commercial center and was up to the beginning of the present war; it be- came so fashionable to live in Petro- grad that at the end of the eighteenth century it's population numbered 2O0,- 600.
 During the reign of Alexander I the marshes were drained and the popula- tion doubled. When Nicholas I came to the throne he had it connected by railways with all the important parts of the Empire and many cities of Eu rope as well. Pretty soon it became an educational center and the hun dreds of students who focked to it's educational institutions imbibed cer- tain knowledge which was not good for them and brought out a sort of club of anarchists, many of whom have from time to time come to the United States and given no little trou- bIe.
 The city has many interesting sights and while even in the pre-war days was never popular for tourists. those who did visit it were well repaid for their discomforts, for the hotels had good food. but the sleeping ac- , comm odationst were uncomfortable and the plumbing unsanitary to the last degree. But even on the food question the city was unique for even before the war one was compelled to pay forty cents for a cup of bad cof- l fee, while the best tea could be ob- | tained for about three cents per glass. This beverage was always drunk from glasses never from cups.
 Great Churches As in every Russian city the churches are perhaps the most costly edifices of the place and in Petrograd St. Isaac's Cathedral. the Cathedral of Kazan and the wonderful church built in memory of the Czar Alexander II, who was assassinated in 1881
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3xchange Of Photographs

To be ,25, a woman, and unmarried in Japan is to be an old maid. which is ,disgracefu1."
 Exchange Of Photographs
 Suppose the. case of Japanese young man in California. He wants a wife. who is expected to be in a very practical sense a helpmeet. No worthwhile American girl would ac- cept him as husband; and the chances are that he prefers one of his own race any way. Accordingly his practice has been to write to his parents, or to some relative, in the home country, and ask to have a wife picked out for him. -
 There were always plenty of candi- dates; for the girls were anxious to be married, and their parents were usu- ally eager to place them matrimonial ly. One of them was selected, and her photograph was mailed to the would be husband. If it struck him favor ably, he sent a photograph of him self in return. Otherwise he might ask for a second picking. In case l both parties were pleased, the girl was 1 forwarded to the United States by the l next steamer.
 The Japanese Government has ex- | ercised a certain amount of supervi- sion over this business, maintaining l for the purpose a bureau in which the
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~ ETROGRAD or St. Petersburg, as it was known before the war,
 is just now in the public eye.
 more than at any other time of it's history. It is the center of the BoIsheviki movement now in control of that ill-fated people. The city is entirely differentein aspect and archi-s lecture from other Russian cities and especially unlike Moscow, where the Oriental still holds sway and makes its impress upon the entire complexion Of the city. But Petrograd was built flor communications with Europe and Sits foander had in mind city which Should symbolic commerce with the countries to the west of Russia. Peter the Great had lived in other European countries. learning their trade meth ods and aspirations and it is not sur prising that when he planned a city, considering his purpose, it should re- semble the modern cities of Europe, rather than be patterned after the elder%ones of his own country.
 % Petrograd is a new city, as Russian cities go, and in 1703 Peter the Great laid the foundations of the fortress of St. Peter and St. Paul as the nucleus of the future capital. The foundation of that city marked a revolution in the history of Russia, as it signalized a definite place among the Baltic powers by the Russian Empire and it's entrance upon the stage of Vest ern politics as well as in the conner ciaf world.
 Founded By Peter The Great
 ae Peter the Great allotted fifty square versts (Russfan miles) for the site of the city The chief street was known as the Nevsky Prospect. which takes its name from the Neva River which divides the city. This street is the Broadway of Petrograd and is three miles in length. According to a we'll known Russian historian the city had a circumference of twenty-four miles
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A.D export from that country to the United States. '.s%t
 Thus. as3very serious cause of fric- ton between America and Nippon bids fair to be renoXed.:
 Japanese picture brides have been literally swarming into the, Golden State, and the situation has aroused a storm of popular disapprovaL. During stho year ended June 30 last, T, ,S62 of them were disem parked at Seattle, and the total number arriving in that twelve month on our Pacific Coast was hardly less than $500. . These young women have been help ing partantly<to make California 8 Japanese colony. They serve a dou- < ble purpose. fworking in the fields as swageless ;1aborers .(whereby the law forbidding Immigration of laborers from Nippon is7 set at naughty, and producing, in surprising numbers babies which, being American born, have a legal right to own land in the United States.
 Americans in California cannot compete economically with the Jap anese. They are being literally driven . off of the earth; for those clever and Industrious little people are rapidly acquiring possession, by -~leaseholds and other means, of the most pro- ductive lands. Already the great veg etable and fruit crops are practically controlled by them.
 Most of the picture brides' are very young girls; many of them art mere children. For in Japan a gir is considered marriageabIe at 15; ant it is the parents duty to provide 2 . sshuspand for her as soon as possible ' "a
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N BTROGRAD or St. Petersburg,
 Jas it was known before the war, sG G12 is just now in the public eye
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They Have Been Coming From Japan To California In Flocks, and the People of the Golden State Rose Up In Arms Against An In- vasien of Rapidly Multi plying Orientals Japan NowPromisesT ToKeep the Young WomenAt Home.
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By ROBERT TIGHE

aS JAPAN has. promised to keep the 9picturey brides"@at home. They
 are no longer to be an article of ' export from that country to the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
STAFFORD

Mrs. Barrett Cummings is entertain
ing her brother, SIR. Bean.
There was a small dance at the
hall Friday evening.
on Thursday afternoon the l.. B.
c held a sale Of fancy articles, food,
etc. at the library hall and met via
most encouraging returns, selling near
" every article that was exhibited.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. =. Stowe were re-
Gently in Lebanon on business.
II is somewhat unusual for automo-
biles to be driven over the country
roads at this season, hut several cars
have been 20 Hanover and Lebanon,
n. IT,, since the rain. and r. b. Pres
colts truck makes frequent trips to
Pompa station. The round trip is %
miles and some days four trips ere
made.
Messrs Halpin and Mesrs have sold
the farm they purchased Of Mrs.
Caswell Summer TO Edwin Y. Pierce.
Misses Earline and Carolyn Bag.
lev. Christina Morrill,. Mary Collins and
Susie Hszelton returned Friday from
school ct South Royalton for the
Christmas recess. which they VIII
spend a. their several homes here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
WELLS RIVER

Schools closed Friday noon. In the
evening the high school gave supper
and entertainment in We hall, includ-
ing Christmas tree and all for the
school children. Proceeds went to sup
port certain departments of the high
school. The following days the teach
ers went To their respective homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. French went Saturday
morning to Hyde Park, where they will
spend Christmas week.
About o'clock Wednesday after
noon the small daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Brill was hit by the Stinson truck
but not seriously injured. II seems that
the girl came out of her house which
is near the roadway and ran into the
street just as the truck approached. As
luck would have it she escaped being
in the path of the ear and only was hit
by the body. Outside of few bruises
she will be all right. No blame is at
tached to the driver of the car.
Woodsville high school won bas-
ketball game from Lowell Commercial
college in Woodsville hall last Tuesday
evening by the score of 20-lS. The
game was not an extremely good ex-
ample of basketball
J. A. Moore left Wednesday for
Worcester, Mass, where he win meet
his daughter, Georgia, who is attending
school in that place. From there they
will spend a few days in Boston, where
Mr.. Moore has business, returning home
on Saturday.
philo Van Dyke spent the day Thurs
day in st. Johnsbury, where he attend
ed the Woodsville- st. Johnsbury bas-
ketball game. He reportz very inter
esting game. The score at the end of
the first period was Woodsvlle Z, st.
Johnsbury 8. At the end of the second
period it was 1917 in favor of st.
Johnsbury and the final period found
the score 81 10 in favor of the same
team. Woodsville used the following
men in their lineup: Sweeny Smith,
X. Carlson, p. Carlson, Taylor, Kirk
and Boutwell, For st. Johnsbury big
Bill Gibson played great defensive
game and il was through him that
Woodsville can lay her defeat. We I'M
derstand that Boutwell, has played his
last game for Woodsville.
Mr.. Deming, an employee in Smiths
livery stable and living in the Leonard
block, was suddenly taken i'll the first
of the week. The case was called ty-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
WATERBURY,

The Pierian club had its Christ
mas party at the home 'of Mrs. ~ II.
Fife Friday afternoon, Mrs. FIRE ana
Mrs. Randall hostesses. The program
consisted of vocal solos by Mrs. Locke
and Mrs. Mildred Breene Eldredge and
vocal duet by Mrs. Eldrcdge and MS.
Claire. Mrs. j, b. Adams was inc
aceompanst of the afternoon. ne
program was followed by an oincGli
visit from Mrs. Santa Claus, VINO pro
yided gifts for each one. Delicious re-
freshments were served
The following officers OF Emerald
Rebekah lodge, No 33, were elected
Friday evening: Noble grand, Eda
Eaton; vice grand, Eunice Haskins;
secretary, Eleanor Boyce; treasurer,
Matte Claire; trustee, Mary Shipman.
Appointive officers not yet announced.
Installation in January.
Miss Mary Lease, instructor IN mu-
sic at Goddard seminary, is at the
home Of her parents on High street
for the holidays.
Miss Ruth Graves has arrived from
Simmons college for the holidays.
Editor L. Fl. Lewis of the News ard
Citizen of Hyde Park passed through
town Friday. Mr.. Lewis candidacy
for internal revenue collector has been
announced and those who know INN
in this community feel that he will he
the right man in the right place when
change is made.
The schools at North Duxbury had
fine Christmas exercises Thursday ait
ernoon.
The daughter born to Mr. and Mrs
Harry Bingham at the Heaton hospital
has been named Ann Bingham.
The grades in the graded building
give pageant Friday in commemora :
ton of the Pilgrim tercenternary, dlf-
ferent grades depicting different
scenes. This also took the place OF
Christmas entertainment
Friends of Rev and Mrs. w. T.
johnson were saddened when they
heard of the death of their daughter,
Miss Marie johnson, Mr.. johnson hay
ing been much loved pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-20
STOWE

Mrs. p. A. Raymond had arranged to
give Mr.. and Mrs. A. ID, Lynch Il fare
well surprise supper at her home Fri
day evening but when IL became known
jst before the hour that the Lynches
were entertaining at supper, the party
joined the expected guests, giving q
surprise all around. There were TWEEN
ty guests. Supper was served at :
o'clock and cards were played during
the evening. Mr.. Lynch leaves Mon
day for his new position as general
manager of the West Hartford (Nt.)
creamery. Mrs. Lynch and little son
win remain until after Christmas.
Mrs. Clark Winch of Middlebury is
at the Fanny Allen hospital. recover
ing from an operation for removal OF a
large tumor. Mrs. Winch was former
ly Mrs. Luceba Glare French of Stove.
Walter i. Morgan of the Norwich
university senior class is at home Tor
the Christmas vacation.
Mrs. +. S. Boardman has received
news that the little five-year old son
of her brother and wife, Mr., and Mrs.
M NJ. hluililt vi ana '~oNNf - -
had one hip broken recently when he
was run over by passenger
taxi. The child is in plaster cast
and it is hoped will recover, but it is
a wonder that he was not killed OUT
right.
Miss Addie Bigelow of Franklin, N.
H., is at home for the Christmas vaca
tion.
A year ago at this time the temper
allure ranged from zero to twenty four
below, not rising above zero at any
time on the 18th. There has been no
zero weather so far this season, al
though there is snow for good sleigh
ing.
Mrs. Effie Robinson was called to
Waterbury Center Saturday by the
illness Of her mother inlaw, Mrs.
Sarah Robinson, who has pneumonia.
Misses Sadie Cary and Alice Bar
rows were in Barre Saturday.
Mrs. Roy Ploof spent the week end
with relatives in Waterbury.