The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-11
(sY FARMER MURPHY

q relation Sin this Russia OF hunger
paralleled, let him. without delay, II
has not already done So get IN touch
Ia the American relief administra-
II 81 AZ Broadway, New York, and
I'm how by the expenditure Of ton or
enty dollars he can save family
pm death,
Everyone has heard Of the great
mine in Russia l have seen It IN
its stark horror in some villages OF
b provinces OF Kazan. Lave seen q
hole people in the process of perish
ga process that will be completed
Hess help comes quickly and I am
Ia that the only adequate help avail
Die. aside from the free mass feeding
1900 600 children which the Ameri-
n relief administration has under
ken, is by the purchase from that
ranization Of food remittances for
built and family relief.
SO from this capital OF land that
as once the granary Of the world
ould appeal to all those ia America
40 know someone In Russia to make
ste 70 send them food remittanees
rough the American relief admins
alton, and to all those who have
sarts and the means to help to send
od remittances for general relief,
zen though they have no friends or
natives in this stricken country. But
L me tell what I saw on my trip
which was accompanied by Sir
Ihillp Gibbs and Leonard Spray, Of
10 London Chronicle.
From the city OF Kazan, which we
sached by rail, we decided to go to
etyushi, about sixty miles down the
olga river. We were told boat was
nder our orders, and tho captain
ould do whatever we directed, as he
as chartrod by the A. r. A.. and was
arrying a shipment Of supplies to the
hid bleeding operations at Spassk
uth such complete control. we had
asions OF a good sized tug boat or
Aunch, so imagine our surprise when
Ee got down to the landing stage to
nd that our boat was a huge river
teamar OF over 200 feet in length,
allied the ''varlen." The magniheence,
however, was only In size, FOR when we
OF aboard tho ship to find whore we
.souid sleep, and the various state
ooms were shown us, we found moth
be- but dinpidation and decay. We
NV hunks full Of dirt and trash and
led bugs ia every corner. A large
alon on the upper deck forward, how
YER, was fairly decent and clean and
ro decided 10 bunk and live. we got
ut some old mattresses that were in
ne stateroom, and after having care
uiiy explored them, threw them down
n the floor and slept there-except
sfbbs, who decided that the table was
afer.
we arrived at Tetyushi in the morn
'nR and climbed a declivity about zoo
aet high to the town and sought out
ho local Soviet officials, It required
8hroe hours Of prodding before we
vere able to got tho two teams to take
d out into the villages that we wished
x visit.
The conveyances were those indigen-
rus 10 this country. A low, phaeton-
bike wagon, without a top, and with
bniy about half back. A driver sits
IN small seat IN front and the pas
langers sit IN a small cup-shaped re-
eeptacle behind. which is only about
large enough for one good -sized per-
pm W. AfNA q beN8 VI straw LOT n
cushion. and had to hang on with
hands and feet in order to keep our
eelves from being thrown out sidewise.
Sr falling out backwards. The hitch is
5lso peculiar to this country One
horse Is in the shafts, which have the
wooden bow over the horses withers,
- familiar IN pictures OF Russian life.
Ind the second horse IS hitched on the
side with a singletree attached to some
part OF the wagon gear
Gibbs and / took our pick or the two
cams, and apparently we chose well.
or our driver, n Tartar looking person
With a shaggy cap. went away with
| crack OF his whip and a hoop over
he cobhle pavement full OF deep holes.
md no never allowed himself to be
headed.
We went through deep mud mixed
With q light snow, out over the open
,rairie, and arrived In a short time at
he first village, which is called Loodo-
rovka. We went at once to the house
n which our child feeding is given.
Ind here we found two young Russian
women teachers OF the school who su-
this feeding. Permit me to
gigress enough to remark that one Of
hese girls was extremely good looking,
With regular features, and wide, h'ae
ives. The feeding was over for
he day but we told them that we
mould like to see conditions amongst
he poorest families The young
women at once said that they could
how them TO us
we saw three families In this town,
ma think that the thing which struck
IS most was that. in spite Of the abb
lance OF any hard walks or roads, and
vatn deep mud everywhere in the
Itreets Of the village. every house @e
uttered had spotlessly clean floor,
/ seemed extraordinary under such
.adltions. and having IN mind my own
erlences, I Instantly shrank from the
i pected scolding when we tracked ia
fith mud all over our feet But the
colding was not forthcoming.
- these families we saw skinny chill
Iren and bloated children, and need
lot tell you more than to say that the
read which they have to eat looks
ke dried refuse. It is made OF grass
nd weeds and seeds ground up into
meau Sometimes tho waste cabbage
caves from outside the head are used