The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-07
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 from the outside world, and let us get a glimpse of what is going on within it's boundaries.
 During the war there was much talk about ''No-man' s-Land;" it was a phrase to cover up the unknown. and the person take his life in his hands It is in Dante that we are told of the inscription over the entrance into hell, "All Hope Aban- don Ye Who Enter Here" Now, although I have travelled in Rus- sia and studied Russian history, literature and art and read book after book about the country, and devoured article after article in the magazines, and digested column upon column of newspaper stories, and listened to quite a few lec- turers who have talked about Russia's past, present and future, freely admit that I am still in the twilight zone when it comes to really knowing the truth.
 
 Princess Radzwll was here and We heard her narrowing tale and looked into her tragic face and went home to dream
 
 came for brief moment and opened a window into the land of mystery and | moved on, and I had much to think about concerning his great father, the land of his birth and the momentous changes which had turned it topsy-turvy. And then I thought of the son in this free America of ours and wondered how I if was reanfjup m hin,
 | The only American whom have talked with since the war was Charles Edward I Russell, who went with the Root com mission, and from him I got some point CTS which threw a new light on some of the transformations which had taken place in the mighty empire which broke up. also had interesting interviews with Sir John Frazer who has written a marvellously interesting story about Russia and the Russians, and whose lec- ture here was great event. I got to change views with Dr. Petry, professor at Auburn, and to look through his col- lection of books on Russia
 l I simply cite these incidents to show l 1 of Russia, and therefore hail with de- light the coming of pr. Gregory zilboorg, a graduate in law of the University of Petrograd, and of the Psycho-Neurolog- ical institute of the same city in medi- cine and philosophy. Now, if he didn't know anything about his native land he would be of intense interest to me, for ! F~ IL specialized in the things which interested me greatly in my studies in Paris, Vienna and Berlin.
 took course in Roman law in Paris, and at the Sorbonne and the College of France sat under the best teachers in psychology and philosophy, and attended the clinics of Charcotat Saltpetiere, and got my first taste of hypnotsm from the great master. Any one studying law in France who expects to make criminal practice a part of his profession is bound to take course under some noted alien ist, and this I did under Dr. Ball. fol- lowing his lectures at one of the largest lasylums.
 Having turned my mind along the lines ! of philosophy, law and psychology, it twas only short step until I was headed for certain lectures in the medical fac ulties, and this is why I spent much time in the great hospital and asylums and charitological institutions in the cap- itals of France, Austria and Germany. It was foreordained that should be im- mersed in psycho-neurological studies. land later make sociological work a spe- lcialty doing first-hand work in the great cities with a government expert.
 This is why I am not frightened when the Drama league is bringing to-us a noted scientist who won his spurs in the lrealms of science before he got caught up in the maelstrom of Russia intrigue. Dr. Zilboorg had arrived at no little dis tinction in scientific circles before the Russian revolution came which landed him as secretary to the minister of labor in Kerensky's cabinet. He does not have to flout that he is a revolutionist to get } a hearing so far as I am concerned, al though it does make him more interest.
 
 compels attention.
 But there is another side of his life which also makes me want to know and hear him, and that is he is an editor and an author who has won his spurs both in journalism and in literature When a Russian is educated he jus seems to have the natural ability to ab sorb culture, and knowing this trait, am not surprised that he is a lawyer : physician, psychologist sociologist, edi tor and author. I first learned something 1 of Russians from those met in Parii and later at Zurich, Switzerland, >fount ) some mighty interesting types among } both men and women.
 Small wonder that like most of his rae, he is linguist. He, like many of tn, educated Russians speaks several moderr languages and delivers his lectures ii English, French or Russian. By the way if you wish to hear pure and undefilet
 English, you are more apt to catch I from the lips of man like Dr. zilboorg 5 who knows it largely through it's litera ture. than you will from one who ha spoken it from childhood up. The forme z iacquiring the classic speech without ab lsorbing any of the slang which creep : into the conversation of most of us wh 6 Ihave been careless in degrading our vo { cabuIarv with tainted words