The Washington times., 1922-12-24

W6SA&b ~ S1AVS SohaA
In the capital city two nswtps-
pers are pubiished daiiy exosbt
Mondays. The papSrs supsiy the
local. domestic and fspsASz nSws.
The WORM may knew very nttis
about what happsas wlth1a the
Russian besnAaries, but the Rms
SLAMS keep wen informsd - to
what IL happening outside. The
government 10 taking ndvantaSs Of
both the aispIane and the radio
a. means Of centa0t With Durebe.
The Russians are enthusiastic
about fiyiHs. One Ssidom issks
up in the vicinity ef Moscow
without seeing several planes.
There II daily pessengsr service
from Moscow 10 warsaw and Ber-
I'm. Although I did my travelling
ny train. I hayA h~en toiA BY
others moro up 70 dAts that the
air service 10 far superior In Rus
sia.
RUSSIAN RAILWAHs.
Indeed . railway Journey in
Russia 10 fuii Of unique expsr.
ences. A train may isavS on
'chedulsd time. but naorS thaa
likely II viii - iass. You may -
delayed an sstirs twsnty-eour
hours before you svsn stast %
your preepsctivs Journey. TIE
greatss part sf ths rellinS stsck
now beyond ssgvios. And Of the
-ngines in use. the majority uss
wood in place Of oil or cesl. This
n.cessitatss frequept stsps - isaA
wood. Somstimss . suppay d logs
has been piseed ssar th> tsscAs st
he depot In sdvas0s q ~ tsAis's
arrival. but mers sftpa that u
not the case. ehd oAs nay -
delayed for several hosrs.
The passsrgyr on . kus1iaA
rain must ksov hSw to aa4isi-
pate -his wants sna prsv4Ss 90
cordinSiy. For inStanss, ons
must take all til ted enc e.
poets to eat In the ssuste u the
Journey. In aA4itisa u tIAe bseA.
take eating anl cooking utensils.
should you b On the reed over
night you Vim hsvs to supply
your own chests, bsanksts and pfi-
low and to b on the safe side. for
comfortable nights rest. DO not
forsst to take q gSnerous Sqppay
Of anti-vsrmin powdsrs. Il n .
oss NJ which ass the nsrs
numerous. lice o. bsgGars.
A. few trains have sny artif1-
al lighting. candles, electric snA
lamps are most useful.
There arS three classss On the
rains. First-ciaso means that
me will have . compartment In
which there win - frun enc to
hres other occupants. this de-
lending upon its size Of It. &c.,
nd-class corrssponds very much
o the American day coach sys-
en-. The third-ciass passengers
.'avel in box cars.
TILL MORE TEA.
There u no drinking water oa
he trains. But at every railway
,epot there 10 q huge boiler Of
not water. A. soon - q tretn
uffs and snorts IT, way Into .
alton ths passenssrs make .
aad scramble for the boilins wa
er. Each one has biz Or her
tea kettle. freQusntiy two of them.
soon thereafter the passsassrs
are all engaked in brewing their
eea. and whatever troubles they
nay have had are forgotten.
The communist government has
Gently established church Of
g own. This religious institution
called the New Living Church.
Many OF the priests from the old
order have taken offices in this.
Very little information VA at
hand relative TO IT. doctrines and
beliefs when I left six weeks ago.
low yer. all members Of the
church must marry.
Tn. natives OF Russia are Rsat
lovers OF sport. Young ana old.
masculine and feminine, they dear.
~ love to swim. When the tenn.
perpture permits. they floek - the
rivers and they will spepd ail AAy
in the water.
FOND OF DANCING.
In addition to their fondpsts epr
swimming they have an insxheust-
able desire to danos. They ere
born musicians and dancsrs. II
.is q treat to watch the Russians
having . good time. They know
30 well how to sbandon cares end
worries.
Starting with the first Of Sep
tember fsussia's thsatsrs opened
their doors for the winter sea-
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