The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

TOT EQncafl0n.
whsch even MaAans R6sentsI Ia.
nsvG seen. and Others stfIi
are tn private ownership. Up
70 1915 or later Rossntal was
painting In his most brfniant
SOFA There b . young son.
v0y postio and tsmper1msntzi
IN typs. who b sure 10 follow
his artistic fathers career, or
that Of his musical mother. Who
ang In sil the large cftiss OF
Europe before her marriage TO
the artist She was the model
for his most beautiful pictures, as
one may readily go In Risz.
one may ind many other
churches. Including the striking
Russian church. Further south
the churches are always open for
visitors. but here II % not the
custom 20 opsn them szcspt for
Sundays.
The Central Park Of Risa forms
the nucleus about which the city
seems 30 cluster. or rather to
spread out. for Il b BY no means
small. and the climate 10 espsc-
iaily agreeable. combining a. it
does the - air with the country
90 near At hand. F1ambeau va.
as usual fortunate IN fine weather.
but he wss told that earlier they
had . very rainy summer thi.
year.
do not get arrested more than
three times In Russia laughed
the friend In Washington who had
given Flambeau HIS letters OF IN
PRODUCTION In Riga Twenty would
be too manyr
~Haben Sic Elm Peitxr" anxiousiy
asked q Polish acquaintance. 'Es
ist sehr kalt In Russiand."
SHOES WORN OUT.
Fambeau had thought IL might
be hard 10 get out of Russia, but
he had not dreamed Il would be
such slow work getting IN. All
over Europe he had journeyed.
and everywhere the people had
been his friends. giving him such
kindly welcome TO their country.
His shoes were worn through with
holes when he arrived in Riga II
was only because Russia ts TODAY
% disorganized that one Journalist.
more or less. where there are 20
many coming and going. does not
matter. Louise Bryant. OF the As
sociated Press, was already IN Rus
sio. And there were others IN Mos
COW at the headquarters Of the
American Relief Administration.
You must go with us in the dip.
lomatic car" again smiled pretty
Frauelein Backman. "Otherwise.
travelling In the ordinary cars. you
might get q iouser" And she
laughed. But the seats are hard.
sometimes third-ciass compart-
ments. You should take bed with
you for the nights. Frau Ro.sntal
win lend you q mattress"
They were an 90 anxious 10 hsSp
Flambeau IN Riga, to 60 on his
mission. And, meanwhile, the days
slipped by.
At the summer thester Of Riru
Latvtan company was piaytnf
Shakespeare Twelfth Nisht.-
and IN the National Opera HOUSE
Aida" was being given. the open
ing Of the opera season. Many
motion picture places were In
operation. The LAtvians are ereat
lovers Of sports. n wsii - Of The
arts and education. Sailing b thsiY
fsvorfte pastima There vsrs fSw
beggars In Riga. but thers vsr>
soms. They stssd up rlambeau o.
an American.
ARE YOU RICHs-
~sind Sic reichr' anxfousfy sske6
IN old woman, who had wandered
into q restaurant where Flambe.u
was eating . modest meal
''Nein. nein. sehr ann v.s
rambeau's reply. -sshrefbers
sind ifnmer armi" But they hsd
some tea tossthsf. with .>vpfa
brodt." and she wrote her auto
Graph for him. =
The two museums q fins arts
hold Interesting collections e psint.
tngs. representing. besides Latv1sn
art. TO some extent the schools Of
an lands. but Flambeau wa an.
sured that many OF their best had
been taken by the Russians or the
Germans TO grace much larger eai-
lerfes than those Of LAsvia IN
Riga
There wAs. however, q mar.
veicus effort st the bsst possfbie
dispaay. ana n vas quite wonder
fui 10 ind. here On the outskirts
Of the world, such q Wide reprs-