The Washington times., 1922-12-24
FOOD AND CLO LOTaINC
SCARCE, BUT PEOPLE
FILLED WITH HOPE
rheaters Of Moscow Amazing; Plays Are Pro-
duccd Wonderfully, With Setting and Acting
Equal to Anything the World Can Offer.
Soldiers Of Red Army Ready to Pace Any
Dangers-TcrreriSm No Longer Exists.

y NoSJ W 1oSS AMJ
No Longer Exists.
The Russisps ars artists. They
have . mania now TO prodace
plays. ~ . ccnsequsocS buiid-
inOs are bsing rsparsd. and ussd
~ tksAtsrr which have been un-
ocoup3eA Sines the rsvelution.
During my iast eight weeks in
the cspstsi city I witnessed Per.
foFmancss in twelve different
thestssS.
Do net think for one moment
that the Russians DO not know
how to produce . play. When
you % to ons Of their psodpc-
tiens you - = finished work
Of art. The scenery 10 perfect.
the hshting sffsots flawIsss. the
costumes all they should b. and
ths sctips equal to any other
country.
Many an evening last spring
ana tAis fAu I IT IN . Russian
auAisocs aud saw stAss scenery
thAt actually took away my
breath Tor . fsw seconds. The
bieedtAg Of colors 10 indeed ex-
seuted 70 beautifully that you
a& timss become dizzy.
AeoVIEe m RUSSIA.
Hsr ehs film ian there are
mssdsS. but ths government ID
tsldaS savaAtass oe the screen -
. means Of sduoatins the popuia-
tisn. end - . result one rarely
ssse . play thus presented. The
Russians are now seeing pictures
depicting the revolution and the
suhseQpsat years Il construetipa.
risht ~ TO the present time.
Current events in The world cut.
side ere also pictured.
''NSs4chsspo" sppsars 70 b tie
mental staks Of mind Of . great
ma&y Of the Russians to1Ay.
They cell tAinss BY their correct
naanes aaa Do not siAsstsp the
@isakpesebas. hut they -stmriy
refuss 10 worry or become uB-
hAypG over what W call disap-
pointmSnts or streaixs Of Ill luck.
Anethsr POINT In which the
Americans in particular seem to
b intsrestsd relative to Russia
II whsthG or not slcebetic drinks
may b. secured now. Granting
that oos p wiling and sbls to
spsgA the money. one may pur-
chasA. either In the cafes Or
shops. vella. wines and bsers.
Russia u no longer dry. but I
did not see . single person under
the influence OF liquor while
was there-- Vodka, Russia's pop
ular drink. 10 - strong - whis-
kay.
Stacking u now the national
pastims. That and talking.
Smoking 10 very popular with
both ssxss. Pipes and cigars are
rarely seen, but the cigarette 10
pulled everywhere excepting in
the churches. theaters and the
institutions Of art and education.
The Russians are kind, generous
end hospitable. No matter how
little they may have they are ever
willing snA anxious to share It.
Frequently when calling was
forced to eat some Of what I was
positive vas the very last food IN
the famfly's reserve storage. or
hurt the feelings Of the hosts be-
yonA the point Of being pArdoned.
Ruesia sincerely desires to bs st
peace with the world. She wants
to engage in the various friendly
relationships with the foreign
CVOuttiVDe 0ut ~ A&h u0h ~
vAnoss ARE met With either blank
respsals o. with counter-proposals
decidedly 10 her disadvantAss.
WHAT RUSSIA WANTS.
Russia Hoss not care to be ran
sacked BY foreigners. and has
MADE up her mind that she WIN
not - 20 treated. Germany h
slowly but surely becoming vsey
friendly with the Russian Soviet
government. and Great Britain ID
running . close second. Unless
the United States 10 careful she
viii. In the not very distant future.
awake to find that she has lost
; eoldsn, opportunity. whore the,
trade Of Russia 10 concerned. The
American msnufactursrs now have
! vest fisld for their goods In
Soviet Russia. and the Russians
would rather have "Made in Amer.
ica" goods than those from any
other country. wsrS . manu-.
factprsr I wenid certainly not hest
tate to entsr into business rela.
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