The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-06-19

THIS is how 1 met her. was sitting in tram
car that stopped at the Lubyansky square.
The square was in red turmoil. youth dem
onstration had just been terminated and crowd
of young men and women thrust themselves into
! the car. One of the girls looked like glowing
poppy among grasses
Was she beautiful? I know not. A brown,
oval sunburned face with golden glow under
the skin Oval, dark luminous eyes with little
souint Thick, brown hair cOmbed back. A
laughing big mouth,-red and white, blood and
pearls Applicability in the figure round, resili-
emit luscious, substantial. The whole appearance
so permeated, saturated, full to overlooking with
life sunshine laughter, free joy, that one did not
care to think whether the creature was beautiful
Ask whether a young pine tree is beautiful when
it quivers in the hot summer wind.
The car was filled with colorful hullabaloo
The tram had not yet moved from the spot before
l knew that the name of the girl was Nashua.
She sat opposite me on the narrow seat next
to the window. l looked at her. thinking how
we'll the name fitted her appearance broad, round,
coherent with a wide sweep: Mashura. l must
have looked at her with too much curiosity be-
cause she suddenly burst out laughing
'eYou want to talk Why don't you? Don't be
bashful.">
Simlingly / said something to the effect that
she interested me as type of the new prOletarian
youth Mashura turned to the rest Of her com
rades with loud voice in mock earnest:
II have the honor to introduce to you a rare
bird, an American who speaks Russian"
Not quarterh hour had passed before all
became friends as if we had known each other for
many years
z ONCE tried to make the balance of Mashu-
= ras day and found that hours missing
Tt is like this. In the morning she must get up
not later than six hafpast six, because she has
to wash, dress, cook and eat breakfast, and then
ride forty minutes in the tram and walk ten min
utes to reach her factory at "whistle time"-
eight sharp. In the factory she works from eight
to twelve and from one to five every day except
Saturday, when the work is finished at twelve
At six in the evening she finds herself in the uni
versty where she takes courses and participates
in the seminary till nine. Three times each week
she is occupied, first, in the party nucleus sec
ond, in political circle where she gives course
third in the chorus Besides, she has been charged
with the special task of organizing sections Of
the NJ. O. -P r. international Labor Defense)
This necessitates her visiting workers. meetings
and making speeches on behalf of the NJ o. p r..
sometimes also organizing conferences and meet
ings M. o. p. r. keeps her busy several evenings,
a week.
All this is regular, indispensable work.
Figuring out the extent of her activities
/ could not understand where Mashura found
time, first to eat supper there being a ride of
minimum of fifty minutes from the factory to the
university; second, to prepare the work for the
university; third, to read books and papers
fourth, to participate in the Komsomol (the
young Communist organization) fifth, to sew
herself dress, to mend stockings to wash her
linen; SIXTH to live
OF course, she did not need much clothing.
red kerchief on her head, a white blouse and
short skirt up to her knees, pair of. sandals on
her strong sunburned, well-shaped feet, and moth