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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-17
GAYETIES TN
PROSPECT AT
BAL BOHEME
Clever Stunts Rehearsed
Yesterday; Impromptu
Diversions

An unusual sensation. mysterious
and joyous. is in store for the merry
throng that will attend the Bal
Boheme tonight at the Willard as
they enter the beautifully decorated
ball rooms transformed for the occa,
sion into q scene Of exotic fascina.
ton. done in color and light. That
mysterious something that the
French call "joie re vivre" will seize
upon the guests as they join In the
carnival events that are scheduled
to occur during the evening.
The final rehearsals were held
yesterday at the Willard and the
committee on arrangements. headed
by @. A. Lyon. pronounced all in
perfect readiness for tenight's bril-.
liant fete. Mr.. Lyon also desires to
announce that tickets for the Bal
Boheme are TO be had at the Ta!bert
ticket bureaus In the Willard, the
Carlton. the MayfIower and the
Club st. Mark, this In response to
numberless Inquiries being received
almost every minute at the Arts
Club.
In addition to the regular program
prepared for the ball. It Is expected
that at least one or two extra
added attractions" will be given
informally during the supper period
and one or two very interesting and
popular professional guests will
attend.
youth and Love-" pantomine
by the Strolling Players. directed by
Miss Emma L. Ostrander, win en-.
liven the supper hours during which
there Is to be no intermission in the
general dancing. The Strolling
Players include Lulu G.. Adams,
Betty Clark, Kermit Gardner. T. w.
Harvey, Ivan Hewitt, Molly Lee,
John Davenport Long, Marian Nc.
DANIEL. Harriet Murphy and DIN
Eilliers.
Many picturesque costumes will
be worn representing a Lady in
Waiting" to an old empress Of
China. Mrs. William J. Monro will
wear an antique gown which she
brought from China. She will en-
terrain in her large box the Seore.
tary OF the Navy and Mrs. Wilbur,
Secretary OF Labor and Mrs. Jan1ns
J. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. Charls J.
Bell, Miss Rita Hume, Miss Je<sica
Randolph Smith, ]. Lewis Money.
way. Charles Smell and otner friends.
Miss Smith will represent a direct
ancestor. Lady Tristram Noteworthy
of I'VE Ragged Islands in Virginia, :
and will wear Colonial costume Of
pink satin embroidered with rhine.
stones. old lace and ancestral pearls.
Mr.. Moneyway will be Rudolph
Valentino.
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FETE ARRANGED AS
CHURCH BENEFIT

A card party and dance will be
given tomorrow evening at the
Raleigh at $50 o'clock by the
Sodality and the Newman Club of
the Holy Name Church. The enter.
tainment is arranged as a benefit
tor the church.
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Mrs. James A. Drain will be at
home informally tomorrow after.
noon at the Willard.
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FOR
WAKEFIELD
MEMORIAL
National Photos

The Wakefield National Memorial
Association has issued invitations
for dinner to be given at the May
flower Hotel, February II to cele-
brate the one hundred and ninety
fifth anniversary Told calendar) OF
the birth of George Washington.
The speakers on this occasion will
include Gen. Charles P. Summerall,
Senator James A. Reed, James NJ.
Beck, Representative Martin B. Mad
den, Mrs. Alfred j. Brousseau. and
others to be announced later.
William Tyler Page will recite
the Americas Creed" of which he
is the author. Senator Claude A..
Swanson will act as POSTMASTER.
The committee in charge of the
evening includes Mrs. Ogden l..
Mills. chairman; Mrs. Claude A..
Swanson, Mrs. Peter Goelet Gerry,
Mrs. James Carroll Frazer, Mrs.
Stanley Rhinehart, Mrs. Charles C..
Worthington. Mrs. Howard Suther.
land and Col. U. S. Grant, Ill.
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international Marriages Endemic in
CapitaL; Miss Hit to We'd HerteLendy
Engagement Announced
Is Third in Interesting
Group; Miss Roebling to
Wed First

HlHE young Lochinyars OF today
seem to be coming out of the
East.
Hungary is the latest to be added
TO the list of foreign countries
whose diplomats in Washington will
wed American girls before the sum-
mer is far spent.
Thus far this season the order
ehronologically stands Belgium, Ger.
many and Hungary. Baron van
der Elst, of the Belgian embassy,
and Miss Allison Roebling. daughter
OF Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, had their
engagement announced early in the
season-two weeks before Miss
Roebling had made her debut. And
they are now preparing for their
wedding on February 10.
DIR. Edward Won Selzam. Of the
German Embassy, came next with
Miss Anita Henry as his fiancee-
their wedding probably taking place
IN June. And yesterday came the
formal announcement of the engage
ment of Andor de Hertelendy, OF
the Hungarian Legation. to Miss
Elizabeth Hit, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Reynolds Hitt-the eli.
max Of a romance rumored some
months ago.
So it appears that Washington
girls, at any rate, have no fears for
the success of international mar.
riageS despite warnings frequently
broadcast by unofficial observers"
Indeed, there seems to be little
basis for adverse criticism when
one surveys the long list of Ameri.
can girls who have elected to be-
come the brides of men Of other
lands and whose lives, from surface
Indications at any rate, seem to be
laid in pleasant places.
Wedding Plans
The wedding Of Miss Roebling and
Baron van der Elst, invitations for
which have just gone out, will take
place at noon in st. Matthews
Church, and there will be a small
reception afterward at Estabreok,
the home of Colonel and Mrs.
O'Brien, on the edge of Rock Creek
Park.
Miss Roebling will have her sister,
Miss Caroline Roeblng, as maid of
honor, and Baron van der Fists
brother, Baron Emmanuel van der
Elst, will come from Belgium to be
his best man. There will be eight
bridesmaids. with ushers to match,
but the list isn't quite complete yet.
The couple will spend their honey.
moon in Europe.
No Date Chosen .
Miss Henry and Mr.. Won Selzam
are planning an early summer we'd
ding, probably in June, but the date
depends upon when the popular
young secretary of the German en-
bassy is able to get leave.
No announcement has been made
of the plans of Miss Hit and Mr..
de Hertelendy. She's very pretty,
Miss Hit, and has been popular
with her own special coterie since
her debut two years ago. She is a
granddaughter of Mrs. Robert r.
Hit, and Billy Hit, who married
Katherine Elkins, is her uncle.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-17
OHIO SOCIETY PLANS
BIRTHDAY PARTY

The Ohio State Society will have
its annual celebration of Mckinley
birthday on the evening Of January
20, at Rauscher's.
William T. Kuhns. president of
the Chamber of Commerce Of Can
ton, Ohio, will be the speaker. For
many years he had close associa-
ton with President Mckinley. In
addition to the address by Mr..
Kuhns, there will be a program CT
music, dancing and a buffet sup.
per.
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The Georgia State Society will
give ball on Wednesday al
L'Aiglon. Eighteenth Street and Co.
lumbia Road.
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Mrs. Lyman Kendall entertained
20 guests at luncheon yesterday in
honor Of Mrs. George Mesta.
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PARTIES TODAY
FOR BONNY BRIDE

Miss Nora Hill was hostess at
luncheon today at the Parrot, enter.
tanning in compliment to her sister.
Miss Elizabeth Snowden Hill. whose
marriage to Jerome Montrose Ora.
ham will take place on Saturday.
The guests were limited to members
OF the bridal party.
This afternoon Miss Hill and her
attendants are being entertained at
bridge by Miss Bessie Johnson,
whose party is at the Washington
Club. a number of additional guests
were asked for bridge and still
others will come in for tea
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DINNER TONIGHT
FOR MR.. AND MRS. ROBBINS

The Assistant Secretary Of State
and Mrs. Leland Harrison will en-.
terrain at dinner this evening in
compliment TO the Counselor of the
American Embassy in Rome and
Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, who
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Perry
Belmont while in Washington.
Representative and Mrs. Henry
Winfield Watson will be hosts to q
company OF IL at dinner this eve
ming in their home on Massachu.
sets avenue.
Mrs. Watson will entertain a com
pany of II at luncheon tomorrow
in compliment to Miss Louise Fitz-
hugh. debutante daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Fitzhugh.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A. Drury
will entertain % at dinner tonight
and have asked some 80 guests to
come in later for dancing.
Mrs. w. Harry Brown will enter
tain at dinner this evening in her
apartment at 1885 Massachusetts
Ave.
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LUNCHEON AND
BRIDGE TODAY

Mrs. Clara A. Sasser entertained
at a bridge luncheon in the patio
of the Carlton Hotel today. Her
guests were Mrs. Anne Gaynor, Miss
Mary Gheen, Mrs. John o. Gheen,
Mrs. A. B. Hayes, ST.; Miss Irene
Hall. Mrs. Hoover Hanger. Mrs.
A. B. Hayes. jr.; Mrs. Ralph Given.
Mrs. Carl Jaensen, Mrs. George
Knox, Mrs. NJ. o. Leighton, Mrs.
William Mills, Mrs. Charles Owens,
Mrs. w. T. Pollard, Mrs. Frank
Rogers. Mrs. Beverly Smith, Mrs.
Eleanor Sheffield, Mrs. Leo Sim.
mons, Mrs. Stephen Tabor, Mrs.
James Atkins, Mrs. S. T. Ansell,
Mrs. E. s. Bailey. Mrs. Lester Baer,
Mrs. Pauline Boyer. Mrs. Brook
Boyer, Mrs. Paris e. Brengle, Mrs.
o. NJ. p. Brown. Mrs. Wister Balders-
ton, Mrs. Norman E. Bull, Mrs.
Tyler bennett, Mrs. Walter Coates,
Mrs. Chasley, Mrs. Jack Connolly,
Mrs. Frank Crosthwaite, Mrs. L. F.
Davis, Mrs. Jules Demonet, Mrs. w.
J. Dyer, Mrs. Fred Eberle, Mrs.
Charles Galliher, Mrs. Harry Taylor,
Mrs. Van Sender. Mrs. George
Warrington, Mrs. Whitehead, Mrs.
A. p. Zappone, Miss Jane Gray
Syme, Miss Mowate, Mrs. C. r.
Porterfield, and Mrs. Roscoe George
Chase, of orange. N. J.
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Mrs. Coolidge is a partoness for
the ball and card party to be given
January 2S for the benefit Of the
District Chapter House, d. A. r.
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DIN N ERS I'm
THE NEWS"
TONIGHT
Vice President and Mrs.
Dawes to Be Guests of
Sec. and Mrs. Davis

The Vice President and Mrs
Dawes will be the honor guests al
dinner this evening of the Secretary
of War and Mrs. Dwight Davis. who
will entertain company of twenty
The Davises are playing safe tins
year in choosing an early date for
their dinner. for General and Mrs.
Dawes, remembering. perhaps. that
this particular party last year was
broken up by the budget meeting.
called of a sudden by President
Coolidge, at which both the host and
the guest OF honor had of necessity
to appear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-17
ELOTs NEWS AND GOSSIP OF SOCIETY IN THE CAPITAL
BIRTHDAY PARTY
FOR MRS. SANDERS

The Secretary 20 the President
and Mrs. Everett Sanders viii be the
honor guests at dinner this evening
Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. Bryan Pitts. The
party is arranged to celebrate Mrs.
Sanders birthday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Swager sheriey will
entertain a company Of young peo'
pie at dinner this evening for their
debutante daughter. Miss owe
sherley. Later the guests will go TO
the Bal Bohene.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-17
PEN LEAGUE
BOOK REVIEWS

A book review luncheon will be
held at the club house of the
League of American Pen Women
tomorrow. Mrs. Theodore Tiller is
in charge of arrangements.
Charles w. Russell, ex.minister to
Persia and author of poems on
Persian life. will be the guest
speaker. reviewing some of his own
poems. Miss Margaret Wade, a
league member, will discuss her
book, Social Usage in America"
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ON Yesterdays
CALENDAR

The Minister of Guatemala and
Nine. Sanchez Latour entertained
at luncheon yesterday in honor OF
Mrs. Richard Evlyn Byrd. mother
of the governor of Virginia. who is
passing several days with her cou-
sin. Mrs. Henry d. Flood. The
guests were the minister OF Costa
Rica, Mr.. Oreamuno; the counselor
Of the Chilean embassy. FREDERICK
Agacio: the charge d'affaires OF
Ecuador, Don Juan Barberis; Miss
c. Yglesias.' Mrs. Flood and Mrs.
Oscar Portner.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard 3. Jones
entertained at dinner last evening.
when their guests were Justice and
Mrs. Edward Terry Sanford. Justice
and Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone. DR..
and Mrs. Cary Grayson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade Ellis and Mrs. Thomas
Martin, of Oklahoma City. who ts
staying with Mrs. Jones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-17

Miss Elizabeth Gardiner ard Paul
Tchernikoff will appear in a dance
recital at the Wardman Park The.
alter on Friday. evening", at $50
o'clock
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MRS. WOODROW WILSON
LUNCHEON HOSTESS

Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will enter:
tain a party of six at luncheon on
Wednesday in the Presidential dining
room of the Mayflower. following
Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's Musical
Morning" Miss Rosa Ponselle of
the Metropolitan Opera Company
and Alberto Salvi, harpist. viii pre-
sent the program.
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The Little Cabinet consisting Of
the various assistant secretaries in
the Governments, will hold this eve.
ming it's first dinner this season in
the Presidential suite OF the VIII
lard.
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TO BE AT HOME
AT FORT HUMPHREYS

The marriage of Miss Susan Coch
ran Higgins, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Holmes Higgins, Of Dallas
Tex. to Lieut.. Thomas Kern. U. S
A., will take place in st. Matthews
Cathedral, Dallas. on January 20,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Higgins will
be at home at Fort Humphreys. Va,
after February Is.
Mrs. Edward Everett Gam and
Mrs. James Watson will be at home
on Thursday afternoon from 10
6 o'clock at Mrs. Cams home. SSos
Macomb st.
Assisting with the hostesses will
be Mrs. Edwin r. Sanford, Mrs.
James ], Davis. Mrs. william Jar.
dine, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, Miss Wat.
son and Mrs. Charles P. George,
niece Of Mrs. Gam.
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Mrs. Mary Fl. Schluter was hostess
to a company of fifty at luncheon
today in the Chinese room OF the
Mayflower.
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MRS. DAVIS IS
HONORED AT
LUNCHEON
Mrs. Kelly and Mrs.
Ransley Joint Hostesses
at Party

Mrs. James j. Davis. wife OF the
Secretary OF Labor. was the CUES.
for whom two fellow.Pennsylvanians
entertained today at one Of the
most beautiful Iuncheons OF the
season. The hostesses were Mrs.
Clyde Kelly. wife of Representative
Kelly, and Mrs. Henry Clay Rams.
ley. wife of Representative RansIey.
The guests, numbering 200, were
recruited in happy proportion from
official. diplomatic and resident so.
ciety.
Guests from the official world
were seated at two long tables
with one Of the hostesses pre-.
siding at each. and the others OF the
company were grouped at small
used in great profusion. with pink
roses predominating. and daffodils,
freesfas and other blossoms limiting
OF spring.
Four Cabinet hostesses. Mrs. Sar.
gent, Mrs. Wilbur. Mrs. Hoover and
Mrs. Jardine were in the group of
guests and there were many from
the Senate and the House.
AS a compliment to Miss Eliza.
beth Ransley there were a number
OF the debutantes present and they
were admitted to the bar" occupy
ing seats at the cross bar of the let.
ter H in which the tables wei a ar.
ranged.
Mrs. A. ]. Brousseau, president
general Of the d. A. r., received with
the hostesses.
Among the guests from out Of
town at the luncheon were Miss
Florence P. Laws, Mrs. John Barnes.
Mrs. Charles Vaughan, Mrs. Lewis
A. Belmont. Mrs. Frederick Schmidt,
Miss Henrietta Schmidt, Mrs. Will
liam sherrerd, jr., Mrs. John Folk
rod, Mrs. Robert McAbee. and Mrs.
Walker Bailey, all of Philadelphia
Mrs. Ransley and Miss Elizabeth
Ransley. who have recently Joined
Representative Ransley in the Capt.
tai. are at the Mayflower and will
remain until Congress adjourns.
Afterward Mr.. and Mrs. Ra neley
and their daughter expect to sail
for Europe.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02

BUY THE DAILY WORKER
AT THE NEWSSTANDS
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
Riff Chief Demands
French Release Ten
Captives as Ransom

TANGIER, Morocco, New. ] --- The
French government official designated
to negotiate with the Riff tribesmen
for the release Of two Frenchmcn and
two women recently kidnapped is en-
route today for Kaiba, where the $780,
900 ransom demanded by the tribes
men is to be paid.
Conditions were that the French lib
crate 10 Riff prisoners; that the
French, within the next four years, re-
deem any counterfeit money that
might be included in the ransom; that
no military reprisals be made.
The prisoners are Yves Steeg and
Jean Maillet, nephews of the French
governor general of Morocco; Baron
ess Steinhel and Nine. Marie Prokor-
off.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02

eral economic program of the nation. 1t has
the power to regulate production, trade
prices, distribution and exchange. It's deci-
sions are subject to review by the Peoples
Commissars as a whole or by the Central
Executive Committee. Directly underneath
the Council of Labor and Defense comes the
very important "Gosplan" organization de-
scribed above.
In matters such as education, health and So
cial welfare, the administration is primarily
in the hands of the separate republics. In
deed the creation Of the individual republics
was largely designed to give cultural auton-
omy to such sections as wished to preserve
their own language and culture and to secure
greater administrative decentralization par
ticularly important in so large country as
Russia. Cultural autonomy is also granted
within the major federated republics to those
minor republics composed of racial or religious
groups, such as the German colonists, the Tar
tars, the Moldavians, etc. Thus by allowing
each group to teach its language and to pre-
serve its customs, the Communists hope to
prevent any development of nationalism from
seriously splitting the Union.
Each of the major republics has parallel
political structure to that of the Union--a
congress, central executive committee and
presidium.
The local elections are not conducted by Sc
cret ballot but by show of hands. 1t is thus
possible to determine how every man votes.
This would seem to lend itself to intimidation,
hut it should be remembered that it would be
very difficult to provide secret written bal
lot in a country where there is so much il
literacy as in Russia. 1t is also true that a
voter cannot be subjected to the same in
timidation as would be the case were indus
tries and land in the hands of few. Most Of
the abuses of public voting in England came
because Of the power which the landlords and
some Of the manufacturers had over their
workmen by means of the covert threat that
if worker voted against the desires and in
terests of the landlord or employer his job
would be endangered. 1t is possible, how
ever, for considerable amount of social pres
sure to be exercised against men who vote
against Communist principles, but this pres
sure is naturally much weaker in the coun-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
Decorate Four Sailors
For Bravery" in Murder
OF Civilians at Marking

MANILA, Nov. Flour enlisted
men Of the destroyers Noa and
Preston We're presented with the
Navy cross today by Captoin C.. A.
Bltakeley, destroyer squadron COM
maMder, for fearless devotion to
duty" during the Marking bonn
bardAnent in which several hundred
! Chin@se citizens were killed They
are: Dennis Taylor, Henry Warren,
Charles w. Horn and John Wilson.
The four men kept communica-
/ tions uninterrupted between the
Marking consulate and the destroy
ers on the river from March Il to
March "a, while the Noa and
Preston shelled the unprotected
city of Marking.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-02
Fearing Torture by
Gomez Bandits, Hurt
Officer Kills Himself

MEXICO CITY, Nov. /. - Captain
Ramon Diaz, federal commander Of
the small town of San Gabriel, Jalisco,
wounded when counter-revolutionis
attacked the town, rather than fall
into the hands of the besiegers, COM
mitted suicide, according to reports re-
ceived here. Diaz is said to have
feared torture by the reactionaries.
Pauline Fontes, director general of
railways in the Carranza regime, has
been arrested and brought to Mexico
City on charges of counter-revolu-
tionary activities, it is reported.
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Structure Of the Government and
the Communist Party

The government is based upon occupational
representation and the dictatorship Of the
proletariat. In the cities representatives are
elected to the local soviets (the word soviet
means counciD from the factories and shops
rather than primarily from geographical dis
tricts. The workers of each factory of ap-
propriate size meet at their place of work to
nominate and elect their representatives.
Smaller factories in the same industry shops,
and similar occupational groups are combined
for this purpose. Housewives are also given
representation, meeting by geographical dis
tricts. Independent handicraftsmen generally
meet by districts to elect their representa-
tives. These usually are not separated ac-
cording to the type of product.
III the country the peasants of a village
meet and elect their representatives to the
local soviet. This is at once both geographical
and occupational representation since agricul-
ture is virtually the only industry. The local
homeWorkers, however, take part in the cleo
tons, as Go the local teachers and doctors.
The right Of suffrage is not granted to those
who hire three or more laborers for profit.
Formerly homeWorkers and those who hired
even single agricultural laborer were dis
franchised, but these disabilities have been
notably priests ex-secret police officers of the
car, and leaders in counter-revolutionary
movements. These classes constitute a very
small percentage of the population. The suf-
frage is denied them on the ground that they
have every reason to try to supplant the So
cialistic system and the Communistic govern
ment, and that votes should not be placed in
the hands of the enemies of the existing re-
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functions of a local government, including the
support of the schools and the adjustment of
local land questions. At the last elections,
approximately so per cent Of all those eligible
to vote actually participated, which is about
the same percentage as those voting in our
presidential elections. The tasks of the city
soviets are much more complex, and include
education, housing, sanitation, police and fire
protection, care of the streets, and the man.
agement of municipal enterprises such as
street-car lines, waterworks, and many NUM-
cipal stores.
The village soviets elect representatives to
the townships and the latter to the uyezd
County, soviets, which in turn elect to the
gubernia (provincaD soviets. The city SOW
lets also elect representatives to the provincial
soviets one delegate being allowed for every
for every two thousand voters in the cities
Since the suffrage is granted to all over eigh-
teen years, this means, in effect, giving the
city voter approximately 21a times the repre-
sentation of country voter. The Commun-
lists defend this misrepresentation on the
ground that the industrial workers are both
more intelligent and more class conscious than
the peasants. 1t is interesting to note that