Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-27
RUSSIA TO RECLEAN
FAMED RED SQUARE
Erection of Permanent Mau-
solemn of Stone for Lenin's
| Body Already Under Way.

Russia is to refurbish her famou!
SRed Square" in Moscow. Already TIT
cork of turning the Temporary wooder
fnausoleum of Lenin into a permanent
resting place of stone is under way be-
hind q high wooden fence. The ancient
cobble stones are. TO be removed ant
replaced by smooth flag stones. Perma.
nent reviewing stands are to be erected
A bulletin from the headquarters Of
the National Geographic Society tells Of
typical scenes in this 'pulsing heart Of
Russia"
Has Seen Many Celebrations.
much of the drama of RusSia's grandeur
and tragedy has unfolded in the beautiful
open space in Moscow that has come
to be called Red Square" says the bull.
letin. Formerly it was the scene OF
public executions, hangings, and nog-
ginRs when the tsars ruled from MOS
cow, Of imperial proclamations and gilt
tering martial parades. Later it saw
bloody revolution, and now the sur
rounding structures echo the tramp OF
soldiers of the Red army and the loot
falls of Soviet workers.
"Along one side of the square extends
the 65-foot wall of the Kremlin, pierced
by the Spasskoya or Redeemer Gate
over which rises q great CLOCK tower
2Os feet high. This beautiful tower was
built the year before Columbus dlscov-
cred America. Across from the Kremlin
wall are the substantial stone buildings
Of the trading rows with their arcadeo
sidewalks.
Shrine Of Communism.
."At one end Of the rectangular space
Is the twin-towered building OF the
Historical Museum, and opposite rises
the glittering, bewildering mass OF bull
bous towers and domeS OF st. Basll's
Cathedral, fantastic as the cardboard
stage castle Of some eastern extraVa-
ganZa.
"Lenin's wooden tomb hugs the
towering Krem1in wall and seems
dwarfed by the sheer stone expanse
rising behind it. Until the body was
removed to the Kremlin to permit re-
building the mausoleum, the low, simple
wooden structure that housed the glass
Enclosed body was the world shrine OF
communism. Sentries stood on guard
and a double line of visitors waited to
enter and look upon the face OF the
dead leader.
Into Red Square, from the adjoin-
ing Place of the Revolution, a con-
slant human stream pours during day.
light hours There are women in felt
boots, clerks in leather jackets, of1cials,
reasonably well dressed. with brief cases
under their arms; laborers in dirty
sheepskin coats, slippered girls, trudg-
ing through mud or dirt, carrying
babies and bundles or dragging hand
carts behind them.
Borrowed Babies Go to Market.
"Along the trading row almost any
day stands q long queue of women
waiting for the opportunity to buy cloth
or overshoes or other merchandise OF
which there is A limited Supply Many
OF the women carry babies, for such
4 burden gives them a preferred place
In line. Because of this babies are
borrowed or rented by would-be pur-
chasers who have no small children Of
their own.
'Venders cluster around the gates
leading to and from Red Square selling
all manner of articles and making Sec
tons of the square into virtual out
door department stores. There are the
long Russian cigarettes with a short
section of tobacco and lengthy mouth
piece of hollow cardboard, Indifferent
apples and oranges, dried sunfiower
seeds, candies exposed to the dust and
cheeses cut to order.
women and boys are hawking
feminine underwear and gaudy garters.
Nearby are displays of colored litho-
graphs, books, shoes, stockings, toys
and shoestrings.
AT night, in good weather, Red
Square becomes an open-air forum
Small fry Soviet speakers gather little
¬s of listeners about them to explain
Details of the Soviet plan of the mo-
ment, or the square is filled with sea
Of humanity while the government
leaders expound the doctrines of the
revolution through great blaring loud
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