Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-14

Bourke-White.
Put your compact in your pocket
book first of ALL and take along q refill of
rouge and lipStick Russian men are strong
for cosmetics and Russian women don't use
them.
Don't forget your Russian dictionary. Other
wise you may have dozen proposals and not
know thing about them until you're back on
tTe wide blue sea and somebody interprets for
you.
It's sort Of nice to know when a man is talk
ing about love instead of taxes and the weather,
SO brush up your vocabulary.
And lastly don't expect a prolonged court
ship They don't say it with flowers and bon
bcns in the land of the Soviets. Russians be-
Meye in love at first sight.
At least that is what Miss Bourke-White dis
covered.
Margaret Bourke- White is famous through
ous the world as an industrial camera artist, al
though she is only "a years old. Last Sum-
she sailed away to Russia to take special
pictures for magazines and the Soviet govern
mont. She got her pi lures but her dark blue
gray eyes, straight black hair. and red, red lips
were as helpful as her camera, although she
didn't know it until later
She also had five proposals of which she
knows, and probzbl several more of which
Sic doesn't. That's why she suggests
ca5ulary study
THE first proposal came at dance at some
bodys apartment one night.
The Russian people aren't supposed to dance,
according to the laws of the Soviet government.
They aren't permitted to take foreigners to
theiF apartments, either. But they do just the
same.
Miss Bourke- White knew that 1t was a special
f2vpr when she was asked to this particular
party; Her companion and interpreter, Miss
Anna Ermolaeva, who accompanied her every
where, had explained this
SO she got out her compact, a comb
through her short black hair and went.
rather squeaky photograph was asking the
question "Ain't She SWeet?" A nice young
engineer who didn't know any English danced
Of with Miss Bourke-White. He had a wide
face with boyish grin and a shock Of tousled
hair. His name was Rosta, and he liked to
talk. even if he wasn't understood.
He asked the young artist question. She
supposed he was telling her that the music was
good. She nodded and silently agreed that the
song held up pretty well for its age.
I AFTER she discovered that the man had
really been asking her to marry him. Her
interpreter had overheard enough to understand
what was going on, and she declined for the
American girl.
The next proposal came at another similar
party. The monograph had played Its fay
ofite song, "Ain't She Sweet?" and was starting
in on the second most popular melody, THE
Wedding of the Painted Doll" Miss Bourke-
White was thinking to herself that American
songs had lasting hold on Russian hearts
Then she started TO dance with Grisha, who
was young and tall, and knew his steps He
seemed to haze very determined views on some
subject or other. Since she didn'tsknov either
ftI.e subject or thu SiaWs Miss Bourb2- White
merely smiled.
It wasn't until her tour was ending that Miss
Ermolaeva told her that t5risha had b. telling
her In very endearing tel ms that he had wife,
but he would divorce her right away and marry
tire young American girl
And Grisha kept the first half of that vow.
He walked down to the city hall and signed his
name on the book where people register when
they obtain divorces. Such registration con-
StttuteS a divorce under the Soviet government,
according to Miss Bourke-White.
Grisha's next step would have been just as
staple If he had obtained Miss Bourke-W Whites
consent BY merely signing, their names in