The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-07
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BY LAURA LOU BROOKMAN
NEA Service Writer

NEA Service writer
NEW YORK, Sept. Joan Lon
don Malamuth, who looks like her
famous father, Jack London, is
back from Russia with graphic i'm
pressions Of the topsy- turvy posi-
ton Of women in the Soviet Union.
Russian women have been eman-
cipated from housework," she says,
but instead Of cooking and dish
washing they run tractors or work
in factories.
They can attain heights pro-
fessionally but they can not read
fashion magazines or buy face
powder
May Pay AIimony
They can divorce a husband
without complicated court difficult
ties but they may have to pay him
alimony."
Mrs. Malamuth-she's not par
ticular whether she's called that
or Miss London"-spent ten weeks
in Moscow where her husband,
Charles Malamuth, was a cores
pondent for the United Press Asso-
ciation
There is woman general in
the Russian army" she said. Il
saw her marching in the May day
parade. There are other women
in the Soviet army but most of them
hold staff positions.
Women Run Street Cars
In Moscow you see women run
ming street cars, and even OCCASION
ally driving taxicabs, though there
are few cabs in the city. They
wear very short skirts and their
dresses are made along lines that
were fashionable five years ago.
"They are not allowed to read
fashion magazines from other coun-
tries.
Everywhere my clothing seemed
to excite the greatest attention.
gave away large part Of my ward
robe. The stores where the Rus
slams can buy things offer the barest
assortment in clothing"
Two Kinds of Stores
Russian cities, unlike those in
other countries, have stores for their
foreign visitors and others for the
people of the country.
The stores for foreigners sell al
most everything, though at high
prices. A bar of ordinary soap may
cost rs cents or 81. In the stores /
for the Russians soap can not be
had at any price, in spite Of the fact
that large quantities are produced |
for expectation.
mo one is starving in Russia"
Mrs. Malamuth said, though black |
bread, potatoes and grits are almost
the only foods obtainable
Work Almost Constantly
Every one works almost con-
stantly. 1t is not uncommon to see |
people sleeping almost anywhere, so
tired from their long hours of work |
that they have been unable to walk
farther.
Face powder and lipstick are rare |
luXuries that may occasionally be |
procured, but rouge on the cheeks
marks one as a painted woman
with all the implications the term
carried in this country fifty years
ago."
She found her fathers books
widely popular in Russia. Sinclair
Lewis is another American author
much read.
Mrs. Malamuth has dark eyes
that are large and expressive. Her |
hair is dark, curling and close
cropped. And when speaking she |
has trick of holding her head for
ward exactly as photographs show
Jack London.
Plans to Write Biography
In answer to the question, What |
would your father have thought of |
present day Russia?" she raised !
both hands in protest
"An individualist like my IA
ther?" she asked and the implica- |
ticn was unqueStionable.
While her husband, formerly pro-
fessor Of Slavic languages at the |
University of California, is at work |
translating manuscripts he brought !
from Russia, Mrs. Malamuth eX-
poets to make a short lecture trip.
For years she has planned to
write biography of her father.
The volume is not even begun but
she is anxious to start work. Some
time she hopes to return to Russia
where first you are moved by
curiosity. then disbelief, then tears"