Woman's status in public life has undergone a marked change since the Soviet Government emancipated her. Her scope of activity is much wider than formerly as she now ranks on the same social scale as the men. However, this new life is particularly adapted for females who consider marriage unnecessary and select public life as a profession because the responsibilit~ ies imposed on mothers are greater than they were before if the teaching, of Karl Marx and Engelis count for anything. They say:—'Society requires sound healthy offspring' and The family is the fundamental cell of the State."' Society life, if it may be itenned so, has undergone very few changes. The ball, fete, charity display are just the. same as they were in bygone days namely, the rich sport flowers, wine, fruits, lovely dresses, jewellery, perfume, etc. while the poor people go about in rags, The civil and criminal codes and the procedure in the courts of justice are the same as they were formerly and resemble old books in new bindings.
Formerly, in Russia "everybody possessed the civil status of being a subject of the Tsar whereas today they are all citizens of a republic. Somle of the population don't seem to wish to value the full importance of this appellation and are, rather inclined to view it as a misnomer and even treat it with a certain. amount of disdain. Notwithstanding this, the change is very significant to the broad masses of Russia's population for it means that every man in Russia stands an equal opportunity of becoming the President of R.S.F.S.R. Of course, in the days of the Tsar, access to the various important ministries was also possible, but not to the broad masses. These high positions were within the reach of the aristocracy only. To-day, the soldier, possessing sufficient com-ordinary workman, peasant or mon ability to be able to stir his fellow citizens to a profound sense of the injustices inflicted formerly wu the Russian people by the Tsar government and to eulogize the great work of the present Soviet government can gradually work his way up to the footlights and from thence become a member of one off. the various departments of.the Sovnarkom, or Soviet of People's Commissars. He then. may even elected President of Russia. The ladder to political: eminence is undoubtedly the "I't-Ko-Po" or Revolutionary Communistic Party and the Professional Unions of Workmen. Candidates for political fame, however, cannot ascend directly from this latter institution but must graduate through the former first not by election, but by nomination.
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