Harbin, Sept. 28.
To-day is Jewish New Year's Day and in consequence of the holiday, the streets are crowded, people dressed in their best clothes, walla in the Jewish houses the housewives had been preparing a huge supply of dainties of every kind for the past fortnight. At the schools not one Jewish child is to be found; many of the schools are half or even three-quarters empty as the Jewish population of Harbin is a considerable one and represents the majority of the trading class. Practically" 70 per cent. of the shops in Kitaiskaya street belong to Jews. Both to-day and tomorrow are kept as holidays and also the eighth day, which is just as big holiday as the first, finishing the week's rejoicings.
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