The famous Lenin Library Is Manked by the entrance to the Moscow subway, styled the Metro, in his new importation is not only a menu in Russian and French. The! praiseworthy but perfectly under~ Slandable. There is still much to be done before the line as at present designed Is completed, but it is apparent that, in the eyes of the guid visitor who declines to take a short trip on the Metro is guilty of the Gravest sin; it is almost os heinous to refrain from enthusiastically favourable comment.
Underground New to Moscow Anyhow that is how the guide seemed to regard the matter, and rising to the occasion, we managed to inject a suMicient warmth into cur encomiums to satisfy the grey-eyed maid who watched for our comment with Mi-concealed eagerness. It has to be realized that this underground Is new to the inhabitants of Moscow, and it is something wonderful in their sight, no matter how ordinary The native delight which ofeial guides take in showing tourists the Metro, the unspoken boast that this something the like of which visitors have never seen, Is not a little amusing, And it is a gentle amusement for all that, for the earnest ness of the guides, their very real enthusiasm is something which most appealing. The new generation Is red, very red, combining with the natural Intolerance of age by youth, profound conviction in the qualities of the government and the doctrines which dictate its polley.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.