Hundréds of Deputies Come for 150 Nationalities The comedy situations resulting from the employment of Russian aristocrats in a bourgeois French family drew shrieks of laughter at läst night's opening performance of "Tovarich" by the APE, at the Lyceum. Theatre, Opening in a @ingy room in a Paris hotel, where the two aristocrats, obviously fallen on hard times, haggle over the spending of their last few francs, the play quickly takes on an intriguing air when the two answer an advertisement, and are taken on by the Dupont family.
Into this family, with the good but unsuspecting M. and Mme. Dupont complimenting themselves upon their two new servants, bursts Lady Karri n, who quickly gives away the tity of the two supposed servants, aha the glib Gorotchenko, who indulges in an amusing' little piece of intrigue with his exiled countrymen Result—exit M. Gorotehenko, and exit his two fellow countrymen.
Mr, V. Valin gave a confident, polished performance as Prince Mikail Alexandrovitch Ouratiéf, und Was especially good in a scene where Be acquaints his new master with one Of two odd Russian customs—a piece of acting which drew a goodly round of laughs. Mrs, Stella Duff had just the right touch of /coquetry, vivaci-Gusness, and Spurkle, accentuated just a degree to carry it over with greater force, to make a real Success out of her part as Archduchess Tatiana Petrovna. Mrs.
Opening à new chapter in the history of Soviet Russia, the Supreme Council of the Soviet Union, the first Soviet Bar Keң wil meet at 4 o'clock this afternoon in the Throne Róom of the Kremlin.
The last of the 1,143 deputies from the far-flung frontiers of the Soviet Union arrived here yesterday. Many had to race pärt of their journeys by reindeer and dog teams and by aeroplane be ab not to miss the opening ceremony.
The motley array of legislators includes Mongols, Armenians, turbaned Ezbeks, Eskimos, and many other types of fépresefitatives of the coun: {ryb 150 nationalities.
Of the 1,143 deputies, 855 are members of the Communist Party and 288 are so-called' non-party Bolsheviks. AN classes are represented, including 200 peasants, several milkmaids, and two charwoman, but the majority are Government officials.
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