Russian merchants trade chiefly in "hebardashery and' articles of men's er women's. dress. Then, in order of predominance, go shops of ready: made or made-to-order clothes, fur stores, shops dealing in the most varied foodstuffs, an enormous number of confectionaries and bakeries all belonging to or exclusively staffed by Russians. Russians have shown themselves at their best in the manufacturing -and repairing of shoes, and in the dairy busines: They: also distill vodka, produce mineral waters, brew kvass, make ice-cream, have scores of pharmacies feattered throughout Shanghai, Russian salons. of ladies' fashions deser-vodly enjoy a reputation of being the best in the city; Russians have their music shops, shops for the selling and repairing of radios, workshops of locksmiths, carpenters, and mechanics; garages, factories for the moking of paints, cigarettes, tinned foods, Russians make jam, salted vegetables and fruits, smoked fish, sausages; by their own' special method they salt and smoke ham, they tan skins, with the help of the Chinese they have organized their own small mints which turn out articles of gold and silver; "Russians draw ikons, make—Wwax-candles, wafers and all the other necessary paraphernalia of the Orthodox church; they hew their own gravestones and monuments, have their own funeral bureaux, are famed in the field of floriculture, maintain hospitals for animals, have scores if barber-shops—in short there is no breach of any'artisan or factory labour in which Russians have not made use of their knowledge, experience and energy.
The most remarkable phase of tis is that very often Russians have to compete by, so to speak, hand-made methods with the richest foreign enterprises equipped with the most modern methods, and having excellent distributing organizations, But still Russians do aot give up. They struggle on, and if they do no actual ly conquer' competition, they do live en their business Many Printers Many foreigners and many foreign offices now give their books to be bound by Russians in spite of the fact that, Chinese labour costs considerably less. International Shang-Ital can hardly know that there are up to twenty Russian printing plants in the city which turn out news-yapers, magazines, books and even textbooks for local Russian schools. ili addition to all this there are those yolking workshops and stores which ate usually; carried on the should of their salesman and proprietor: the imnife-grinders, an echo of ie gnceexistent army of knife-grinders in Russia, whe~Sharpen all sorts of knives, scissors, razors and anything "else you give them; men trading in blankets or perfumery; men calling on houses with books or magazines, trying to sell pictures or even Kussian, cigarettes,, cheese and sausages imported from, Harbin Hospital Work Dr, D. L. Kazakov, President of the Russian Qrthodox confraternity, has shown st&istically in what. great measure the work of the Russian Hospital has increased. this year. In 1934, the hospital had 856 patients, 1935 there were 907; in 1936 the nutnber had risen to 958," while in the first half of the year 1937 it had already passed 708. This year the eetivities of the surgical department were considerably widened. In 1935 there were 109 operations, in 1936 there were 167,, while during the' first six months of the current year there were already 240 operations. The work of the ambulatory has been Ukewise greatly increased, as during the first half of this year 6,631 people were treated. The number of patients in the tuberculosis depar ment has grown, and as from the beginning of 1937 the Russian Hospital started to take in drug-addicts. These are principally composed of youngsters who, in the majority of cases, became addicted to heroin while in Harbin. The most modern methods are used, and suc~ cess very often greets the fight to save young lives from this dreadful vice,
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