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Shanghai, Sept. 12. mey Very Rev. M, Rogojin, wito ust returned here from Peiping. s that the Russian Orthodox Mis-n in that city, headed by Bishop or, has lately been very active. mention has been given to the vast ai of land presented to the Mis-by the Imperial Government of na." Prior to the Russian revolu-"the Mission was the recipient of war monetary help from. the ist Government, did active mis-nary work in Manchuria, North na and in other parts of country, and also owned—what s'at one" time the best printing s in Peiping, In addition to pubing religious books both and Russian, the Mission "pubed many selentifle volume ten by its priests, some of whom wide fame as Sinologues. Among may be mentioned the works Father Hyacinth, Archimandrite jel, Tsvetkov, Zaharov and others. heads of the Mission also had a station for being scholars, For ance Mitropolite Innokenty, who several years ago, compiled a ary. At present the Mission ts all Russian church life in na, The Russian clerical world ded into two parts-—those of the cloth and those of the white In the first category are while into the second fall special adistrative body is at present being ned in Peiping to direct the vities of the "white clergy," and Very. Rev. M. Rogojin has ved the permission of Bishop jor to draft the plan of this new ral vacancies in the sian Regiment of the French ea, the local emigrant press in-us, Men wishing to Join the iment must be of good health, be shorter than 1 metre and 72 centers, and no older than 30 years: ie, and must have an unblemished rd, Names of candidates are taken at the police headquarters 2 Rue Stanislas Chevalier, self-supporting irl $21—$1 of a man. A room cost the average being the traditional "Cum-shaw" for the -boy. Food costs her $35 a month, since she is unable to take! time off from her work to cook herself and therefore must eat in 0 restaurant or in the boarding-housr where she stays. Thus "board and lodging together costs her $56, leaving $19 with which she must cover her Modest expenses for the laundry, spend $2 to $3 monthly on cosmetics Jand spend a few dollars on transportation. There remains $10 to spend on dresses—a sum tht is generall agreed to be not very-adequate. One girl, however, revealed a secret method she employs for having more money left to spend on clothes. "You see," she said, "you can't economize on' cosmetics, and you can't economize any more on the room. So the only thing left to economize or Is the food. In this respect a desire to reduce helps a lot. Also most of us girls have "boy-friends," or just male companions. 'They often ask us "out," and if we accept it mean added economy. Actually food cost me no more than $20. And thie means that each month T have abou' $25 to spend on. clothes. Which makes things kind of easier."
To a man, however, living no $75 month {s far from easy—almost impossible, in fact. A room for which 8 girl would pay $20, costs him $25, {it being one of the theories of housewives that a man is more self-supporting than a girl, Food costs hit '40 a month, and the remaining few dollars barely pumice to pay for the laundry, cigarettes and a few amusements. "The clothes-question is an acute one, and if it were not for the existence of second-hand shops in Shanghai, it would be well-nigh unsolvable. Even so, the purchas® of a new suit usually means. rigid) economy on food and visits to friends around dinner-time. Also he has lady-friends whom he must take to a cinema or dancing, and what remains of his $15 is never enough to cover that, As a result he is constantly in debt. ors, Actresses (o Amalgamate veal Russian actors and actresses, 2 decided to amalgamate and thus a troupe capable of staging ly artistic productions. The in-ive of this movement goes to A. Pribitkova, The committee Includes Mme L. N. Kniajevitch, srs. S. A. Tomsky, L. L. Gaidarov V. Lorenz, Remtineration will tone ona point system, in order jive each member of the troupe feeling that he has a say in, its ction, The season will commence he first part of October, and by. ition the opening night will pre-the Russian public with one of classics of the Russian theatre. well-known Hankow million-3, Mrs. E. N, Litvinova, who was ed by the hostilities to' leave for st to Tsingtao, had' valuables and ey stolen from her on the very tot her birthday, news has from that city. Mfrs. Litvinova reached her 70th birthday, and a ber of her friends visited her in evening. After a religious service guests and hostess sat down to er, and after the party was over Litvinova went to bed. She was kened by a thief climbing through window. She screamed, flung, elt at the window and even Ned Into the garden below, But thief had flown with her watch handbag containing money. bin Living Cheap colony's housewives reaontl> red with jealousy of the sensaly cheap prices of food in Har-compared to the ones current thal. Meat in Harbin at present 28 cents a pound, pork 32 cents und, White bread costs 13 cents, grey bread Is bought for as cents. Flour also costs: ents a pound. A bottle of milk harbin costs 10 cents. Pure butter from 80 cents to $1.00, kitchen 27 cents. "Holland" cheese A Mere Existence In the Russian colony there are also families who, impossible as it may seem, contrive to live on $75. a month, Here, of course, every ten-cent piece acquires new signifeance. The room costs the family a minimum of $25, and food {com $40 to $45, housewives revealing 4 flair for ingeniously making ends meet, On $1 or $1.20 they can make 8 simple but wholesome meal for the whole day. 'The question of clother only be solved by some extra earnings made by the wife or husband. 'Once or twice a month the family goes to a cheap cinema, but cabaret {s out of the question.' Ye"
spite of the hard existence led by. these families, they live in amity and, in a measure, happiness.
Mr. B. A. Serov, ballet-master, stage-director and artist, and his wife Prima-ballerina O. P. Manjelei, have arrived here from Harbin. ' Plans have been made to secure their help the local Russian Operetta.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.