The number of Russians in the French Concession has always increased in times of distress: it was so in 1927, in 1932, and is being repeated now. In the first days of the present conflict the cascade of Russians flooding in was so torrential that all the street corners, especially the corner of Avenue Joffre and Route des Soeurs, were literally crammed to overflowing with new faces, Later they were somehow absorbed. Russians, generally speaking, are remarkable in their amazing adaptability, The Russian Colony Some of the colony are, as it is known, even making money on the war. These are mostly owners of boarding-houses and unoccupied lodge ings, but excellent trade is also enjoyed by all the restaurants whose foreign clientele is now being augmented by a Chinese one. Russian unemployed chauffeurs and young men in general who are able to do physical work have made some good money in the transportation of goods and cargo, while a number of watchmen hired to guard foreign property in zones of danger are also being "One of the best pictures ever made in any touütéy is "Nine Days A
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—Louella Parsons Cedric
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