Tt must be admitted that one of the characteristics of the local Russian colony is its ability to live according to European standards and yet at an expense so small that it ever ceased to surprise foreigners. Before Russians came to Shanghai and brought their restaurants with them, for instance, Shangh: never knew of eating establishments where '4 meal necessitated such a small out lay of capital. Today this flair for living well but twice or ever three or four times as cheaply as Britishers, Americans and Frenchmen is being required by German and Austrian refugees whose numbers in Shanghai are daily swelling and who are following the Russian plan by living in Russian boarding-houses, eating in Russian restaurants, drinking coffee in Russian cafes, having haircuts in Russian barber-shops and receiving, medical help from Russian doctors. One of the phenomena of this won-doriand of low prices that is the Russian Colony is the cost of yesterday's bread and sweetmeats. Bread 24 hours old, which, incidentally, doctors say Is more "beneficial to health than the fresh variety, can be bought for 8 cents a pound. Buns can be bought for 3 instead of for stead of for $140 a pound, and dis cults ordinarily costing $1.00 are sold For 50. cents. On the whole the price is cut by 50 per cent, These prices are especially popular among children, who often stop at confectoneness on their way to school. The largest percentage of the buyers is Russian. Jewish emigres and Jews in general follow, and of late other foreigners too have learned that much can be bought in the Russian colony at prices that are lower than anywhere else in Shanghai.
Life in Iran The first Russian family to arrive here from Iran as a result of the repressive laws against emigres passed recently by the Iranian government is that of Mr. Schukin, who tells of the life of Russians in that country. "After the revolution several thousand Russian refugees settled in that country. During the last ten years Iranian cities have experienced a building boom, and many Russians found employment in architectural concerns, though many others opened stores and workshops. All this time, it is true, the educational facilities for Russian children were in a sad state; children of well-to-do parents study in French schools, as there are no Russian schools anywhere. (There is, in fact, only one Russian church.) Last year' Russians were told by the Kovernment to leave' the cities for the interior; and as agriculture in Tran can offer nothing but an extremely meagre living, the only remaining course of action was to leave the country—especially as" Russian specialists were denied the right to worl in their profession. The thoughts of most Russian emigres in Iran today turn towards the Far East, and the family of Mr. Schukin are, according to him, the first to reach Shanghai. More Russians whose ex-Istence in Iran has become impossible due to the strong native competition with foreigners which is aided by the government, are ex-ceted to arrive here sharily, New Religion A recent letter to the Editor of the NGDN. on the New Religion and its Prophecies has attracted considerable attention among Russians—all, the more so as it was not difficult for them to guess who it was hiding behind the initials L.V.G. Special interest was created by the prediction of a revolution in Russia in the year 1939, and of a momentous event thet to occur'in Moscow before the end of the month. All these auguries were translated by the Russian press, Whose readers have settled down to a three weeks' wait before one prediction at any rate i due to come true.
The necessity to conform to the regulations of the Japanese authorities regarding the transportation of Property in districts under their occupation has been stressed by the Russian Emigrants' Committee. As many chauffeurs with no pastes have been halted, the Emigrants' Committee advises owners of auitomobiles who take on the transportation goods to first make sure that the necessary pass has been procured. 'The responsibility for breaking the regulations is borne not by employees or people happening to be in the automobile, but by the actual owners. 'The Emigrants' Committee warns that it can give no help to parties who disregard this notice.
Encouraged by the success of "Don Quixote," the "Russian Ballet will shortly present the famous "Swati Lake." It was this triumph of the musical genius of Tehaikowski that opened the last ballet season in Lon-locally according to the full musical jon. let "will be presented text of pre-war days which has been treasured through the years by Maestro A. J. Sloutsky. The—ballet's Ubretto is written by' the brother, Modeste Tehaikowski, and the direction will be in the hands of Ballet master F. F, Schevlugin, who often appeared in this ballet in prerevolutionary Russia,
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