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Russians are interested in the mystical sciences like telepathy and occultism no less than other people, A good illustration of this was given last week, when Dr. Bukebinder, msychometrist, gave a seance of mind-reading' and other experiments. The hall of the Russian Club "was filled to overcrowding, and Dr. Bukebinder succumbed to the wishes of the audience to hold another session of the mystical.
Recently the Russian Technical Society celebrated the eighth year of its existence, This society united architects, engineers and others technical specialists. Lectures on themes connected with technology are given every Thursday in the society's premises at 1053 Avenue Foch. Often papers on purely scholarly themes are given, as, for instance, "Physics In Crisis" The Society even prints its own bulletin, "which now appears once a month. As the Society aids its members who are temporarily unemployed, and as the demand for qualified men with technical knowledge is quite large in Shanghai unemployment among members is practically non-existent, "With the approach of maslianitza Russian restaurants and clubs are beginning to advertise the traditional dish of this holiday: Blini—hot pancakes made from buckwheat, served with melted butter and sour Cream, and eaten with a variety of appetising salted fish, caviar, etc., with its Revolution—its picnics in the oùt-skirts of the city, come the seven weeks of the Great Fast, and, finally, Russian Easter.
Unemployed Dope-addicts In his recent speech before the Rotary Club, Brigadier Morris, ener-eric head of the Salvation Army in Shanghai, remarked that his appeal for funds found a ready answer in the Russian colony, which joined Other nationals in Shanghai in giving donations to the annual appeal. All Russian newspapers devoted large space to the work of the Salvation Army. In an interview with a Russian newspaperman Brigadier Morris pointed out that among the hungry and homeless there is quite a number of Russians, The difficulty with these (Russians, Brigadier Morris explained, is that the overwhelming majority fare dope-addicts, and while Chinese jnddicts respond to treatment, Rus-Clan patients are far harder to cure.
February 18 was the fifth anniver-of the death of Col. A. Yaron, the architect to whom the Russian colony is indebted for the beautiful church on Rue Corneille, built in the mame of St Nicholas. In the past, (Col, Yaron constructed the military port in Revel, now Tallinn, and later attracted attention by his engineering feats in the Vladivostok fortress. In Shanghai he built the ballroom of tthe Majestic Hotel, which was levelled to the ground so barbarically about 10 years ago. His last work was the large building of the Ministry of Communications in Nanking, which was noted especially for its beautiful reception room, with columns of black marble adorned in the Chinese style. (On the fifth anniversary of his death a requiem service was held, conducted by Archbishop Nestor of Harbin, and Bishop Juvenalius,
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