One of the local Russian newspapers has applied figures to the purchasing power of the average Russian in Shanghai, and has arrived at answers that are far from cheering. If it is taken into account that tthe average Russian does not earn more than $200 a month, it transpires that on his entire salary he can buy mothing more than 100 kilograms of meat. Or, should he prefer, 20 kilograms of butter, or five pairs of shoes, or three-fourths of a suit.
Mme. A. Cosme, wife of the French ambassador, last week visited a mumber of Russian charity organizations. Accompanied by Mme. Fabre and Dr. Palud, Mme. Cosme looked Auto the Hostel of the Union of Ex-Army and Navy Men on Rue Amiral (Courbet. All her questions were answered by Colonel of the Guards PP. A. Vedeniapin. This Hostel now has 43 men. In addition, rooms are rented at minimum prices for poor families. Mme. Cosme then visited the Union-of Russian Great War Inwalids, where she was met by Gen. iV. V. Zimin, Colonel M. E. Keller, and Colonel L. V. Seifulin. Mme. (Cosme inspected the military museum, the library, the printing room and tthe hostel of the Union. Mme. Cosme also paid a visit to the Russian School on Avenue Petain, where she was Shown around by Dr. D. L Kazakov, (Chairman of the Orthodox Confraeternity, ind Prof. N. P. Pokrovsky, the school's Principal. The Home for Russian Women on Route Pere Robert twas also inspected, Mme, Cosme commented on the comfortable surroundings of this home, and spoke to several of the inmates, questioning them on their professions and their places of employment. Several of the inmates are attending courses of nurse ing in the Women's Professional School.
{frends in Philosophy In view of the interest shown in the speech made by Mr. L. V. Arnolov in the Historical Circle last week on "Some of the Newest Trends in Philosophy," the speaker was asked to repeat his lecture in the Ex-Officers' Club on February 22. Dealing with the latest theories which hold that there is the philosophy of worry, the philosophy of suffering and the phi-1 of existence, Mr. Arnoldov inted out that Russian philosophers of the 19th and even 18th century were developing these ideas long be-Kor Heidegger and K. Jaspers of The pupils of song-teacher P. N. I|Mashin gave a concert in the Russian (Club on February 19. This studio has existed in Shanghai since the year 1925, and this concert was in the form of a celebration. A scene out if Tchaikowsky's opera "Eugene "Onegin" was given, after which in-Küvidual students sang various songs and arias. Owing to the illness of Far East, sings in concerts and over the radio and enjoys complimentary reviews in the American press. The choir under the direction of Mr. V. S. Luksha, late of Harbin, attracts so many Russians to church on Sundays that only on Easter or Christmas was the congregation ever as large in the past, Last week a brief report was received in Shanghai that Mr. Boris Souvorin famous Russian journalist, died in Panchevo, near Belgrade. The late Mr. Souvorin lived in Shanghai between the years 1928 and 1933, and had a wide circle of friends not only among Russians but among other foreigners as well. At first he was invited by the late Mr. M. S. Lembitch to work in the "Shanghai Zaria," but subsequently formed his own journal, "Vremia" ("Time"). From Shanghai Mr, Souvorin went to Harbin, and for a year he was editor of the daily, "Rusky Golos." Mr. Souvorin then left for Paris, and spent the last years of his life in France and Italy.
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