Be Shanghai, May 8 Circumstances mane Ht necessary to return tothe. Hollywood firn" Russo Cossacks, If certain features the film can be made targets tities, He inst. "be" admitted that kim Timiroit himself Lett nothing 1o'o desired, Those who saw the Binesand He was well aflended-—wilt Femenber the Taughter of the and fence each time Mr Tamir ridiculed the' American name' of Ins son. whom he christened Boris and who was Fe-famed Montgomery Simpkins by his Inothet. Mr. Tamifofl pit so much Venom io' his promunelation of the word Simpkins? dividing it in to and blowing out his ips that even to ihe non-Russian portion' of the ande ence it was evident. that. here. was Scorn "at" its highest. "The motive being, that ft is not enough to Taueh avthingerone must hold it up te Fhaieule Phy however, by wey of 9
'Now 10 consider the Tussian bath, and' one' of Lis details described In these columns. "Mea" etipa, mea fnosima'eutpa, Instead of the. word tet" the word "willow" erept In. An extra glance at a dictionary would fave prevented this, The author Is Bier ay a itusion, and let twenty Jenrs of his life slip by before Hnetied the great, expressive, foree-{ut Bogus langunger'Bvery odad ud uneducated. Russian is perfectly tare of the fact that In a esso Dranenes "and not. with willow both one flagellates oneself with bir
branches, primarily because the Teaves the birch play' a major part in the Process, "hose leaves are even stated {o°bave medicinal properties and a medicinal extract fr made. ott of Young buds, Russians sometimes even Dut those bus into their vodka for the sake of taste and, they. believe, health. the "Tussian "Tanguage. has Destowed the popular phrase serezo-Dale kasha, onthe process of faying with "Sich "broneet. We, have, of Course, already noted that ie there are fo bitch, brooches there can be ne Russian bath, And that, ta hace eyed expression may be pardoned, at the same time one can point out an error and one can gloat over The Russians are a considerably sitted nation—brave, talented, attrac five. Russian women are especially beautiful; in Shanghai this requires no proof. But Russians sometime Jack a spirit of goodwill, especially towards themselves, Illustrative la the exclamation of the great. poet Alexandre Pushkin, one of the wisest Russians of all time: "Why the devil was T, with brain and talent, born Russia!" Tu prearevolutionary St. Petersburg the following semlanecdote Went the rounds: "It three men are sitting together and are in a happy mood it means that some fourth has Just met a spot of bad luck. three are doleful, the fourth has met stroke of luck." If in their mutual relations Russians exhibited at Toast the goodwill of Englishmen—for Englishmen and Germans for Ger~ mans, our position in Shanghai would have long since been among the lend~ ing, ones. Our critic ventures comment that he has on several occa~ sions nolod misrepresented Ktukvas in these columns, It is hard to agree with him—not because "Stroy" cannot make mistakes but because every error would not only have been exposed but would have been trium-pliantly waved before the public eye.
Recent Marriages During the month of May four lee tures will be given in the Ex-Oficers Club by Gen, V. D. Kosmin on the colourful and. instructive odyssey of the Russian Imperial Army in its Sighting on the Caucasian front between the years of 1914 and 1918, Gen. V. D. Kosmin is a graduate he Academy of the General Staff and addition to being a participant of the Caucasian campaign is an crat nized authority on mi Tu his visit to the House of Russian Students Bishop John, head of the Jocal Russian clergy, acquainted him-seit with the finances of this institute jon during the past year. The President of the Society of Tu: Students led Bishop John on the inx spection tour and supplied all information.
Rangoon, Lahore, Delhi, and Madras, and in all these cities they met with Signal success, The Cossack dances, "Two Swans" and "Two Guitars" were especially appreciated, while a Jewish dance did not meet with acclaim everywhere, in Bombay being definitely unpopular. Tu the latter city, however, they had the opportun-Hty'to dance to a Russian orchestra led by the husband of Mme Svet-Ianova. The Prima-Ballerina plans to return to India in the autumn.
Society Cast Offs keeping with a long tradition the Ecole Remi recently celebrated the birthday of its rst principal, M. Charles Grosbois. After the conelus of lessons at 4.00 o'clock the student body and the faculty, headed by M. Nicolet de Chalet, assembled in. the school hall. M, Grosbois was presented with a large basket of roses and Miss Ievleva, a pupil of the Fourth Grade, read an appreciation of his work "in the French language. reply M. Grosbois thanked the school in warm terms, adding that since he could not kiss them all he would kiss them in the person of their representative. In conclusion he gladdened pupils with the news that lessons for that evening were cancelled. Later tea was served in the Faculty Room, attended by Mr. and Mme Grosbois and the whole teaching stof.
The vital problem created by the steady increase of Shanghai's foreign population and lack of homes for cast-offs of society has been raised in the Russian press, Other communities in Shanghai are better organized me erally than the Russian one, but other communities are considerably wealthier, Inadequate premises for people who have been, so to speak, thrown overboard by life, is keenly felt in the Russian colony. One recent demonstration of this has been provided by the court case of a Russian woman who. is plainly a victim of kleptomania. This.woman steals by habit, She is mainly guilty of abstracting from the counters. of Chinese shops articles that have little value whatsoever and that could not Fealize more than 30 cents at the most liberal pawn-shop, But when standing before the judge she is frst and foremost a common law-breaker. 'And the arm of the law sends this oer woman to gaol, where she makes almost a permanent stay. No sooner she released than she again steals Some valueless article and is again sent to gaol, although hor place plainly in a' home for the mentally unbalanced. Recently the "Chinese Judge took' compassion on her and questioned her as to why she stole such a petty thing when only two days out of prison, "Drunk...."" was the apathetic answer.
Russian Radio Station As we have touched upon this topic, should be stated that the situation regarding help given in this city to the mentally unbalanced is far from satisfactory, They come under the attention of the police only when they disturb public peace. Yet many maniaes, deranged and people with some ridiculous idle fize—who in the eyes of specialists would be definitely insane—are allowed to wander freely. in the streets. "Incidentally, many of them seem to be drawn to the editorfal otices of newspapers. Local Russian Editors could relate much of interest about these individuals who come to inquire as to the address of some prominent person and, when asked why they want it, admit with disarming frankness that they "have decided to Kill him." Or a man will assure with troubled anxiety that a faun has been born inside him and he must constantly control his desire 10 ing himself at women passing by. Or some sensitive featured individual confess that he is a human radio and constantly hears waves of every frequency. These men are evidently out of their minds but are permitted to live at large for years.
The Russian colony has acquired radio station of its own, which daily broadcasts "musical programmes of wide variety. Women's programmes, news reports and humorous and lit ry works are also brondeast. The opening, of this new station was ae-by a reception at which 'Amon recent marriages in the colony should be noted that between Mr. V. A. Borodin, a prominent ustrislist, and Mrs. 1. 'G. Gravits well-known voeatist and singing leacher, and also that between Mr. George' S$. Saburov, a young. dliplomacd electrical engineer, and Miss N._ A. Krasheninnikelt, "After "the latter wedding Colonel V, A. Vedeniapin of the Imperial Guards' and Mrs. Veueniapin, relatives of the bride, held a reception at their home.
'Mme Tatiana' Svetlanova, popular prima-ballerina, "has just' returned here from an extensive tour with her partner, Mr. Stepan Lantzofl. Their trip took them to Bombay, Calcutta, The society for the help of pupils of the Ecole Remi has sent its repre sentative to Tsingtao to clarify details of the question of starting a summer camp in that resort. This representa five has been instructed to find as spacious a house as possible, situated in the vicinity of a beach and woods where children could live in healthy conditions. The camp will have a yen to look after the chil-also possible that Russian will be sent to Japan. A Boy Scout camp in that country has extended an invitation for the summer months, conditions being so favour~ able that expenses for one lad will
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