Shanghai, Mar, 4 Spring always enlivens the musical front of the Russian colony, which consists mainly of the younger" generation, "Musicians leave Shanghai for various other cities in China, where night clubs and cabarets clos ced during the winter months, open for the summer season, These iniusicians Jeave for Tsingtao, Chefoo, Peitaiho, Tientsin, Peking, Hankow, Kulangsu, Sometimes they Jeave in whole orchestras, sometimes idivis dual musicians receive offers to join Filipino bands.
Russian businessmen have always been tive in the fur trade, and in this profession there is a latite: number of Russian qualified specialists 'The war in China greatly' reduced the scope of this trad, but at present the "fur market is experiencing. a renaissance and Russiang are again inning back their old positions Tientsin has always been the contre the fut-trade, but at present Shanghai is beginning to play a larger role, The representative of the Tientsin fur exporters in Tsinanfu Mr, Dorfman, who Is. aiding the rapid' transportation of fur from Christmas. According to the rules. weddings cannot be held on Weslnes-Gays and Fridays. and on the even fof great Church holidays.
Russians Serve France An article entitied "Our Boys" has been published In. the "Shanghai Zaria." "Its author is a Frenchman who lived in Russia for many. years before the revolution, and learned to love the country. "During the last 20 years he has lived in his estate in France, near the present. Western front." Ordered to guard duty in his estate was a detachment of Prench soldiers, among whom, chough, only the ameer wi man, while all the rest' were Rus sions, The author writes with fect ug about Russian boys in the service of France, Col, Nikolai A. Nadejdin, who passed away in Shanghai recently, was a prominent social and political worker, standing at the head of the local branch of the Mladoross party. He died at the age of 50. Col Nadojdin was only a student when the Great War broke out. He joined the army asa volunteer, and. was Mr. V.
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Russian Intelligentsia decorated with four" St. George's Crosses for conspicuous bravery while only a soldier. Promoted to the rank of oticer, Col, Nadejdin " received, among other decorations, the highest award for the brave, the Order of held for former waduates of this War, Col, Nadejdin was in the ranks traperiat University, ay dinner was] St George, "During the entire: Civil
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