By "Smor"
Shanghai, Feb. 13.
'The current _weck—"Maslianitza' has alwayepeen accompanied fent and the tradition "In Shanghai and else-Where outside of Russia, Russian customs have been distorted to 8 point where they resemble Hollywood productions. Such has been the hap= Tess lot of "blink."
"Blini" are-what they are intended to be, only when they are small, thin, made of one-fourth part of buck: Wheat, and served in 2 white napkin right off the hot frying-pan. They must never be ally. One such "blind"
put on a small plate and quickly augmented bya small quanty. of molten butter, Then some sour cream added, so that, combining with the butter, it smears the "blind", which is promptly covered by a second, That fs all. A further touch is added by cavinre, placed either inside, on top, or on the plate, Black caviar fits the foceasion better then the red variety, fand fresh is preferable to tinned. 'These rituals observed, a small glass of food, iced vodka swallowed with the first' piece of the "blind" gives we Russian a sensation of almost heaven bliss. But an epicure cannot be a glutton, The "blind" must not Inrge, thick or ally. They must not be indiscriminately mixed with whatever salty there is on the table—Smoked herring, salmon or anchovies. The more delicate and individualistic it'ls, the better.
Pleasure Becomes Suffering In the villages, of course, "blind" was not eaten in the same' fashion fas in the cities; and even in. the titles the lower classes adapted them their more primitive tastes, And, strangely enough, it is these. primitive tastes that ake in vogue in emi gration. Pleasure, if taken in. over large doses, ceases to be pleasure and wecome's suffering.
Tu addition to the fresh black caviar which outside. of Russia is nowadays served only at Soviet 'Ambassndorial receptions, tiny fish called "snietki" were also counted Valuable" additions toa dish" of "plinl" 'These Ash, which look very much' like the smallest goldfish cul tivated ju many. homes, are found only in the rivers of northern Russia, "They have extremely tender meat and are obtainable in no other part of the world, Russian Carnival "Masllanitza," of course, isa Carnival, a season of -masquerades, "trotkas,* and feasting. But it followed so. excitedly and whole heartedly only because in the sub sconselousness of every Russian, is the knowledge that it will be followed by the Great Lent, when for seven weeks, it Is forbidden to eat meat, attend the theatre, play cards, drink or allow oneself any other terrestrial pleasure, At4 pin, on Sunday, the fast day of the "Maslianitza "week, church bells have peated out, all over Russia when festivities ceased and everyone—yourly and old—focked to the churches. Before that, In those well-remembered "good old days", it was customary for the young to Bow Tow before the old and ask them for forgiveness of anything of which they may have been guilty. On Monday morning, every city and every. vil-Tage In' Russia "woke to that slow, majestic pealing of the bells, that Special Great Lent rhythm that reminded one of the tolling for the dead, and even to the foreign car suggested the futility of worldly strife {and filled the soul with sweet melan-
Ter 2 yen by" order of the Soviet Tribunal Irkutsk, when the White Army, retreating from Omsk, was approaching this city. Executed together with him, was Prime Minister V. N. Pepelaieft On the same day the following year, Ataman A. I. Dutoft was killed the enemy. The memory of Admiral Koltchak is almost sacred in emigration. He is remembered not any for his leadership of the White Army between 1918 and 1920, but also for tig Nerole successes while commanding the Black Sea Fleet during the Great War. After his appointment to this post, neither Turkish men-o! War nor the German cruisers "Geben' and "Breslau" dared to leave the port of Bosphorus. Among his more youthful exploits, he is remembered for his daring raids from Port Arthur where he was captured after the fortress fell to the Japanese and for his heroic Arctic Odyssey when he left small whale-boat to find_the lost polar expedition for Baron Tohl.
Mr. M. A. Kardysh who, for many years, worked in Manchuria as an exporter of grain products, has just arrived here' fern' Americ.
At present the representative of the Terminal Flour Mills Ca, of Portland, and" is extending his activities 10 Shanghai, "Hongkong, Tientsin and Manila. The Manchoukuo agents. of this American firm are Messrs. A. Route & Ca, in which Mr. Kardysh a partner.
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