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u * tan School (Fr«p*r#<1 kr tk« N*n«aal QuftOkNk BMlvty. WMkU.«toB. IX C) L ittle h«« boon noticed of th# rool tMt which la (oloc on lit- aid# Soviet Kuaala In rocent year* bocauao tho clamor of theory and proclamatlona haa filled the eara of the world. Theoriea have hoen meettnf Indlriduallam ttlilrh la ao ■■i T *ra*l In hamanlty, unwritten rulea ot life and trade which have developed through the agea, and world lawa which centuries have formulated for nations. Ruasla la the world's largest coun try, stretching across two continents, nod when theory and practice reach a balance, the teat of a new system of government will have world-wide ef- Polltlcally, It la divided Into alx con- rtltuent republics; they in turn com prise 88 autonomous units, each dlf- •rrlng ethnoloftcally and culturally. Moat of them have their own lan guage, their own customs and cos tume*, and the babel of tongues be comes even greater from the tribes who are as yet too backward for self- government Cities and villages string along the railroads and river* over all that vast territory. As one ride* over the Si berian steppe* the plains seem un ending. Then n peasant's cart Is seen In the distance, the Invariable dog trotting behind. Soon appear other carts, all going In the satne direction. Then a village of log houses, with perhapa a public building and a de parted aristocrat’s brick house, al ways painted white, and the ever-pres ent church, with Its five Turkish- shaped towers, the large one In the center for Christ nnd4he smaller ones on the comers for the four Gospel*. The train vanishes again over the un ending plains, varied only by stretches of forest or hills, which seem to come and go a* suddenly as the villages. Moscow a Hugo Village. Moscow, metropolis and capital of Russia, Is the largest village In the world. Moscow has Its trolley cars, electric lights, tall buildings, theaters, •tores, motor busses, and other out ward metropolitan manifestations, but at heart It Is a village. Leningrad, Odessa, and even some of the cities of the interior have an appearance und an atmosphere of western Europe; Moscow is the heart of Russia and It changes slowly. Its brick and stone are a mosaic of Iha Russian splrit-Mriolld. unsmiling, unpolished, and slow to change. Even the unpalnted log houses of the peas ant villages seem to reflect age and wubtllty. Moscow la sprinkled with what Is r, but everywhere ft speaks M, age, the weathen-beaten walla of the CXtj to battlemented monas- on the outskirts. Broad thor- 'TUdlate from Its center, but corner the streets are Mdewalki no wider than Qiri» of Today. Fires have wiped It away. Invaders, from Tatar* to Napoleon, hare de stroyed It. government* have come and gone, but Moscow, stubborn and dull, has persisted. It symbolleea Russia. It , Is only a step from Moscow, overcrowded and teeming with Its peoples of many races, with rulea for every movement and police to en force them, into th«* wild, wide-open spaces Wolves and hears still roam In the Moscow district, and when the dull winter dusk cornea at 2 o’clock In the afternoon and the country Is under Its white mantle of snow, hunger drives them to prey on mankind. In daylight hours a constant humtn stream jostles through the towered Iberian gate In Moscow In the wall between the Red Square and the Place of the Revolution outside the Kltal Go- rod (Fortified City). Men In sheep skin coats, the greasy leather outside and the fur Inside, clerks In glossy leather jackets; officials with beaver collars, brief cases under their arms; women in felt boots; girl* In slippers, with bundles, hahlcs, snd carts, were tramping through the slush, for this was a winter evening. Between the gntes In the center of the road la a shrine and inside the wall a church. The faithful pause and make the sign of the cross as they pass. Others enter. Patriarchal, bearded beggars, hands outstretched, stand at the doors. Beggars and Robber Gangs. Begging Is a lu< ratIve profession in Moscow except for the few days of sporadic police round-ups. Beggars are of nil types and both sexes, from infants who toddle underfoot while an older head directs them from the side lines, to husky rascals faithful to a vow of “I won’t work.” Differing from the whining beggars are the 200,000 to 300*000 homeless children, pariahs of the social order, rugged, sooty-faced from sleeping in the embers of street repair gangs’ fur naces, dirty, diseased, dope-poisoned, and desperate. They run In packs. A gang straggles through the gate, hugging the curb, eyes alert, the world a potential enemy, its plan of action decided. The leader grabs a woman's handbag, a man’s fur cap, and over turns an unwary peddler’s basket of apples. . The basket is picked clean, and with wild screams the gang Is gone, scattering through the streets, policemen and pedestrians in vain pur suit. . • In several cities homes are main tained by the government for these young vagabonds—heritage of war and revolution, but augmented every month by wanderlust—with baths, clean cots, clothes, food, and a care taker to give them Instruction and ad vice. Personal liberty goes amiss with this aodal group, too yoong to ap preciate dvie responsibility even If they had been taught it Police and ■octal workers periodically round up the wild, untamed children end put them in the The crowds elbow through the white-painted brick gates, In and out of the Red Square, betweep a gaunt let of t venders. Baskets and clumsy little wagons are on the curb; also flabby, brown, frozen apples for a cent and fat ones, carefully sheltered under blankets, for 40 cents; stands of cig arettes, each with one and a quarter Inches of tobacco and three Inches of paper mouthpiece; oranges for 70 cents; cheeses, cut and weighed while you wait; candies collecting dust; dried sunflower seeds, two cents a glassful. Phasss of ths Social Movement The goal which Soviet Russia hks set Is to Industrialize the country un til it can supply Its domestic needs. It will then be Independent of thd out side world. The United States is taken as a model, not the countries of Eu rope, which have developed Industry by colonies and foreign trade. Until that goal Is reached, or abandoned, no wars of Russia’s making need be an ticipated. The social movement In Russia may be divided Into three phases: First, to arouse the workers to a revolution; second, to Instill the Idea In their minds that they were the rulers of the country; third, to Impress them that they must produce. The third stage has now been reached. More and more emphasis''!* laid on the fact th- ♦ the worker must produce results snd devote less time to theorising and talking. Stalin re cently In one of hla rate speeches de clared too much time was given to celebrations, meet I- g^ and anniversa ries. As practical illustration he dted that the marketing of the grain was | costing IS kopecks a pood when It should cost St | When summer comes, the face of na ture changes Ilka the spirits of the volatile people. Daylight, which faded Into the winter gloom at 2 o'clock. I tints the cloudless skies until 10 at night Dusty roads which were lost I under the drifting snows are stirred by travelers, nature smiles, and the lonesome stretches where the wolf packs bowled are green and flourlsh- Ing. - —. The queues which shivered In front of the bathhouse*—“the neatness of Moscow citizens Is characterized by eight or nine washing parties a year,’’ says the economics department—are gone and every watercourse Is lined with bathers In the garb of Adam and Eva. WHEN I WAS TWENTY-ONE BY JOSEPH KAYE AT 21—Brander. Matthews Had His Manuscripts Rejected With Unfailing Regularity. (( I WAS only two months more than twenty-one when my two -years’ attendance at ^olumbla Law school ended at last. I managed somehow to answer the. questions put to me. After I passed the examination, and before the commencement at which I was to .receive my degree I married and left almost immediately for a honeymoon In Europq. “While I was still at law school my contributions to the tnaguztnes were rejected with exemplary speed. In The Critic’ Sheridan tells us that ‘When they do agree on the stage their unanimity Is wonderful,’ and equally wonderful ~to me was the unanimity of editors. No matter how laboriously I might feather my essays they were homing pigeons; and I 0001(1 always count on another swift return. With the modest coafldence of youth I was but little discouraged; and while one article was vainly paying Its round of visits I was already engaged upon an other.—Brander Matthews.’’ ► TODAY—The receipt of a Brander Matthews in an editorial' office la hailed with respect and pleasure and a check Is made out even before It Is read, for Sir. Sfatthews Is among the most famous of *11 American critics, and writers on the theater, besides being a notable figure In the other branches of literature. Perhapa U might be said that Slatthews Is the George Brandes of this country* a comparison with which even JHs name Is In harmony. (A by MrClur* Ntw*p*p*» Syndic*!*.) We shall advance when we have learned humility; when we have learned to seek truth, to reveal It and publish it; when we‘cafe more for that than for the privilege of arguing about Ideas In a fog of uncertainty—Walter Llppman. ALL GOOD THINGS T HE following is a dessert which will be wholesome for the children: Fig Ic# Cream Junket. Make a custard with a quart of milk, a cupful of cream, a can of con densed milk, one tablespoonful of va nilla, a half cupful of sugar, and one crushed junket tablet dissolved in a tablespoonful of cold water. Warm the milk to lukewarm and mix all the Ingredients; let stand In a warm place until thick. When cold, freeze, and when partly frozen add a half pound of chopped flgs, which have been cooked with one-half cupful of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of orange juice. Finish freezing. Fig lee Cream. Scald one quart of milk, add three tea*p<»onfuls of cornstarch mixed with a little cold milk and cook until thick. Cook slowlj fifteen minutes. Beat the yoBt* of four eggs, add* a half tea- spoonful of salt and one-half cupful of maple sirup; beat Into the hot mix ture and cook until the egg Is set. Add two cupfuls of hot cream and let chill; add one teaspoonfot of vanilla and begin to freeze. When half frozen add .one-half pound of chopped flgs cooked until tender In boiling wa ter, then mix with half a cupful of maple sirup, a little grated lemon rind and two tablespoonfuls of lemon Juice. Flemish Carrots. Cut prepared carrot* Into thin slice* and cook until tender In a little boil ing water slightly salted. For one pint of carrots, melt a tablespoonful of but ter, add a cupful of chopped onion, and one-half teaspoonful of sugar. Cover and cook until yellow, add one cupful of beef broth. Simmer twenty minutes and sprinkle with parsley. Graham Cracker Cake. Cream one-half cupful of shortening, add one-third of a cupful each of honey and sugar, add the beaten yolks of two eggs, one cupful of milk, two and seven-eighths cupful* of rolled cracker crumbs mixed with three tea spoonfuls of baking powder, one-half teaspoonful of cinnamon, and one- fourth teaspoonful of salt Add the stiffly beaten whites and bake in two layer tins about twenty minutes. Put together with jelly or jam filling and cover with chocolate Icing. 1 (<£). HIT. Western New*p*per Union.) Advertise in The People. i LONG TERM MONEY to LEND ;; 6 per cent, interest on large amounts -Private funds for small loans. 1 BROWN & BUSH LAWYERS BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. — - _ . 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Anr.ual capitation dog license of $1.25 per head, payable during month of January, on, all dogs, male and female, old and young, except suckling pup Acts 1924, No. 655, at pape 1088.)* ' „ It is the duty of each school trustee in each school district to see that this tax is collected or aid the Magistrate in the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. Drafts will not be drawn for taxes with receipts attached. Tax receipts will be released only upon l?g*l tender, postoffice money orders, or certified checks, J. B. ARMSTRONG, Co. Treas. SEND I£S YOUR ORDERS FOR ““BLUE BIRD” Products A COMPLETE STOCK OF COLD CREAMS, VANISHING CREAMS, ETC., ON HAND AT ALL TIMES. . —'•i- « * PERMANENT WAVES A SPECIALTY «. Leonard Beauty Shoppe MRS. A. DEAS, Prop. Phone No. 2287 y Augusta,. Ga.