| Show RUSSIANS PUT ON THIN DIT DIET Good fl Humor lor Prevails in Moscow Despite Lack of Provisions I Moscow Oct 20 jhc O. average a Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian wants tants bread and rest from the turmoil through which he has been passing for the tho last four years an arid and he ho believes he will sill wl eventually e find these two blessings He lIe le doe doesn't nt know exactly exactly exact exact- ly how but hes he's hopeful The Russian public is struggling along with wih great patience making the most of oC its is very limited food supply making over It Its worn much-worn clothing polishing makinS its shabby shoes and getting all the amusement Is it can out of life b by attending the theatres an and visiting the tho ho summer gardens Is one- one Moscow's bread d allowance quarter of oC a n pound dally daily daly for each person per per- son son son-if son son-J If ho he gets ets it I. I And tho the quality of ot the brea bread varies anies so o greatly that there Is much betting and jesting dal dally as ns to what sort of ot bread brea the tho food committee committees commit commit- wha toes tees will wil ill supply tho the following following- day 1 Straw enters largely largel into the composition composition compo compo- of at the bread brea supplied to Moscow Petrograd and other cities cites far from tIme the I Irain producing grain centers Sometimes the tho straw is chopped so finely It cannot cannot can can- en- en not be detected On other las days it I Isso Isso Is la laso so coarse and abundant In the tho loaf that straws an inch long may be foun found A recent cartoon in tIme the Moscow Nov Nov- ov- ov oye oe showed an old man plaitIng plaitIng plaiting plait- plait Ing a straw hat lint Two urchins wearing straw hats were playing at his feet an and a loaf of bread from which Ion long straws were protruding la lay on the he he ta ta- ta ble A neighbor who stood besl beside o the weaver wea O Inquired How low do you find Ind the bread these days days' The Tho reply was as wase We Ye cant can't cat eat it i. i but it makes malies excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent straw hints hats The dearth of or alcoholic drinks afforded arI af at- forded the subject for a cartoon which I gave Bavo o a Moscow a heart hearty laugh A customer customer cus ens- tomer torner holding zt a bottle botte of oC perfume inI in I his han hand stood before an apothecary to whom ho complained I r 1 dont don't like the od odor r of oC this lois cau eau de cologne nc Gracious one doesn't smell It nowadays ROW now now now-I I the tIme druggist exclaimed One drinks It I Under the greatly restricted diet en enforced enforced enforced en- en forced b by the food shortage e persons In Inal all al walks of or life have lost flesh to such an all extent that really realy fat tat men and women women wom worn en are seldom seen The chief work worl of or tailors an and amid dressmakers nowadays is taking in of garments to adjust them to reduced figures At a recent music hall hal performance an fat fal man who was shown to toa a scat sent near the stage broke his chair I into pieces when he sat down The accident made such a noise that tho the attention of or the entire entre audience was drawn to the unhappy man who was wasI extricated from the wreckage o b by two ushers Tho Time audience rose 1080 and amid cheered I vehemently The Tho fat rat man acknowledged acknowledged ed edged ed the applause good an and took tonIc no offense at inquiries of How low do you do it I on a a. quarter of ot a I pound of or bread a a. day |
