Show AS ASI ASNE I I NEW NE POSSIBILITY MOSCOW Jan 25 By A. A P. P P.- P. Rituals and ceremonies for tor christenings christenings chris chrls- I marriages and funerals funerals are gradually creeping Into the life Ilfe of the Russian communists and some students of Russian affairs see se In Inthis inthis this tendency a drifting of ot communism communism com com- into what they say It in inevitablY inevitably inevitably in- in must becom became becomer religion There Ther Is no pure pure puro communism practised in th the th daily dally life of or Russia Rus- Rus sia t today d Y not even among members members mem mem- bers hers t ot e communist party It t rests as a theory as an ideal toward which 1 certain enthusiasts are s striving just striving just as religions of ot the past have haye r remained maln d theories and only exceptionally have been practise It is not a a far cry said I observer r recently from from communist communist ceremonies at christenings christenings' and marriages to regular labor tem tem- l t pIes with pointed five red stars above them i Instead ste d ot of churches of-churches chur hes bedecked bedecked be be- decked with cross crosses s Leon the soviet let war wrote some months ago that communism must provide something to take the place of church rJ ceremonies These had a anold hold nold on the people and were en en- en joyed The people he said would not bo be content with marriages bare of ceremony A dispatch from the Ural provinces provinces inces recently described one of ot the new marriage ceremonies monies Instead of ot a church there was the workmen work work- men mens s club The young couple both factory workers stood under undera a canopy of ot red bunting and the chairman of ot the town executive committee made an address The greatest happiness will be bo yours It if you go your way together struggling struggling struggling gling for the happiness tho-happiness of ot the whole of humanity he said Neither elther God nor clergy can give you hap hap- You Tou ou must create it for yourself I There were no rings and none of ot the crowns and other paraphernalia lia Ila use used 1 ip in marriages but butth th the there thee e e was Something of ot a communist communist substitute In that two red stars the tho symbol of ot the soviet Russian regime were presented to the young couple Some weeks reeks V eks ago the first public public public pub pub- lic communist christening occurred in a big Moscow theatre The tiny UnY baby girl of ot a aa young working couple couple couple cou cou- was held beld up in the e arms of ot N. N a a communist leader and solemnly d dedicated d c ted to the service j i of ot communism |