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Show 1 BEGGARS ENJOY ! RESUMPTION OF ! ' . RUSSIAN TRADE r Professionals Meet and Hold i Roadside Feasts Much the Same as Typical American Ameri-can Tramp Fraternities ' ' i in m MO' 3cpt. Sft.The herrara of Moscow h- i Ic'n enjoy lna- resumption resump-tion rf irudo under ihe soviet . rea-im i.ei )y hi much as the prof- lteers i t pe?Mi;.H(fj. A ye. r vr rn uto, when the irov-t irov-t ' e)m men: 'loled nut ever'thln; to rer'lOf y, tho trtstoi-rnt and the h--aar alike r mI money wan of very little ii; v ?T!!''ifntu virtually dlnap. neared from a. I ihir trade and when the d;iilv fimdf of shoppers befran anew, the Ifirn.irs returned and apparently ap-parently hit, r.:ht a lot of relatives and frle;ii'4 v jib them. The firoff-;.imil bftera of Moscow - conBrea n ivummi Mm and In nook and rorPi rg fimbb-d down bulM- insj. wh.-n ihi v u.rmh! imony thni-m thni-m selves; ;i : . mi l laimh; hold their fesets, . pii.it ( -itlv otillvloua of the ' past or fh- f.ttiire. and have quite as lolly a t ne it i any frroup of average lndlrtdnj1'. The nonprofeMilimat, the men ap-1 "::jch of the better c!aa of other dJ v.ho bea; only ea a Iat reeort. t',n v-t partlctpato in thee iraiherln- v.-hich are made up of the clat rM Jus nlwaya hern beu-rars beu-rars and '-i-k" noihlns; else of !ife. Tea la erne.! rexuUily at the ber-a, ber-a, rara reor;r. Die aater heina- hearert In blsr hiuk kettles with a wxh1 fire itndernea:h. Tin rum and broken cups are br unlit into urn by the 1 various Individual, the scene in eotne respects reembl:na the camta of American trumps by the roadside In m summer. Late In the day or durinr the eve- nine: etjhumtal food la aened, the ? herrars pa vlnjr the hos beKs; ir in kind, or with a few ruble. f,r what-ever what-ever they nm eat from the me. The hoMM bee car rtea not actually be hi mae If. hiw chief duties befn? to cook the food brouht by the othera and to carry to and from their p tares of rorli" sime of ths bevuara un- able to walk or crawl because of their deformltlee. When a hesiwrs' feast la at It height in Miietow aa much laurhrer and as much merry makins; may be heard as anywhere In Kussia. |