Show SOlDIERS or OF RUSSIA NOW MUN ARE BEING EDUCATED Observations are being recorded b by correspondents of the common Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian sinn soldiers not the picked men of ot the tho czars czar's housetops but tho the ordinary peasants Among the tho conscripts from the Russian farming fanning country one notices two distinct elements clements tho tIm enlightened enlightened enlightened ened and the dark peasants as the tho Russians themselves have havo named the Illiterate Dark or light in regard to education tho the Is as a rule a kind hearted being Ho does not understand un understand understand un- un much about bout politics a and d dwar war but believes war is waged to to procure material advantages ad to Russia Russin Rus Rus- sin sia and Its people Russia nt needs eds territory ter- ter 0 Ij G German territory he says and he ho proves this need which In his estimation can be supplied only through war war by referring to the land poverty of the people In his own com corn mun I ty Writing Wilting home Is one of or the favorIte favorite favo o rite recreations of the Russian in the field Professional ProCessional letter writers arc are consequently prospering on the thc kopeks kopeks kopeks ko ko- ko- ko of the illiterates One of thes professionals at his epistolary working work In ing In a n little railway depot In Poland Poland Po Po- Po- Po land laud was a man of middle age who attended to his duties with dignified gravity yet ct In a rapid businesslike fashion Around him grouped young oun soldiers who In turn dictated die dic tOoted their sentiments at 3 kopeks a a. letter A competitor a Pole of offered to do the tho literary execution work at the tho i reduced educed rate of two kopeks ko ko- and at first did a rush rushing ins ins- business business business busi busi- ness but finally a veteran who knew the alphabet perceived that the men were being cheated as tho Pole Polo was writing Polish In tho the regular army nearly every everyman everyman man can read and write and all re recruits recruits recruits re- re who are deficient in this re regard regard re- re gard ard must spend the tho early euly months of ot In battalion school and acquire the necessary education Tho The ThoreS' ThoreS reS' reS reservists of ot different classes are not so fortunate but everything is being beIng- done to raise mise their intellectual stand stand- ard The Russians are arc omnivorous readers read ers era and the recruits are clamoring con constantly for Cor newspapers Their letters often show the influence of the newspaper reading Some of ot them bristle with the more or 01 less savory saor newspaper Jokes at the expense of ot the I enemy nem For FOl Instance thc they usually usual usual- ly refer to Berlin BerUn as meaning Bad Williams William's Cit City In general howe however er th the Russian sol soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers arc are not given ghen to abusing their i adversaries for whom they entertain tho the degree of respect that Is usual between sturdy foes toes Peculiar Indeed is tho the notion which Is IB common in the Russian arm army that it Is a disgrace to be wounded One man cried bitterly because he had been heen hit in the arm arni before he had hall a chance of ot firing tIring a single shot himself elt Another praised a certain Matvei as bein being the Ideal of ot a bravo brave soldier This Matvei had been In a trench where nearly everybody every every- body had been killed or wounded while he escaped Injury Any appliance which saves tho the housewife's strength is well welt worth having in tho the house One of ot tho the best salads is made of finely shaved d cabbage with French dressing |