Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-12-27 | Page 7 | Greter Services

J I Greater Service I I By OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON The R Russian crown jewels have come to America to be sold Included In the collection is the famous crown of ot Catherine the Great Creat of ot Russia It contains over o 1500 diamonds and is valued a at There are other othel j Jewels wels equally lly magnificent that belonged to different members of ot th tie the family But Butone Butone Butone one hears little of ot Peter the Great In the list of own own- ers Who Vho wo voi wor s the greater crown When merely a aboy boy Peter realized the savage condition condition condition con con- of of the subjects The world around them was civilized and nd Peter determined to learn the secret of ot that civilization and teach it Jt to his people He lIe went to Amsterdam called himself Peter Immermann immermann im- im and hired as a laborer in a shipyard Ho He lived In a n garret mended his own clothes cooked his own food tood He learned what what- he could o ui mm mn turing he learned to sh shoe e a horse horse and and to make shoes for himself he also picked up a certain knowledge knowl edge of ot surgery With this knowledge of ot people and nd things he returned to Russia and started his reforms He Introduced arithmetic Into business Hereto Hereto- Heretofore Heretofore fore accounts had been kept with balls strung op on wire He set up printing presses and founded schools and hospitals S a aHe He died doing an act of ot mercy rescuing mercy rescuing some shipwrecked sailors