Show bizarre dorylea and pinnacles of 81 basils cathedral tower above the re square moscow prepared by the rational society washington D C ED SQUARE moscow Is the very heart and symbol of rus sla today lenins temporary wooden mausoleum aus oleum a squat cube on the north de of the square dwarfed by alie wall behind is a world ielne of communism sentries stand lard and a double line of visitors alts to enter for a glimpse of the ader whose teachings still live his dy lies under glass the dozen lines in spirals facenta and diamonds yellow blue and green shaped like averted turnips of st basils cathe ral glisten in the sun legend says that after ivan IV bet r known as the terrible started this gem he had the italian ct blinded so that it neer could be however the first acts were russian though they did t survive the necessary years i see the completion of their dream he cathedral in which napoleon his horses la now a museum and for ten cents can lose him if in its eleven dark little chapels id maze tot narrow winding tunnels through the centuries those bulu gaudy domes have looked down i the red square watching russian story just as they still rise serene i the square echoes to the tramp of ed army and soviet workers and the are of electric amplifiers as party acors hold forth on the platform of enins tomb from the stone rostrum in front of ie cathedral the of the azars czars ere read before its doors peter the reit executed several hundred of the the old muscovite militia ere azars czars were proclaimed and pre aders wore killed across that cnare each proud emperor led the of the church on a donkey ito the kremlin through the spas iya redeemer gate which no lan entered from 1647 to 1917 alth at baring his head now soviet headquarters VI lien the tz I 1 K the iry committee of soviet russia olds its annual meetings the various pes that make lip its membership leet inside the kremlin in the great alace most of the members cross ed square and enter gate aking the shortest path to the meet ig place two narrow sidewalks separate in ide the gate one goes ahead along a low terrace the arsenal on which are piled i pyramids the cannons french austrian LUs trian prussian italian captured hen ha wrote his epilogue in boscow in 1812 the other branches ft the left on the opposite side of an pen court the big white build ag once the palace of justice and low the headquarters of the tz T K he seat of government it Is a ions walk leading past an lent churches and palaces the tacks of old muzzle loading french annon extend for a block and then ome the barracks with a fringe of annon of the museum vintage historic bell where the sidewalk skirts a comer t the old palace and comes out above he high wall overlooking the river lands the great czar bell why it to be put there hiding behind he corner history does not explain t has been there for 90 years and ro bably remain for several more czarina ann had it cast in 1735 and 0 years passed before it got out of he foundry which burned around it A ton bell GO feet in ace and 20 feet high Is not to be lightly it has been raised n a stone foundation as high as a aan s shoulders and the broken out sits on the ground in front as t waiting for somebody to lift it back alto place athe plain white front of ta great palace te and stained soldiers Sold off duty some with their wires or sweethearts and dill dren coif along the sidewalk on top of alie wall or sit on the window sills of the palace two at the door ask each person who steps up to show a ticket pass ing him with the familiar please A polite way of saving go ahead in russian inside alie narrow entrance Is finished in coffee colored marble and Is neither as large nor as as many hotels or railroad stations in the united states when the dele gates are meeting a wooden stall covered with red bunting Is on one from it supplies are distributed to each member several volumes of bulky reports a leid pencil and pad of paper not as generous as the boodle bags of american legislatures which in years gone by con talked everything from a hairbrush and fountain pen to an annual rail road pass royal pathway the main stairway which guests of royalty once eagerly mounted Is narrow as palace steps go and has the same plain marble balustrade it Is covered with a red carpet probably the one which the last nicholas trod at the top a narrow passageway on alie right goes nowhere and a broader one on the left leids into the former throne room where the ees alons are held the wall of the narrow passageway hangs avons immense oil painting of the battle of Kull koo between alie russians and latars imposing chamber to the right of the small reception room is the lofty st george room largest in the palace by 70 feet and CO feet high a vast room without a column to break its expanse of white marble A regiment could stand in that room and airplanes fly over head when the tz I 1 K meets st george room Is the stenographers workroom halt of it fenced off with the russian tor no admittance on the gate down one side are long wooden tables on saw horse legs where bobbed haired secretaries write and smoke on the other side are separate tables for members conferences smaller tables are in the window seats in the open halt of the hall those wearied with the session can loaf smoke drink tea or play chess down a few steps from this room toward the old wing of the palace Is the st vladimir room and the red staircase the latter once used only by royalties st andrews hall a long narrow vaulted over decorated room by 70 feet and CO feet hah Is the leals i lathe seat of the soviet government once it was the throne room where the cairs of all the Rus after peter the great moved the capital to st petersburg came tor their secand coronation ona tion carrying out the tradition that a muscovite ruler roust be crowned in moscow in those days a throne stood in the farther end of the hall for the alist few sessions of the tz L K a curtain was dropped in front of the throne later special furniture in dark stained wood was installed and a solid partition was erected to the lofty belling in front of the throne in its center the soviet seal of sickle and hammer in red and gold face the members various types of russians where once stood princes and am bassadore bass adors the many types of russians now sit there are peasants and workmen in belted smocks others in white collars high boots and low shoes corn ent lonal appearing probes men edans wearing black astrakhan fezzes mongols in flowing coats and fur aps taps t with plush crowns caucasians with little cm brol dered skull cipa women bore headed and with kerchiefs tightly vi rapped around their |