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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH ' There is more carotene in carMachine stitch around buttonholes twice before working them rots that are in their prime than by hand in childrens underwear in young or old carrots. and nightclothes. Buttonholes will last longer and children will be To remove a fishy smell from more likely to handle their open- dishes, soak them in salt water ing and closing themselves. before washing them. INSTALLMENT SEVENTEEN This ends my report on the Rusbut these Turkomen girls have greater skill and a more deli- sians and here are my conclusions. When the opera closes we are cate craftsmanship. They are I should add that these, as well as Weary beyond words and long for decked out in beautiful native costhe general viewpoint of this book, bed. We are to leave early in the tumes, are entirely my own, and not to be lovely wearing morning. But the handsome vicegold and silver jewelry. charged against my good friend premier is firm. After we have fin- In weaving they squat beside the Eric Johnston. ished the banquet here at the opera, looms, Any close relations with the Soviet using both their fingers and we must see the opera theater toes to hold the thread and tie knots. Union are fraught with considerable where a special program has been As we pass through they work fe- danger to us until American reportprepared for us. verishly but I happen to return to ers get the same freedom to travel This open air theater is packed one room and find them about Russia, talk to the people unto the balcony with a crowd about gossiping and cackling. ' molested by spies, and report to their homeland with that same freeRussian and The sad thing is that the CommuUzbek. They are singing an aria nist NOUVEAU RICHE who, to dom from political censorship that from Maritza, immensely popular demonstrate their loyalty, pay stag- Soviet representative? enjoy here, in the Soviet Union. A juggler fol- gering prices for this beautifully and that American reporters enlows, and then the grand finale : cho- woven junk, may convince the joy in England and other free counrus girls prance out in costumes Turkoman craftsmen that Marxs tries. This must also apply to Euromade in our honor red and white bushy beard or Stalins shaggy eye- pean or Asiatic territory occupied by or affiliated with the Soviet Unbrows are things of more breathstriped trunks, and blue, brassieres. Hopefully they sing taking beauty than their ancient na- ion. Correspondents abroad are the ears and eyes of our Democracy. a Russian translation if Therell tive patterns. If we are to build up Russia, Be a Hot Time in the Old Town ToThe day closes with a trip our people arehelp to complete entitled night. to the through the blistering desert from reports press representatives I talk for a while with the little horse factory. These desert nomUzbek mayfir, next to me at the ads, like the Arabs and the men of of their own choosing on what we are helping to build. table. But the is talk- our own Southwest, have always remember that Russia his drivbeen proud of their mounts. They is We should ing. It is to a Europe which is not entitled which of and breeders are has shrewd traders the ing energy caught hostile to her. We should also refactories hurled from European horseflesh. member that while American aid in Russia and planted them in the desIn the stifling heat of my hotel building back her destroyed indusert, which has put millions to work room, the chamberto Russia, is tries desirable highly damming rivers, building industries maid suggests by gestures that I it is not She will not indispensable. and carving out the new Russia. would better if we pulled my swap it for what she considers her He is sure of himself, of the driv- cot ontosleep the balcony. The sun rises in the new world. ing power of this Bolshevik system early. I look down on a courtyard security She is, however, in a mood to acand of the new world it is opening of squalid tenements, windows open decent But if, cept ancient Oriental tribes. and Russians sleeping everywhere, as our armiescompromises. up among in while are Europe He- is telling us that he is glad sometimes under shelter but often he had this chance to show the new stretched out on the ground. The this settlement is being worked out, Russia to Mr. Johnston and to the yard itself is filled with blonde, blue- we find we cant get everything we American press. I liked him and eyed, flatnosed Slav babies two, want, we would be childishly stupid to get mad, pick up our toys and go his province. todthree, four and home. Then the fat little Tass corredling around, some wearing shirts If we decide it is wise to do busispondent came up. He was pretty and some not, beginning their early ness with the Russians, we can trust tight, and his German was sketchier morning play before the sun is too them to keep their end of any finanWir wissen das Sie hot. than usual. cial bargain. They are a proud waren in Finland, he said, aber And I marvel at this teeming, ferand can be counted on to people, das ist ein kleine Sache nur (here tile, nose before the tenth of on the he shaps his fingers) a little, little indestructible race, which now pay month. the thing is now forgiven of me. Be- spawns down here in this irrigated But any business deals should decause it was long ago that I was in valley as it does under the Arctic on their aims in Europe and pend Finland, and now they will trust Circle. Properly we think of Rus- Asia. We should extend no credit me to be objective. sias empire as a relatively empty to Russia until it becomes much I thank him for this compliment place. There is still elbowi room clearer than it now is that her ultiand their trust, assuring him that for this generation but what) of the mate intentions are peaceable. my passion for Finns is now buried next? When the collective farms I think these intentions will turn under rivers of Soviet champagne, are so full of people that they can out to be friendly. However, if we so at last I can be objective. no longer feed themselves or the move our armies out of Europe beFor here we leave them. Kirilov factories what then? The problem fore the continent is stabilized, and announced they may go by train to is not one for our times, since to- if disorder, bloodshed and riots then Bokhara and Samarkand tomorrow, day Russia, like England and Amer- ensue, the Russians will move into while we fly on this morning to such political vacuum. After ica, is one of the have nations, the last Russian town on the with a comfortable share of the any are not stupid. Russia for all, they Persian border. worlds earth and raw materials. the present needs no more territory, blonde Slav but badly needs several decades of The reporters and all the TashToday these well-fekent Russians come down to the air- babies play in the desert sun, peace. She is, however, still port to see us off. In the car I ride reveling like all babies, in the dust plagued with suspicions of the capiwith Nona. As we drive down a of the courtyard, just under the talist world, and needs to be dealt boulevard (Tashkent is very well mountains which divide the Soviet with on a basis of delicately balanced firmness and friendliness. To paved) she tells us that near by Union from Persia. is the cottage of her mother and faAt the airport we say good-b- y 'to date, the Roosevelt Administration ther, a retired engineer. They live our good friends Nesterov and Kiri- has done an excellent job of this, on his pension of 1,000 roubles a lov, and to Nick, who has so faithin an unbelievably difficult month, which in peacetime is de- fully watched over us and our cent but now is too little. But for(THE END) tunately they own their house. Yes, you can now own a house in Russia and, if you like, either rent or sell it at a profit. Of course, its land belongs to the state. If they ever need it for a government store or apartment, they pay you only the cost of the house. But now you c?n borrow from the government without interest as much as 10,000 roubles, which will build a fair house, Nona says, and you have ten years to pay. A doctor or dentist, who, of course, works in a state hospital, may have a private practice after hours, and charge what he likes A STRONG MAN'S just as the peasants may sell their share of the collectives vegetables FIGHT WITH THE for any price, after the government FORCES OF EVIL has bought what it needs at the fixed low price. However, the doctor must conduct his private practice not at was held up at the The the hospital but in his own home, instruand must provide his own Sand Hills tank atop at dusk. Cattle ' ments. were being stolen from the tanges. Ashkhabad has, like the others, Who was pulling these jobs? Jim an old Oriental section, but the new Doane, deputy sheriff, went out into Russian town is beautifully laid out desert to see. the and well paved. In the center is an Then there was pretty Senorita irrigated park, art oasis of green in Dolores Alvaro. Was she behind it the yellow desert dust which bjpws unall? Suspicion pointed strongly in everywhere. And in the park, der this broiling sun, is a veritable her direction. forest of Bolshevik statues, mostly Desert Rose is a dramatic, exStalin. He is always striding along ear his with in his long overcoat citing story one youll thoroughly as just gloved, enjoy. flaps down, heavily he is under the Arctic Circle. It seems cruel. ' We want to get a and rescue him. START IT NOW! Since we left Moscow, we have menis noticed that, when his name tioned, less and less do the Russians overleap feverishly to their feet his poputurning furniture, although EGHFJIUErJG larity is as great. The rug factory is most interesting. I have watched Navajo women weave, hand-hammer- ed -- nine-tent- hs one-ten- Mens shirt collars will fray less turned up before being laundered. i:: Yellowed piano keys can be cleaned with a cloth dipped in cologne water. Be careful not to touch the black keys. 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