| Show Birch Bark Slices Shoes and other articles besides baskets bas-kets and cabinets are manufactured from birch bark by the Russian peasantry The bark from which these articles are made is from the inner skin of the Russian Rus-sian birch tree common in almost all parts of the empire It is gathered Baring and fall and the process is very simple one An incision is first made around the trunk of the troj and the peasants have a knack of tearing or unwinding un-winding the bark from the starting point which gives them a strip of even width that they wind into a ball and keep through the winter until it is dry enough to use It is then mado into shoes baskets and other useful articles Tho barks shoes are universally worn by the Russian peasantry Other shoes used in winter are made of sheeps wool These are manufactured by itinerant cobblers who travel from house to house using the peasants own materials Philadelphia Ledger |
