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Show I Paying Call In Russia. ' Town lifo In Russia is as different as can bo from lite In tho country districts. dis-tricts. Ono curious custom is tho after-dinner after-dinner call. Pcoplo do not call on their friends at tea-tlmo, as wo do over hero, but after dinner nt night, or even after tho theater, paying calls at midnight being qulto tho thing to do. Tho Russian Rus-sian dinner always begins with a sideboard side-board courso of cold meats, hors d'ocuvrcs, etc. j that is to say, tho dishes aro laid out on tho sideboard and tho guests help themsolves beforo sitting down to partako of the regular meal. It is from this custom that wo dorlvo tho term "sorvlco a la Russo," as applied to dinners nt which tho carving carv-ing is done from the sideboard. ; ,. -.- - r |