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Show I Evil Eyt on Cropt Women dragging plows through the first furrows In tlie Held to -revent I evil spirits bllgliMng the crops may J l. seen within short distances of Mos-i Mos-i cow. Idolatrous worship and superstitious supersti-tious practices continue utmost within with-in the shadow of the Moscow unlvr-sltles, unlvr-sltles, according to a report by the ethnographic department of the commissariat com-missariat of education. Tho god o hens Is still placated with special offerings in villages close to Moscow, wizards nre asked to cure ' Illnesses by applying toads to the skin of tlie sufferer, quacks and voodoo men conduct a thriving trade, and many other dark and dismal magics persist, In spite of the active educational educa-tional work of the government |