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Show I THREE DAYS OF I JOY IN RUSSIA People Throw Off Troubles, Eat and Make Merry at Easter Time MOSCOW. April is. By the A.so-v A.so-v riatod Pres..) Russia put a-ido her troubles for three days for the Blaster celebrations, which probably were the vfv ince the revolution. Spring h.is broken, anrl .ijniMlt.inf-ously the -now... vanished under the warm sun-h,ne. sun-h,ne. loavinc the atreeta dry and ai-v-. most splc and span so for as clcanli- peea is concerned. Kvcn in the famine region, vrhere i he ice hae broken in the Volga river. i he Eastertide brought some cheer. IM;s on SAMS Except anions the po erty-strlcken families ol Moscow, tables groaned un-dei un-dei the holiday food. Champagne and other wines were t" be purchased In (he open markets for the first lime in J.1, years. Even the old time New Torfc elcbrations of New Year's ever wer pale in comparison with some dinners in Moscow Tables represented the expenditure ex-penditure of millions of rubles. is prices soared for the celebrations. In some manner most of the Moacbwites managed to buy what they needed. Days before the Eastertide the mar-,V mar-,V Uets were thronged with persona sel ling jewels and other trinkets and , ' ' other small hits of household uiim- Vi. v tUre in oiiler to assure themselves of ' 7"- an Easter spread. Small bouquets of fiesh flowers were sold in the streets at the ruble equivalent of $lu a hunch and found rcadv purchasers CHURCH BEXiLS RING Sunday and Monday the streets were thronged with promenader.- Nearly everybody was wearing at least some new clothes Winter ovcr-moos had been replaced by trim low c ut shoes silk stockings and white kid gloves, were not uncommon. Everybody Was privileged to climb the belfries and ring the church bells, which dinned merrily from 3.000 domes and minarets. mina-rets. The requisitioning of church I treasures wos halted during the holt-: days. The mldnlglii Raster masses werei attended by large crowds. During the light skyrockets and other fin works' biased above the gilded domes of the churches, while firecrackers popped iS on an American Fourth of July oo |