| Show b 0 boys and girls in the azars czars land by ALBERTA PLATT 0 0 SERIOUS afe U iff that russian A children lead whether they are the little daughters of czar nicholas II 11 or the young keople among the poorest peasants ta tegan the imperial household itself la a melancholy one about 1560 yeara ago some barbarian tribes tn eu tope passed R law that no woman should inherit land it has been called aie law frona the sallan tribe abo kagam it nine hundred years lat tr athla law wan stretched etched in franca to bean that no woman should alt on ha throne 0 that country as ruler then jaws other european monarc hlee and TO pire enacted athla into law amon faem now therefore if a czar russia has no ton no matter if he kave daughters as wise and capable as elizabeth hid crown pass to come boale relative royal and families make themselves very unhappy over matters american families never think of the czar and czarina 0 brusela with million and 0 t dollars and the richest and moat beautiful collection of jewels on earth mourn constantly be cause they have no son but all the czarinas czar inas babies are girls there are our of these little girls they are bright intelligent children but nobody in russia wants them un alta it be their parents and even these would love them more if they were boys in this country where a girl Is as good as a boy and frequently proves herself better than a boy in school studies it teems very silly to ret continually because ones children are all girls yet that Is what the imperial father and mother of these tour little daughters do the eldest of them Is princess oiga who will be nine years old next november she la the richest princess in the world but she and her little sister are b rought up in a plain simple fashion they are not allowed to be dressed even in the russian winter at home they wear socks instead of long stockings which leaves bare part of the leg below the knee their playroom la kept at a temperature pera ture which american children would think cold this course of discipline Is supposed to make the email princesses hardy and healthy As fast as they are old enough they learn io the favorite language of their mother who Is a granddaughter of the late queen victoria of england russian school children among the people have not nearly 0 o good a time as those ot america the schools themselves are of a poor kind there are not enough of them to supply the people how scarce schools are you way know from the fact that among russian common soldiers hardly more than one tn five can write and what a village schoolhouse Is like you see from the picture the great trouble la that those who rule russia ear it the peasants were allowed to get a good education they would rise in revolt and overthrow the government the father of the present czar issued an edict that no children of tanners mechanics or of the poorer class of merchants should be allowed to attend a school of higher learning peasant boys wear slippers made of braided birch bark instead ot stock ass a strip of linen Is wound around the foot and leg in winter some of RUSSIAN VILI AGE schoolhouse them have warm felt boots but by no means always russian schoolboys are never allowed to play in the streets not even at snowballing in winter it a bo should toas a ball to a comrade in russian street policemen would arrest him immediately schoolboys bodies are not trained by gymnastic and open air exercises so that they are not so large and strong as they should be neither are the common peoples children well fed they do not begin to get the abundance of nourishing food american schoolboys have to eat read here acine of the things that are forbidden to russian schoolboys and then say whether you would like to be one they may not go into public parka or gardens except botanical gardens they may not go to the theater without getting permission from the city authorities or go out of a city boating or picnicking or be outdoors after 9 in the evening without their parents or Kuar dlana they are forbidden to go to balls billiard halls club meetings con shops and public resorts vt any kind |
