. The Russian road to China . h to sleep on even thepopulous plank-bottomed bed. Thus do all thingswork together to weave the web of life. It is nearing noon when one wakes to eat a com-bination of breakfast and lunch, and plan for theday. The Post-Office and the Bank are the firstmaterial objectives. One must register so that mailmay be delivered. We go down and join two com-panions of the road. With careful directions fromthe porter, the party prepares for the half-milewalk to the Post-Office. The preliminaries are for-midable in themselves. First the felt goloshes mustbe pulled over the sho
. The Russian road to China . h to sleep on even thepopulous plank-bottomed bed. Thus do all thingswork together to weave the web of life. It is nearing noon when one wakes to eat a com-bination of breakfast and lunch, and plan for theday. The Post-Office and the Bank are the firstmaterial objectives. One must register so that mailmay be delivered. We go down and join two com-panions of the road. With careful directions fromthe porter, the party prepares for the half-milewalk to the Post-Office. The preliminaries are for-midable in themselves. First the felt goloshes mustbe pulled over the shoes; then the big fur overcoatmust be swung on and carefully buttoned down itslength. Finally a fur cap, like a grenadiers, withear-flaps is tied, and great fleece-lined gloves aredonned. The droshky-drivers assembled before thehotel seem to take it as an insult to their professionthat we elect to walk, and two or three follow alongoutside the curb until the group reaches the cornerand turns into the main street, A CHAPEL
Size: 2046px × 1221px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjecttranssi, bookyear1910
