. In the land of Tolstoi; experiences of famine and misrule in Russia . people are persecuted inRussia! ^That is sad, I said. Yes, he replied, butthe morning light is breaking. When we returned to the town a number of small processionswere going through the streets, and the church bells werepealing. I inquired the reason of this, and was told that itwas a prominent saints day, and that at noon there was to bea solemn vodoosvjaststchenje, or consecration of the water* 164 In the City of Saratov. of the Yolga; the Governor of the city and all the prominent,inhabitants were to be present at the c
. In the land of Tolstoi; experiences of famine and misrule in Russia . people are persecuted inRussia! ^That is sad, I said. Yes, he replied, butthe morning light is breaking. When we returned to the town a number of small processionswere going through the streets, and the church bells werepealing. I inquired the reason of this, and was told that itwas a prominent saints day, and that at noon there was to bea solemn vodoosvjaststchenje, or consecration of the water* 164 In the City of Saratov. of the Yolga; the Governor of the city and all the prominent,inhabitants were to be present at the ceremony. I have beforementioned the great number of days on which all work mustbe suspended. There are 111 saints days in the calendar tObe celebrated, of which 76 are compulsory everywhere, andsome of the remainder in different parts. Then there are-the seven Imperial festivals, besides Sundays. It was now, or should have been, the busiest time of thewhole year. In the country there was the years sowing to-be done, and the Volga was but newly opened for traffic. Yet. A PICNIC PARTY. the shops in the city were closed, and large numbers of peoplefrom the country had come up to take part in the festivities. I started out myself to swell the crowd of idle I walked through the streets some peculiar-looking placardson the wall of a square attracted my attention. On closeracquaintance they proved to be compilations of the coarsestlies and slanders against the Stundists; some of them madeup of extracts from the Russian newspapers. They were, ofcourse, placed thus conspicuously to excite the fanaticism ofthe Orthodox mob. The Stundists themselves have no possi-bility of redress or defence allowed them, and interference-
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