Travelogues; . FEASTING ON CAVIAR AND VISTAS I40 MOSCOW baric Tatar is instantly attainable by the finger-nails of thosewho dare to scratch the Russian. But nowhere in all theworld have I found the police so unfailingly polite, or thepeople more considerate and courteous to the foreigner. I. do not speak without experience. I took seven hundredphotographs in Moscow,— I had seven hundred interviewswith policemen. Each one began with a salute, a courteousdemand to see my permit-papers, or mybou-maga; then a careful perusalof the permits, an apology, and afarewell salute. I did my best to get arr
Travelogues; . FEASTING ON CAVIAR AND VISTAS I40 MOSCOW baric Tatar is instantly attainable by the finger-nails of thosewho dare to scratch the Russian. But nowhere in all theworld have I found the police so unfailingly polite, or thepeople more considerate and courteous to the foreigner. I. do not speak without experience. I took seven hundredphotographs in Moscow,— I had seven hundred interviewswith policemen. Each one began with a salute, a courteousdemand to see my permit-papers, or mybou-maga; then a careful perusalof the permits, an apology, and afarewell salute. I did my best to get arrested,knowing that such a happy mis-hap would delight my manag-ers at home, for it would resultin much gratuitous publicity. Inearly succeeded on the day ofa great popular fete. My per-mits to photograph in Moscow didnot cover such occasions. The PANORAMA FROM
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