. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. t hand, sometimes ofwoven poplar wands, covered withclay, and even then one was struckby the order and method with whichthese people conducted their daily ex-istence and the sort of military disci-pline which pervaded their ranks. In the year 1900, during the monthof September, the writer went amongthe Doukhobor settlements to distri-bute work which the National Coun-cil of Women had started to aid thewomen of the sect by giving them oc-cupation and earning power during 112 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE the long winter months in these re-mote districts. The s
. Busyman's Magazine, July-December 1907. t hand, sometimes ofwoven poplar wands, covered withclay, and even then one was struckby the order and method with whichthese people conducted their daily ex-istence and the sort of military disci-pline which pervaded their ranks. In the year 1900, during the monthof September, the writer went amongthe Doukhobor settlements to distri-bute work which the National Coun-cil of Women had started to aid thewomen of the sect by giving them oc-cupation and earning power during 112 THE BUSY MANS MAGAZINE the long winter months in these re-mote districts. The same organiza-tion had during the previous winterdistributed spinning wheels, looms,stoves, Duffle (a thick sort of flan-nel) among the villages where suchcomforts were sorely needed. So thevisit made this year was of peculiarinterest, when, armed with old note-books containing the names of vil-lages, the number of souls in each,a list of the stock, etc., in her posses-sion, the writer tried to sum up thechanges which had taken place dur-. PETER VERIGIN. ing the seven years which had elapsedsince her first visit. Again the train carried her throughthe fertile belt which lies parallel tothe railway line from Winnipeg toYorkton, a district much changed byreason of the continued influx of set-tlers during the intervening ranches, wheat ranches andmixed farms were seen on every and there the ravages of frostwere seen, but to the inexperiencedeye the scene was one of prosperity and progress. Late in the eveningone found oneself at the hotel inYorkton, now a thriving town, witha large population, formerly the rail-head of what is now the CanadianPacific line. One learned with plea-sure that Peter Verigin, the recog-nized leader of the Doukhobors, wasin town, but an evening interview wasimpossible, for the gentleman was in-dulging in a Russian bath, an un-dertaking which would terrify manyof the stoutest-hearted Canadian set-tlers. The writer had experienced thep
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