20 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



Penna., in 1739, and adopted by Robert Raikes 

 in Gloucester, England, in 1781. A few days later, 

 I received the following note: 



Miss Nathalie Mansouroff , President of the Sunday 

 Girls' School Curatorium in Riga, requests the honour 

 of calling Mr. Francis B. Reeves its honourable mem- 

 ber, knowing his sympathy and noble activity for the 

 mentioned schools in America. 



RIGA, May, the 5th, 1892. 



1 7th 



The Merchants* Guild, whose stately, pictur- 

 esque building was erected in the year 1353 and 

 rebuilt five hundred years later, was next visited. 

 Upon presentation to the President and Directors, 

 who were convened as a reception committee, a 

 large silver ' ; 'loving-cup' : was offered in token of 

 welcome; the President first touching his lips to 

 the wine, the guests next being served, and then 

 the gentlemen of the Committee. 



The next entertainment was furnished by a 

 men's club named the "Black Heads/' where the 

 ceremony of the " loving-cup" was likewise the 

 token of welcome. Here was exhibited a marvel- 

 lous collection of snuff boxes, the accumulation of 

 ages, and a magnificent array of silver antiques, 



