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  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  GEOGRAPHIC 
  MAGAZINE 
  

  

  A 
  STREET-CORNER 
  STAND 
  IN 
  A 
  SIBERIAN 
  VIEEAGE 
  

  

  The 
  ex-soldier 
  is 
  eking 
  out 
  a 
  living 
  by 
  selling 
  cigarettes, 
  cakes, 
  empty 
  tin 
  cans, 
  and 
  

   other 
  knickknacks 
  to 
  the 
  natives. 
  The 
  woman's 
  winter 
  footwear 
  is 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  Korean 
  straw 
  

   sandals. 
  

  

  ties. 
  A 
  little 
  round-eyed 
  girl 
  of 
  three 
  or 
  

   four 
  held 
  one 
  of 
  her 
  hands 
  and 
  her 
  swell- 
  

   ing 
  lines 
  indicated 
  that 
  another 
  was 
  ex- 
  

   pected 
  in 
  the 
  family. 
  A 
  black-silk 
  lace 
  

   shawl 
  was 
  twisted 
  around 
  her 
  head 
  and 
  

   over 
  her 
  shoulders, 
  while 
  one 
  like 
  it 
  lay 
  

   over 
  the 
  other 
  arm, 
  for 
  sale. 
  

  

  Her 
  hat, 
  and 
  a 
  Russian 
  woman 
  would 
  

   rather 
  go 
  without 
  stockings 
  than 
  without 
  

   a 
  hat, 
  had 
  already 
  been 
  sold. 
  Now 
  an- 
  

   other 
  piece 
  of 
  wedding 
  finery 
  was 
  on 
  the 
  

   block. 
  

  

  "Skolka 
  stoy?" 
  the 
  interpreter 
  asked. 
  

  

  "It's 
  35 
  silver 
  roubles 
  ($5.35)," 
  she 
  re- 
  

   plied 
  in 
  a 
  tone 
  so 
  low 
  and 
  hesitating 
  that 
  

   it 
  was 
  more 
  a 
  question 
  than 
  an 
  answer. 
  

  

  AN 
  OED 
  EADY'S 
  BASKET 
  OE 
  KEEPSAKES 
  

  

  He 
  shook 
  his 
  head. 
  She 
  offered 
  the 
  

   other 
  one, 
  which 
  she 
  wore 
  around 
  her 
  

   shoulders. 
  It 
  was 
  better. 
  The 
  price 
  

   would 
  be 
  the 
  same. 
  Her 
  husband 
  was 
  

   sick 
  and 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  money 
  for 
  food. 
  

   It 
  was 
  an 
  old 
  story, 
  undoubtedly 
  true, 
  but 
  

   two 
  men 
  had 
  no 
  need 
  for 
  a 
  silk 
  shawl. 
  

  

  An 
  old 
  lady 
  had 
  a 
  basket 
  of 
  family 
  

  

  