ENGLAND AFTER 79 YEARS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 2, 28 September 1920, Page 5

ENGLAND AFTER 79 YEARS

WOMAN EXILE FINDS IT "HEAVENLY." Mrs. Harness, who has livedl in Petroerad for 79 years, and who left England at the ago of five, and is now in- the Western Eoad workhouse innrmap, Mitcham, Surrey, considers that, alter Russia, "England is just heaven. "Pctrograd was in n miserable state when wo left, "he told a representative of tho "Daily Mail." "People were starving in the streets. We Jiad to pay a fabulous sum even for a pound of potatoes. Now (oh, it is too wonderful!) I get as much as I want to eat and drink, even eggs and an abundance of milk. The few people I " avc mot "V B, 'S liina have been exceedingly kind. In-Bussia there is neither religion nor morality. I was a governess when Russia was a happy home, but now it is.all havoo, and hunger and death. .. "Petrcrad when we left was a city of desolation. People with money m their pockets could not buy provisions and motor-can wore openy stolen. Near lv all tho shops were, shut ""'iger was a common complaint Three ot the doctors iS our home at Petrograd died tm lack of food We *•«»<*•»•*- ed to bring any toß^^dJheo nly books t have are my.Biblo and lrajer Book. Here everything is nice and quiet and one feels calm, peaceful, serene in Taunton, and I should like'to see Somerset and Devon again before I die. England has progressed wonderfully since my days Thero.were of course, no aeroplanes then, no electro ? ra n and none of your modern wonders of civilisation. Paraffin lamps and sowfo "machines were thought to be quite up Me. in my early days. I should love to goto Somerset again; it is a beauhfu Place. I have often heard my father speak of the beauties of Devonshire In ~'v young days the women wore crinolines; now they wear short skirts.