A Ladies' Muncipality.
• — ■■ — There exists in Russia a district which is wholly administrated, and for the greater part of the year ex. clusively inhabitated, by the fair sex, says the Daily News. It comprises some 15 square miles in the province of Smolensk. In the early spring all the able-bodied males emigrate in search of work to the large towns, and remain absent for nine months or*more, leaving their wive 3 and daughters to cultivate the fields, and manage local affairs generally under the presidency of a mayoress. Before nightfall the ladies assemble in a sort of clubhouse, and play cards till one or two in the morning. Moreover, against the return of the men folk they brew quantities of braga, or small beer, and cook numbers of piroghi?, or patties. This Adamless Eden is one of the prosperous and best conducted portions of the empire, and the Tsaritsa takes a strong interest in its welfare.
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Manawatu Herald, 8 March 1898, Page 3
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156A Ladies' Muncipality. Manawatu Herald, 8 March 1898, Page 3
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