KIT FOR RUSSIAN TRAVEL

Evening Star, Issue 21784, 28 July 1934, Page 4

KIT FOR RUSSIAN TRAVEL

Advice to those who propose to visit or reside in Soviet 'Russia in the near future is contained in a book by an American writer, which is now being sold by Intourist, the official Soviet travel agency in Britain, with the full approval of the Russian Government, (says the London ‘Morning Post’), Under the naive title, ‘Are You Going to Russia? ’ Mi- Lars Mocn, the author, has prepared a helpful guide to that country, describing the special conditions which the visitor will encounter. The hook has been written, it should be noted, sympathetically from the Russian point of view by a man who has travelled widely, in his own words. “ to present a specific and uncolourCd picture of what it means to travel op live and work in the Soviet Onion.” Writing on the special equipment necessary, he states: “A few yards of mosquito netting will prove priceless; flies are plentiful and window screens unknown. Take whatever you find most effective against bed-bugs, fleas, and lice, as there is a strong probability of encountering them in your living quarters, in trains, and in public places generally. All of these are annoying, hut lice, being carriers of typhus, are a positive danger. A mouse trap -would not come amiss.” The traveller is recommended to take with him, among other things, naphthalene or moth-balls, a tin of insect powder. and some disinfectant. On the question of food, Mr Moen writes of the restuarants: “The food is pretty mediocre on the whole, and you will ' cat in these restaurants more from necessity than as an epicurean joy.” As to fish: “Truth, compels mo to he rather moj-e pessimistic. . . . Experiment with fish cautiously.” The author mentions that the quantity of roughage in the diet, and particularly in the black bread, may cause serious diarrhoea. As a general stomach conditioner In he included in the medical kit, he iTi-ommends a prescription.