LAUNDRY DAY WITH THE LETTISH FARMER'S WIFE

The work is usually executed in the open air; when no river is near pails of spring water supply her needs. The method of beating the wet linen, twisted into rolls, with wooden mallets would appear to be most effective, for the women's kerchiefs and aprons and the men's shirts always begin the week with a snowy whiteness that speaks well for the muscular zeal of the laundry-woman

EXPLOITING THE RESINOUS WOOD AND FOLIAGE OF THE PINE

The beautiful forests of Latvia play leading parts in many an industrial enterprise and produce certain species of pine which yield pitch, tar, and turpentine, and from which essential oils and spirit are distilled. Distillation was practised in Russia in ancient times, but the Alexandrians were among the first to acquire fame from the oil of turpentine which they prepared by distilling pine-resin

Photos, Press Section, Latvian Foreign Office, Riga

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PEOPLES OF ALL NATIONS: THEIR LIFE TODAY AND THE STORY OF THEIR PAST BY OUR FOREMOST WRITERS OF TRAVEL, ANTHROPOLOGY & HISTORY (in 7 volumes), editor J. A. Hammerton, published by the Educational Book Co., London, 1920. Subsequently published as both a 7 volume set (1922) and subscription series (1922–1923) by the Amalgamated Press, London.
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