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The cover of this third issue depict the coast of a little village by the sea. A boat is approaching the shore next to the closest house to the sea.
Introduction: 'In recent time there has reached the inhabitants of Harif-Bei very disquieting news. Obviously we have historical examples of camps such as Siberia and Australia. Where from the exiles elements of energy and health were created but it must be taken into account that there exiles were close to their political only a minority of the prisoners (murderers etc) who are called "small hats". The author hopes that their young generation seemed no worse than Siberia or Australia and that they give many children the same aim of integrity.
ABC Letters: the following section presents a very colourful frame in blue and green with letters and sentences. The author wrote an acrostic with the Russian alphabet, the sentences are not related together and deal with different themes for example the letter "Z" reads "for the Motherland and for the Czar Hurra!".
Cinderella: Nicholas Hans reproduces a shortened version of the fairy tale of Cinderella. The protagonist are Tamara, Tata and Aunt Olga. Aunt Olga hated Tamara and wanted to kill her and she gave her the hardest chores like taken water up the well. One day Tamara lost her sandal and it was found by a prince. The prince went incognito to find the owner of the sandal and found Tamara working in the kitchen. When she knew who he was Tamara was embarrassed by her situation. Shortly after the prince married her. The page is framed with views of a big house on a hill and some cliffs down to the sea.
Mixture: Also this page is framed with drawings of the sea, a sailing boat and islands, the bottom frame shows two hills with a little village and house in between them.
Last week in Constantinople you could find a Russian refugee, who found a place in an office on Grand Rue de Pera 228.
In the following time the sultan saw a group of Russian refugees and he bowed to them. To the questions of the diplomat to what he had done, the sultan replied: "I would never have any of my comrades unhappy".
A telegram from Honolulu said that the army of admiral Pashy has international reputation and was quickly rising in numbers.
This notion provided volunteers of 40 years of age. Half of them arrived with their wives.
Harif-Bei Racehorses and! Attention! :
Charades and Rebuses: The last page similarly to the previous numbers is dedicated to rebus games.
The author compiled on the right hand side a series of drawings (eye or a bucket) and on the left hand side a series of written clues.
The back cover portrays an open gate with a glimpse of a house on the right, a tall tree on the left and the sea in the distance.
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