Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-17
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ReAiiug Il the fee d"in-x =, psri-
lately lr.aght & mili iiss great Psris
seass'sss OF ,he yea isi7. tie rsre,.,isa
q the CEar &c Ras-iA, Peter ,he Great
The kins 81 France a, that time. l. 'uis
XIV ~ss q pretty and promising little
boy, seven years Of age, Perfectly limo
cent and amiabie. the hope AMI darling
Of his country. The R-ec;.t of the king
dom was the Duke of Orleans. ancestor
Of him Who bears the same title TO-DAY.
He was the kings uncle, and governed
the kingdom during the minority as ab-
solute'y As if he had been king himself.
The Gar, forty-ivc years of age, was in
the fulness OF his powers an ! celebrity,
the most imposing person then living;
for, besides being emperor Of a great
country, he bad won victories; he had
founded g.. Petersburg; he had worked
ss ship-carpenter; he had suppressed
rebellions; he had cut of many heads.
And this mighty potentate, eccentric,
uBcertsin, capricious, was coming to
Parish The regent and his court evil
IDENTITY dreaded his visit, but they pre-
pared, nevertheless, to give him truly
royal reception. The regent sent to the
Ronticrs horses, carriages, wagons, table
and chamber furniture, and retnuc Of
servants, that the Gar and his numerous
party might make the journey in the
most comfortable manner. From the
moment the Russians touched the soil of
France at Dunkirk, to the day on which
they left it, nearly two months after, all
their expenses were betrayed by the
French government. 1t cost France six
hundred crowns (say about seven hundred
dollars) day for fifty days. One of the
politest and most accomplished noblemen
Of the court was set apart to attend upon
the emperor and see that everything was
done for his comfort and pleasure.
On Friday evening, May 7, 1717, at
nine O'Clock, he arrived in Paris, and was
driven to the Palace of the L ,uvre, which
had been magnificently furnished for his
accommodation. Knowing his eccen-
tricity in the mater of lodging, the re.
gent had caused smaller mansion to be
made ready for him in case he should OBJ
ject to the royal palace. To the Louvre,
however, h. was driven. He alighted,
and was received precisely as king of
France would have been received. He
assembled the steps, entered one of the
grand saloons, brilliantly lighted and su-
perbly upholstered. He looked around
. moment, abruptly left the room, de-
scended to the street, and mounted again
to his carriage. He was then driven to
the other house which had been provided
for him. He thought that much too
hondsosno hpt ha 20 -,
there, and had his camp bed set up in
one Of the small rooms. at the Louvre
they had prepared grand banquet for
twenty five persons, which remained I'M
consumed, and they were obliged to ex.
teNporize a supper at the other quarters
The Gar was not man to slight his sup
per. Nothing astonished the dainty and
polite Frenchmen so much during his
stay as the enormous quantities of food
and drink which he and his attendants
Consumed.
This monarch, though he had worked
ct the carpenters bench, was stickler
for etiquette, never abating one lot or tit.
tie Of the technical honor then supposed
to be due to crowned head. He would
not stir from the house, ardent as his
curiosity wa. until the regent and the
king had paid him the requisite first visit.
The regent arrived next day, and every
one remarked the air Of careless superb
Gritty with which the Csar receive him.
He came cut of his cabinet, advanced a
lev steps, embraced the duke with GER
tain cir Of condecension, showed him the
door 81 his cabinet. aud went in first him.
~ leaving the regent to follow. lie
also took his seat first. aad selected the
chair which denoted precedence. After
a bo1r's conver-a.ion through an inter
prefer. the re-enf toak his leave. ard "a.
dismissed by the Cur with precisely the
cir Of mingled indifference and re-pee,
which the etiqs~:tc Of the period re
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