The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-11


though they hate them, must welcome their
guests in the best possible way. The Cars
two capitals, st. Petersburg and Moscow, are
fig, ting an endless duel. Moscow can never
forgive ST. Petersburg for the removal of the
Cars court from the shores of the shallow
and dirty Moscva to those of the clear and
wide Neva. st. Petersburg is proud of being
European city, and Moscow is proud of be-
ing purely Russian town. "Dress Coat
ana -"Cattan," the nicknames given by the
rivals to each other, we'll characterize their
peculiarities. The city of the Neva scorns
its rival slightly, and the city of the Moscva
hates its rival deeply, but now they must
embrace each other in their common fes-
tivities
This sacred rite of the czars coronation"
civil officer said to me, "giges us good oc-
caslon for fun. Imagine the smoothly-shaved
st Petersburgers, with their cocktails on,
dancing to the same tune with the long
bearded Mocovites, wearing their long caf-
tans, Imagine our ladies with French trains
and French manners side by side with the
Moscow ladies in their narrow and short sar-
afans and wit h their Moscow manners. And
add to that sparkling champagne for the St.
Petersburgers and sour kvas for the Mosco-
yltes, and You will have an idea of the pic
ture that will soon be presented to the view
of foreigners"
The moving OF st. Petersburg to Moscow is
going on in lively manner. Recently the inn
perlab regalia was sent from here to Moscow.
Ihere was pompous procession on that oc-
caslon. Thousands of courtiers, aidesde-camp
OF the Car, sand a soldier transported the
small and the great golden chain OF the
Cross OF st. Andrew, the imperial globe,
the sceptre, and the two crowns, one
for the Gar and the other for
the Czaritza. There are ready for
transportation twenty-three gilt court car
rlages to be used in the coronation procession.
Of these carriages three are particularly no
ticeable. One is the throne-like carriage of
Elizabeth in which she drove after having
dethroned a Gar. Another belonged to
Catherine H., and from it she smiled upon
her subjects after having murdered her hus-
band the Gar Peter Ill Then there is a
queer looking carriage of Paul Ill, who a
few years after his coronation, was murdered
by his coqrtiers These carriages ought to
be used on holiday, for they suggest remin-
iscenses of blood and crime
All the ministers, senators and members
OF the Council of State will go to Moscow,
and stay there for over month. In fact,
the whole of the Cars government will re-
side for time in the Kremlin at Moscow.
The Czaritza, the Dancer" even for the sake
OF the crown, would not miss the servants of
Ierpslchore. She has decided to take to
Moscow about 100 ballet dancers of this city,
and fifty pupils, male and female, of the bal
let school. The court ladies are very busy
OH Vnelr dresses, which they have ordered
from Paris for the coronation festivities. 1t
IS said here that every lady is preparing at
least dozen new dresses at cost of from
$3.50 to $500 EACH
On the other hand, the Moscowites are try
ing their utmost to make as much out of
their guests as possible The rent demanded
for houses in Moscow for the coronation hol-
ldays is exorbitant For common dwelling
house they demand 300 roubles ($150) a day,
and 200 roubles on moving in, and !, 900 on
moving out. Meat, bread, and all sorts of
provisions will be sold at coronation prices,
that is to say, at tenfold the ordinary price.
The government has ordered from the to-
bacco firm of Laferme 80, 0O0, 900 cigarettes,
which will be distr buted among the soldiers
and others who are present at the corona
ton festivities.
The Moscowites invite the St. Petersburg
ers in this language: "Come home come to
the sacred city of Moscow; throw off the
European dust from your feet; come to in
spire the Russian spirit, and get consecrated
and purified"
The st. Petersburgers answer: "Hush! old
sinners. If the walls of the old Kremlin could
speak what bloody story they would tell.
No other walls in the world have witnessed
so many dark deeds. Every stone of those
walls would tell of torture, murder, strangling
or poisoning of czars or cZaritZas, of princes
boyards bishops or lamen, of women or
children. The very soil of the Kremlin is
saturated with human blood The mysteri-
GUS underground cells and passages of the
Kremlin are full of the bones of innocent
victims. No, Moscow is too bloody place
for publication and sanctifcation!"