The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-25
FOOD AND PRESENTS.
The Enormous Cost of Feeding and Enter
tanning the Multitude.

tanning the Multitude
Moscow Special.
The guests to be specially feted will exceed
6,000 in all. For the tables at which they
will be fed 1000 tablecloths have been or
dered and 10000 napkins. A special train
took TO Moscow 100 tons of chinaware, cut
lery, glass; etc., for the use of the higher"
guests. The lower guests, or populace, are
to be equally well looked after. Sixteen res
ervoirs are now being erected in the Khodin-
isky square, to hold 40, 900 buckets of beer
which will be given away in 100000 earthen
jugs decorated with the portrait OF the En-
peror. As solid food, 800, 600 meat pies, each
weighing three quarters OF pound; ara to
distributed among the people, together with
100000 pound packets of nuts, cakes and
lollipops. To amuse the MOB theaters are
being erected in which 400 actors will per-
form, and bands are being advertised for,
which in the aggregate will comprise 1000
performers. The troops will be specially
feted in village outside of Moscow, where
booths for amusements Of the Russian carni-
val description are being prepared for them
On the day of the coronation 55 900 silver
medals will be distributed among the troops
and several thousand gold ones among the
officers. When the shades of night gather
about Moscow a quarter of million lanterns
will be lighted and 8, 500 Edison lights Will
illuminate the stately tower of Ivan the
Great, alongside the Uspinsky Cathedral.
OF course, the chosen representatives of the
100000, 900 people comprising the population
OF the Russian empire will bring with them
gifts for the Emperor. Many of them will
be specimens of local handiwork in silver or
gold but the ajority will probably be trays
or salverS. The inventive faculty is not very
strong with the Slavs, and hence it has come
to pass that most of the towns have followed
the decision arrived at by st. Petersburg
year ago, to give the Emperor golden salver
One firm alone is making seventy-four gold
and silver salvers, at an aggregate
cost of $1,000 to be given by various towns
and local assemblies TO the Emperor, and
another has already disposed of sixty. The
procession that will take place on the day of
the coronation will comprise twenty-three
gold carriages, most of which have figured in
coronations since the time of Peter the Great.
The one conveying the Emperor is a splendid
work of art, and is reckoned to have cost
$50 900 to build. OF course the procession
will be the principal sight Of the ceremony
so far as the general public Is concerned for
only favored few thousands will be allowed,
or rather will be able to be accommodated
in the immediate vicinity of the Uspinsky
Cathedral. Hence there is a great demand
for windows and balconies along the route of
the procession, and in some instances $500
DolOOHg lids pCSh l'alu, hlC dhiOhhb
the use of the room behind and
the attendance of the servants
Oh the household. In one case 81, $50
has been given for a corner room, command
ing view of the procession along two thor
oughfares. In the Red square a huge stand
is being erected for the 900 musicians and
5000 school children who will greet the EN-
peror with the national anthem. In the
Opera-bouse monster concert is to be gwen,
at which 5000 military musicians will per-
form. Eight balls will be given after the
coronation, four of which will be embassy
ones. For the British embassy, Malkiel
House, in the Tverskaya street. has been
hired for 1000; the ball to be given by the
Duke of Edinburg is to cost at least $4,000
more The fetes at Moscow will last ten
days, and will be followed by fortnights
festivities at st. Petersburg In all the ad-
ministrative towns of the. empire fetes on
minor scale will Trevall for n week and q
Russian statesman has made the calculation
that the aggregate cost of these to the entire
Russian empire will not be much under
Els, 900, 600 sterling.