The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-06-23

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most fayorably to such display.
Its architecture is mostly of the ORIENTAL
type, ana would be Mohsmmedan but .oI
the absence of minarc,s, the lack OF which
however, Is compensated for by the plenti'
tude Of slender towers surmOunted by Gu
polas, which cluster around the larger
domes, and the many terraced towers in tht
form of truncacd pyramids, Then there
are the walls of the kremlln itseli-walls
the cancellations and the battcmcnts Of
which are even more Sarecenlc than BY
zantine in form. And finally in contrast
to these old world structures, there are
groups upon groups of public Offices IN
Moscow OF quite modern date, and OF elias
steal or Renaissance design,
Russian authority has IA habit Of daubIng
over all buildings belonging to the Gov.
ern mcut with "a coat Of yellow ochre, and
some Of the finest public buildings both in
st. Petersburg and Moscow, presentin con.
sequence of tins Nandalic practice, a pos.
itiyely hideous aspect. At night, howcv-
err when-as the French provcrb tells us
all cats are gray" we forget the yellow
smearcd tacades and green roofs Of these
structures, and last night, the rain clouds
having passed away, and the sky beng a
deep blue, the architecture illumination
IN one subdued radience of golden sheen
was lneXpressively beautiful. The streets
OF Moscow are lively enough today, but
the real enthusiastic demonstrations of
yesterday are lacking. | know not what
writer it was who had the hardihood to as.
sert that the only people who knew how
to cheer were the Americans Had he
heard the cheering yesterday, as the coro-
nation procession swept by, he would,
fancy, have modified his opinion.
The Russian hurrah, and the Prussian
llkewIse-witness Koerner's famous song
is quite rs distinct, quite as spontaneous
and quite as earth shaking as ours, but is
not preceded by any Hip, hip"
To-day the Muscovites are experiencing
a pleasant reaction after excitement, but
pr dominant over all popular feeling, is a
sensation of blessed relief IN the knowledge
that things have gone off not only quietly,
but with unmingled success. Saturday
next, when the great public fetes are to take
place, and Ivan Ivanovich and his mates |
will congregate IN the gardens attached to
the exhibition building, there to be regaled |
at the Imperial expense with veal, bread,
meat, pies, beer and quase, but not am
happy to hear, with any vodkl, which has
a tendency to drive Ivan Ivanovich raving
mad-there Will be plenty more hurrah.
ing. Then after some grand military pa
rade, his Imperial Majesty will return TO
ST. Petersburg, and the antique city Of Mos.
COW will resume its normal aspect, which
is that OF country town.
The Court ball given thus evening ut the
Imperial palace was lncomparably splen-
did. The Emperor and Empress remain.
cd in the saloons from halfpast nine until
eleven o'clock, and took part in the Polo.
nalse, the dance, or rather measured prone
made, with which the ball opened.
The dance itself partook of the character
of a pageant the Sovereigns, the Imperial
and Royal Princes, Ambassadors, and 9TH
er dignitaries being accompanied through
the rooms by chamberlains, pages, equerri-
es, and other attendants. During the POI
nslse, the EMPEROR gave his hand sue.
cessively to the Empress, the Queen of
Greece, Mrs. Hunt and Lady Thornton,
and the wives of other ministers, while the
Empress was conducted in turn by the
Emperor and Ministers. In large saloon
belonging to the suite set apart tor the
guests, were exposed to view the Imperial
crowns and nantes, and all the presents
received today by the Emperor, to the
number of several hundred, most of them
marvels of workmanship. The saloons
view of all the illumination !
in the Kremlln, which appeared beautiful
IN the extreme and lent additional splen-
der TO the scene within the palace.