The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-25

FAIRY PLAYS AND OTHER ST. PET
ERSBURG FRlVOLlTlES
Official JunIleting Trips Ct the Public
COst-The Cars Visit to Finland~~
Merry st. PetersBurgers
Competitive Contests.
tst. Petersburg Cor. New York SUM

tSt Petersburg Cor New York SUM
The activity of the Russian officials, to
all appearances, reaches its highest point
in dog days. Now, as in former years.
there are scores of different commissions
and committees sub commissions and
subcommittee travelling in all the parts
of The country, presumably for the public
ends. They seem TO revise various
branches Of the administration. and to
study on the spot different questions of
nat Onal importance, such as epidemies.
efizOojics. the laying Of new railways,
tie digging OF new canals the improve
menJ of rivers, the protection to SOME new
industries. the struggle against grasshCp-
pers the Siberian marm0ts, the sectarians.
and the NlhiIists, the opening of new
ports, and no end Of other big points 1t
ough 10 be highly gratifying to the cars
sub ects 10 see his officials earning their
bread by the sweat of their brows
But the trouble is that they (the sub
iects know very well that that unseasoUed
display Of official activity is III rely dog
days uuketing at public cost Eyery
year as the vacations approach the
tchiuovnills here Vie with each other in in
venting thc public questions that should
be studied Il the spot Some of these
5unkcJ.ug trips are, nevertheless, de-
sCIILcd in the newspapers at great length,
as if they really meant business. Just
now, for instance, all the journals Of this
capital are describing the cars trip TO
} inla d.
On the shore of the Finnish bay, in
picturesque spot, there is little town.
" iIlmau strand The car and cZariua
made up their minds to go there and see
the sights They wanted to 20 there by
railway and to return back aboard of
some man of war. To please such guests
bn h.rIt "a mi & ho
TO Whitman strand, distance Of sixteen
miles. When everything was ready. in
The Official Messenger there appeared IN
item stating that MS ma esty was going 10
review the armies Of Finland Now.
those armies consist Of nine battalions All
told. or weeks the inn soldiers were
making triumphai arches ornamentin.
the railroad stations with fir @arlands and
covering the platforms with red cloth
At last The car, i'll company with
scores of sc" erals ard court.ers. went on
his Finnish journey, or, as the papccs
style it, his triumphal march. Tie
Finn women presented to the arina
little boat of their own make, and the
men have in various ways shown their
loyalty. AS soon, however as the ar
was gone. the senate Of Finland voted
unanimously 10 raise the tax on Eussiau
goods imported TO tinland-in order. is
1t were. 10 cover the expenses OF the iDs
perial trip.
Among other Official trips This sea-
son is worth noticing that of bisho 5
In the city of la an there met twelve
bishops, each accom- anied by hall a
do ell learned the logans They hold
their meetings in church and discuss
means Of bringing Mohammcdan Tarlars
and the old believers 20 the bosom of the 1
orthodox church, and of strengthening
faith among he people bishop sug
gested education as the best means for
that end But the rest Of the theoiOg.ans
were unanimous in matchmaking mod
ern education. See what a lie the best
educated people OF 81 petersburg are liY
ing remarked one Of them.
During these dog-days the ST Peters n
burgers live as merrily as III any other.
season. The fairy play IS the rage Of the
day here. In all the suburba2 fashion,
able parks, gardens, and ,heatcrs they pus
UP some fairy play The Journey to
the Noon, for instance. has been played
here about q hundred times Another
play Of the kind, the Golden Apples ?
has been presented about seventy five
times. ne critic expressed his surprise
at the success OF these plays, which as he
said. have no sense whatever.
Sense" answered q critic Of The
NovOe ren1ya ~ e do not care fCa
sense at all! Show US beautiful formB
graceful movements, expressive pantb-
mlmes-that is what we want VI e ate
tired of sensible d alogaes ee what tobs
of steel has Nine. CORY. and did ybl
ever see such a pcrsonifcation of grace Is
is Nine. ukki. HOW charmingly fairh
like she goes up TO the moon
Now the theater gocTs in Arcadia ah3l (
other dog days places Of amusement WI .
see charming scenes and host of fairi1s /
they viii hear music and s9nEs I
and hot &C ingeD Gus dsguisks T.
wonderful transformations, and Suggh /.
tive pHntommes I
Competition in Russia is Ust now vtTy /
lively. The ears brother, Grand II Ike
ladimir. IS watching the military clok .
competition in PREF airing the soldier me- s-
and he distributes personally the r. DOS .
prizes of silver spoons with small sum,kof .
money Then the cars uncle knd
Duke Nicholas, oversees Il curious racrk III /
a distance OF 100 versts tsiXty.seven m les .
between the cavalry o GERS and a railr Dad .
train, the former winning. Another p. lar s /
uncle, Grand luke Michael. is no ling
which of seven batteries viii the an. eker .
demOiSh its target while the peasan IS Of .
the nciCbborhood are thanking God br n .
good crop. 1t is we'll known here that ,
the residents of several vYlaces near
kTaSnOe SelO where the bic name aver
take place live eXClusi ely on the IN, nets,
CannonDaiIs and b0mbsheils thew M TX up
on their fields. \ few days aro fnear
Cronstadt, there was q race between Bus
siGu and innish yachts, which com beted
for The prize of the ministry If mar he.
siXton yacht 4 ussian yacht W. b the
prize. As for horse races, we haya HEM
almost every day.