The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-10-16
a0r DOa-DA9s IN RUSSIA.


acT Doa-DAfsM RUSSIA.
1SaryEs~4ss : Other 81. Peeersburx rriy
elist6s--A Monk Who Was candidly
lruAk When Glory Awaited
Hin.
Tho activity Of the Russian officials,
60 AltSAppeAranccs, reaches its highest
II point IN d0gsdayA Now, as in for.
mer years writes q St Petersburg
correspondent of The New Fort sun,
there arc scores Of different Ommls-
SONS and committees, subcommissions
md slbqDmmittees travelling in alIthe
parts lOf 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 national Importance. such
~ cpidemics. epizootics. the laying OF
now railways. the digging Of new ca
@5llats, the improvement of rivers, the
protection to some new industries, the
struggglengainst grasshoppers, tue ST.
berian n1nrnlOts, the sectarians, and
~ tho nihilists, the openingO OF new ports,
1 aud no ond OF other big points. II
ought to- b6lighlv gratifying to The
cxnr's subjects to see his officials earn
{ Ing their&uTead by the sweat OF their
bvows. But the trouble Is that they
{the snbjects)s know very well that
that lnseasoned display Of official ac-
tivlty IS merely dog.days junketing ut
public cost. Every year Is the yaca.
tons approach the tchinovniks here
vie with zach other in inventing tho
public questions that6shonld be studied
on ticsspot.
.sSay Ivan Pctrovitch. . one official
snid ~ another. where are you going
this summer Z
sT0stbS Cancnsus. I am ID tho COM
smisslOias Investigating tho mineral
Lucky for you. You'll. have the
TcAerkassiAn girls and tho Kakhetinsky
Wiac. And 1 am TO investigate the shall
saOWs of the Volga"
Good for you, Peter Ivanoyitch,
you've got the Tarter girls and tho
Some OF these junketing trips are,
nevertheiess, described in tho newspa-
persia great length, as II they really
meant business Inst now, for in
stance. Nil the Journals. of this capital
are describing tho czar's trip to Fin
land.
On the shore OF the Finish bay. in a
picturesque spot, there Is q little town,
WillinAnstrand. The 4 and czarina
made up their minds to 90 there and
zee the Sights. They wanted TO go
there b railway and to return back
aboard Of some man-Of-war. To
please such guests the Firms have built
q railway from Abo to Wilmanstrand,
= distance oil sixteen miles. When ev-
crything was ready. in. The Otfc,al
Messenger there appeared an item
stating that his majesty was going to
review the armies OF Finland. Now,
thOsssarmies consist OF nine sbattallons
ALI tod. For weeks the Finn soldiers
were making triumphal arches, orna-
menting the railroad stations with tir
gnrlands. and covering the platforms
with red cloth. Al last tho car, in
company With scores Of generals and
conrtiers. went on his Fannish journey,
Or. as the papers style II, .'his trl-
umphal march. The Finn ON pre-
sentedstO tho czarina a little boat OF
their own mako. and the men have in.
various ways shown their loyalty. As
soon, however, as the car was gone,
the senate OF Finland voted unani-
Motlsly to raise tho tax on Russian
goods imported to Finland-in order,
q itwere, 20 coyerthe expenses Of the
imperial trip. eM .
Among othpr official trips Of this
~seasongis worth noticing that of bish-
ops. Tn the city OF Kazan there met
twelve bishops, each accompanied by
hall Adozen learned theologians.
They hold their meetings in q church
and discuss can OF bringing Mo.
hammedan TartarS and the old be-
iieversEtoathe bosoms of the orthdox
church. and OF strengthening fifth
among the people. A bishop suggest
cd education iss the best means for
that end. But tho rest of the theo-
togians wore unanimous in anathenia-
tizingg modern education. see what
\ life the best educated people of st.
Petersburg are living!!' remarked one
of thcm. d
DnrinSSsthese dog-lays tho St. Pet
:ersburgers live as merrily MS in any
Othcr season. Tho fairy play is the
Fagoo OF the day here. In all tho sub
urban fashionable parks, gardens, and
theaters they put up ONT fairy play.
VuA g%tO tlS baoOu, IOE lu-
attnce, has becn played hero about
one huudrcd times. Another play Ut
the kind. the s,Gotdon Apples has
been presented about s%eventv.five
times. One critic expressed his sur.
prise Mt the siccess OF these plays,
which, Ms he said, nave no sense
whatever"
Sense!! answered n critic Of the
Nopoc EfeniyM. 1--WE do not care for
seusesa at all! Show us beautiful forms,
graceful movements, expressive pan.
t0mimes-tiiati is what ne want. We
are tired OF sensible dialogues. Soc
what toes Of steel has Nine. Joory,
and did you ever see such a personif-
cation ofgrace as is Nine. Zukkip How
charmingglyy fairylike she goes up to
tho mooni'
Once = new play failed to please
the public, and a theatrical critic re-
marked to the manager:
Shorten the dialogues nnd the
skirts and prolong the dances.
The play, improved on this sugges-
ton. had q great success. Now the
theatsr-gOers n Arcadia and other
dog-days places Of amusement will
not hear any dialogues, nor will they
see any skirts. They viii see charm
ing scenes and q host of fairies; they
Will hesr music and songs, and notice
ingenious disg uises, wonderful trans.