Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-10-01

by half dozen learned theologians.
They hold their meetings in church
and discuss means of bringing Moham.
medan Tartars and the old believers to
the bosom of the orthodox church. and
of Strengthening faith among the peo-
pie. A Bishop suggested education as
the best means for that end. But the
rest of the theologians we're unanimous
in matchmaking modern education.
'.See what a life the best educated peo-
pie of st. Petersburg are living!" re-
marked one of them.
During these dog-days the St Pc
tersburgers live as merrilv as in any
otheTaseason. The fairy play is the
rage Of the day here. In all the SUI
burban fashionable parks. gardens and
theaters they put up some fairy play.
The Journey to the Moon" for in
stance. has been played here about one
hundred times. Another play of the
kind, the Golden Apples" has been
presented about seventy-five times.
One critic expressed his surprise at the
success of these plays, which. as he
said, 'have no sense whatever"
''Sense!" asked critic of the Nouoe
Hremya. 1--WE do not care for sense
at all! Show us beautiful forms, grace
full movements, expressive pantomimes
that is what we want. We are tired
of sensible dialogues. See what toes of
steel has Nine. Joory, and did you ever
see such personification of grace as
Mime. Zukki? How charmingly fairy
like she goes to the moonn'
Once a new play failed to please the
public, and theatrical critic re-
marked to the manager:
Shorten the dialogues and prolong
the Dances"
The play, improved on this sugges-
ton. had a great success. Now the
theater-goers in Arcadia and other
dog-days places of amusement will not
hear any dialogues. They will see
charming scenes and a host of fairies;
they will hear music and songs, and
notice ingenious disguises, wonderful
transformations and suggestive panto-
mines. The play ''Our Hero Victors"
is all pantomime.
Competition in Russia is just now
very lively. The Cars brother, Grand
Duke Vladimir. is watching the mill
tary cook competition in preparing the
soldier mess, and he distributes per-
sonally the cook prizes of silver spoons
with small sums of money. Then the
Cars uncle. Grand Duke Nicholas,
oversees curious race at a distance of
a hundred versts (siXty-seven miles)
between the cavalry officers and rail-
road train, the former winning. An
other Cars uncle. Crank Duke Mi
chael. is noting which of seven batter
les will the quicker demoIish its tar
get. while the peasants of the neigh
borhood are thanking God for a
good crop. It is we'll known
here that the residents of several vii
lagos near Krasnoe Sclo. where the big
maneuvers take place, live exclusively
on the bullets, cannon balls. and bomb
shells they pick up on their fields. Yes
terday on the Neva River there took
place a boat race between ladies who
belong to the Ladies' Yacht and Skat-
ing Club. A few days ago. near Cron-
stadt, there was q race between Rus
sian and Finnish yachts, which COM
peted for the prize of the Ministry of
Marine, a six-ton yacht. A Russian
yacht won the prize. AS for horse
races, we have them almost every day.
The spirit OF competition seems to
have permeated even the abodes of
those who have resigned this world.
The monks of the Kieff Convent are
now fighting in the courts the lay deal
ers in holy images; and recently two
monks fought kind of match in
church. On the trial, one of them ex-
cused himself as being drunk. I am
told. however, that these dog-days are
unusually hot here.-St. Petersburg
Cor. ~ Y. Sun.