Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-27
THE CARS FOUR HUNDRED.
Doings Of Gildej Youth In st. Petersburg.
Railroad rlcadheads,

Herr Won Proskowetz an Austrian no
bleman and traveller, has just published {
bookful Of stories concerning the bad
side of Russian life as he saw it in two
years trip through the country. The
most striking popularity Of Russian rail
way travel, he thinks, is the large mum
Der Of deadheads in the high priced com.
partments Of the coupes. Between Mos.
COW and st. Petersburg he shared first
class compartment with dragon Off.
Ger. The guard took Herr won Prosko.
Vets ticket, but said nothing to the OIL.
Ger. For some time after they were
left alone together the military man eyed
the Austrian nohleman curiouslv, and
finally asked
Did yau really buy a first class ticl,et?-
Won ProskowcIz confessed that he did
And Your good money is squandercd
beyond rcclll You ought to have done
a. did. gave the guard rouble and
cigar. lie is a good fellow and doesn I
bother about tickets"
Proskoweiz suggested that a Dragon.
officer might do things that foreigne,
mightn't
Yes. that may hc 50" answered his
companion, "but just think of the fun
you might have had with the fifteen
roubles you squandered on ticket"
Herr won Proskoweta gathered som,
interesting statistics and made notes on
some queer things while in Russia.
Since 1870 the population of st. Pc.
tcrsburg has fallen from SOL 900 to s4?. p.
900. This falling of has taken plac,
among the working people, and may be
ascribed to the Indebtedness of the quar-
tiers in which the workingmen at the cap
ital are obliged 10 live. One-tenth of tho
workingmens lodgings are in cellars
When higher up. however, the accom-
modations are little better. A working
mans sleeping room has usually only
one window, and is occupied at night bv
between ten and fifty other laborers.
Herr Won Proskowetz's opinion of Rus
sian society is pretty poor. The youns
men in Moscow's 400. he thinks. arc
about the most reckless and extravagant
IN the world, and are always full of de.
sire To smash things. \ man. therefore
who gives a stag dinner at a Moscow res.
taurant or hotel invariably contracts 10
pay for the meal Inclusive of crockerv
As soon as the last dish has been served
MS guests begin to slam things about the
room, and before the last bottle of wine
has been served the floor is carpeted with
small bits of the service, the mirrors and
the pictures from the wall. In the Win
ter garden the young bloods drive their
Sticks through the fish globes and hew
down all the flowers and shrubs they
can get at They are not altogether bad
however, for they pay the proprietor
lavishly for everything they destroy.
Another freak Of the lively young men
in Moscow is to hire an elephant for an
evening and get it drunk on champagne.
About six months ago young blood
beat the record for originality by giving
ms friends dinner, at which the only
meat was the pork from trained pig
Fought of its trainer by the host for IA
100 roubles. At least that was the story
,he host told in good faith TO his friends
It the beginning Of the feast. He learned
he next day that the owner of the mig.
Town Tanto, had swindled him bv sub.
lltuting common pig for the educated
nimal. \ lawsuit followed, but before
could be decided Tanto and his pig
nd the 1909 roublcs in question got
ut of the country.
The Moscow dudes and officers have
lso an overweening passion for the stars
I the cafe chantants and for gypsy
rect singers, whom they marry with