Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-09-15
PRINCE KkAP0TEN
. PEN PICTURE OF THE NOTED
RUSSIAN ANARCHIST.

pc., M tho Princes study--A MIG
hammered aian-No volcanic outore"H
CONCERNING Turning Questions - An
archist aiother and Habe.
! went out from the metropolis the
other day to Harrow on the Hill to see
Krapotkin. the prime, OF Russian anarch
lists. At last | reached Krapotkn's door,
and simple house ii opened into Inc
house was one of "A row OF laborers cot
tapes. and stood in a small unkempt gar
den. quite exposed TO the four winds OF
heaven | was shown the way up steep,
narrow Hight of stairs and ushered into
the front room
There | stood alone in the great Anarch-
lists study The llooi was bare. but the
pine boards showed no trace of dust nor
dirt. everything was spotlessly clean.
There were two small rugs on the door.
one on the hearth, the other in front OF
sofa made of rough deal frame and
chintz covered mattress noticed under
tie writing table carriage rug bundled
up into warm nest, looking very much
as If its occupants had just escaped My
attention was next drawn to the well
filed book shelves Reference books were
In large majority. though science, litera-
ture and philosophy were not unrepre-
scented Sets of Goethe. Schiller and Heine
were apparently well tried friends
PEN PICTURE
had just taken up position near the
fire. for it was bitterly cold day. and
there were many cracks and crevices in
this simple cottage room to admit the
northeaster, when the door opened and
slight, short man came quickly toward
me and cordially took me by the hand,
saying in the gentlest of voices. 81 am
very glad to see you
Prince Krapotkin is apparently about
40 or 45 years old though, of course, it is
almost impossible to judge of the age of
person who has lived through as much
as he has In experience he is 100 or
more His long, thick beard suggests
rough vigor but this is antagonized by
finely cut features and exceptionally
gentle gray eyes The head is quite bald,
except for fringe of hair over the ears
and poll The mustache, too. is very
light in growth 1t is a striking fact that
heavy brown beard, slightly sprinkled
with gray, should be so in contrast
with the rest of the man 1t is the one
hint of physical vigor; everything else
about Prince krapotkin emphasizes ner-
vous energy The head is thrown habitu
ally little back and the carriage of the
body indicates buoyancy The step is
light and elastic and the movements of
the arm and hand, though always quick
and sudden, are certainly gentle.
MOTHER AND BABE
Such is the man most people believe to
be the preacher Of chaos and the subver-
sion of all things good He looked so
kind that | found it very easy to chat
with him. but knowing that the greatest
lunatics will be calm and lucid on indif.
ferent topics, and blaze up on the haluci-
nation, half expected some volcanic
eruption when we should finally arrive at
the burning question But each time we
touched on the subject of capital and la
Dor. socialism, anarchy, and kindred top.
les | felt treasured that peace was to
reign krapotkin never uttered hasty
word, bitter thought. Once, when re-
ferring to Prince Krapotkin he excused
her not appearing on the ground that she
was occupied with her baby
As he kept lowering about this wee
subject, soon saw that he desired me ia
see his young anarchist" he lovingly
called his baby daughter of ten months.
90 away we went to a small back room
where bright fire was burning on the
hearth and still brighter woman seated
on the floor building up towers of blocks
for the laughing miniature of herself to
knock down, krapotkin caught I'D his
rosy chubby Alexandria and held her
hlgh up Tor me to admire
Princess krapotkin is woman of me.
dium height and rather heavy build. She
has an open, earnest face, wealth Of
black hair and laughing black eyes She
tod me that she took full charge of her
baby night and day, never leaving her for
a moment except for an hour two after.
moons week, when a trusty woman came
to relieve her of her charge, And such ia
the anarchist mother London Cor Kan.
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