Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-11

| room The future Gar replied that he was
| too much of barbarian to think any
woman more beautiful than his own wife,
and his actions toward her from that time to
this have shown that he has continued of
this opinion.
DiplomItic Marriage That Was Happy.
Still his marriage to her was one OF
diplomacy rather than Of love. She is, you
know, the daughter of Christian X. of
Denmark, and her name was the Princess
Dagmar. She had been engaged to the
Cars elder brother, who died at Nice, and
in this way the present Czar became heir to
the throne. The Princess Dagmar was
much in love with AIexander's brother,
and she did not want to be married to her
present husband. Alexander himself had
sweetheart whom he was anxious to marry,
but State reasons made both these young
people give up their cherished ideas, and
Alexander I'LL wooed the Princess Dag
mar and married her. Love came after the
marriage, and, though this was more than a
quarter of century ago, they are lovers
still
The Empress of Russia is the reverse of
her husband in appearance. She is as
slender and petite as ne is strong and
massive. She is not beautiful and not
homely. Her nose is slightly retrousse, but
her features are otherwise well formed and
her eyes are bright and kindly. She is one
of the most beautiful dancers in Russia and
she is as fond of dancing as a Danish coun-
try girl At the winter palace in St
Petersburg are given each year some of the
most wonderful balls of the world. Seven
Thousand people can live in this palace, and
thousands of dancers trip the light fantastic
toe over floors of ebony, of rosewood and
ivory.
Some Costumes of the Empress.
Now and then the empress appears in her
royal robes. She wears q gorgeous crown
which fairly blazes with diamonds Her
necklace is of many strands of the purest
pearls and her vest is a mass of rubies, sap
phires and diamonds put together SO that
they blaze like fire. One of her gowns is of
emerald velvet with train of white velvet
which is fairly covered with gold embroid-
cry and the front of which is linked with
strands of the purest coral. The jewels on
one of these robes would make an American
village rich and their value surpasses COM
putation. In the treasury at Moscow saw
the empress coronation robe. The train
of this was of woven silver and there was
enough of woven silver cloth in the robe to
have carpeted an ordinary parlor noted
the shoes she wore at this time and 1 can
tell you her majesty's foot has high in
step ana that her size is NO. Is.
The Empress is the member of the imper-
ial family who most fears the assassination
of the Gar She isSin suspense whenever
her husband is away from her, and every
time that his life is attempted her nerves
become shattered She worries about her
children, and 1 doubt not she often longs
for her girlhood life in peaceful Denmark
1t is for this reason largely that she is so
fond of dancing. She can forget herself
when she is on the floor, and as long as the
mad gallop goes on she does not feel the
presence of the specter which continuously
hangs over the Russian throne.
Considers A Assassina alton Matter of Destiny.
The Gar narrowly escaped assassination
at the funeral of his father. He knew of
his danger and he went away with his wife
and children down to Catchina, talking
about other matters as though nothing had