Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-23

Their foreheads are high and broad, their eyes
straight, honest and kindly. Their noses are
large and clean cut, and their cheek bones often
rather prominent. Nearly al arc bearded and
middle. Their frames are a. strong - their
faces. They are a big boned, well jointed race,
and they look as though they were made to
stay. The women are Of the same character as
the men. They are not handsome nor pretty,
but they look kind and motherly and what We
dress, have no ideas Of the harmony Of colors,
and wear-I mean the peasants handkerchiefs
Of all brightest colors Of the rainbow upon
their heads. Their dresses are Of red, blue
or other gay colors, and they arc gath
cred In at the neck and waist, and
no ideas Of corsets and many of them wear long
aprons tied over the bust, gathered in at the
waist and falling almost to the feet over their
gowns. They are sturdy Of frame and rather
dull and quiet in manner. They do q much
work as the men and the men and women work
IN the fields side by side. The men Of the lower
classes, as see them here, are more picturesque
In their dress than the women. Russia is the
land OF the cap, the long coat and top boots,
and the peasants wear coats Of homespun, with
long frocks, and even such a. dress in sheep
skins, with the fur turned In, have their coats
reaching to below the knees. Here in st. Pc
tersburg see few without overcoats, but fur
Their south the peasant mans dress IL Of red
calico, shirt and pantaloons, the shirt coming
outside the pants and belted ut the waist,
and his feet are covered With q sort
bis ankles .r w0'sn swas dIss ia IN rss
The better class Of poor people or the ordi-
narily well-to-do men here wear long coats,
with top boots and the national cap Is worn by
nearly every one. This 10 to large extent the
costume Of the rich, though the wealthy all
over the civilized world dress much the same rs
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quality Of the goods worn. and st. Petersburg
may be said to be a city whore the peo-
pie wear ulsters, caps and high boots the
year round, no matter whether II be as hot as
Tophet or as cold as Alaska. These Russian
boots are worth looking at They are about tho
pair made to order for $5. The same leather
and the same work in the United States would
the best leather is as ane as
that Of portfolio or pocket book.
These boots reach to the knees, and the best Of
looms are always tucked inside Of them and
there IL fancy section about six inches wide
above the ankle Of every boot, In which the
leather lies in wrinkles with the regularity Of
q dashboard. 1t takes at least twice as much
leather to make u pair of Russian boots as it
does an American pair, and the same may be
said OF the Russian overcoat. The droschky
drivers wear more cloth than any other cabmen
the world over. It takes more Of good cloth
for the blue goods they wear seems to be Of ex-
cellent material-to make q droschky drivers
coat than to make . ladies' trained ball
dress, and this coat has to be pad
ded and quilted. This coat has long
skirts, and II Is made very large SO that the
back, to give himself the appearance Of pros
porous fairness. Nine-tenths of these drivers
are padded in this way, and no well-to-do man
would own lean coachman. Lieut.. Allen, the
military attache Of our legation here, told me