Evening star., 1896-10-31
CZAR AND CZARINA.
How They Looked, Talked and Acted
In Paris.

HOW They Looked, Talked and Acted
In Paris.
From the London Truth. :,. III
The president stood between Nicholas and
Alexandra as they descended from the BAL
ace on wheels at Passy, railway to drive
through Paris. The excellent president is
pompous. portly, scrupulously attentive to
externals. self-satisfed likes to be thought
Lord Bountiful and has lots of .side."
The car has just body enough to mainta in
and sheathe a hgh-struhg nervous system
One can hardly realize, that he Is he, SO
modest. quiet and unaffected is his bear
ing. He is refined without being fin!cal,
delicate without effeminacy. Though ex-
tremely impressionable and emotional, he
behaves like a man of a cold nature and
keeps under all circumstances level head.
Greek artists, orators, writer's understood
the beauty Of restraint. This is a virtue
that has become second nature to the
cZar. A French officer of his following
used to more demonstrative manners
thought he was made of ice. His rare
smiles, he said, were pale and chill as polar
sunbeams.- ,
do not share this opinion, and one way
or another | saw good deal of czar and
cZarina. French taste has been spoiled by
the assumption by their Chic people of
the 1nfla tion, bounce. STACEY "panache" of
their. public men. Spanards would have
felt the cars good form Much of it was
induced, of course, by education, but 1t
seemed natural and, l thought sweet as a
field flower. 1t was modesty itself, unal-
loyed with shyness, and one thought the
disposition must be obliging. Impossible to
De more affable in an easy, quiet, thought
full way. pair of candid kindly blue eyes
bring him at once into touch with those
who meet his gaze. They are full eyes and
a little like those of Alexander II. but do
a A Invo J1rse
sense of solitude. The under part of the
face, however, shows the habit of reticence
Ihe cars impressionable nerves are sell
dom without the curb. But he cannot when
stifred prevent the nervous centers sud-
deely drawing to themselves all the blood
IN MS body: this makes his pallor striking
ana brings on state that ought to, but
does not. make him quiver all over like a
strongly excited thoroughbred horse. Doc
tors might say from this that he Is a
case He Is not. One detects no morbid
ness. His cool, collected manner excludes
the idea that he Is morbid. should say
ne has good sense. ability to bend his mind
to toll and cleverness. The ''mutin'' nose
gives the face charming finish quite un-
expected in an autocrat. The czar in mind
and body. takes after the Holsteins who,
since Peter IL and Catherine II first cous-
ins). were five times in his genealoey One
sees touch Of this "mutin' nose in the
otherwise Greek profile Of Catherine: Paul
had 1t to caricatural degree; there is a
trace OF IL IN Inc King of Denmark, and its
accentuation is one of the charms of his
daughter, Marie Feodorevna The French
say 1t gives him an espfegIe expression. A
danseuses who figured In the pavane danced
before their imperial majesties at Ver-
sailles called the cars nose un petit nez
poisson, by which she meant darling lit
tie ssucy nose. Like his nose, the 7czar's
talk Is plquant. But he does not seek to
shine In conversation, and mistrusts liter
ary effect In speeches. The uniform of Het-
man Of the Cossacks is a dressing gown OF
soft cloth, open at the sides Of the skirt.
1t cenceafed. when the czar'was on horse
back, the smallness of his figure. Carrying
his head well and broken from infancy to
military discipline. he has a*Soldierly air in
the saddle. We noticed what tiny feet he
had. and somebody vino often danced with
the dowager czariRa said dlheytwere a herI-
itage from her. The czerinA dates from
1872. l should not have known her from
her photos. She must have stbrl;ng quail
ties which they do not even hitt The nose
Is like her mothers. and eyes' and mouth
like the prince consoEt's. ! ThSseyes. betray
standing anxietdes. and ehe Watchfulness
of one who fears to blunder. They are fine
eyes, Of a blue THAT aco6rds With a com
plexion fresh to the degfee Of ruddiness.
and matchless head of adburn (not red)
hair. She was under all circumstances af-
fable. ~ II