The San Francisco call., 1896-10-07

positions, that was awaiting them out

positions, that was awaiting them out
side the tent.
The President, occupied the front seat
with his hack to the horses. The various
officials, mem bers of the Gear and Gar
mas suites, entered other carriages and
the cortege proceeded at walking pace to
traverse the streets to the Russian en-
bassy.
The Czarina was attired in handsome
dress of white satin She wore also cape
and small bonnet. Her usually grave.
sweet face, was wreathed in smiles and
she appeared to be very happy at the
warmth of the reception accorded to her
and her august husband by the French
people The Czar was attired in Russian
military uniform. He did not appear
to be EN- barrassed, and looked as though
lie enjoyed the popular acclamatlons
President Faure wore black suit and tie
broad sash of the Legion of Honor.
: As the procession started from the sta
ton the massed bands began playing the
Russian national anthem. Atthe head OF
the cortege marched a body OF Arab chiefs
who had been brought from Africa
especially for the purpose of adding to the
picturesqueness of the scene. They pre-
sented a unique appearance in their white
burnoses. After them came a double line
of troops, chasseurs d'Afrique, zouaves
and Tonquinenez soldiers. Members OF
every French regiment were included in
the troops who lined the route, holding
back the crowds.
When the Czar stepped into the carriage
there were many shouts of "Long Live
the Emperor" Long Live Russia" But
it was noticed that the cries were not
unanimous. For some reason the assem-
blage at the start of the procession was
stiff in its manner; the enthusiasm that
few minutes before had marked the pro-
ceedings appeared to have waned. This
did not continue long, however, and
as the procession advanced the ebullitions
of the vast tErong became more pro-
nounced. The cheering and the shouts OF
welcome rapidly increased as the process
sion passed through the Bols de Boulogne
and as it entered the Avenue du Bois de
Boulcgne the. multitude became fairly
frantic in their reception of the Gar and
Czarina. From this stage of the Cars
advance until the Russian embassy was
reached, there was one continuous roar
of cheers, in which the SPECTATORS in the
windows joined equally with those in the
streets. From many balconies ladies
threw flowers in front of the imperial car
riage, and after the procession the people
made wild scramble for them.
When the Car arrived at the embassy
he was welcomed by Baron Mohrenheim,
the Russian ambassador. After a short
convefsations their Majesties retired to
the apartm ents set apart for their use,
where they rested for time. The Czar
and Czarina lunched with their suites and
the personnel of the EN- mbassy. At2 clock
they entered carriage and were driven to
the Russian church in Rue Daru to give
thanks for their safe journey. The impe-
rial couple traversed the same route they
had followed from the railway station as
far as the Arc de Triomphe. Here
they turned up the avenue, driv-
ing up to Rue du Faubourg st. Honore,
from which Rue Daru runs to Rue de
Courcelles. The church is situated directly
opposite the end of the Rue Pierre lie
Grande, and with its gilded domes is
plainly visible for considerable distance.
Large crowds were assem- bled in the vicin-
ity and their Maiesties were again the re-
cipients OF an enthusiastic ovation as they
entered the church. They were accom-
panied by their suites and the members of
the embassy. The services at the church
included the singing of the TIE Deum
Later IN the afternoon their Maiesties
were driven to the palace of the Elysee,
by cuirassiers, where they made
a formal visit to President Faure. The
route to the palace was lined with naonle
who gave arespectful but enthusiastic ova-
tion to the guests of the nation.
The Czarina, in response to the cheers of
the multitude along the route from the en-
baisy to the palace and back, bowed grace
fully at intervals, and the Gar was kept
constantly busy returning Salutations ex-
tended 10 him. The President gave re-
ception in their honor at the palace, to