The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-06

NJ raure zSii have the intense 10Y -
ac.sng as host 20 the imperial Visitors all
the way from C-ae-fso1rg 70 Paris. ana %
giving them more than the eight hours
os his company and conversation that they
had agreed 70 put Up with al ChEr5ol-g-
TIE original arrangement was that they
should travel in their own train and Re
in hss. a short distance before .nena- Ne
Is % me-. them 81 Chsvaourg without
Az1zras Faur@. and IS also to meet them
uraccom raufe5 by the ladies az ss fam
iIy az fte palace % Versailles the osy they
go their
Nine Faure has no national or interns
tionai rank. and the presidents many
journalistic enemies. whose envy he IL
constantly arousing. have made II irnpos-
sthge for the empress 10 ignore a black
page Of The good lady's family history.
This exposure was mean and spltefai- But
the court OF Russia had 20 take X into &C
count. The empress accordingly Is not 10
associate with Nine Faure In public. She
Is only TO see her when she calls at the
Elyses and dimes there. Great efforts are
being made here 10 get this ia, altered
and 10 bring out the Faure ladies 81 the
Francois and the opera house when their
imperial uajesties are there NJ. Fau-e
Viii await them 81 the Francois and opera
house. They have arranged to GO by
themselves 10 the former and TO YER
sasiles.
The road thiiher has a central pave
nenr OF cobele stones thirteen miles. An
imperial ievee Will be held in the gallery
OF mirrors. which has been furnished as
in the time OF Louis XVI. Original por-
traits and busts OF Peter the Great, the
GATHERINGS and Paul and Alexander I.
have been brought down from the attic
gallery and placed on easels in the south
wing. where their imperial majesties can
see them without climbing lofty stairs.
Scafrosdsngs have been removed az snor-
fountains and basins repaired. a feet OF
eighteenth century royal barges has been
furnished up to take the imperial visitors
by the canal in the gardens facing the
west 'front.' OF the palace TO the trianons.
This excursion Is TO follow a lunch in
the gallery OF battles and long rest OF
the imperial visitors In the suite of small
rooms fitted up by Marie Antoinette as a
private residence. In the blue room there
is dainty sofa in sky blue with gilt
frame, in a niche Set around with mirrors.
The lovely queen liked TO see her beauti-
full head in front, in profile and in vanish
ing profile. She ordered three mirrors 10
be set at right angles. But the first time
she went to survey herself In them ar one
OF the corners she beheld-what?--a head
less body. and sank fainting on the sofa
She was constantly meeting with Incl
dents and facing eatastrophes that seemed
presages OF coming woes.
In this respect Nicholas and Alexandra
resemble her. Their wedding was on the
morrow OF his fathers funeral. The first
year OF their reign was blackenei by the
massacres. in which 10000 people per-
ished. Their coronation was marked by
the appalling catastrophe of Moscow, and
the day they reached Vienna the first
news they received was that fresh massa-
cres had taken place. Then. on their re-
turn journey from Vienna, Prince Loban-
of. whom history must find guilty of COM
plicity with the sultan. died as they were
stepping out of the train. Then. when they
were enjoying rest at the patriarchal
court OF Denmark. the family circle was
appalled, TO learn of the dynamite conspir-
acy.
Providence seems TO have warned them
that long life, prosperity. universal love
and esteem may be won by following the
example OF Queen Victoria; but that dis
aster must In the long run catch up with
those monarchs whose grand political
schemes are executed through iniauity.
Balmoral and Versailles. September 3 and
October and 8. inculcate this warming
EMILY CRAWFORD.