The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

operation OF the only GLASS Of mon by whom
municipal institutions can thoroughly, ~satisfao-
torily DO conducted"
There IL some fun in life avon In Russia. and
tho latest amusement Of tho Cars two capitals
isa piece OF scandal, which isn't scandal, that
all classes are enjoying a good laugh over. 1t
concerns the marital troubles OF Gospodem Mar
ton, who Is the favorite Of the hour upon tho
Russian stage. The actors pretty young wife
has applied to the Ecclesiastical Court for di.
vorce upon the only statutory ground In Rus
Ala. About two months ago. 80 a st. Petersburg
correspondent tells the story. Martoff went to
Moscow for a few weeks engagement, leaving
his wife at home.
He scored a signal success In the capital, and
enjoyed himself thoro to his hearts content
but strictly within the meaning OF the act, so
TO say. His popularity became so great that q
species OF green nccktie and a dGcoiietG collar
were called after him.. When the engagement
was over his wife anne up TO SEQ her husband
and Moscow.
One of tho things she set her eyes upon was a
diamond bracelet Of peculiar shape and great
price, which was exhibited in the shop window
OF NJ. Doorakof. Before broaching the bracelet
to her husband, however, Olga Ivanovna paid q
surreptitious visit to the jewoller in order to
learn the price of the ornament. The pushing
man Of business took 1t out Of the window, and.
showing 1t to the lady, said:
Madam. I cannot too highly commend your
taste. In my shop YOU will find the most varied
assortment of Jewels in Moscow, but there Is
nothing I have to sell that will beat that brace
let. Evidently you know q good thing when
you see It. 1t is hardly a week since Princess
Bezimianny told me that that bracelet
"Yes, I know; but what does It cost r. Tho
jeweller named the figure, and the lady shud.
dered visibly.
mo. 1 shall never buy that she exclaimed.
"Why. IL go to Sobakin's shop 7 shall DO able
to get things at a reduction of 80 per cent. He
does that for actresses. and I am one"
We'll, madam, you can please yourself, but
you can't find botter or cheaper jewelry in all
Moscow than here. And as for actresses and
actors, they are all my customers. They never
60 anywhere else" The lady looked up interro-
gatively and with visible signs Of interest in her
countenance.
do actors really Idea with you r. she asked.
Certainly. madam, all Of them. The famous
diva Y was here yesterday. The actor p bought
a reckless from me on Saturday. Tho singer o
was here this morning"
81 wonder does Martoff deal with you - the
lady asked. with o nervous thrill, which caused
her voice to falter q little.
"Martoffl Well, I should think he does
Why, he bought the very match OF that brace
let yesterday. He said he wan cd it for a charm
my lady as q token of his love-" Tears started
into the lady's eyes on hearing this-tears OF
JOY aud gratitude. But what a curious coinci.
dence! He evidently meant to give her q pleas
ant surprise. After a few words more with the
jeweller. Olga Ivanovna left the shop and re
turned home to wait for developments.
Days weHt by but they brought no develop
ments. Now and then Nine. Martofr ~ventured
on covert illusions to jewelry in general and
- o,alnto II p,rti,,,lar hat har h,phanl 1ras
deaf in that ear, as the French say. At last the
lady CO Id endure the suspense no longer
SASHA" she said to her husband one morning
II know you have a pleasant surprise for me
but / cannot wait for 1t till We return home
Let me have it to-day, darling"
"What is it. Olga T. the husband asked.
"Oh. don't make any more mystery about It
dear. The bracelet"
What bracelet T. inquired the mystifed
actor.
Tho i-diamond one, you KNOW" she replied
with tears in her voice.
"Idon't know what you mean"
Then you didn't buy the diamond bracele
for me ."
mo. certainly not"
"Oh. heavens, then my worst suspicious art
founded. l Am betrayed. abandoned. thrown
aside, after eleven months Of marriage, anc
who knows for what brazen hussey." and tn,
laQy tainted. men bne came 10, bne leIJ Ne
husband. refusing to listen to any explana
ton, returned to her maternal aunt. ant
, took proceedings for q divorce on the ira
| ditional ground. After some weeks Of cor
!, respondence tho husband. finally ascertainet
from what source his better half had obtained
. the misleading information. whereupon he hal
I O stormy interview with the business.lik,
, jeweller, who is now prosecuting him for assault
and battery, and Is being sued in turf
r for calumny. The lady still believes tn
8 jewellers first story. though he has repente
and recanted since then. But she hold
that he could not have invented a damaging
b tale like that II there were not som
o truth in 1t. Her husband must have bough
bracelets and things at his shop. and as sh
s never wore nor saw any of them, there must. O
d course. have been an extra lady mixed up In tn
matter; and that she cannot stand. Tho jewe
Ter maintains that he boosted of the actors Cut
tom merely In the way Of trade, and with IL
n evil intent. The final working out Of the knott
y problem must be left to the Ecclesiastical Court
n In his Guildhall speech. in his National Cor
sentative Conference speech, as In all hi
speeches of late. Lord Salisbury tried to pei
suade the world that he and the European col
cert had muzzled the dogs of war and save
Europe from a general conflict when Greece an
Turkey took the field. But by this time hi
" lOTuSnlp has iOuuu IHhJ tDCIo u otutT uOb
= than the continental wardog. He APPARENT
forgot the peaceful domestic dog of Englant
n and Is now paying the penalty.
1t comes about in this way: A year ago tn
; President of the Board of Trade. alter Lon
at the head of q considerable body of alarmist
: was attacked by a historical dread of hydr
phobia. The result was that an order wei
forth that all dogs were to DO muzzled ii
further notice. MS for the alien dog, he WI
treated as a criminal of the deepest dye. Whe
Tv he reaches these inhospitable shores he is qua
antined in a ma ,ner which practically compe
N him to stop at home.
Now England is a doggy nation. and Il
"a myriads of dog owners have been deeply c
la Tended at the way In which they have been COL
Va PEELED to treat their favorites. They may n
even select their own style OF muzzle. but mu
hang upon the canine nose an arrangement
r.. wire bars that looks like a cross between a r
~ trap and q meat cover. The foxhopnd and ii