Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-07-23
FOREIGN NOTES
AND COMMENT

[ for the death OF The cars brother
George are likely to have the effect of
driving IN unusually large number of
l titled Russians to seek refuge abroad
! from the gloom and expense to which
? lhsy viii he subjected if they remain
: at home. Thus every official and dig
> rLtary above a certain rank Is com
PEELED during this three months OF
mourning 10 have at least one of the
salons or apartments of his residence
, in the metropolis draped completely in
, black cloth, with the furniture uu-
hols;ered in black The servants have
to be clad in deep mourning. while the
carr lagos of their employers have to
be upholstered in black and TO have
the coats-of-arms, cres'ts. and mono
grams removed from this panels Of the
equlpaSes. Court functions. military
and naval officials, in fact. every one
who has the right TO wear any kind of
a uniform, is obliged to conceal every
Ves,ige of gold and silver embroidery
with Grape This is a great expense.
since the slightest drop of rain or
snow has the effect CT taking the dye
out Of the tree and damaging the EN-
broidery beyond repair. Many of these
uniforms cost as much as $500 and
sven $1,000, and the pay attached to
me onces Of those entitled to wear
them IS not 50 big as to admit of their
spelling many of such uniforms.
Equally strict is the mourning pre-
| sctLbed for our sex. and black dresses
cut high in the throat, with long. vol
luminous Charles VI or angels. sleeves
falling 10 the ground. with inner
sleeves buttoned at the wrist wish
cuffs or weepers Of lawn" black caps
J
Of course, all pscpIe of minor. rank.
IN fact, every petty official or noble
considers ii incumbent 10 follow suit,
and while the vendors of Grape and
OF mourning attire will reap a fortune,
the ordinary dry goods stores. dress
makers and mill:nsrs will hover on
The ragged edge Of ruin and despair
/ Nor are they the only people who Will
suffer. All the theaters Of the me-
ftropolis will be closed for time. ana
the distress among the people CON
nected with the dramatic profession
Will consequently be very great
Grand Duke George. by the by. was
not, as generally supposed. the SECOND |
son, but the third boy of Emperor AL /
exander III, the second son. Alexander |
by name, having died in infancy. Like /
his elder brother, Nicholas. he w3s (
brought up il the most strict and sim /
pie manner by the late General Dan !
1ioWltch, who, cuTiOuSly enough was i /
Jew by descent. Prince George tow
cred head and shoulders above his I
brother, the ear, his rapid growth /
impairing probably his, constitution
He was intended for the royal naval 1
profession, and his father had in view
his eventually succeeding the Grand
In l-n 4 IL
the imperial feet. HIS father always
looked upon him with sentiments OF
greater affection than upon Nicholas,
and It is difficult to forget the story
OF how the Late emperor contracted the
malady TO which he succumbed In
the summer of 1894 Emperor Alexan-
der. who had not seen George for q
long time, yielded, n spite Of the ad-
vice of the physicians to the lads en-
treaty that he should be permitted 10
join the family circle a. the chateau
OF his father IN Poland.
Alexander was so terribly distressed
by the shocking aspect of the young
grand duke on his arrival that he
could not sleep the following night
and abopt l o'clock made his way
quietly to the young fellows bed room.
The prince was sleeping sOundly But ]
he presented such a CHASTITY appear
ance as he lay there with the moon I
shining down upon his wan and pink {
face that the father burst into fit OF ]
weeping. and after kneeling by the bed i
for q time in prayer returned to his I
own room and spent the remainder of ]
the night walking up and down on the i
balcony outside, chilled to the bone
by the night air, and developing then /
the germs CT that malady which car !
ried him Off From that time forth
father and son declined to part any !
more. They both travelled together 10
Ljvadf3. and for many weeks the Dhvs- 7
icians were in doubt as TO who of the {
two would die first. 1t was, however, {
the old man who preceded his son to 7
the grave. and the latter. delicate and /
fral though he always was Outlived i
the gigantic and stalwart Alexander E
III by nearly six years I
Grand Duke Michael, who now be- :
comes heir to the throne. IS the bright I
est and cleverest member of the I'm i
perial family He was his fathers pet y
and The one person in the empire who '
had the audacity to cheek the auto f
erat and to laugh at him. Thus dur /
ing the last trip Of Alexander III TO
Copenhagen he was reposing one 7
warm afternoon on deck on a very .
Low-swung hammock, endeavoring to r
o1dlCu 1SW moment ) steep. his 81 {
ssta Vas. however. disturbed by Nj a
5hae5. who persisted in leapi1g over
he hammock, Notwithstanding the [
protests Of the emperor At last, thor v
)ughly angeTed and with view 10 en- c
'orcing obedience to his behests, Al /.
sxander exclaimed, ct is The car who t
Commands you TO stop this,' Instead, d
however, of showing am signs Of being n
impressed thereby Michael seemed to
le tickled by the comic aspect of the \
flair and simply threw himself down i
III deck and rolled over and over. :
Dreaming with laughter. IN which Al RI
'xander. sleepy and angry as he was, Il
had to join. n
Michael has tendency to MAKE fun p
# everything. to see in all things that s.
ONE under his notice the humorous II
q r11-o and has n dicDO4fff,7 IN r5di- II