The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-04

tersburg, on the side of great and solid
magnifcence; at Peterholf, on that of
frankly childish ingenuity. Everything
within this wonderful park is fresh, d.
yerting, unexpected, and lovely But
to revert to the fountains.
A steep bank beneath the terrace dips
to series of marble plateaus, each one
OF majestic length and broken up at in
tervals by marble steps. From the
deepest hollow springs the Samson. &
colossal bronze figure tearing open the
jaws of lion from which volume of
water spouts eighty feet high This IS
the tour de force Of the assemblage, but
its magnificence all round about it. They
foam plumelike in vertical and horizon
tai streams, cascade down the marble
stairs, mingle their liquid pearls in show
ers, and then spray in gossamer wells al
the winds will, while still further away
from the Samson, through a beauteous
wood, runs the harbor canal, crossed here
and there by marble causeways and set
on either side with festooning sparkling
columns of water. At the end of the
liquid avenue lap the waves of the gulf
of Finland, and Cronstadt is visible
in the distance
AS I looked through the wreathed mists
of the fountains, across the little peep
of sea at the end glided pleasure steam
er from Petersburg, gala dressed all over
with myriads of colored flags. 1t was the
prettiest holiday scene any one could
wish to see, and to find one more uncOm-
mon it would be necessary to search very
far afleld.
Yet this was merely the threshold of
wonders. The drosky driver, summoned
from his fellows, proceeded, as if by rule,
to the woods beneath the fountains, drlv-
lllg along the narrow, well kept path
like roads past all sorts of diVerJing little
pleasure hooks: Successive czars must
have amused themselves with expert
ments in water. One fountain forms a
liquid pyramid composed of a mass OF
jets; another rises with stately grace
IN the center of a classical ring of col
umns: third is just a silly little pond
fountained in the center and arranged
with a mechanical hunting scene; forest
erS with their dogs, ducks and what
not warranted to play up magnifcent-
~. and with realistic Quacks, banks, and
bangs.
MARLY AND MONPLAISIR
Then there are the cottages Marty
and Monplaisir are built in with remini-
SCIENCES of Peter the Great, who lived
there They are tiny palaces: simmer
houses where the car could live in Sc
clus1on and mediate on those plans of
his which We're. to help Russia to be-
come SO powerful; watching from his
sea washed garden his infant fleet moor
ed beneath the batteries of Kronstadt.
Now these gay little places are both
The custodians at Marty and Mon
plaisir both display Peters dressing gown
ana night attire, his slippers and other
bits of personal attire: at Marty they
treasure watch he picked to pieces and
table and box he made. They call
your attention to the fish in the pond
there, which, according to Peters d.
rect1ons, have always been brought up
to come to meals at the sound of a belll
Probably the seIfsame flowers that His
Majesty elected should grow in the
quantity fashioned garden that rom
Monplaisir are still the chosen ones: thev
look SO old and sweet, blossoming there
III stald profusion, around tiny trickling
Monplaisir is little house with one
large center room and galleries and