The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-06

OF decorations. The colOnelS unilofiii'
which l. his habitual attire. may be OF one
or another branch OF the service. but ever
conforming &c the strict regulations OF the
army as TO It's composition No extra
touches are added Go denote the otherwise
exalted rank OF the wearer. One meeting
and not knowing would pass him for what
nc seems, as far "a dress is concerned, an
rnassuming young officer At Mini he
wore 2 creamy white coat but little relieved
with other color. and trousers to match.
and the stir hat with pompon; and. so far
as IL was practicable. he adjusted his haoii-
iments to the weather. which was 100 IN
the shade The Empress was very charm
ing portraiture OF the summer girl as we
know her az Newport and other centers OF
the cultured and opulent. Her toilets. as
she from day 10 day donned new chef
d'oeuvres of Partisan art, would have MADE
a Gibson series of ravishing interest TO the
feminine devotee of fashion. Cars are but
mortal under such circumstances, as Mich
olas demonstrated, for while his wife was
the personifcation of patrician composure
he was not Most Of the time he carried MS
head covering in one hand, and every little
while ran the fingers OF the other through
locks evidencing the purgatory of padded
military coat, buttoned TO the chin, and a
collar reaching nearly TO his ears Coming
upon the writer. rugged out in white duck
with loose neglige shirt. white pith helmet
and chaIked canvas shoes, he stopped, and,
with something very like sigh. remarked:
.sYou are TO be envied. looking so cool and
comfortable in clothes made where men
know how to dress in hot weather lie
had been In India when czarovitch. and
where he could go about as any other man
making the best OF the situation The
writer, some years subsequent to Nicho-
lass visit to Tuticorin. had been guest
there in the same house-that of the cher
engineer OF the Southern India Railway,
and from the genial host and hostess heard
much as to the easy, off-hand manner OIL
the present Emperor-how he had earnestly
requested there should be an avoidance or
the formal in the entertaining, that meal
hours should remain as they were, and his
coming and going cause no disturbance OF
the even tenor of the ways usually prevail
ing. He could not be more pleased, he de-
clared. than to be considered as one OF the
home circle and treated accordingly. His
wish YVES gratifed in so far as was possible
Nicholas and his chum, Prince George OF
Greece. had the best kind of a time. They
came and went as fancy impelled, loung-
ing with the women folk under the deep
f.ower-embowered porches, or, in the cool
OF the early morning hours. going OF on
horseback with the men. IT was no sur
prise that recollections of those days of de-
lightful liberty should be inspired by the
sight of the typical apparel, the ,unconfined
comfort of which had contributed so largely
10 his serenity in the East.
SIGHTS AT THE FAIR.
On another day, and when in the edifice
given over to read vehicles. Nicholas,
standing by a showing of farm wagons
asked If they were similar to those in use
in the United States. They were, to some
extent, and particularly as to red, green
and yellow being the favorite colors. The
wondrous designs stenciled In chrome on
the grass-hued bodies, and the vermillion
of the running gears, were certainly re-
minders of South Bend, Kenosha and
Racine. Being assured that there was a
resemblance. his Majesty looked pleased
probably over Russia's not having mo-
nopoly Of the rural decorative-and turn
ing to the Empress. said: MY dear, IL
YOU and I were to take to this sort of rid
;<g for a while. digestion would be the
<>better for it," To this she brightly as
scented.
The two used English almost altogether.
so far as noted during the week. Although
the Empress by birth is German-English,
her disposition is to confine her converse
ton to the latter tongue. 1t, through her
influence. has. practically, become the
court language. The current talk, when the
marriage took place, was to the effect that
the Princess ALEXANDRA, daughter OF Lud-
wig Iv-Grand Duke of Hesse, and Princess
Alice. daughter of Queen Victoria, had been
selected as the bride of Nicholas, Emperor
of all the Russias, for reasons of phys
zeal rather than a political nature. Oh
tvpical queenly stature. superb or form'
classical of feature and radiant of health,
n was believed, so it is said, that through
her the Romanoffs of this and succeeding
generations would come back to their own
in height. commanding figure and impos-
ing presence.
More than the realization of such hope
IS the virile qualities of mind which
Alexandra has brought to the house of the
Romanoffs She is a woman of sterling
force of character. as was manifested at
her very first step toward the throne or
the Muscovites-
The statement going the rounds OF the
press. that a Roman Catholic cannot be-
come an Empress of Russia, is true as
far as 1t goes. but no more may an ad-
herent of any other church. save the
Greek. The Russian Hand. Book is clear
and~d direct on this point "a person or
the male sex, with the possible right OF
succeeding TO the throne. may marry
person of another faith, only on condi-
ton that she embraces the orthodox faith.
The orthodox faith is the Greek. When
ALEXANDRA was betrothed to Nicholas she
was OF the Lutheran faith. For the formal
remuneration of it, obligatory before mar
riage. the Observation-Disclosures dignitary
of the Greek church-of st. Petersburg,
had drawn up for signature such writing
as placed her in the position of affirming
the religious belief of her life to that time,
an error, heinous in its maintaining and
only possible TO atone for In the absolution
of the fullest devotion tc the one true
faith as the Greek was assumed to be.
This by no means exemplified the position
of the Greek church toward the other
churches It. as administered by the pro-
gre:ssive men at the fore of affairs is most
tolerant as shown by the multiplicity of
churches in the empire. comprising they