Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-04

uNtlC talent, ana, not strange 10 q tier
man girl, she knows considerable about
cooking and household affairs Before
her marriage she was comparatively
poor and now as the wife OF she rich
est monarch OF the world she prefers to
live simply She does not like the sp.en-
dor Of the court and would rather be IN
the country with her family than In the
great winter palace at ST. Petersburg.
THE GAR AND THE EMITTED
STATES.
am told that the car is very friend
~ 10 America was here 10 years ago
during the great famine when we sent
vast sums to Russia. The Russians gave
many times as much themselves, and
the distribution Of the funds was under
the charge of the present CZar VINO was
then crown prince. The ear came Ia
contact with the members Of our Red
Cross society and 10 them he spoke
again and again OF the Kindness Of
America TO Russia. He remembers that
Kindness today and frequently express
es his sentiment Not long ago he said.
The friendly feeling which exists be-
tween Russia and America Is genuine.
and ! trust IL will endure forever
AT another time he spoke Of what
Russia had done for the United States
during our civil war, saying that his
father had Informed him OF the cordial
ity which existed between the countries
at that time The C2ar now uses Amer
lean plOws, reapers and mowers ON his
vast estate. and other things being
equal he would rather patronize Ameri-
ca than any country Of Europe
THE RICHEST MAN OF THE
WORLD.
And this leads me to the vast posses
sions owned by his majesty, He IL by
far the richest man OF the whole world,
Carnegie and Rockefeller noi excepted,
You know how much a 64O-acre farm Is?
The ear has enough land of his own TO
make q million such farms The Russian
crown owns one million square miles of
forests and cultivated lands, an area
equal to one third of the United states
without Alaska and our outlying colo
MES, He has in addition mines In ST.
IBERIA which produce vast revenue, and
bonds aud stocks and gold galore In
deed no one knows what his revenue Is.
The crown domins are considered the
private property Of the lmpersai family,
and theirs are millions coming from
them which never get into the public
reports. He has also vast amounts In
jewels and other treasures. so that II Is
Impossible 70 estimate his wealth,
The cars father was a careful bust
ness man lie watched the income and
OutgO and cut down the expenses Of the
estate which had been eXtravagant
When he came to the throne he person.
ally oyerhauled the accounts Of the I'M
perial household, and after few days
study reduced the ordinary expenses Of
the court to an amount Of $4,000 a
year. He then cut down the imperial
stables and looked into the management
Of his palaces
In the Winter Palace there had been a
magnificent Persian carpet which he
had especially admired as prince.
shortly after his accession ne noticed
that this had disappeared, He asked
about IL and was told Il had been sent
out to be cleaned He ordered il
brought back at once but the days
passed and It did not appear He then
looked into the matter and found that
the officers Of the household had or
NtIfO Ailbl tue tlAllf IhlN'H NN l'A
nished and the valuable carpets and
other things had been disposed Of with
out an accounting. The result was a
wholesale dismissal Of officials and the
revocation of the unnecessary contracts.
THE HOMES OF THE CAR.
The cars palaces are worth looking
at There is nothing like them upon
earth, Tzarskoe Selo, where his maj
esty spends much Of his time. has floors
Of ebony and mother-of- pearl and walls
inlaid with malaohte and lapis la2ulL
There Is q room IN fl irBid with tortoise
she'll another walled with bamboo and
many apartments hung with goblin
tapestries. IL has a ban room which
covers more than half am acre loored
with wooden mosaic, a Chinese room
furnished in teak wood, Japanese
room and other conce.ts.
This building Is situated in a park Of
1000 acres, In which there are Is miles
Of drives and walks This palace was
built by Catharino the Great. one VI
the most eXtraVagant as well as one OF
the greatest Of Russian rulers When
the buildings We're urst constructed she
ordered some OF them covered "ith gold
leaf and as the story goes q TOOK $500.
900 worth OF precious metal 20 gid
them After while owing 90 The damp
ness OF the climate the gold began 10
peel. Catharine then proposed TO cover
il with paint, whoryupon some spCcula-
tors offered her $4,000 for the privilege
Of scraping on the gold.
u am not quite so hard up. said tha
a.. fD coll DIfI
clothes to keep myself going And she
sent them away and painted the gold.
IN THE WINTER PALACE.
Another grand palace is that Of Pc
terhof, on the gulf Of Finland, and an
other Ia the Winter Palace at st. Pc
tersbur-
{ went through the Winter Palace
the other day Il Is situated ON the
banks OF the Neyu riyor running along
them Tor about three American city
blocks 1t Is, I believe the largest
palace OF the world 10 is " four sto-
lies and covers as much ground as tn
Capitol a, Washington. 10 has about
fifteen acres OF floor space ON its dif-
ferent stories. ana DO you viii Imagine
hfteen-acre field divided up into
rooms, some big enough 10 hold am or
binary palace and others as small and
coy as any in your own house, you
may have some idea OF this structure
The color OF the building is rich old
red. II WAS painted las, year, ana 10
took tons % paint Co cover IT,
The interior of the palace rs more
like museum or AN arJ gallery than
home. was am hour walking
through it's principal rooms had
10 show my passport ana apply for a
card Of admission before / could en-
ter, and one Of the servants went with
me. describing the wonders In Russian.
/ bowed my head. although ! did not
understand and relied on nay eyes alone
Tor Information.
could see, however that the palace
is grand beyond description IL has
acres OF mosaic floors as smooth as a
piano and 50 waxed that you can see