The Washington times., 1904-12-04


- 7 THE Two most remarkable nj
hiilst women who have sur
vived long terms OF Russian
prison Hfe, one. Catherine
BEeshkofskaya, is now ia this country,
having arrived here from Russia re-
Gently for "a brief tour iu behalf Of her
party. while the other. Vera Figner.
was. according 10 newspaper dispatches.
released from the fortress Of Scblussel-
burg "a few dags ago after twenty years
OF solitary confinement.
Madame Breshkofskaya, who Is foudly
addressed By her Observation-Disclosures
as Grandmother made Nile. FigneTs
acquaintance, through prison bars. some
thirty years ago. The scene was the
house Of preliminary detention. ST. Pc
tersburg. where Madame Breshkofskaya
was confined prior 10 being transported
10 the mines OF Kara, Siberia. and wheI
Mile igner. then still at large. often
came % visit her sister who was one
or Madame Breshkofskayls fellow
prisoners. Later, while grandmother
was serving her term ia Siberia, Mile
Figuer took part IN a series OF bold
revolutionary plots. for which she was
subsequently condemned 10 death, her
sentence being alterwaTd comHuted 10
solitary confinement In the most terrible
dungeon iu the empire They are botn
of noble birth, and OF high intellectual
attachments and the life story of each
is rich enough in examples OF pluck'and
hartyrdOm u eclipse the most thrilling
creation Of romantic fancy.
Has a Magnetic Personality.
Mime. Breshkofskaya. whose arrival I'm
this country has been described as the
most Sensational event in the history
OF the Russian colony. was seen shortly
aiterWard al the residence of Dr. Paul
/ kapiap. 30 East Broadway, New York
/ city. She is a gray-haired, fresh com
/ pieAoned woman with sineulariy pleas
ing features of the Slavic type and a
/ hearty. ahectiOnate manner which be-
/ speaks The most absolute simplicity and
I lhr most delicate breeding at once Her
! comDatriots cannot find superla ives
/ strong enough 10 do Justice TO her mag
/ hetiC personality and devotion TO the
/ cause Of Russian liberty The twenty
/ TWO years she spent in misery, bodily
/ and mental, in the prisons Of Kara OF
/ in the wastes of the Baikal distric
| have had as little effect on hcr body
| as they have on her spirit Size look.
/ younger than her siEty-one years, an,
! those who know her say that IN poin
of ardor and activity she is vounge
/ than most # her revolutionary grand
children
Talks Of Vera Figner.
! Speaking OF the uihilist woman vii,
| has just emerged from her living gravl
/ al Schlusselburg, Nine. Breshkofsllay.
said.
"Oh, she is one OF the most wonder
/ ful women our struggle for liberty eve
had among its champions. ] remembe
her very well. indeed. She Is rathe
small of stature, but exceedingly wei
built and decidedly handsome. She is
gifted intellectual high-miuded woman
and her face is a charming reflection o
} her spiritual vlgor and beauty. 1 ca
almost hear her voice. II was one O
those musical voices which once hear
. remain imbedded In your memory "a
long as you live But then she come
of a musical family. Her two sisters
no wer. eXiled 60 Siberia before sh
was arrested. had excellent voices. an
? a brothe- OF hers subsequently, becam
the leading tenor Of ST. Petersburg an