Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-06-24
THE CARS PRIVATE LIFE
Thirty Thousand Servants and Salary
Of $4,soo,Ooo Year.

Thirty Thousand Servants and Salary
Of $4,SoO,O0O Year.
The Gear earns bigger salary than
any other man In the world, for the
public exchequer of his country pays
him the sum of $4.S0O.OO0 per annum
for acting as managing director Of the
Russian Empire, with its area of eight
million square miles and its popula-
ton of one hundred and thirty million
persons. But, considering the crush
ing weight of care and responsibility
which he bears on his shoulders, his
remuneration, high las it is, does not
appear excessive. His salary is paid
him in monthly installments Of four
hunded thousand dollars each, which
are sent to himsby a special messenger
from the treasury buildings in the
form of a check on the National bank
Of Russia, just as an office clerk re-
ceives his monthly wages; with the
difference. however. that the Cars
talent and industry exercise no in
fluence on his payment. At the same
time he Is expected to maintain a GER
tain standard Of living which he would
be unable to do in the style required
of him if he did not possess a private
income three or four times as big as
his official salary. He is the owner
of over one hundred estates, all of
which supply him with private reyen-
ues, but he is also the possessor of a 100
palaces and castles. which have to be
maintained in imperial style at a great
expense to their owner. He has more
servants than any one else in the
world. for a veritable army Of over
thirty thousand domestics, cooks,
pages, buffers, grooms, gardeners, and
so forth is employed on his hundred
or more estates. He possesses over
forty residences which he has never
seen, a score of homes which he has
viewed externally, but never inhabited
even for one night, and another score
in each Of which he has slept on only
one occasion. His private stables con-
tain over five thousand horses belong
ing to him and the herds of cattle
feeding on his own lands are esti-
mated to number over fifty thousand
head. His wealth is enormous, yet
there is no doubt that he extracts
very little pleasure out Of his life of
perpetual toll and worry.
He habitually rises at six and eats a
enthusiastically English breakfast of
ham and eggs, bread and butter with
m'armalade specially and privately pre-
pared for him, and tea. This pre-
dilection for English manners and
customs is common to both the Car
and the Czarina, for both like English
fare best, prefer using English to their
respective mother tongues, and are
agreed upon the necessity of. educat-
ing their children according to English
methods Immediately after break
fast the Gar begins to smoke some OF
the heaviest brands of Havana cigars
which he continues to puff almost
continuously till bedtime, notwith-
standing the fact that his doctors have
warned him again and again that ex-
cessive- indulgence In this habit is ex-
posing him to the worst dangers of
nicotine poisoning. By seven O'clock
in the morning he is at his desk peru
sing an enormous heap of state docu-
ments sent to the palace for his in
spection. The variety of subjects
with which he is called upon to deal
Is astonishing, for he is not merely the
emperor, but also the father of his
people. No order or instruction OF
communication Of any kind can be dis
patched from any ministry or state
office in st Petersburg to local OF SUI
coordinate authorities unless 1T bears
the signature of the car, indicating
his assent and approval. Every com
munication sent from the ministry OF
war to the representative officers conn
handing several hundred garrisons
throughout the Russian empire, every
dispatch sent to the captains of Rus
sian war ships all over the world, and
every circular issued by the ministry
of the interior to the police and to al
varieties of local authorities have tc
bear the cars own Signature
George Weise, in the July Success.