The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-17
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u A y Mon Who torfts and Who a
Etevatsd the conesition ST His Pee
4 pte---sA Man IS zine character
and Accomplishments,
king Retrospective gfew of 4
4 life studded with as many interesting
4 sexperiences as fair TO the lot of the
average man, find that mona 8 tands
out more. prominently than visit
j paid to Russia, says. John FIulnle in the
New York Times :
My letters of Introduction were plcn-
\ tiful and influential enough TO secure
for me the realization OF two such
widely differing objects as ~ an IN
vitatlon to Yasamaya Poliana, for the
purpose of gripping palms with Count
Leo Tolstoi, and z(2) admission to the
home of the mighty Gear. With the
tproba bility of rubbing shoulders with
imperfality itself
It is truly astonishing how little
is known of the Cars private life,
even by Russians belonging to tile
wealthy classes or moving in of1cia1
circles. Every barrier that inner cir
cledom can devise has been erected
against the acquisition OF such
knowledge. Members of The house
hold are forbidden to allude to the
family in their correspondence or to
mako them the subject OF conversation
out of doors. Hence, all letters going
to or coming from tho palace are
likely to be opened, when, Should it
be found that the above caution has
been neglected, the missive never
reaches it's destination.
s. To have a working picture Of the |
Gar we must take him from two diff
ferent standpoints; first viewing him
in private life, or amid his domestic
surroundings. and again as a public
parsonage In this latter capacity
we get him as a gentIe-natured and
minded man, who is
yet nominal1y despot and responsi-
BILE for the acts Of a myriad handed
and oftimes- mysteriously moving
body called the systenl-the real an-
,ocracy of Russia, and composed of
Incles, aunts and cousins, together
With the ubiquitous army of the
Tchinn.
If one We're the possessor Of an A lad
Inns lamp, it would be useful here to
transport for us from one of the !
portfolios containing the Czarina's
york with brush and penciD a clever
aricature of her husband, in which {
he represents him as bearded bald {
Leaded baby, in long clothes, sur I
ounded by crowd of relatives, etc, S
rmed with feeding bottles and btbs t
f various kinds, and each one insist {
1g upon treating the infant in his or e
er particular manner t
81 cannot understand it, said to 4
ne of the Cars privy councillors one t
light as we walked home together af-
sr dining at the palace. I cannot nm o
erstand how a man of the zntellec- u
la1 capacity and breadth of mind pos
! by your ruler doesn't make use s.
his great power to satisfy the po- {
teal aspirations of his people. 1t p
ould surely only require from him p
lie stroke of the pen-as in the case m
his namesake ancestor and the
aking of the Moscow railway" IN
my dear SIR was the reply, you 81
mt understand Russia. If yor did, til
WOuld L4dLso L!S-l - 5t3t y
unded by what is practically an pc
her monarchy, despotic, but knowing in
thing of the word 1i5erality, and ha
1ich, while apparently supporting ril
e Cars actions. nevertheless
aims every nerve to prevent those m;
tons from taking any direction save ed
at which leads to the benefit of an
: few One man can do rIcre wien sp
hting alongside of a million than i'm
en- fighting against them, and are =
m travels with very lame foot.
en-, at every step, it Knocks against
'ted interest"
There can be no question about
.holas lis 1iberality of ideas. The
ak spot in them lies in their origi-
or's inability to personally super
e their execution. Such task ow-
to the extent of his do1ninions,
st be intrusted to others. ana any g
who has had much acquaintance d
h the Russian official knows what
means. He is stepped in casus-
from the ends of his hair to the 4
of his toes. and can philcsophize
half way round the clock as cas-
as he can eat his dinner When s.
nts Of this kind are directed fc
in ST IN o moor m ouiilS herring in 4 I -55