Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-22

at the head Of a joyous band, with Made
moiselle Lima Cavalier at his side. the
grand admiral Of the Russian fleet, the
Grand Duke Alexis, announced to the world
his addiction. Now he repaired to the buff
fet to order up champagne. Now he
FASTENED to the bookmakers'. Now he con-
versed secretly with owners, trainers ana
touts. He saluted hundred acquaintance
with a gay flip of the hand. His burly form
shook with laughter. His big, good-natured
face opened in wide smiles.
Congratulate me- he exclaimed bols-
terously to the Duo de Luynes, Il am no
longer grand admiral" The Due de Luy-,
mes looked almost embarrassed; the French
nobility itself is not doing much in the way
of public service; but such joyous cynicism
| in the hour of Russia's trouble goes even
| beyond its nonchalance.
That Alexis resignation as grand admiral
was forced on him is known to every one IN
| Paris Every one IN Paris, also, knows that
| he was never so we'll off for money as at
present. 1t is very curious how these &C
| cult rumorS fly in Paris, from servants 10
| tradesmen from tradesmen TO the word OIL
money lenders and bookmakers gong up
| ward and from the clubs to the gossip OF
| society and on down to servants ana
tradesmen again. In the Old days OF nnan-
| cial fluctuations, when Alexis nsed 10 ue
| scend'' to his one-foor pied-a-terre In the
| Avenue Gabriel, there were hours OF panic
| W which the PARASITES of Paris demanded
their money and money lenders touts were
not unwelcome. Today he is at nome IN
| palatial private hotel in the Rue bassaho'
| whose presiding divinity Is Lima Java
| lieri. =
| Alexis has always had this reputation OF
| good-nature. simple manners anu Joyous
huuor One evening in the old DAYS Wnei
| the prestige of the Russian court was tnal
of Olvmpus itself when the peace or Eu-
rome was supposed to be in the tsar 5 Keep
| ing. this august uncle OF the tsar-tney
called him august-sat at dinner paIt y
GIVEN nv the Count Potocki in his immense
| naIace in the Avenue Friedland Who the
Potockis were you may read IN Slhkle,
VICES trilogy of Polish Tartar hlstUricai
novels NJ. Frederic Mason was 1aih MUG
ike the authority he is, about the great
Wanoleon. Always preoccupied with ms
vast designs, Napoleon paid little attent; on
~ the ladies' "A statesman. concluded
NJ. Mason has no time e, r4a io out Alexis
..onn has always the time, l assure you!'
Has Money to Burn.
IT is possible that Alexis had a sheakihs
interior conviction of some kind of states
manship- by birth. Even Boris with whoih
once crossed from New York to Havre,
,ossessed It. And certainly Vladimir. his
father. that other grand-ducal Partisan, has
:, err,,v Vladimir, whom we know quite
&C we'll as Alexis, is dry and proud, very
much of a Muscovite. In spite OF MS Ell
forts to compose Partisan character oii-
ferent from that which makes MIN SO nttie
ceeded-except with Cavanagh, his tailor.
with Vladimir you do not have to scratch
hard TO find the Cossack; and they say that
now that he is richer. he has grown more
SO. ,,..,o ,,o+or;,1
Mace in the Pyrenees, the mayor. accom-
nanied by the local authorities. met him
at the railway station and commenced an
address of welcome.
.C'est bon! 1t is Welt" snapped Vladi-
mir. cutting the unhappy mayor off short
And SO he passed with his nose in the
air. completely grand ducal. OF course
there is one-and just one-possible excuse
for such surly insolence in the republic to
which he had invited himself This was
found-up to the late Russian disasters
in the snobbishness of many Parisians,
which had its roots nevertheless, in some
thing nobIer, /. e., love of fatherland and
dependence on the Franco Russian alliance.
In those days-before the Russian disasters
the grand dukes desired to revel in Paris
incognito and the Parisans would not let
them. Thus one day at the Chantilly races
Vladimir, retiring to some shrubbery, found
himself persistently followed by we'll
dressed gentleman with a Photographic APP
paratus At last. Disguised, the grand duke
turned on the sleuth gentleman and said: