Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-23
THE CARS DIARY
SOME EXTRACTS WITH EXPLANA-
TORY NOTES.

The following extracts from the cars
diary, which appeared in part In the Cri de
Paris, have been completed for the day.
Explanatory notes have been added:
8 am-Rise dress. Find bombs under
my bed.
0 a.m.-Breakfast. Appoint Witte cabinet
as appetizer.
10 a-m-Dismiss witte call in Goremykin.
IL a.m.-Sign amnesty.
u:15 a.m.-Grand dukes call; tear up am
nesty.
1880 AMIGO out in steel protected auto
mobile. Bomb. American steel praised by
imperial warrant.
Noon-Send for delegates of the duma.
100 p.m-Delegates arrive. Refuse to
see them. Trepon calls and entire delesa-
1882 p.m.-Quick lunch with American
potted ham. Not yet ready to die. SO we
decline.
1875 p.m-Bomb. Ukase sending whole
1:4O pm-Ukase multiplying ukase Of 1886
pm.
las p.m.-Ask delegates to come to palace
again.
p.m.-Bomb. Receive duma delegates
promises of reform.
2:35 p.m.-Massacre.
$40 p.m.-Acquit army Of responsibility.
2:45 p.m.-Decree Of amnesty.
$50 p.m.-Trepoff comes again; tear up
amnesty as before.
p.m.-Concert rendition Of What Is
Russia Without a Romanoff?
$40 p.m.-Trepon assures us order relgns
everywhere. He meant in the cemeteries. =
312 p.m.-Bomb.
3:35 p.m.-Grand dukes call; violent scene;
hints Of revolution in palace.
3:37 p.m.-Anonymous letter gives US de-
tails of death of Paul and Charles l.
$40 p.m.-Tea and biscuits. Vodka.
Three sentences of death to sign. .. X.
S:E p.mlTear up amnesty without Ire
poff's help.
3:505 p.m.-All quiet.
1852 p.m.-We go to the mirror; our
crown is not on straight.
1906 p.m.-Duma dissolved.
1853 p.m.-Order twenty members to pc
hung
4pm-Two bombs under our throne. We
cling to the scepter.
4:1O pm.-Trepoff calls. Our nerves are
not steady.
4:2 p.m.-Three grand dukes arrive. We
decide to win the next war and send uitl-
Ala p.m.-Goremykin gives us confidential
note from kaiser. Tells US that In case OF
trouble he will lend us his mustache to COM
plete the disguise.
Gott' We are relieved in knowing der
kaiser is the only one above us.
4:25 p.m-Teddy r. mdorses foot ball.
Good exercise to kick bombs out OF our
way.
4:7 pm-Zip- fzzzzzzZ! H!??? "--!!!
4:4S pm.-The lord high surgeon called.
We do not suffer from appendicitis
4:49 p;m.-Plot to kill Trepoff: Cooks at.
tempt to poison his food. The servant
problem annoys poor Trepon
4:5O p.m.-We issue ukase relieving chefs
of responsibility. The cooks union might
take action, and then adieu, chere Russie:
hand. The czarevitch is safe In the Sc
curity trusts vault. Imperial health officer
declares milk does not contain typhoid bac-
teria-glad tidings.
454 pm.-It occurs to US that the dauphin
had to be shown to the rabble. Ffskevitch!
My kingdom for dArtagnan!
4:55 -zip-pshhhhh! trrrr-trrrr!
1888 p.m.-Unconscious as result OF last
explosion.
7:45 pm.-order yacht ready. Will go to
Tsarkoe Selo.
p.m.-Reconsider. Supper. We need it.
Our cook cannot prepare baked beans-we
take steak a la Chateaubriand and pomme
de terre duchesse.
S:15 pm.-We need a cocktail.
8:1S p.m.-Delegate of cooks union In
dorses our action in relieving Trepoff's chefs
Of blame. eve send our thanks)
1893 p.m.-The mikado is happy.
8:45 p.m.-Another earthquake. Why is
st. Petersburg exempt?
$50 pm.-We are sleepy
9:15 p.m.-The czarina has come to us
again. We kiss on the cheeks.
1882 p.m.-Gentleman-in1waiting begs per.
asks: How old is Mary Ann?"
IL p.m.-We cannot come to conclu-
sion Enters Trepoff, and he is asked. He
replies that Mary Ann was killed by
Cossack yesterday.
11:4O p.m.-We pondered over the prece-
dence of the egg and chicken. am amused,
and toy with the Scepter.
11:4S p.m.-Another bomb under the
throne.
n:49 p.m-The crown fell off my head.
feel better, but must put it on again.
Midnight-We turn the page.