The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-23
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OF SWEDEN.

rare merit. Russia's bronzes are most
excellent and her stores exhibit a large Gs-
eortment Of furs.
In St. Petersburg l found myself, as
on my former visit, admiring the horses,
they being upon the whole the best that
Ihave seen since leaving America. Possibly
tia fact that 30 many stations are driven
singly and in pairs may account in part
for the handsome and stylish animals seen
upon the streets, put certain it Is that the
Russian horse is a splendid representative
Of his breed.
There Is a large park, called the Point, near
the city, and in the evening this park and the
approaches to it are thronged with carriages
and dPoekies. As the sun does not set
there at this season Of the year until be-
tween Q and 10 and 10 followed by a long
twilight, the drives are gay with life until
midnight. We did not reach our hotel
until IL o'clock, although We we're among
the FIRST to leave the park.
BROAD GAUGE RUSSIAN CoACHMBN.
Speaking Of horses reminds me that the
Russian coachmAn has an individuality
all his own. His headgear is peculiar,
being a squatty beaver With a spool shaped
crown, but one soon forgets the hat in con-
temptation OF the form.
The skirt Of the ooachman's coat Is very
full and plated and the more stylish the
eouipage the broader il the driver. Begin
ming At the shoulders his padding gradually
increases until about the hips he is as broad
% the box upon which he sits.
This padding is carried TO such an eK-
treme that the coachman sometimes has to
be lifted upon the box and it is needless
70 say that he is practically helpless as
vol as useless in case Of an accident. II
NAV be that this style Of dress Ia designed
for a wind break for those who are seated
behind the wearer-this was one Of the ex-
plantations ~given-or it may be that like
some other fashions in wearing apparel
Il has no foundation in reason.
found to my disappointment that
Tolstoi is not contributing materially
90 the political revolution that is taking
place In Russia. Being revered throughout
the land not only because Of his philosophy
but also because of his fearless arraign-
ment Of the despotism that has afflicted
Russia, he might be a powerful factor in
giving direction to the popular movement,
but believing that individual regenera-
ton furnishes the only complete emancipa-
ton from all forms OF evil he takes but
little interest in what he regards as the
smaller and less important remedies pro-
posed by the Duma.
Il remains to be seen whether It Is wiser
TO secure that which is now within reach and
then press forward for other advantages or
to reject pieoemeal reforms in the hope Of
ultimately gaining larger ones. Probably
the pioneer In thought and the practical
reformer will never be able to agree fully
upon this point.
The boat ride from st. Petersburg to
Stockholm 10 one OF unsurpassed beauty.
II requires about thirty hours to make the
trip and OF that time but two hours are spent
In the open sea, the remainder Of the route
being between islands, that All the Baltic and
The Gulf Of Finland as the stars stud the
sky.
Just out OF st. Petersburg IL Russia's most
important naval station, where we saw a
number Of warships, and were informed thai
the crew Of one them had recently refused
TO comply with a sailing order. answering
that Il was waiting TO see what the Dunn
would do.
A oLINPsE OF FINLAND.
Until about q hundred years ago Finland
was a part Of the baltic empire, OF which
Sweden was the head, ADd OF the 1000 COO
inhabitants Of Finland something like 20 per
cent. are Of Swedish descent. As might be
expected. the Swedish element IL not only
tia onicia element. enjoying 70 q large ex-