The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-29
NeTHER STDE or CzAR'S COURT.
Russian Sz,s me Inpersss kstshsDs NesA
Pure, Food LAS

Russian Sz,s .hr Imperial kitchens NeaA
a Pure Food Law
vr.ter who signs himself 8, r. q. has
oortributed 10 the Rcpls Of Paris some
-svsIatiops Of the neither side Of cOuFt hfe
In RIuas.a. The Revue says that the writer
Isa Russian prince and belongs to the sHAt@
OF the Gear.
Ia beOipH with a reference to the Cars
attack of typhua fever in 1870 n the
wonder expressed throughout Europe nss
n n~otentate whose life was 90 careRuhy
guarded should rave contracted the tnsec-
tioD. There would have beOn no wonner7
he Jaws II the secrets OF the imperial ktecnenn
were known.
Th.ae are managed with inexprsastbie
\ Aiaorder md are ~unaanitary beyond belief
TheIr unhVrienic condition is only eouallen
NV their dishonesty and extravaganza.
The alleged prince writes that Gen. Iyreoi
hrother Of n former Minister OF Martnes
called in his doctor one day. He was FEAR
fully III.
1Wh.re have yOa been dining'' asked tho
doctor.
Fl had luncheon with the Gar yesterday
! and I came. right home and went TO oeu'
l was 80 i'm" was the answer.
The doctor treated him for ptomsAn
poisoning and pulled him through. ~
The Cars table is financed ON . scAts
| OF enormous extravaganza. Each dlsh pro
vided In put dow at ten rubIes' or sOous
IS, and each single article OF 1000 ccuncs
a. . dish. though H. may he only a few Olives
or O bunch of celery. At great state o'n-
ners the figuring is still higher.
For instance, IL there are 500 covers sct
and lobster patties are on the raenu the
account put in will be for 500 HOLSTERS a.
four rubIes apiece. though one lobster
easily sufices for four or five guests: 0r
N ducks from Rouen are provided 500 .ducxS
are paid for at FIVE rublee apiece, though
each duck Affords four portions;
Witha the Holsters are apt to De OF ooupy-
ful freshness and the ducks do not come
from Rouen. h champagne wnlcn y
served on these great occasions, excepe
perhaps at the imperial table, ls,sur9 ~
masuuerade as the choicest brand an the
imperial cellars, but the real quauty ~
worse than Suspicious.
There il a man in st Petersburg who 10
famous for his dinn"ra ana Dts wine. ~
he il not wealthy his FRIENDS wonder nov
he does il. One day the writer solved the
Ne was sitting in a cafe with the dinner
river when a servant in court livery poppeo
his heal in mt a rear door ana D~ecHoneo.
The prince thought the signal was Tor ann.
but the dinner giver put in with a dry
laugh:
Never mind. that's my purvevOL kon-
eral He has something for me. Well nave
good wine to drink his Majesty's health In
tonight"
Thew went out into a rear corridor. where
thew found the servant had a dig oeskct.
Il contained twenty bottles OF the nnest
wines. which the dinner giver raid FOR ae
from 70 koUecks to a ruble a bottle and then
sent them to his house by a public porter
H. was far from a unique case. A regular
trafic in choice delicacies. including truit.
,1,ntrv and nOnfnctqOnGrY IL constantly
going on between the Cars pantry and the
back doors OF epicures OF the capital, some
of whom are well able to pay for their sup
plies at market Prices but VINO rave tne
In grained Russian love Of graft.
The tableware is also taken 0us o. SS9
raLace and sold by kitchen servants and
walters. In the reign Of Alexander III:
his artist friend Bogolubof, providing about
in search OF curios, came on a beautiful
SAvres plate, emblazoned with the Imperial
arms and monogram, In a junk shop: He
bought IL for a trite and then the dealer
sif Won care for rubbish Of hat sort !
can get you lots OF IT,"
"Do, by all means. " said Bogoiubod,
In q few weeks he had acc1mulnoed
several dozen specimens OF fine china and
glassware, all stolen from Tsarskoe-Selo.
One day he asked the Gar 70 come ana
see his newest cIlrios.
The Car was enraged when the matter
was explained TO him.. There was oon-
adorable clearing out OF servants. and the
police grabbed the old junk dealer Then
Alexander devised a plan to prevent further
lOoting.
He ordered that a catalogue Of every ar
ticIe in the palace be- prepared 80 that tbs
imperial property could be checked up az
intervals. In Russia there is always q
way 10 curry out a reform In appearances
and beat il in effect. The palace officials
selected a nice learned old man 70 make
the catalogue, an author named Gregofo<
witz. He Is dead and the Czar ie dead and
Bogomboff ia dead, but the catalogue 10
still unfinished.
One day the writer saw q painting with
the imperial stamp OF the Hermitage Mu-
scum on IL for sale for rive rublee in O Sec
ond' hand furniture store. He made some
discreet INQUIRIES and the guardians OF tina
museum told him that il was very hard tn
keep the pictures. Grsnd dukes and court
officials and Ministers had a habit OF bor-
rowing pictures for the decoration OF their
houses for special OCCASIONS, and they very
seldom came back.