The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-10
The PRINCESS GOT TWO COOKS
>HI NDrIID TUO TO LEIlF
A KBO.IiN NOV tNTERi.
rudo>>ion CaniacUrrnr Tells "f Urr IN
urrlrncr> NrRrS Ngo Ia RussIs Wolf
~hr shot From n ~lr'IEr She Nr-
rapGrd Ertr Win borrowed NOmrn.

Irutlo>>totT eaniacUlcnr Tells of Tier IN
u-rIrncr> NrRr> aga la RussIs wolf
~hr shot from n ~Ir'lEr She Lr-
rapGrd Fctr Win borrowed Nomrn
r'rur,.,- T.pip~S,oT Cantacurn" u
.....r. - the LAT" Capt John Blark
\ Nas rnHtting yesterday AT W"
...nrii apnut SON" Of her experiences
. hu>-a. where She ,"i for elgh tocn
..tr~ Mh"u her husband died about
r.r,. wears ago the Princess came hacl,
inns ~puntry. although sh" has sI-'rIf
much 1T 40" time -ln,s then m Europe.
~, sllni hat thr,., large estates
.,.f' TAN hv his father IA B,'ssarabia. and
or hum- Was m IA. mountains about
ulrty-'iN. miles from kI-hin"ff said tho
PRINCESS Yesterday. When you got nut
q 'N" illag~s ia" country vas very Wiki.
and u VAS no uncommon thing IN winter
e. uaN" your ~"ic" CNls'si hy wolves.
"" Used to travel along with four horses
y4llIug abreast, III" driver AMI IA" foot
man standing tn On" oC,a~ion We we're
pursued hy a PACK. and nv husband
shot me" hut this stayed them only long
enough Ia tear the carcass Ia piro,.s and
a. y ami they kept after us until VI"
actually got MO village. II used 10 h.'
a irssjurnt thing To hear Of men being
-voIrci bv wolves
+ once shot a wolf myself He had
hidden under a stack uf hav. and the foot
man took a log and pOk,.i hm cat. ! had
a small gun. but ! pull"d I'll" trigger
Qulcklv and IN" shot went behind on" Of
a." beast ears
W. lived IN Rumania four wears ha-
tora "" wont tn BeSsaraha This was
ust after the TURK lsh war and Plevna.
when Rumanla got us Independence.
tn" country Was not ~ thiCSIy -,ttbr'i
~ now. and Bucharest was Uu" "t tn"
dirtie-t cities had ever seen Whom ""
vent Ia Russia | had to become n mem
h.r IT the GreeA church ami 20 tn COM
nunion every SUNDAY. "'S" ~" peasants
would not hav" respected ~"
The Jews stirred mp the Peasants
against my husband ANYHOW. and tor
= tim. W. had trouble On" d,v inv
husband took nv Arabian hor-' out ana
was riding through IA" villac" when a
crowd of men threw dirt aud stones at
him. lie simply rode up Ia ia" l"auer
and knocNei him down. Af'srward
the people grew to love hun Their" was
never u man buried IN the viiiag" but what
NV husband bought his coffin and paid
the priest for officiating. and AZ all tho
weddings | used to give the hrid" truIs-
s-au. together with simple furnishings
for her hous. On. result Of this Was to
make marriages frequent
I r"membeT that one dav about two
or throa wears after We had taken w
CUP RESIDENCE there va r"c"iv-i wort
hat the Governor of the province. Who's"
nar- was CoGnard vas coming ro lay
49, a visit. | was IN ki-hneT AZ III" time,
.. hurried home TO niak" preparations
Most u the servants Rad taken advantage
- ,ur absence a. they usually do IN
hI--ia. TO get drunk and II took m" two
C.~- to get them soh-r,d up
our village was Mindrl. Wh- p" all
~" mon wer. very handsome u IS the
village from which the guards are re-
c-rIi'ed but the women were almost
81 uIdeous beyond d"s' rip' ION wanted
70 get up some natiN" dances. but the
Governor Was man 81 t~th"'IC 'a~'.'-.
and H." Can~'- wouldn't lupk a." '-'-'
u | diin Z have pretty women A. we'll.
The next village was H-rbOvIrz. Wh'o'
the women ara mostly pretty and ~"
men ugly. 50 after thinking u over m
NItet n" NOW-n Of H"rboyItI over To
dance with tn" men Of Mindra
1t was IN the summer and too hot
o. hold th. t"te M the hDu-@. 30 | staged
" IN an oI-ninR IN great forest ~" had
The Governor had "A suite Il forty I-r-on-
and there WeT. about seventy or eight
other quests besides the peasants. The
latter dSnced in national costume. and
the Governor said that my lltti" fate
champ"tre was the most eni"yabl" enter
tSinmsnt had hS ever Witnessed
When I first went there | had some
trouble getting servants. got my
maid and butler from Vienna and had
my housekesI-r get others from IN" vi
lage and train them. Tn" chief diiii-
Guilty was IN getting a good COOK. Our
place was surrounded 10y monast"rl''-
and one Of them was me given 20 fh"
monks by my father in law. who from
all accounts was rather a worldly p"rs. n.
Who thought he could square things
up BY doing all his righteous d.-'dS m a
lump. as II were. 80 h" had parted with
= - or .0DO acres II land for the hurCh.
Sow | always had the idea that monks
lived very well ~ I made inquiries and
Z nd that they had two exceptionally
ID cooks. ! YVES abl" hy ur"rIng god
wages u tempt them both away. The
a. hIutntri'. never fU-gava me. IL"
HsN"i m" snrn" time later why ] had not
'l'-'u satisfied % take only one told
k.W that | knew that one or the other
V.tli always he drunk and that. ~ u
49, Necessary for M" - have always
. snh"- cook. thought ! could accom-
'..-n y by taking both men and arranging
win them that they should tax" their
dE1 ~ alternate days.
\ lot - the trouble IN Russia had been
Cus."d by the sons - priests Won 49,
q" v.iltg" PRIESTS hav" t. h." married
'"' .r.. they can ~ 0rdiIn"d They usu-
civ 'ty" large families and an 'a",r ~un-
o." ",. ..'tt"d a. ~" eV' "n-'' = ~" GOV
"'N'r.r' They get int IN" hipl' g
.NIl- with young arIst"crat~ AMI 'u"u. .
"'"n hoy get through school thor" ~
'n NJ f.f many - th"'r ~ d.. ~"
o .'.'"r Il Government goSlii"ns i"lns
.' Ted except 10 70 back 10 their I..ts-
Fr' -g--puudIngs Discomfort turns them b
.r' trl-rhI-'s and nlhiiISts
.sra 2 'la greatest drawbacks found I
''H 20 contend alth WdS IN" passport .
= ...w S.fu"' mo- when | wanted - 7
' pd..~Sa found that a." p-"iact /
i. e o." away for a day or two. and I
O.. 30 .Yulont 10 anywhere without ,
.--'..f' u WIS always necessary to /
". NIL tie DfliCIal ga back