Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-08
PITY IS THEIR DUE.
Czarina and Her Mother-in-
Law Are Unhappy Women.
LIVE IN CONSTANT DREAD
Former Has Her Children, But Life
of the Latter Is Empty of
All Except Sadness.
Special cablegram to The Star.

Special Cahlegram to The Star.
PARIS. July s-Of all the women in
the world. rich CT poor high or low.
probably none is more deserving of pity
than the czarina, who Is still wearing the
crown of the consorts OF the cars and
the cars widowed mother. OF these two
women the more unfortunate is Marie
f'eodorowna. the dowager empress. The
czarina, though changed from a mirth-
loving princess to a miserable woman.
haunted continuously by fears, still has
her children's love to bear her up, but
the other is lonely, disconsolate widow.
bereft of the husband she adored. sep
arated from her son and haunted by fear
of the nihilists. Through the long years
she wanders from Russia to Denmark.
from Denmark to England, always in
fear Of losing life which. after all. has
become an almost unbearable burden,
but to which she still clings with the in
stinct of selfpreservation.
The picture which most people have
formed of the mother of the cara
character-stands In sharp contrast to
the conception of the Russian revolu-
tionists, who know her as the woman
who dominates her sons sickly mind
anu WHO. WITH IneAoTdDlo severity, carries
on a reactionary policy of revenge over
| the liberal movements
The hatred of the Russian revolution
lists FOR her has gradually called forth in
her mind a terror OF their bombs, as
strong as that noticed whenever her
son emerges from his prison in the
winter palace or Tsarskoe Selo.
Fears to Leave Yacht.
| Not even when she spends few weeks
| OF each year in her idyllic little cot
tase or Hvidoere, on the peaceful shore
| OF the ceresund. near Copenhagen, does
this dreadful fear leave her mind az is
evidenced by the following, written from
Copenhagen:
The Empress Dagmar tthe name hy
which she is known in Denmark is liv-
ing in continuous fear of nihilists. Time
ana again We have seen how she has
| Tor weeks while Russian detectives have
searched Copenhagen, and at last we
nave seen her secretly leave the Yacht
at Dawn never again to show herself
| untll she boards II to sail for Russia -
ACCIDENTALLY there was heard a new in
cldent which shows the state of terror
| that reigns in the little cottage of Hyi-
deere Two elderly ladies from Copen-
hasen the other day went out to find
summer apartments near Hvidoere They
found couple Of rooms on the first floor
| in house opposite the empress villa
ne arrangements were nearly concluded
when the landlady asked the two ladies'
| IL they had any objection to letting a
| strange lady use their balcony a few
| hours each afternoon.
Further explanation brought out the
fact that the strange lady who wanted
TO spend a few hours each day on the
balcony OF the modest apartments was
the mother Of the Car of Russia. The
courtiers who made the arrangements
for her said that the reason Of her
strange wish was her eternal dread of
the anarchists bombs.
Queen Elizabeth's Health.
Queen Elizabeth. the idol of the Belgian
people and the fond mother of three
| most interesting children, is not yet quite
| restored to health. Her arduous charity
work. combined with the social exactions
of her position after she became queen.
brought on, last winter a violent at
tack of typhoid fever. which left her in
an enfeebled condition. Her lungs and
throat were SO affected that as soon as
she was able to be moved she was taken
to the Riviera.
Not being much benefited there, she
sought the still milder climate of Egypt
Now she is at home again. but she is
ton which ought to be performed for an
ear trouble. 1t was her custom to drive
out daily with her children, but since
her return she has not been permitted to
continue this.
Delighted With Her Doll.
Although Princess Julianas father,
Duke Henry Of Mecklenburg, is a typical
German. she is thoroughly Dutch in her
seriousness and slowness. Frequently she
is to be seen driving a span of tiny
ponies about the royal palace grounds at
The Hague. She sits in a miniature
phaeton. while a nurse walks alongside
and a groom holds the guide rein Her
second birthday she celebrated by re-
viewing the Apeidoorn Boy Scouts, who
paraded in her honor.
Among her birthday presents was a
large doll dressed in Dutch costume.
which was brought to her by a peasant
woman from Iceland. The woman was
permitted to hand the doll personally to
the little princess, who received it with
great delight.