The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-06-14
MAKING AUNIFORM
1t Was For the Gar, and He
Wanted 1t In a Hurry.
A SCARED CRIMEAN TAILOR.

When Pounced Upon by His Majesty's .
General, Who Cioaked His Mission In /.
Mystery, the Knight of the Shears /.
Thought His Time Had Come.
By special permission of the court /
authorities an amusing account is pub I
lished of the circumstances attending I
the ordering of a military inform by I
the car from a little tailor in the /
Crimea, Khaim Kurichkess by name, /
who lived at SimferopoI. the headquar- |
tCTs of the Crimean dragons.
When the imperial family came to
Lividai. and some days before the an
nual fete of the Crimean dragons. the
car told the colonel that be had in
store q gift for him and the regiment
the czarina had consented to become
their chief. His majesty added: Il
/ shall be there when you and your Of
1 fcers are presented to the empress
and shall wear your uniform. The
| only thing is. ! believe | haven't the
| uniform of the regiment. But that
| doesn't matter. there is time. if you
/ hurry. to have one made. You seem
]
/ form fits beautifully. Who made IT."
The colonel gave the name Of Zurich
kess. whereupon his majesty asked him
to arrange that Kurichkess should
make a uniform for himself adding.
smiling, Tell him TO do his best and
to turn ii out as we'll as yours"
There is next given a seriocomic de-
Ecrption of the alarm occasioned
among the Eurichkess household. con
sising of father. mother and nine chill
dren. when handsome motorcar stop
ped outside their door and a cloaked
general officer descended.
The general said in staccato sen
fences: You must come with me
Don't be frightened. You'll know
later where I'm taking you. can't
leave without you. We've lost much
time already. Get dressed quickly"
The tailor obeyed. went with his cap
tor and was absent for four days.
Nine Kurichkess was doubtful wheth-
er she was a wife or a widow.
Eventually the tailor turned up safe
and recouuted his adventures The
drive with the general had lasted two
hours and "a half During the whole
journey the general did not address
single word To him. When they reach
ed their destination. Yalta. all he said
was. "Khaim kurichkess. get out and
follow me"
He was assured that be need not be
alarmed: he would be provided with
lodging and with food. and the next
day he would be told why he had been
brought to Yalta aud what he had To
do He was told be need not try 70
escape. as he would be watched
His fears were dissipated when
colonel entered the room. and the gen
eral of generals" addressed him to the
following effect:
Great good fortune has fallen upon
you. His majesty the emperor wishes
you to make for him a uniform of the
Crimcan Dragons. But it must be as
good as that of the colonel of the regi-
ment- 1 hope you won't make a mess
of it. / will take you at once to the
palace. where you will be admitted to
the cars study to see his majesty's
figure"
When the general of generals" took
Kurichkess to the cars study his mai
esty was standing reading a document
with his back to the door. Some min
utes elapsed before he turned around.
In the meantime Kurichkess was root
ed to the floor.
The car on realizing his presence
- faced him and said: oh. you are here
To- already, You are Khaim Kurichkess,
the tailor. want You to make me a
uniform of the Crimean Dragons. Do
your best and see that it is a good lit.
Get to work at once"
Kurichkess went on to describe how
God had helped him in his work and
how satisfied the car had been with
the uniform and thanked him for it.
Kurichkess refused to accept any
: thing in payment. out his general in
sisted that, according to law. he was
obliged to receive 80 rubles for his
expenses. Moreover. the general added,
the minister of the court was aware
that Kurichkess was in debt. and he
gave the tailor an envelope containing
300 rubles from the minister to dis
charge bis obligations.
Kurichkess was driven back in a
motor to Simferopol, and some days
later an imperial messenger brought
10 his shop n case containing a gold
watch and chain. The double eagle
was engraved on the watch. which also
bore the inscription. TO Ehaim Ku.
reckless for ZeaL"-Argos.
A Lady" Is Defined.
The definition of n oantIar,op no,