The daily Alaskan., 1913-09-16
MAKING AUNIF08M
1t Was For the CZar and He
 Wanted It In @ Hurry
IA SCARED CRIMEAN TAILOR.

A SGAhEU ChIWEAN lAlLuh' When Pounood Upon by Hia majosty'a General, Who Cloakod He Mission In myrtsry, Che Knight of tho shoara Thought Hls Time Had Come. By special permission of Che court authorities an amusing account ls pub. .ushcd of tbc circumstances attending che ordering of a military uniform by the czar from a utIo tailor iu the Crmca, Khulm Eurichkess by name,
 who lived at slmfcropoI, tho hcodquor. .ters Of che CrUmean draEoons.
 When Che imperial family came to .Llyidul, and some days before the on- . .nuaI fcte of the CHmngU dragons, the
 azur told che colonel that he had in store a gift for him and the regiment Che cmduu had consented to become .tnoIr chief. His majesty added: I shah be there when you aud your of Hcers are presented Co che empress . land shall wear your uniform The .on.y thing is. | believe haven't Che uniform or che regiment But that .Ioasut matter there Is time. if you .luIry. Co have one made You seem fD have uu excellent tailor Your uui. form Grs beautifully Who made itt" The colonel save Che name of Kurich-
 .Ecss whcrounou his majesty Uskclhim Ito arrange chat Eur.chEcss should make uniform for himself, adding. .smIue. "wrl him to do his best and to turn IC out as well 0s yours" There Is next given scri0comic de-
 scr'nuon of Che 0l0sm accustomed
 among the Eurebkcss household con-
 slslur Of father mother and nine chil-
 dron. when a handsome motorcar stop.
 ped outside their door and a cI0aked general officer descended
 The general said 0r succ8to sem tenocs. "yDu must come with me. Don't be frightened N0u1l know
 Inter where I'm taking you I can't leave without you We've lost much Hwc already Get dressed quickly" The tailor Dbcycd, went with his cap- tor and was absent for four days Mmc. KuruUkcss was doubtful wheth- | CT she was witc OF a widow. I Eventually Jho tailor turned up safe and rce0uu.el his adventures. The g drive with Che general bad lasted two ! hours and a mII During the whole ! l Journey Che general did not address a ] single word to him. When they reach led their destination Yult0, an he said l was. "Ehgim EurichkCss, get out and ! follow me-"
 | Hp was assured thut he need not be 8|UHrmoI. he would bc provided with ] ! I0Igiug and with food, and the next ] IIday ho would be told why he had been ] brought Co YUIu and what he had to lido. He was told he ueed not try to ! l escape. as hp would bc watched. T His fears were dlssIp0tcd when a l colonel entered Che room, and tbe "gen- l crlI of generals" addressed him to the ] l following pueets
 ] Great good fortune has fallen upon l you lis majesty thc emperor wishes ! you to make for him a uniform Of thc ] ! Crmoan drlg0Ous. But it must be as ! good us tbnt of tbc colonel of the rcgl- meut ] hope you won't make a mess |0r it ] win take you at once to the |nrucr. where you win be admitted to , Che czur's study Co see his majcsty.s 1 figure"
 Il When che general or generals" took Q | Kuriahkess Co thn gzHr'W study his moJ- esgy was standing reading a document
 wIh his buck to thc door. Some min
 utos elapsed before he turned around. In Che meantime EurichEess was root
 ed to the 1oor
 The czar on realizing his presence
 faced him and said: "Oh, you are here |areaGy, You are Nhaim kurIchkcss, . the tailor want you to make me uniform oG Che CrImem dragoous. Do your beet and see thut it is good hL ! Get t0 work 0t once"
 Kurfcnspgs went 0u 70 describe how
 God had helped blm u his work and
 how satisfied thp Czlr had been with
 che uniform and thanked hlm for it
 Kur.cbEcss refused t0 accept any thing in payment but hIs general ln- o sisted that according Co law, he was
 obliged Co receive J0 ruhlos for his expenses. Moreover, the general added,
 the minister Of the court was aware
 hat EuricbEcss was ID debt, Uud he
 gave Che tailor am envelope containing
 300 rublcs from the minister to dis B charge bIs obligations
 Kurlchkess was driven back In a r motor Go SImrcropoI, and some days , later an Imperial messenger brought
 to his shop a case containing a gold
 watch and chain The double eagle
 was engraved ou Che watch, which also r bore Che inscription, 'To Eh0im Ku-
 rrhEcss for Zeal l"-Argos
 & A "Ladyp ls Cefined.