The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-25
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the reign and mode of lifc OF Car
Nicholas H., is the morganatic wife of
Grand Duke Paul. and an exile from
her native land o. Russia In making
the translation. she has erred in tas.e
and Judgment. and Il is very doubt
full whether It's publication in Paris
Will accomplish Its object that s 70
say, cause the Car 10 relcnt towards
her For. instead OF simplifying tho
text of the Russian professor. she not
only gives literal translation. bur
even an extremely exaggerated rem
derinS of his ponderous and somewhat
obsequioGs phraseoloGy, which. while
passable in Russian. sounds ridiculous
In French. Thus, instead OF saving that
the Emperor and Empress breakfast
en- tete-a-tete. she says that the En-
peror "condescends" to take this meal
with his consort. In fact she makes
use of the words deign" tdaigneD and
"condescend" about everything that ne
does; while whenever the pronoun he.
Is used concerning the Car. 1t is al
ways with capital II" (for
"il"-he) just as IL she were writing
about the Creator
Particular stress is laid upon the
almost Oriental forms of humility. re-
stricted as a rule to some Of the
courtiers and inferior officials in their
relation To Emperor Nicholas. which
like sensible. level headed. simple
minded man. nc is the first TO despis..
and when one reads the well-nigh
servile phraseology OF the countess's
translation. 1t is difficult to realize
that she ever belonged to the great
world Of st. Petersburg. as wife of
General Pistolkers. who was the prin-
cipal aide-dc- camp OF Grand Duke
Paul.
The grand duke was to such an ex-
tent infatuated with her while she was
still Nine Pistolkers tina, ne adorned
her with the jewels OF his dead
mother, the late Empress Marie. which
had been bcqucathed TO him. as her
youngest and favoritc son: and when
she appeared thus decked out at a
court ball at the Winter Palace the
present Empress mother. and the Car
himself. were so indignant that they
ordered her immediate withdrawal
whcrcupon she left St Petersburg for
France. Being in due course divorced
by her husband, she became the NOR
ganatic wife OF Grand Duke Paul, who
married her at LeEhorn in 1902. being
thereupon banished from Russia and
deprived of all his military honors in
punishment OF his mesalliance.
About five years ago the Car re-
Tented sufficiently to restore him to
MS ipI iiitI NH tdIN rank ana TO per-
nit him to return to Russia. But the
lady. for whom her husband obtained
the Bavarian title of Countess of Ho-
henfelsen, still remains barred from
Muscovite territory
The grand duke occasionally visits
ST. Petersburg on state occasions, but
makes his permanent home with tho
Countess Of Hohenfelsen in Paris He
| is an uncle of the Gear. and by his frs Il
| wife Alexandra tsister OF the present
! King of Greece. who died in so tragic
a fashion at Moscow, has two children:
one. Grand Duchess Marie. who is mar
ried TO Prince William OF Sweden
while the other. Grand Duke Dmitri
taulovitch. extremely good looking.
Is high in favor with the Emperor.
and regarded a likely to become his
son-tn W, and 10 he associated with
the Czarina in the regency of the en-
pire, in the event OF the young Czaro-
witch succeeding to the crown while
stil a minor
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