Evening journal., 1913-08-13
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS
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! have it from gentleman of the
highest position in the German diplo-
matte service. and who was command
ed" to attend the wedding of the
Kaiser's only daughter TO Prince Ernst
of Hanover. Duke of Brunswick -Luene-
burg that Car Nicholas was immensely
pleased with his little excursion" that
took him to Berlin to attend the nuptial
ceremonies as a near kin to the bride
The stav in the German capital was
such a wholesome change from the mo-
notony of the life his secret agents and
bodyguard compels him TO lead at the
winter palace or at Tzarskoe-Selo. that
am not at all surprised to be told that
which is not known in Berlin, namely,
that Nicholas one evening. as modern
Haroun-el -Rashid. in strictest incognito,
left the sumptuous apartments at the
Russian Embassy, jumped into a
"droschke" Ccabl and. like boy out OF
school. made the rounds of the city.
Well, II this be so. he certainly must
have enjoyed the outing. being perfectly
safe from recognition in blue serge
sack suit and fedora hat. such as thou
sands wear OF an evening in the great,
frolicksome city by the Spree. There
was bit of sequel TO this harmless
little escapade. Trying TO enter the
"Schloss," and not being known to the
double line of guards (wachtpostenl his
| imperial majesty had TO face all sorts of
questionings and delays. until his aid
de-camps. aided by the testimony OF
the Prussian high staff officers delegated
to his service. succeeded in persuading
the soldiers-who merely were doing
their duty in refusing admittance TO
the plain-looking civilian who failed to
! give them the password of the day.
! The Autocrat, upon leaving the city,
( gave an unmistakable and manifest
token of the pleasure and good time"
he had among the Germans. Each sue
ceeding Emperor of Russia is honorary
colonel OF one of Prussia's crack guard
regiments namely the First Guard In
fantry (Erste Garde Regiment IN Fuss
| During his presence in the city two OF
licers in charge of the regimental colors.
are quartered in the apartments of the
4 illustrious visitor. They are. as rule,
ensigns or second ieutenants The Gar
presented each with a monthly stipend
OF 800 marks tS73i, in addition toltheir
regular pay until such time as they
would be promoted to captancy. Quite
a welcome surprise to poorly paid Ger
man officers, indeed
The Car does not occupy the gorge
Gus Summer Palace at Peterhof, which
was begun i'm the seventeenth century
by Peter the Great, but lives i'm a
modest little house nearby. which re-
lsembles the the estates of well-to-do
country gentlemen. A big hedge en-
iclosing il insures privacy, and ms
there is no room for it, the Car and
Czarina are not bothered by a large
lretinue of servants and functionaries.
who are housed in separate buildings
in midst of extensive forest lands.
Some of them are quartered in the
Summer Palace. Court festivities i'm
/ Peterhof are always held in the Sum
mer Palace and the Car and Czarina
are far from the noise and confusion
/ of the preparations. They pass an
ideal life i'm their cozy little villa. and
are constantly with their children out
of doors, the Gar often romping on
the lawn with the small archduchesses
while their brother, the Czarevitch
lame since his little pony threw him
lis carefully piloted through the woods
on the back OF his faithful COssack
.soldier-nurse. The Czarevitch is look
ling stronger Of late. but he is as lame
as ever and il is doubtful if ever he
could stand the strain Of ruling Rus
sia
There are several military reviews
during the summer, and the Gar
lmakes it a point OF going among his
IAf frtf nj IA. I.n
when at St. Petersburg. II is seldom
however. that the camera catches him
when on foot among them, because nc
is shorter in stature than any officer
of his guard corps and he does moi
relish seeing the comparison adver
tised in a photograph
The big Summer Palace at Peter
hon was modelled after Louis XIV's
gorgeous site at Versailles, but Peter