The courier-index., 1918-03-22
PMER RUSS. GAR HEADS LONELY LIFE
\ .ow SNOW WHITE AND
 R 's0 NO" SHOWS MELANCHOLY RNNEn LESS RESIGNED .,nrR CLOSE GUARD.

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 Ez sl'S'"s UNDER CLOSE GUARD
 s.,.itzerIand, Feb. 5.-Nich.
 |neva, onoff D who as emperor ol
 R0pa nuce exercised sway ,oo over sl
 ia O~Jo os millions of Russians ieaas
 fate Q, solv life at Tobolsk, the
 Pel0n'D~ity Dcity of death,' to ,. wnlcn
 rian oi'' his family were exiled,
 ne an' o one of the Red guards
 'oned ru,sI at his home there. here. That If
 oneu ,isa has always been that oi
 " iie {, inc former emperor has
 isons sted as saying. Tt is not
 msr au power that l regret
 foi%s one wish and that IS to
 n to the crimea ana oeVo'e ny
 to horticulture. ..,a o;.u
 r,.si nussjan Red guard said:.
 ,sa attitude of the emperor when
 ns s,oue is full of calm and simple simple
 a'o sut as soon as he thinks
 n.y. 7. is no longer observed, ne w way and walks with bent mead.
 hair has become as wnite as
 and his face is filled with ',n, melancholy. He is often seen l. <y
 sa m window following his children
 AI s,s eyes when they go out TOT r.lE w and furtively wipes away a
 .ho emperor shows resignation
 aos not find an echo in his wife,
 endria Alix. Everything in her
 -. situation seems calculated to I'd M her and make her miserable.
 wos only allowed to take with f,fteen boxes of clothing. At ]. s;pht this may seem quite a [s,derable amount, but it must not |,orcotten that the whole wardroDe |fiye women and an emperor IS con- 6sd therein. Therefore it Is com Ibensible that it would not suffice an exile of long duration. TO ! must be added the impossibility |nrocuring any kind of clothing in bolsk The princesses possess In only four costumes, and are oblig- to be contented with these. AS Iards their jewelry, they were forc- to leave. it all in Petrograd.
 |The former empress occupies her |f, greatly with her children, but |tead of encouraging them to be Iiened she strives the whole time keep up in their memory the re- lmbrance of the past. It is the feasibility of corresponding which volts her the most. The few let Is she receives are carefully cen red beforehand by the officers of } body guard. Her confidential end is Madame Marichkina, 'mer lady in waiting. now living Tobolsk, from whom the former lpress has no secrets,
 The princesses can move freely out the town, without any special perintendence, but naturally not thout being followed step by step the street police who, however, rform their duty as discreetly as ssible. On the contrary the heir apparent closely guarded, as the revolution es fear an abduction. He is es- ted everywhere by the sailor De- nenko, who once saved the princess at hunt. He has not the right go into town without being accom- lied by certain number of off s. The prince is in good health, slight limp betrays the stiffness the right foot, which is incurable. There is little to say about the VI IuC piluCC5otS. uC 0IdHu chess Olga, who is of a very seri- nature, perhaps even gloomy, has 'ome nurse in a military hospital convalescent Siberians, to whom devotes six hours a day. The md Duchess Marie is learning ewriting and shorthand in order help her father in the editing of memories But up to the present emperor has neither written nor tated anything.
 The ground floor of the residence the former imperial family is upied by company of soldiers. aically termed the "emperor's 'ysuard." The remaining two i'es form the apartment of the nroned monarch-Col. Romanoff. consists of four large and four all rooms, which are furnished in
 simplest manner. There is no 'cf, no gas, no electricity and m