Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-06

he and his noble sisters and cousins
will be back in possession Of their
Russian land.
A Royal Guard in Exile.
ours il q sacred trust" soIernnly
declared bewhiskered Old Captain OF
the Royal Guard, who was discovered
making lamp shades in downtown
art shop. we must keep alive the
brains and the education of Russia
for the hour of rehabilitation" With
neat precision he cut a piece Of gilt
braid 70 be applied 10 the parchment.
we have not the right 10 die" ne
continued. Therefore we must work !"
Yes, 10 years Of making lamp
shades and you viii probably change
your mind" interrupted a clerk in the
shop; also a Russian, but a proleta-
rian..
The Russian noblewonnsn, who was
formerly an heiress to millions, admits
that she is beginning to sympathize
with the rcvolutionists since having 70
earn her own living in New York. In
Russia. she had been accustomed to
gratifying every whim. She owned a
theatre in which she acted; she possess
sed innumerable cars and horses and
jewels and servants; her hospitality
was famous. and so was her wine cell
lar. When encountered recently she
was living on an income Of SIS a week,
which she earned as saleswoulan in a
| F'ifth-Avenue shop.
When / sell these useless baubles
TO women in the store" she said, u
begin to see why there was a revolu-
D tim Ia 81
never realized misery and suffering
/ before"
Then, not long ago. the head OF a
European exporting house was en-
barrassed to discover that his new
stem grapher was a Russian princess
! who has once entertained a member
Of his family in Moscow.
/ See here" said the old gentleman
severely, handing the petit youne
woman personal letter which had
just arrived in the Office mail, "this Is
all very courageous, but you shouldn't
do this sore of thing. you know. You
weren't cut out for it"
You mean / am incompetent" in
quired the princess.
NO; I mean know who you are
and what you have been accustomed
to, and don't think you should de.
vote the rest Of your life to a type.
writer the exporter declared. Nov
I'm going to get my wife to Invite
All, please, I must ask you not 30,
interrupted the ex-prtncess hastily. y
do not like to be reminded Of my past
because it was very unhappy, and thi.
/ charming work makes me forget fol
very many hours each day. Also, i
is pleasant to earn ones own living
is It not? Always I dislike TO be under
obligation to any one."-
The ScOrn of Work.
The royal refugees seem to fan
quite naturally into the lower walks
OF American life. Having been
brought up to consider all work be-
meath them. they are unable to dis
criminate between different kinds OF
work. A Russian nobleman usually
lives in New York several months be-
fore he is able to understand why the
manager of factory in this country
is of more social importance than the
average factory employees. In the eyes
of Russian prince, a proletarian is
a proletarian, whether he happens TO
be a soap manufacturer or the soap
manufacturers chauffeur.
The establishment of social relations
with the American industrial aristo-
cracy is also handicapped by the royal
refugees lack of fine raiment Most
Of them had to leave Russia with ex-
tremely light baggage. which later
received hard wear in European capi-
tails. Their appearance is not especial
~ impressive, so that the soap manu-
facturer also has great difficulty in
distinguishing between a Russian
royal parsonage and a Russian tailor.
Indeed. under present conditions. they
might well be one and the same. An
other drawback is the recent slump
In the Russian title market. which has
made a Russian title about as nego-
table as a Russian bank note. Thus
few of the refugees have been able TO
achieve convenient alliances. and il
is vet to be recorded that one has sue
ceeded in capturing an American
heiress.
But IL the refugees miss their for