Arizona republican., 1921-09-07

formerly an helreSS to millions, ad- mits that she is beginning to sym pathfze with the revolutionists since having to earn her own living in New York. In Russia she had been ac- customed to gratifying every whim. She owned a theater in which she acted; she possessed innumerable cars and horses and jewels and serv- ants: her hospitality was famous. and so was her wine cellar. When en- countered recently she was living on an income of s15 q week. which she earned as saleswoman in a Fifth ave nue shop.
 When I sell these useless baubles to women in the store" she said. T begin to see why there was a revo- lution in Russia We were criminal. I never realized misery and suffer ing before"
 Then. not long ago. the head of European exporting house was em- barrassed to discover that his new stenographer was a Russian princess who had once entertained a member of his family in Moscow.
 ''See, here" said the old gentle man, severely, handing the petite young woman a personal letter which had just arrived in the office mail. this is all very courageous. but you shouldn't do this sort of thing, you know. You weren't cut out for it."
 You mean I am incompetent? ?" in quired the princess.
 No; l mean I know who you are. and what you have been accustomed to, and I don't think you should de- vote the rest of your life to a type writer" the exporter declared. Now I'm going to get my wife to in yite-'
 "Ah, please, I must ask you not to- interrupted the ex-princess has, tily. T do not like to be reminded of my past because it was very un- happy. and this charming work makes me forget for very many hours each day. Also. it is pleasant to earn ones own living. is it not? Always I dislike to be under obliga- tion to any one"
 The Scorn of Work
 The royal refugees seem to fall quite naturally into the lower walks of American life, Having been heath them, they are unable to dis criminate between different kinds of work. A Russian nobleman usually lives in New York several months before he is able to understand why the manager of a factory in this country is of more social importance than the average factory employe. In the eyes of a Russian prince, a proletarian is a proletarian, whether he happens to be a soap manufac- turer or the soap manufacturers chauffeur.
 The establishment of social rela- tions with the American industrial aristocracy is also handicapped by the royal refugees lack of fine raj ment. Most of them had to leave Russia with extremely light baggage, which later received hard wear in European capitals. Their appear ance is not especially impressive, so that the soap manufacturer also has great difficulty in distinguishing be- tween a Russian royal parsonage and a Russian tailor. Indeed. under present conditions, they might well be one and the same. Another draw back is the recent slump in the Rus sian title market. which has made A Russian title about as negotiable as a Russian banknote. Thus few of the refugees have been able to achieve convenient alliances, and it is yet to be recorded that one has succeeded in capturing an American heiresS.
 
 former cordial reception in America, they do not complain. Most of them have settled down to proletarian existence without a murmur, and having so decided bravely to make the best of it. they often go even further and make money. An ex- general and his aristocratic wife. for example. are once more waxing pros porous or the profits of a small lingerie shop on one of New Nork's s most exclusive shopping thorough fares. When they first started this enterprise two years ago, they lived in one tiny. dark room at the back of their store, and the general spent his evenings delivering packages of lingerie to customers. Now a neatly uniformed delivery boy has taken over this end Of the work. and the tinv. dark room has been abandoned for a charming studio apartment on the floor above the store.