Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-05
By Frederic ]. Haskin.


Now York city. Sept. New York
sian nobility nowadays. Apparently all
who could manage II camc here when
the Gear was killed. and since then "A
steady procession OF counts. countcsscs.
archdukcs and princes, temporarily
halted in Europe. has been hling hope
fully into Manhattan.
They are always turning up in the
mos, unexpected places. Tho new bar
Dor in tho hotel barber shop on tho
corner, the man who collects your
laundry. tho ticket takcr In tho sub
way. tho taxi chauffeur. the clerk in
tho florist shop and the young lady
behind the cigar countcr-arc all apt 10
belong to this distinguished but now
impccuniouS class
Now York has seen nothing like
thcm since the days OF tho French
Revolution when tho cN-court OF Marie
Aniolnucttc settled down to un-
familiar labor In the stables and bar
rooms of New York and Philadelphia.
The French. It is said. having brouEhi
with them their new clothes. relieved
tho gloom OF their cxllc by gay min
ucts Mt night. We'll. perhaps our Rus
sian nobility toddics. but II does not
appear very gay.
Not far from where tho reporter 1,
stopping there Is tiny. dilupidatcd
wooden shelter which houses n news
stand and. during the day, a silver
haired. hriRht-cyod old lady. who is
tho propriotrcss. She Is also Russian
countess. who used to be handed hce
own newspaper on carved bronze
tray. Two years ago she cainc here
from switzerland with sufficient in
come to live upon had she not Invested
II In u moving picture enterprise start
cd by Russian cx-adnirsl and his
son. When 1t failed she had only a
pittancc. but she gamcly took chance
and bought her newsstand.
This way. you scc,' shc explained
In perfect English. Il am always
privileged to follow tho nova OF Rus
sis. | read all tho daily newspapers IN
New York. When tho old regime re-
r"ins It's power. l shall Immediately
know IL"
This speech is characteristic Of tho
majority OF the refugees. Each carries
with him tho memory OF hidcour hap
pcninrs before he made his escape. hu,
OF these things he never talks. Instead
hc win begin to toll YOU that tho prcs-
ont Rolshcvist regime cannot last. that
/ 4, II but clumHy experiment which
In another 10 years he and his noble
sisters and cousins will be back in
possession OF their Russian land.
4 ROYAL. GUARD IN EMILE
ours is sacred trust" sclrmnls
D uCNlarrf "A hrwntrh"fTd ola captain OF
tho Royal Guard. who was discovered
making lamp shades In n downtown
art shop. We must Keep alive the
brains and the education Of Russia for
| the hour Of rehabilitation With neat
precision hc cut piccc OF Gilt braid
to he applied to tho parchment. we
have not tho right To die nc con-
/ tinuod Therefore We must work
"yrE, 10 years OF making lamr
shades aud you will probably change
Your mind" Interrupted clerk IN tho
shop. also a Russian, but prolctar-
ian.
Tho Russian nohlcNomar, who was
| formerly an hcircss to millions, admits
that shc Is beginning TO sympathisc
with tho rcNclutionistH since having 10
oarn hcr own living In New York. II,
| Russia Rhc had bcen sccuatomcd u
| gratifying oycry whim, She owned n
/ thontcr In which shc acted. she po-.
scss-d innumcrahlc ears and horse,
aud Jewels. ana servants her hcFri'
tality vas famous. and SO was her
Wins collar. Whom encountered recent
~ she was living on an income or SIS
u week which she earned as Fhlcs.
woman In y FIFTH Avenue shop
Whom I scli ,hcsn Msricss hnuhirs 10
women in tho stnro' she said. ~ bc.
Gin to scc why thS>c was revolution
IN Rutsin We wcr> criminal I never
tcaiirsd misery ana suffering before.
| Then, not Ions sgo. the head OF a