Show D V r t difference in time bc between teen st SL petersburg and derlin berlin is ex cx tun T tell gl GI minutes but the kind of time ou on hane hae there depends entirely on what nhat ou on want karl R kitchen writes in tho the world 6 Mriga magazine zine st petersburg presents greater con erasts in its life than any oil in eu ell rope there is no middle class which means ou all can dine well anell tor for bo or 70 kopecks kopecka 30 or 35 cents or tor for 20 to 30 rubles 10 or 15 tho the 60 kopeck diner never nener gets into tho the 30 ruble place as he sometimes does docs in new aorl ork or in berlin for that mitter the ballroom Hall room boj BO a kind of sport does not exist in the czars azars capital the result is that petersburg no one in russia ever eier sas st peters burg has the most clefant cleg int and talal most moat bostl night life in the world orld it is 13 impossible tor for bikers to pike in its gay restaurants which by the wa a do not open until 11 p in len the possession of a bank roll the usual for admission to sanctuaries of pleasure sure does not al NN was a s suffice here birth and social po eltion come coma before everything else elsa in the oil cit on the neva in petersburg it Is not fashionable to ill dine out as it la is in new I 1 lork ork if ou haie hae a letter of introduction to a Rus slin it matters not whether Nh ether he is an aristo aristocrat crt or a merchant ou on will be invited to his home at 6 30 1 I had a very difficult time persuading my petersburg host to take din dinner net at i restaurant it wis not until I 1 lad been at his hou hall ahree times th thit it h he e consented to dine with me at nemen chinsk s just off the pros hect ine e armed there earl for we ie had tickets for the ballet at the Marln sk opera which like cieri eer other theatre car cal entertainment in this city begins at eight sharp after wo me had shed our wraps araps we ne proceeded to the buffet where instead of a bartender was a waiter who screed up a dozen differ ent kinds of za kussa as the hors doeu d oeuvres are called sumptuous menu of russian meal A pickled mushroom orn or a gob of caiar replaces the cocktail in russia 1 l ra 7 K IR y ny ts haw t ia rf WA s 79 11 wv C j 2 biaas 1 JV aff a ff AT 1 a 4 1 i T bt S s ain ji f t n s 5 ah st 1 A 1 l A W 1 PJ S j r ahm sf lr Z IJ NS V 4 lawns liW i te geyr ty yr y IV 4 sha 1 4 r t 4 art 0 A t k 11 r t t i X N AZ ta 1 fes 4 ak T of Q s r V t va 0 IT V q X I 1 A 1 tia P 11 V I 1 nh i sty ai ff J Z I 1 ir ja f sl S l 9 5 yaa 2 2 i i 5 p ri JV aj kt ii f 11 1 1 aa i mi 0 etc V Q f V 4 4 4 A 4 PLACE dr DC LA and just as it Is not uncommon to take three or lour four cocktails before dinner on broadax Dro Bro adway aday so it Is not un usual tor for a russian to eat tep ten or III HI teen different kinds ot of liora hors doeu res it the buffet before sitting down donn to dinner it ma ins be added that caviar at Nemen chinsk a 43 does not table like bird shot pickled in hair oil in ahw main dining room a big bala laika orchestra Is playing no it is not ragtime it is Ts chaikovsky s arum we ordel the tible d bote chote dinner almost immediately wa no are arc sered nill a beet soup soul into which ise ic i 1 lace heaping teaspoonfuls of sour bour cream fresh water nater fish from L liki ladoga cadoga come next fol followed loed by roi rott t br bpck ef sliced in our pic sence from huge barons of Caucis lan beet beef wild roast with ith liugi roasted chast nuts is the next course ia blied don doin with kith impel impe ital lal wilio file from tile tha crimea I 1 lor or dessert nc sc liivi haac a compote of crimean frusti covered nath cheam so rich tru eliat at it could almost stand ilone the seriel is so that I 1 corn com tho the wilter ile he does dot mj german but my peters but buin friend explains the cause of this clalence cLI L lence a 11 Is i coope rathe restaurant rint its 35 N aiters and cool h s ale aie all icci tr to for or they want N ant us to dine there again so autocratic russia takes the lead in a net ne democratic the check is only three rubles plus one ruble GO 60 cents for or I 1 ill the mirl mir l Ne a although a fret clr lass class dining place I 1 is ery cry lie ic 1 p never liever go fio there it s IT 11 y frield s first I 1 isit we were the only diners in evening dress it Is ie a fir far cry from nf to the M opera house bouso the marinsky Mari Alari nelky lb is tho the home of the imperial russian billet and the imperial opera getting gelling a ticket for or a caruso night at our metropolitan Is like taking candi cand from rom a blind child compared with got get ting ling a scat beat at the Marin marinck sk tho the tick ets which are ten rubles 5 each ch are nearly ill all in the hinda hands of 0 arioto cratic families who hive hid bid the same places for on sunday and nights when the im portal ballet appears the beet beat scats scabs often bring 50 and rubles apiece to pa rubles tor for a box Is quite the thing when hen a new nei ballet Is to be given the Mail risky opera house Is not as large as our metropolitan it Is not as beautiful its is the paris opera but its audience on a ballet night is the most brilliant in the world rho jeweld and costly furs worn norn by the women nomen make even our diamond horseshoe sink in to insignificance rully fully one third of the men are in gorgeous uniforms the others of course are in evening dress cen tor for beauty it would be hard bard to burrise sur rise taa the feminine part of a ma grinsh audience lud lence that libeer lio eer er is a matter of taste the brilliant picture is unquestionable A dozen ovas appear th the a ballet tonight is 13 s sleeping beauty it Is glorious be ond and description A doen are on the great elige 0 e hundred and ten musicians jre are in the orches arches tra new nei york critics have praised the russian billet at the metropolitan in its home there is nothing to earn corn pare with nith it in the whole world it is now non 11 a 0 clock the ballet Is over and we vc emerge from the warm opera house to find it suoi snowing ing the first snow snob of the season most alost people forget it if the eer knew that pe kersburg burg has about the same climate as london deep troikas and other such things exist eist only in novel of petersburg life NN written ritten b hacks who never lied there petersburg la is as up to date as in an cit cil hi europe and it 11 Is in ill a big room taxicab we leave the opera loi for the aquarium twenty kopecki a 3 is the charge in petersburg w a vao two nersas are considerably mode more that a roil it will alit be seen that the rates aro are vei deiy low loin in 15 minutes wo we arilde it the aquarium the largest and am smartest after theater in the capital hy lt it is 13 BO 60 kmec nobody knows unless perhaps it ic i because the people who visit it denb like fish it is a handsome stone atone turo ture on the pros proa hect which trant translated meins roch island avenue it contains an aa ice pal ice ace ceic one can dino dine or skate a theater in ill which irleta perform ances arl arc gheri from 11 30 p in to 4 i in dobens of cabinets or private dining rooms in ILI which one c gin cin in sup with or Nit without hout music and list but not le left lt a hall in aich which the champagne tunoa tanco aie wo we chouju it 0 rhanis igne tingo tango chich costs co its ell M entrance tee fee for or ahr lie ot of orde ordering zing chim 1 ligne igne it 14 bubles M 7 per bottle Iloe cr called alle iJ peanuts were served gervea tree free nith tile ine neaily men and omen in forms or chenin evening dribb nrc are seated a at lobig lon tables tabei thinking champagne flora fiora ong Ele eleminey mined E and watching bonato and lilb fatir tiler latigo haugo ill ind down tile the lane ians between the chairs it is ib a brilli cint scene ahe Aquai iuni is ib respect able most of the officers and aristo biats at the champagne cham tingo are their wives nive the danin is dona clone b bi 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