Show Itu salas Dau dauber geir should the czar die the principal danger will come not from the nihilists nihilisms lists but from the quarter of the grand gracd duke vladimir the czars azars brother and the bus band of one of the most ambitious ambitions intriguing tri guing and unscrupulous of german princesses her influence has been bad for russia in every way her terrible extravagance in dress has baa excited rus itu sian eian ladies to even greater excesses in in that way than they were wont to indulge in which is certainly saying a great deal for the russian women have always been with our own fair compatri compatori com patri its the best patrons of the most extravagant parisian modiste and dressmakers and it is to this mecklenburg princess prince that st petersburg owes the objectionable habit which has now become so popular in the grande monde of russia of having roulette tables in all the most select elect lect and swagger salons where very high play indeed is indulged in the play at the house of princess betsy for example is very high and a young gentleman of fortune anxious to lose most of his shekels in gambling by the side of the neva need not by any means go to 0 the yacht club to do so BO but can put himself on the straw as the french say bay very easily by the roulette played at half a dozen of the best houses bouses in st petersburg cor philadelphia times |