Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-05 | Page 29 | Russian Empress Feared Rasputin

Russian Empress Feared Rasputin ? The late Kmpress of Russia "si-1 though she hsd the ftilleet confidence confi-dence In Rasputln'a Integrity. twice: aent her close friend. Madame Anna Vlroubova. to the distant R Iberian village, where the preacher lived, to make inquiries Into his private lit there. j In her forthcoming book, "Mem-' ortag of ths Ftuaslan Court," Madame i Vlroubova deocrlbeg one of these visits. Hhe writes: "la company w It a Madame Orloff, mother or (ten- j era! Orloff. and with two other! women and our maids, I made the; long journey to "therla, leaving the railroad at the little town of Teu-n-ean. Here ftaaputln met ua with1 a clumay, peaaant cart- drawn by two farm horeea. In this sprlng-leas sprlng-leas vehicle we drove eighty varsts serosa the eteppes fiy ths vlllsges where Hasputin dwelt with hla old wife, his three children, and two aged spinsters who helped In the houeework and tn the care of the j fields and ths rattle. The household wss almost Biblical Bib-lical in It a bare simplicity, all ths guests sleeping In sn upper chamber cham-ber on straw mattresaes laid on the rough board floor. Kxcept for the beds the rooms were practically without furniture, although on ths era I la were Ikons before which faint tapera burned. We ate our plain meals In the common room down stairs, and In the evening there usually cams four passant men, devoted de-voted friends of Kasoutln. who were called 'the bro there.' Hitting around the table they sang prayers snd psalms In ruatle faith and fervor. "A I moat every day we went down to the river to watch Kaaputln and the brothere. flshermea all, draw to their seta, and often ate our dtn-rer dtn-rer by the river, cooking fish ever little camp fires on ths ahore, sharing shar-ing la common our retains, bread, ruts sad perhaps a little pastry. Ihs season being lent we had no meat, ao milk, nor butter." ' sawaasaassswss j