Show AN IMPERIAL R receptions of so a C court court real nt at it alio llio ast innaco in bt ac i I 1 1 I bo be viconte vu eugene do ian 1 it russian ruan high lafo in harwas malt HI writes among other lhing ln the ino I 1 1 ro nil I 1 iff the iho sergeants of tho the imperial hour lot hivo havo gone through tile iho ta towa ruhh it it i a houses of the iho elect clock win who I 1 it ii acon won convoked for that thai ov ening anti lillion to ilia court isau order give on 1 i i y joy day of tho the fc facto to according to in 0 re ran i liberates ft om alian all an 1 persons it arco iu wen even from duties toward the tha deal dead tr mourning docs not da penso abc froin i in 10 obligation to appear at a court error ay i iy y and it must be lei auld aside when com 0 buo ouo a i roo r tho the adocia A woman Is 1 hotel not allotted 0 ca berm r if in black anria before tho thal vl 4 unless ho la wearing mourning ar r ciao of he rola relatives tives dinner us iua labeit taken hastay for tho the ball ape open a til at and you most bo there tharo well wall before the iho hour in the salo salons it h ou u aft fur for tho the ili arrival ala 1 of at t iho a E emperor Empo ap eco lao hun n dred of carriages fall io in line and deposit at tile the entrances of the winter palace 0 bundles of furs and thou then return it to tako take their position tiou on the square tho the cotchu mn who pas pain A part of the night eight t n ding in liboa now rather gather around largo lire fixes lighted in grates bullach ullach aro are 1 placed I ac ad thera for these oc it ids Is a platter caqui bivouac they look like alts assembled tha darkness on this field odilo to guard ilia iho enchanted milaca a magician is IA visions la n mirage of opt ep i ing the doors close behind tho the bundles of fur still and immediately after they lie iho vestibule le they aro are by touch of tho the magicians waud ivand the fairy doc facto bealus tho the heavy cl 11 I 1 3 11 from baro bare housdon hout don boa aud licau ul afu fik aug r olca files issue front from chrysalides la a the midst of tho the rare flavion that cover the carble steps nod aad jn in the mild juno JUDO simon horo hem A cortege ding one ODO of the iho Arsi blun 2 nights mounts tho the stair calias cabit train of laco inca sweep veep a ator or tho the porphyry ktelis diamonds diamond and going gains to la the gloa of tio lax laxfors tors there Is a brillient array army my of anany DI any colored uniforms sabers and spurs clank over the floors floor tho the guest 8 defilo between pickets of guar guarda if a c hosen chonen front from tho the banda omel men in tile tho regiment glacis s iu in armor who tend hannd as moti motionless ouless as statues the abo coni com mav its enables in tho the white hodio in tile tho salle do hero la in tho the trout rank are arc consider considerable atal personages personage tho the old portrait ladles ladies a BO called they wear in their corst goin a froilo of bi ill ioina a minlu turo of iho ein piave booro guard guardians lans of ancient oti aft quarto qi iotte living chronicles of the iho courts court they tenth tho the traditions to tin tile swarm of young women over they keep watch namo name lv kv tile li 0 honor 0 u who liay b bo 0 rc recognized 0 0 g tab idian im li diamond hi amond by tho 0 monogram 0 g r m n diamond 8 0 of 1 t iho 1 ia roi KnIna empress which aboy wear buckled wilh at a knot of blue hiboon on tho the left dor der the celebrated beauties of if reters bur g aro are nil alt thoro there they cross tho the room with a picturesque anil it I 1 la le T in their walk and bo the thoro t a is 1 s something om langold in their tua n though their looks and words rare absently abs cutly following A long ion dream ant that leads them to tho ex ire taunts of their interminable father laid amongst the men 1 aho vho he press around them we w first of all some boino need people und high dignitaries old servitors who isho lima bao grown eluio to in the iho service of tho the court over tho the meigu of nicholas Kl cholas aids aldott de lecamp camp of lain majesty Majc siy ministers am bassi dors and chain borlaus with vita tile tho goljan key on oil their balks and worthy bosoms aro are be decked with grand ii wa hii 0 1 I ii I i vo latch hk h do not nol leave a square inch of surface ft fieo cc ou on their breasts then come ilia young most of them belon tir to tho the mo crack regiments of ilia junrus glarus and the iho borso guards they Theve carry arry in their hands bands a 0 heavy helmel with ft with open as here from beside them aro luti lancers cers in lol j katis in fit green con coat cw I 1 U aped la in their long conff tunics boiled belted with ilia ort cases tit in balver tho the is 8 of the guard look peculiarly elegant in their short va title dolin nike embroidered vs ath golda ffoyd f w bordered with wilh sable bablo furl for Is I 1 1 f hr their should aim lufti lu 0 to 0 o pages of tile iho empress moved aby ab abo o y leita erectly aud and 11 gaily tho like me servitors t Y 0 t o pala palace tile tho runners ruu nors with their haitt ath lonk long plumes of tho the time of catharine and no grota dressed to la rich OrIo Orlo cos coo tume tho the gloomy noto of tho the blade black dress coal coat Is banished front from this brilliant symphony of color ono biaglo swallow tall may bo be seen that of the honorable minister of the united stotts N nino tho the doors of tho the private spar apartments iam ants of tho the winter fala balico la lico ea a open pen las am thoro there Ls Is a deadly silence A voice announces t tho the emperor Empo 11 tho the tsar advances adv auces follon cd by sit all the members of its ills family faudie each one iu in the rank assigned to turn lurn by hia is degree of relationship KOU v fisli tali to comprehend at at it a glance tho social secret of this ena empire pire turn 3 i our back to tho the door through which chich tho enters aud and look at this entrance ont ranco by if I 1 may so express in bolf on the iho faces of those at the samo same moment all those ph physiognomic auton put oil BS as it ere the hamo uniform tho the santa solemn malarial expression at buco aud smiling tho whole ital force of these men and women oman Is cou can contented lu in their eyes seek those of iho master wo we bao contemplated this spectacle aclo without having boon boen to ro minded of tho the first appearance of tile tho way raa a sun on the crests of mountains at tho the instant when it rises you lava bavo noticed no need to look lach behind nial you lo la know thal thai the iho sun un b has all noon you aro are informed of it by this afulu ing light on oil tho the opposite summits um mits in the samo same ray when you site aro a little accustomed to the iho court ou cu bao only to look at ilia iho faces ac as of the courtiers to bo be able to see sec without possibility of mistake that tile tho loi em is about to conic come that tho the emperor is i coming or that tho the emperor has como come and lils ilia comick Is in reality a rising of the sun which brings dav favor or aud and dispenses ilia to till all those persons the first bars of the iho immediately I 1 y ro cho through the rooms it Is not a dance but a cadenced imrch m ach tho ilia iradi thirstal promenade which opens the ball 1 j the grand marshal Marshi il and tho the grand mistress toko take alln ho header liand of tho she proc procession celo u go a rat 1 this ven bablo couple represent bottise between 1 I them pi ity nearly two complete centuries th gives liis late hannd to ono of tho the I 1 giant duchesse Lu chesse tho empress to one of i th the e forcin ambassadors and other couples f alrin it in their suito suite and proceed around tho lv buom cm A after iter this obligatory ceremony the sovereign goes to chat chal with abo corp or alth hla his giand zos d al 91 n t yd walt waltzes 19 4 1 ball cs biot really lyun rIll aula the that dashing military and pie par national nai lonal danco dance tho the cavalier i abo rhythm of tho the music by striking i t tho floor with tho heel of his spurred boot I 1 lio lie raises his partner in his bis firms arms like a trembling birj bird dashes tho room to tn I 1 three bounds deposits tit ills prey at tho the other end I 1 and falls on his knee anco bafo buforo her I 1 |