| Show or 1711 1 The Coming of a New Autocrat of All Au 1 the tie What His Arrival Means to the Romanoff Family lit million per lIeI persons sons HODS the most moat widely diverse collection of ot human beings over dominated by b a single ruler uler are personally concerned In tho the wel welfare wel welfare fare of ot the tiny Ito Ita r o 1 who iio n la sleeping Bleeping away the lime hours c IM i iMily 1 babyhood under the time silken t I of the palace that t 1111 royal rO ll dwelling which was Willi do doi i i d 1 to lur Versailles and end which dy ii H lt orthodox of Little In their sheep a i 1 of or the i 1 m In i ho the flume Finns of ot time the end C III of ut the north 1 med m d on o time the vat a JI lq Steppes ml 1111 nh gf the pygmy tuti of or tits i irI F tJ of tho the mules II III Ie 1 horde hordos of Korea and amid ti a Croaks who ho tee tec nUr ax the time autocrat of ot nil all tho the i he of the church chulch twenty times million Slavic dwellers Jn in the tho Balkans n d i the tho Ih states all those rop rep ropi i of ot mans mins varied creation ii A r bo hI mere or loss influenced by the time timer theor i r mill sing of or the newborn hole hell to 10 the tho nus Rum nusi RumI i throne I to or to tho the Muscovite law of at s F c 1 un min male may become Hu Ilus Hus s w sovereign no 1 a long as at a male Ho no HoI I ion iott IK Is in him existence tenee The Time I v I II t of tIC the emperor had presented her heru hera he a u husband with four Interesting y 1 I n eases but there were numerous Ii b I inK nig sod robust to dispute dl t I succession Next Nox In order would 1 l been Prince Michael the o ar arf f brother This Thill feeble oble prince I sn o entirely under tinder the tho control of ot his hism 1 m I Ie the annul Duke Duko Vladimir who 1 next to him In succession that It Il Iti i severally believed that tho the reign of ot otI Michael h I heel would woul 1 bo ho equivalent to the Im in Imi IiI y i of ot his hll undo The Thebe If be l J th tit of ot an In hell heir will no doubt bo IJo a relief 1 to 10 but It must come like lIko III ill fortune to Vladimir who Is III strong and ambitious the father tather of three strapping sons Cyril and amid Andre all firm believers In the favors of the goddess that seemed to 10 beckon them Although though heir hell to III all ail the this Ian aspiration of tho century the tho new ne Is la endowed with but a 1 modi modicum modicum cum Curl of blood Ills mother the tho estimable Allx AliI of ot Hesso IH is the tho daugh lough daughter tel far of a 11 German father and an mother mulher the tho latter likewise the tho daughter daugh ter tor of a R German and find un an English mother mOlher The Tho royal lAbys paternal grandmother WAS WEIR n Dane Daile the beautiful la Kven I en before this thin last racial the house of ot had become b more Teutonic than Slavic For that matter It wax Willi pure lure Teutonic In origin It U first appeared in do ln in tho the fourteenth century Andrew K byll thine from Prussia and entered the th service of ot Grand Orand Duke The boyard Roman Hamlin the fifth In descent from Andrew Andre had hall a n daugh daughter ter ier who whip became by ly hoc her unar ringe to Ivan Imn the Terrible Her leer neph nephew ew ow under the limo name Mille of wits waa devoted to three the rank of at archimandrite and metropolitan of In ICU he lie refused to acknowledge the tho Polish king im us czar cur of Russia anal was for tor nuts nine years In Poland While the tiro prelate was WaR held a n 1 prisoner In h a foreign country countr the no nobles bles blea und amid clergy assembled and elected 1 his bis hi win son Michael as ns their ruler lie He was succeeded by h his oldest son ran Alexis AlexiN who was wall the time grandfather of Peter Peler the treat fluent Peter Peler was waR succeeded by his hi second wife Catherine the Great Oleal She had no noRon Ron ROil and tho the crown tell fell to her hUll hus husbands hues bands grandson Peter Ieler This Thill prince was cane the last of or the male Romanoff anti and the succession reverted to the time fe to female male line 11 II t In 1762 1162 the wife wit of ot Peter i III ill who wan vaa the son con of n a 1 German fa fn father n tier ther the crown and reigned years as Catherine II 11 She Rho wits was a 1 German thus the Princess Prince Sophia Augusta of ot erbst Grand fluke Duke Cyril Orand Duchess Hi J Helene ne Grand Orand Duke nuke horde Dorle Ore nd Duke And Andre Andreh re 7 r h i J Jr Ja a M Ma a l r a 1 r 1 i 2 u ji u I I Orand MICHAEL Heir presumptive to the tho Russian throne GRAND ORAND DUKE VLADIMIR VIADIMIR AND FAMILY Nicholas II U time the reigning Romanoff was not un an Impressive figure ss II a ayoung ayoung young oung man and now at RL the tb age of ho cannot be said Mid to 10 have acquired u Ii dignified appearance Ills JIll father was IU a II man limn of o Ilke pro 1110 a u giant In stature and an all ath athlete late lete lei In strength Nicholas la is I exceedingly r blond with a asir sir fair rosy skin akIn and unusually blue eyes It Is It the peculiarity of his hili lI re that detracts troth from his hili good food looks 1001 Jill Ills Ill body bod IH is t phenomenally long Ionic and his hie extremities are much too 1110 short to 10 pro provide provide vide Ide the proper proportion The rhe cur csar curIs curis Is la wolf well aware of ot this glaring disparity and is I sensitive to 10 the point of or actual misery For this reason he hI always alwa to 10 be soon seen In public on en horse hore horseback horseback I back blick that position giving him the beet appearance possible He Ile wants a full beard and amid looks older than he Is II The rhe czarina Is a very er charming wo woo woman woman man and line has trade made ade many powerful and RUt devoted friend In Russia After A her marriage she did not nut at tit once become a I full till convert to 10 the Orthodox faith pre pro preferring ferring ferrin to wall 1111 until she could accept It understanding understandingly The fact tact that she he finally adopted It unreservedly and be became becane cane came a most mat devout and unmistakably sincere member of the national como com communion munion made liar her acceptable to lo the time nation na lIa nation tion at al large and her well known do domestic domestic tendencies have hue endeared her to the popular heart Now that she he tuna hOI presented the empire with an heir hell sine she he will trill no doubt h he be accorded u M warmer turner place In 11 the a affections of ot her hr adopted country co II 11 I 1 than Ihan ever The Russian empress is II a very vel beau beautiful beautiful woman with a lovely face and a 1 figure which still It III retains Its girlish out outlines lines She Is la several leveral incite Inches taller than Ulan her husband and Ind that Is I one of or thus the reasons why hy they so 10 seldom appear to 10 together gether In public She Is I rather re to served Marell and In III the presence of ot strangers but bUl to o her friends friend sad and espe especially to her bel Inferiors In rank rafik she Rile In is Inmost most She hues hax a 1 low sweet Sleet voles voice and In lu a R rich alto The fhe czarina IB Is a well educated 00 Ilea wo wn woman maul man She speaks and antI writes German Jerman let man l and ml Italian As All soon HOOD ns as shun knew that she he was wa to become of Russia she began the study of ot the language and lias hae accomplished wonders In III Its Ilif mysteries She hue bus hu the true artistic temperament and hex ns a 1 decided talent for Cor pRInting painting Like most German women she he was wan in Im instructed In domestic science and stud IH is l a II competent housekeeper She does doe not care are especially for tor or the th splendor of or the court circle but prefers the society of her own Immediate companions par pur particularly that thai of or the th four bright little grand rand WIlOM existence exl lias hae h been made more tolerable by IJ the th Ar Arrival arrival rival of their thair royal r brother It Is perfectly etl safe re to 10 assert that the port position I Ion in Russia has been n Immensely strengthened by I the tho of ot the small potentate at Peterhof 0 O WOODSON |
