Show MALE hiale AND STOVES to secure warmth 1 hi iii doors tile the russian nobles noble knowing nothing about what is holesome wholesome or unwholesome in indulged in double windows dows double doors closed c chimneys I 1 and the tiie stoppage with sand of every ciery crack that could admit the air there was a french frelich comedian M frogeye Fr ogere in great favor with willi the emperor who amused him off the stage stige IN with ith mimicries mimi cries and buffooneries buffoon eries for says at robertson bona gona sona ja man with a puppet ill in h his hand had only to pull full the string and earn more money aud and applause than was to be got at st Peters petersburg burgh from i any benefaction to the tile human humar race one oue day dav was dining with a party at a M country hoase house near st petersburg when his presence S sug bug ug the idea of getting gelling up at once a little comedy the only difficulty was that the season was as severe and that it would take two or three hours houns topeat to heat beat the room in fit which the comedy would have to be performed so much delay would spoil the entire plan and it was w as about to be abandoned when ullen the host lost suddenly declared that lie he had solved the difficulty ile he would guarantee them a arm room in liala an hour accordingly he caused all the serfs laborers and mechau meehan ics acs in the to be hurried luto into the cold saloon aud and when it was quite full shut all the doors and left the poor men to establish a alark hole hol for balfan half nan ran hourin hourin liis his own phrase to communicate muni cate their beat heat to the atmosphere the ilie gile doors were then thrown open the serfs were cir cyr ordered to make inake a precipitate retreat re treal he the s smell men they left was disguised with a profusion of choice perfumes arid and the guests entered clapping their hands wi wih delight at fe ellig the warm t air and arid smelling the sweet il icse so they shut themselves up tip comfortably in the baim warm icil enols air bir and played the their 1 r 1 it le comedy j |