| Show ATONED FOR HIS Nothing but Suicide Left for Ill Russian General Who Had Insulted Grand Duchess A titled visitor to Philadelphia who has spent many years In to nu Russia ln t tells me a n story of his friend ud the Grand Duchess on one of time the four lovely lovely lovely love love- ly daughters now sent with the czar into exile In Lt these hours w when en all thou thoughts turn to Russia RussIa especially especially In this city the the story will bear repetition Francis Francis Fran Fran- cis B B. B Reeves has reminded us ps in his new book of the warm friendship of Russia for Philadelphia a shown when the Russian battleships visited Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia In 1893 to bring gifts to our commissioners whom who took the corn to ff Teed feed t d the starving population And Philadelphia Ihl locomotives are IndIspensable indispensable sable to Russia's railways It seems that the Grand Duchess Ta- Ta In her Red Iced Cross uniform was riding on a tramway In Petrograd with witha a desperately wounded officer A Russian general with a German name and German manners boarded the car and und demanded his subalterns subaltern's seat Reat Sit still said Tatiana to her charge He lIe obeyed her After the generals general's third demand was disregarded he turned a torrent of abuse upon Tatiana She handed banded him her card The German knelt In the car She refused his apology You saw that man w was s grievously wounded And you had no right to speak to any woman as you spoke to me Several days as a's later the German officer shot himself Which suggests a n cheap and easy way of en ending the war war Girard in Philadelphia Ledger |
