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Show Tho tiarlna, unit Her Children. No royal children are surrounded by luch Imposing ceremonial or regarded with such superstitious Interest and reverence as aro tho three Infant daughters of tho emperor and empress ot llussla The fact that a son and heir has been so eagerly awaited In vain Is not allowed to mllltnto the smallest degreo against tho caro lavished lav-ished on tho baby grand duchesses, although, al-though, according to present ItussUa law, they can nover hopo to succeed their father on the Imperial throne. After tho birth of Orand Duchess Ohra, the eldest, tho empress wrote a touci-Ins touci-Ins letter In which she said "Evcrr- ono except oursolvcs seoms disappointed disappoint-ed that baby was not a boy. For M thcro Is no question of sex; our child Is simply a gift from Ood " The ctar-Ina ctar-Ina prefers that hor children's nurtei should be English or Scotch Besldei nominally they havo twenty such at' tendanU each, drawn from varloul Itusslan provinces. Immense sums art ' lavished on the dainty laco trlmmel and embroidered garments of thl crar's daughters and the raagnlflcencs of their surroundings Is medieval ll barbaric splendor. Everything In ttn Imperial nurseries Is of gold or sliver and tho richest furs, quilted silks sol velvets aro used whero In other rojs nurseries qulto ordinary materi-l1 would be called Into requisition. |