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Show FANCIES OF THE CZARINA. Ono ! tor ttoalrrfat lt...lo. loo u I Annll.tr for lllatk Itoooo. The czarina bas aroused the wrath of all her court ladles and rumor says, ot tho czar himself by her studied simplicity sim-plicity In dress She heartily dislikes gorgeous clothes sn I It she consulted her own wishes would seldom wear Jewels but she has one enthusiasm, and that Is for the Itutalsn lace which la male only for the Itusslan Imperial Impe-rial family eara sgo a tribe of Isce makers lived nesr Archangel and mads by hand a deep yellow lace ot marvelous marvel-ous design and texture The Empress Msrle, wife ot Alexander II , developed a p.iislon for this lace and, being a woman ot whims sent for the lace workers, about 200 In all, and forced them to leave their homes and settle In St Petersburg The story ot their captivity and homesickness Is a pathetic pa-thetic one. I he older women ot the tribe died one after another ot homesickness home-sickness and age, but the younger, less submissive were In perpetual rebellion Many of them escape I and rejoined their husbants and lovers and the emperor em-peror threatened to send the couples to Siberia, but the empress feeling a slight responsibility In the matter, In-terreneda In-terreneda The girls who stayed In the palaco married and were well provided for, but only a few of them ara still living and they are kept busy making lace for the czarina Another tad of the cznrlna Is the black rose, which has made a sensation In St Petersburg. A florist named Ketlsnft has produced In his garden a rose Jet black In color, and the finest specimens aro owned by the czarina |