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Show Czar's FamiSy of Daughters Growing Up I ORDINARILY a man with four good looking daughters approaching ap-proaching the marriageable ago would not worry about their future, especially If ho had wealth In proportion to his good for-tuno for-tuno in tho family line. He might expect ex-pect confidently that suitors would wear a path to his door and his front parlor would bo In great request. Not so with tho car of Russia. Ho has four good looking daughters. Ono of thero Is almost old enough to think about settlement in life, since royalties reach that ago sooner than other mortals. mor-tals. Another Is approaching the ago. Tho third and fourth are still too young for matrimonial consideration. All four are endowed with good looks tx vend the aerage. About their dowries dow-ries there is no question, since the emperor em-peror of Ruf-sla Is the wealthiest sovereign sov-ereign of the world Why then should tho czar and czarina czari-na worry? Simply because in all tho earth there aro very few young princes of station high enough and family old enough to make suitable parlla for their daughters. In fact, the high rank of Grand Duchess Olga and the others has precluded mention of many young men who might be considered eligible. For Instance, It wa.s said a short time ago that Prince Arthur of Connaught, cousin of King George, might bo considered con-sidered a candldato for the hand of Olga, But Arthur was far removed from any possibility of succession to the British throne, so his namo was stricken from the list of ellglbles He found! a bride in tho Duchess of Fife, his near relative. It was reported recently that tho successful suitor for the hand of tho riT-r,,l Dnehess Olim was Pl ineo I Charles, heir presumptive to th throno of Roumanla and grand nephew of King Charlos of that country. In course of time ho will sit on tho throne of Roumanla. It had been reported many times that Princess Olga had fixed her heart upon her cousin. Grand Duke Dlmltrl, and would have no other for a husband But Dimltrl is the son of tho Grand Duko Paul, who la in ill favor with his Im-perlul Im-perlul cousin, tho czar, because of his morganatic marriage to tho divorced Countess Plstohlkor. Czar Nicholas did not relish tho idea of his daughter coming Into intimate relationship with a woman whoso courso has been severely se-verely criticlxcd. Tho young lady is In her nineteenth year. Her second sl.ster, Tutlano, is sixteen; the Grand Duchess Mario la fourteen and Grand Duchess Anasta- sla, youngest of the daughters of the czar and c;:arlna, is twelve. Either Tatlanu or Marie has be-n mentioned as a posslblo bride of the Prince of Wales, heir to tho throne of the only empire which vlc-s with the Russian in extent All four of the young ladles are bright and comely, deriving their good the grand duchesses and tho Prince of I fl Wales would Lo a marriage of close relatives. L l yfl Grand Duko Alexis, heir to the Rus- j slan throne, only son of the czar and sH czarina, was nine years old In July of j this year. He Is a bright, happy look- lug child as his recent photographs looks from their mother, who was one of the most beautiful princesses in Europe Eu-rope when she was married, in 1894, to tho czar, then Just seated on tbo throne of his father. She was tho Princess Alice of Hesse, granddaughter of Que, n Vie toria. Her daughters and son, l he re-fore, as well as the Prince of Wales, are great grandchildren of Victoria, Vic-toria, so that tho wedding of any of Upper Czarina and her four daugh-terS daugh-terS (left to right), Olga, Tatiana, Marie and Anastaua. Lower Crown H Prince Alexis. Hi f which prevents him from walking. mil Tho story of his illness has never been j cleared up since It was reported ajid j denied, last October, that he had been m j shot by a revolutionist He is carried JB constantly in the arms of tho huge I Cossack of whom tho young prince Is p very fond. 6 "' Persons in close touch with tho Rus-slan Rus-slan court say that Alexis is a spoiled 5 child .who has been trained by his fa- Rather Ra-ther to demand his own way In every- jH thing in order, as tbo czar believes, that his will power may bo strength- f-j encd. ARTHUR J. BRINTON. |