io8 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



W. C. Edgar, E. S. Phelps, and Rev. Dr. T. De- 

 Witt Talmage. 



This majestic event of international courtesy 

 did not terminate with the presentation of these 

 gifts. 



A luncheon was given from one o'clock to three 

 o'clock P. M., by Admiral Kaznazoff to the repre- 

 sentatives of the Russian Government at Wash- 

 ington ; his American guests (among them all who 

 had received gifts), and a few of his officers. 



The day's festivities were followed by a brilliant 

 illumination of the Russian ships with coloured 

 electric lights, which an admiring crowd viewed 

 from the shore. From the stern of the Donskoi 

 there was a continual display of fireworks. 



On the flagship a large initial "A, ' the first 

 letter of the Czar's name, was topped by a crown 

 of coloured lights. 



After the luncheon a party of ladies, chaperoned 

 by Mrs. A. J. Drexel, Jr., was taken aboard the 

 flagship. One of her officers said that over a 

 thousand people had been on board and that the 

 visitors greatly outnumbered those received when 

 the ship was in New York. " It is no annoyance," 

 he added, "we came here to see you and for you 



