ST. PETERSBURG. II 



law, and no such confusion and overcrowding are 

 allowed as in New York. Another one came along. 

 The old couple tried it again and were again refused 

 Finally they hailed a passing isvoshchic, and, bargain- 

 ing with him awhile, drove off. 



An economical party of four from the country drove 

 past, all piled in one small drosky, two women sitting 

 in two men's laps. Workmen strolled along, nine out 

 of ten in top boots and red shirts. The red shirts were 

 outside the trousers. A waistcoat was worn, but no 

 coat, and the trousers were slouchily tucked inside the 

 boots. Mingled with the throng were moujiks from 

 the country, visiting " Pater-boorg," perhaps, for the 

 first time in their lives. They wore dirty sheepskin 

 coats, shockingly bad caps, home-made foot-gear of the 

 rudest pattern and material, and tneir shock heads 

 seemed to have been trimmed for the visit to the city 

 by placing a bowl on the top, upside down, and clip- 

 ping around it. They looked like savages — as incon- 

 gruous and out of place on the Nevski as Indians 

 would on Fifth Avenue, New York. 



Nurse-maids from Finland, or from Little Russia, 

 rode by in the family carriage with their charges. 

 They wore a wonderful dress of gorgeous colors and 

 gold embroidery, and a sort of beaded brass, silver or 

 gold crown on the head. 



Young lady students passed in little troops or alone, 

 carrying portfolios bearing the word " Musique." 

 Music was the fad of the day in St. Petersburg. All 

 the young ladies were raving over " musique." Next 

 season the craze would be — who can say ? I was told 

 that one of the latest fads with them was the study of 



