Travelogues; . THE IMPERIAL LOGE. KNIGHTS AND LADIES ST. PETERSBURG 85 on the field, rehearsing for the dazzling spectacle that was tobe — Cossacks, Hussars, Cuirassiers, Chevaliers de la Garde,Infantry, Artillery, and Marines had by turn held our atten-tion and roused our eagerest anticipations. At last the day arrives. We find ourselves early in thefront row of boxes, near the Imperial Loge which, althoughstill vacant, is already surrounded by hundreds of officers r i • •- f V w --^m 1 %1 -AM^mnn^ • ^ fll^s^^ 5^ it ?^i^feO ? 9 ^M^ / m pii|f ^ ^^^^B ARRIVAL OF THE AMUASSADOR AND MRS. T(i\VI;R

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Travelogues; . THE IMPERIAL LOGE. KNIGHTS AND LADIES ST. PETERSBURG 85 on the field, rehearsing for the dazzling spectacle that was tobe — Cossacks, Hussars, Cuirassiers, Chevaliers de la Garde,Infantry, Artillery, and Marines had by turn held our atten-tion and roused our eagerest anticipations. At last the day arrives. We find ourselves early in thefront row of boxes, near the Imperial Loge which, althoughstill vacant, is already surrounded by hundreds of officers r i • •- f V w --^m 1 %1 -AM^mnn^ • ^ fll^s^^ 5^ it ?^i^feO ? 9 ^M^ / m pii|f ^ ^^^^B ARRIVAL OF THE AMUASSADOR AND MRS. T(i\VI;R superbly uniformed. All Petersburg is flocking toward theChamp-de-Mars, but only those provided with the tickets forthe tribunes are admitted to the avenue between the isolatedtent of the Imperial family and the long grand-stand, whichi? already packed with fashionable people. The boxes costfrom twenty-five to fifty dollars each, but the military show 86 ST. PETERSBURG

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