Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . SOCIETY OF PETROGRAD 295 The Countess Nostitz is a very handsome womanwith a queenly figure and very graceful is always beautifully gowned. One of the mostsympathetic traits in her character is her amiability,which is not artificial or put on for the occasion,but is the outcome of real kind-heartedness and thewish to please and give pleasure. She is staunchin her friendships and counts many sincere Russianfriends. Another fascinating American is Madame Mar
Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . SOCIETY OF PETROGRAD 295 The Countess Nostitz is a very handsome womanwith a queenly figure and very graceful is always beautifully gowned. One of the mostsympathetic traits in her character is her amiability,which is not artificial or put on for the occasion,but is the outcome of real kind-heartedness and thewish to please and give pleasure. She is staunchin her friendships and counts many sincere Russianfriends. Another fascinating American is Madame MarianArtzimovitch, the wife of the Assistant Minister ofthe Foreign Office. Madame Artzimovitch is verygood to look at, with her lovely hair, the colourof burnished gold (due to nature and not to herhairdressers skill), beautiful complexion and grace-ful figure. Unfortunately she does not speakFrench, the language mostly spoken in society,nor Russian, so one must know English in orderto fully appreciate how charming she is. It isdifficult to realise that Mme. Artzimovitch has agrown-up daughter, and when they appear toget
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