Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . t all malignant effortswere in vain, the Countess carried all before her,disarming everyone by her tact, her charming man-ner, her never-failing amiability and her magnificentreceptions. At present she is quite acknowledgedas one of the most important leaders of society. Her receptions are sumptuous, and the lavishluxury they display is of the most refined who is anybody is only too glad to beadmitted to these festivities ; the Grand DuchessMaria Pavlovna
Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . t all malignant effortswere in vain, the Countess carried all before her,disarming everyone by her tact, her charming man-ner, her never-failing amiability and her magnificentreceptions. At present she is quite acknowledgedas one of the most important leaders of society. Her receptions are sumptuous, and the lavishluxury they display is of the most refined who is anybody is only too glad to beadmitted to these festivities ; the Grand DuchessMaria Pavlovna has frequently accepted her in-vitations, and so have numerous other members ofthe Imperial Family. The Countess was the first hostess in Petrogradto introduce at her parties character dances per-formed by society ladies. Last year she hadseveral such entertainments, one of them speciallydevoted to Furlana, which found such favour inthe eyes of the late Pope Pius X. An Italian fromVenice, a master in this art of graceful nationaldancing, was invited to show the assembled ladiesand gentlemen the intricacies of the
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