Royal romances of to-day . r the Empress herself worked indefatigably. Andso did the two older Grand Duchesses, Olga andTatiana. They both sewed and knit till their lit-tle fingers were stiff and sore. The earnest spirit of patriotic pride and sacrificeexhibited by the Empress at this time was inspira-tion to thousands of young women in St. Peters-burg and Moscow, and on the big estates of richnoblemen throughout the Empire. One group offashionable St. Petersburg girls presented them-selves in a body to the Empress with the requestthat they be sent to the front to serve as volunteernu
Royal romances of to-day . r the Empress herself worked indefatigably. Andso did the two older Grand Duchesses, Olga andTatiana. They both sewed and knit till their lit-tle fingers were stiff and sore. The earnest spirit of patriotic pride and sacrificeexhibited by the Empress at this time was inspira-tion to thousands of young women in St. Peters-burg and Moscow, and on the big estates of richnoblemen throughout the Empire. One group offashionable St. Petersburg girls presented them-selves in a body to the Empress with the requestthat they be sent to the front to serve as volunteernurses. But the Empress replied: You are notexperienced enough for that work, nor strongenough to endure the hardships of life in Man-churia. What you may do is to serve in the hospi-tals of St. Petersburg, thus enabling the regulartrained nurses to go to the front. Almost withoutexception these young ladies acted upon this sug-gestion, and many of them did most excellent serv-ice, eventually becoming as useful as nurses who. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia 137 had undergone the usual training in preparationfor such work. Some idea of the extent of this work may begathered from the single fact that in the year 1904the depot at Kharbin alone received from the Win-ter Palace headquarters, over which the Empresspresided in person, no fewer than eleven millioneight hundred articles. In addition to these thingsmore than a million dollars in money was collectedand forwarded for the purchase of surgical instru-ments and such other things as were sorely neededby the badly equipped Russian forces. Someseventy ambulance trains were organised, and anumber of chapels and libraries. In thanking the corps of women who had assistedher in this work the Empress! said: I am happy toknow that through the efforts of the workers in mydepot my most ardent desire to give relief to ourdear troops has been satisfied. And in a telegramto one of the generals commanding at the front shesaid: Inform t
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