. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across buy in the Gostinna Dvorf I hear some one asking. Everything that one could wear or use in Russia, I should reply, together with a great many things whose use it would be impossible toimagine. Some one writing on this subject says you may come naked THE GOSTINNA DVOR. Ill into the Gostinna Dvor, bringing only a pocket-book stuffed with money,and leave it in an hour dressed in whatever garments you choose, wear allthe jewellery your tastes m
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across buy in the Gostinna Dvorf I hear some one asking. Everything that one could wear or use in Russia, I should reply, together with a great many things whose use it would be impossible toimagine. Some one writing on this subject says you may come naked THE GOSTINNA DVOR. Ill into the Gostinna Dvor, bringing only a pocket-book stuffed with money,and leave it in an hour dressed in whatever garments you choose, wear allthe jewellery your tastes may dictate, and ride away in a coach drawn hyfour horses, with driver and footmen in livery, all obtained in the buildingwe are now visiting, or in one of its annexes, ]S^ay, more; you can en-gage a residence of palatial character from accommodating house agentsstationed here, and furnish it completely from the stock on hand in theGostinna Dvor. Pictures, chairs, sofas, curtains, tapestry, kitchen utensils,library, anything and everything you want, are all ready for sale, and onlyawait purchasers. Your wife and children, sisters, cousins, and aunts,. POLITENKSS IN THE MARKET-PLACE. can here be provided with wardrobes, elaborate or economical, as yourpurse will justify, and so with all the servants of the household, regardlessof their number. Officers of every grade, rank, and arm of the service can be uni-formed liere, and their garments may be brand-new, second-hand, or so oldthat they will subject the wearer to punishment on account of his shabbi-ness. Decorations are to be bought, at least the insignia thereof, and the 112 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. seller will ask no questions. The purchaser wears them at his peril if hedoes not possess the proper diplomas, since the unauthorized wearing ofdecorations is as serious a matter in Russia as in other Continental coun-tries. The Emperor Nicholas was fond of visiting the Gostinna Dvor ac-companied by a single orderl
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