Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . DuchessOlga. The surgeon looked discomfited, but SisterOlga laughed gaily at the wounded soldiers in-genuous designation. One soldier told her she could not possibly be theTzars sister, for she looked like an ordinaryhospital nurse, and worked as hard as any villagegirl. He was sure she was deceiving him, imposingupon his credulity. He appealed to the doctor, andwhen the latter confirmed Sister Olgas identity thepoor man looked quite disconcerted, murmuring, Wonderful!
Russian Court Memoirs, 1914-16, with some account of court, social and political life in Petrograd before and since the war . DuchessOlga. The surgeon looked discomfited, but SisterOlga laughed gaily at the wounded soldiers in-genuous designation. One soldier told her she could not possibly be theTzars sister, for she looked like an ordinaryhospital nurse, and worked as hard as any villagegirl. He was sure she was deceiving him, imposingupon his credulity. He appealed to the doctor, andwhen the latter confirmed Sister Olgas identity thepoor man looked quite disconcerted, murmuring, Wonderful! I am being nursed by the Tzarssister, and a tear trickled down his weather-beatenface. Sister Olgas simplicity, endurance and cheerfultemper have made her the idol of the hospital. Another Imperial lady who has entirely devotedherself to hospital nursing is the Grand DuchessMarie Pavlovna, junior, a charming woman, notexactly pretty, but with a clever, interesting face,and a figure slender, graceful and straight as a brought up by her aunt, the Grand DuchessElisabeth Feodorovna, she is possessed of intel-. THE GRAND DUCHESS ALEXANDROVNA, SISTER OK THE TZAK RUSSIAN WOMEN DURING THE WAR 85 lect, will and lofty ideals. An excellent sports-woman before the war, she divides her time betweenoutdoor exercise and more serious and high-spirited, her sunny disposi-tion endears her to everyone who comes into closecontact with her. When hardly out of the schoolroom, she wasmarried to the Duke of Sudermanland. The mar-riage did not turn out well. The stiffness and theold-fashioned etiquette of the Swedish Court wasa continual stumbling-block to the Princess. Theresult was that this most pure-minded Princess wasaccused of all sorts of indiscretions, and eventuallyshe sought her fathers protection, which ultimatelyended in a divorce. As soon as the war broke out the Grand Duchessdecided to become a sister of mercy. She workedfor a long time under
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