Washington, July 2.
Duke Vladimir, Head of the and Grand Duke Dmitri.
Duke Vladimir exercised his by giving the bride the title of Pavlovsky. Prince of Prussia was another of royalty present at the Over a thousand invita-sent and on the whole was one of the biggest ions of the season. The newlyweds received a large number of presents, the bridegroom's mother presenting the bride with a jewel-bestudded tiara and a ring that used The Russian church was brilliantly illuminated for the night and was filled with the cream of London society, The weather was bright and sunny, and a reception was held in the garden. Speeches were delivered in both the Russian and English languages. An interesting sidelight is that the bride has embraced the Russian Orthodox religion, thereby She Russian newspapers noted the fact that the Lord Forbes, whose article in the "Sunday Express" branded Russian emigrants as parasites, causing as much indignation in London as it did here in Shanghai, has left for a few week's visit to Moscow.
School Prize-Givings During the last week, Russian students of the various Russian schools in Shanghai have completed their studies, some only for the duration of he summer vacations, others for ever. In the College Municipal Francais, 68 out of 74 members of a special class in Russian managed to complete their course during the year, only six being left to repeat it next year. Prizes, in the shape of books in the Russian language, were donated by the Director of the College and the Committee which supports its needy pupils, At the Ecole Remi, where students are only Russian, the director, M. Nicolet de Chalet, stated that, during the six years of its existence, the school has had more than two thousand students pass through its doors. Its first years were the most difficult. Students had to be strictly disciplined to balance the lax state of affairs in their family lives. Many parents were too busy in their struggle for existence, and had little if any time to spare for the. bringing up of their children. There has been a drop in the enrollment recently, many families having settled in Hongkew. The standard of education, however, is much higher, and at the last examination for the certificate d'étude, 12 out of 19 candidates passed. This brought the total number of. graduates with diplomas to 35 for six years, an average of six per year. During that time six students have been presented with bronze medals by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The annual examinations also brought good results, so that now both the 8th and 9th classes have to be expanded into two parallel classes each. At the conclusion of the speeches the school choir, sang a few songs. There was an exhibition of some of the works of the students in the drawing and knitting classes. After the meeting. was over, the director of the school gave a cocktail party which was attended by teachers and scme representatives of the French Concession. 3 Needy pupils of the Ecole Remi have already left for a special summer camp in Tsingtao.
Commercial School Celebration A special celebration was held at the Russian Commercial School, coinciding with the fifteenth anniversary of the foundation of the school. The staff, representatives of the Russian colony and Mr. S. W. Wolfe, Chairman of the International Committee for the support of this school, were present. The first Russian School to be opened in the Concession, the Russian Commercial School is the largest of the Russian schools now in existence. The first speech to be made was by Doctor D. I. Kozakoft Chairman of the Russian Orthodox Confraternity, who explained in detail their methods of education. He noted the help provided to the school by the Concession authorities, as well as the support of the many foreign friends of the school Other speeches were made by Bishop John, Mr. Charles Metzler and the director, Prof. N.P. Pokrovsky. Four young men and one girl graduated. A reception was held and in, the evening a ball was given. The. next day, a dinner, which was attended by teachers and graduates, was held at the Ex-Officers' Club. was left out in the road stranger still, was still there she returned. When she want-lock her hotel room she found instead of listening to the eceompaniment of the orchestra or the piano, she only has the mooing Of the cows and the presence of chickens, geese, ducks, turkeys and pigs to keep her company, Australia must be a wonderful country.
"Greatly Exaggerated"
Receiving information from two sources, verbally and by letter, local Russian newspapers recently informed the public of the tragic death of Mrs. L. J. Bliacher, sister of F. J. Isako, the director of a circus, in Penang. She was also manager of the concern. Great was the consternation of local editors when from the "deceased," Mrs. Bliacher, was received a letter, with a photograph enclosed, in which she says that she has read with great interest the many sympathetic obituary notices inserted in the various newspapers by her friends, She also states that this is not the first time that she has been declared dead and buried alive. It seems that, many years ago, when she was young, slender and performed horse-back acrobatics for a living, the Far Eastern newspapers once wrote that she had fallen off her horse and been instantly killed. Mrs. Bliacher does not mind her frequent deaths, since there is an old saying that whenever a person is mistakenly taken to be dead, he will, to spite fate, live an exceptionally long life. The one thing Mrs. Bliacher protests about is her age: the notices stating that she was 50 years old are absolutely wrong. She is only 4l. An ardent admirer of orang-outings, at present she is educating two of them in Sumatra. It is interesting to note that the horse from which she was supposed to have fallen and been instantly killed was a present from the Grand Duke Michael Alexandroviteh, and came from his famous horse breeding farms.
Tribute to Mr. Wolfe News of the election of Mr. S. W.
Wolfe to president of the Rotary Club was heartily welcomed by the Russian community, who have for a long time known him as a supporter of the education of Russian youth. He was the first to realize the plight of the children of the Russian people during the inundation of Russian emigrants in 1922. Under his help was founded the orphanage that has now become the Russian Commercial School, and up to this time he remains the chairman of its International Committee.
During the present year five young Russians have graduated from Aurora University: Mr. V. A. Gurchenko (Medicine), Mr. M. A. Walter (Economy) Mr. O. N. Tomin, Mr. M. Sukenik, and Mr. Sukenik (Chemistry).
Well-known Actress Dies On June 30 Mme. Lydia N. Kniajevitch. one of the leading actresses of the Russian Theatre, passed away at the General Hospital. Mme. Kniajevitch began her stage career in Russia while yet in her teens, and only a few months ago she gave a gala performance commemorating her 25th anniversary as an actress. Last spring she joined the Russian Theatre in Harbin, and while there it was discovered that she was incurably ill. Her son left Shanghai and brought her back in order that her last days could be spent among her closest friends. On graduating from the famous Petrov Dramatic School in St Petersburg, Mme. Kniajevitch was engaged by the theatre in Tiflis. In subsequent years she toured: Russia and Siberia, playing leading roles in leading provincial cities. After the Revolution Mme. Kniajevitch worked in Harbin. For the last 15 years, however, she lived in Shanghai, and the local Russian Theatre was founded with her help. Mme. Kniajevitch was also a widely-read author and playwright, her articles and stories appearing in local Russian newspapers and magazines and her best-known play, "The Woman They Never Mention," being a pronounced success on the local stage. The whole artistic and literary world of the colony was present at the requiem and burial services, which was attended by crowds composed of her many friends, acquaintances and admirers. Stars of the Opera and Operetta sang in the choir at the beautiful service in the Russian Cathedral, and the coffin was literally bathed in flowers.
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