U.S. southern, 1
Ciniselli Circus, auctioning of, 1
Çiragan Palace, 1
Civil War, Russian. See Russian Civil War
Civil War, U.S. See American Civil War
Clarendon Hotel, 1
Coahoma County, Mississippi, 1, 2, 3, 4.
See also specific topics
cocaine, 1
cockroach races, 1
Codolban, Nitza, 1
Conservatory of Music, 1
Constantinople.
See also specific topics
Allies’ occupation of and British martial law in, 1
arrival in, 1, 2
description and overview, 1
Elvira Thomas in, 1, 2, 3
foreigners and increasing xenophobia, 1, 2
racial attitudes in, 1, 2
Russian refugees in, 1
tourism and entertainment, 1, 2.
See also Maxim
World War I and, 1, 2
Cooke, Henry, 1, 2
Cutrer, John W. “Jack,” 1, 2, 3
Cutrer, Will D., 1
d’Anselme, Philippe, 1
Dickerson, Levin, 1
Dickerson, Oliver, 1
Dickerson, Peter, 1, 2, 3
Dickerson, Susan, 1
Dickerson, William
attempt to swindle the Thomases’ out of their farm and property, 1
background and overview, 1, 2
death, 1
Lewis Thomas’s lawsuit against, 1
relationship with Lewis and India Thomas, 1
Douglass, Frederick, 1
drug use, 1
See also alcohol consumption
Drysdale, William, 1, 2
Duncan, George, 1, 2
Dunn, Robert, 1
Easley, G. Gilmer, 1
Eastbrook, Joseph, 1
England, 1
Eustis, J. B., 1
Evelinov, Boris, 1
Excello, SS, 1
Farson, Negley, 1
“First Russian Theatrical Stock Company,” 1
“For the Russian Army, from the Artists of Moscow” campaign, 1
France, 1, 2.
See also Paris and French society and culture, 1
Francis Ferdinand, Archduke, 1
French Army’s occupation of Odessa, 1, 2
Friars Point, Mississippi, 1
Gaisberg, Fred, 1
Gallagher, Michael F., 1
“Gamma” (journalist), 1
Garden Bar, 1
Germany, 1, 2, 3.
See also Berlin
Elvira Thomas in, 1
Moscow’s “anti-German” pogrom, 1
Valli Thomas in, 1, 2, 3, 4
Giselle (ballet), 1
Golitzine, Olga Thomas (daughter), 1, 2
birth, 1
disappearance, 1, 2, 3, 4
finances, 1, 2
Frederick and, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
later life, 1, 2
marriage, 1
in Romania, 1
Grand Hôtel Fontaine, 1
“Great Festival of Charity,” 1
Greer, Carl, 1
Hagia Sophia, 1, 2
Hähn, Hedwig Antonia. See Thomas, Hedwig Antonia Hähn
Harper, Lila Edwards, 1
Harris, Emma, 1
Hermitage Garden, 1, 2
Hospital Pasteur, 1
Hôtel de Paris, 1, 2
Hôtel des Anglais, 1
Howe, Peter, 1
Howe Institute, 1
Imperator Nikolay (passenger ship), 1
interracial marriage, 1, 2
Istanbul, 1, 2
jazz, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Jeffries, James J., 1
Jenkins, William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Johnson, James Weldon, 1
Johnson, John Arthur “Jack,” 1, 2
Jungmann, Elvira. See Thomas, Elvira Jungmann
Kemal, Mustafa, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Kerensky, Alexander, 1, 2
Kitchen, Karl K., 1
Klegin, Richard, 1, 2
Konsky, Grigory Grigoryevich, 1
Kremer, Isa, 1
Kremlin, 1
Krotkov, Sergey, 1, 2
La Potinière (“The Gossip”), 1
labor strikes, 1
Lahn, SS, 1
Lausanne, Treaty of, 1, 2
Le Moscovite, 1
Leicester Square, 1
Lenin, Vladimir, 1
Lobanov-Rostovsky, Andrey, 1, 2, 3
Lockhart, R. H. Bruce, 1
London, 1
London Hotel, 1
Louisville, Kentucky, 1, 2, 3
Mannix, Daniel, 1
Martynov, Matvey Filippovich, 1, 2
Maxim (in Constantinople), 1, 2, 3, 4
alcoholic beverages at, 1, 2
“Champion Osman” at, 1
description and overview, 1
employees, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
failure of
Carl Greer and, 1
seized by creditors, 1
Yildiz Casino and, 1, 2
famous patrons, 1
finances, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Fourth of July celebration at, 1
opening, 1
popularity and success, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
reopened as “Yeni Maxim”/“New Maxim,” 1
restrictions aimed at enterprises like, 1
shows, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
violent incidents at, 1, 2
Maxim (in Moscow), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
advertisements, 1, 2, 3
alcoholic beverages at, 1, 2
and the authorities, 1, 2
finances, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
foreign performers at, 1
Frederick took over, 1
Frederick’s loss of, 1, 2
interior, 1
Karl Kitchen and, 1
location, 1
in the media, 1, 2, 3
nationalization of, 1, 2
opening, 1, 2
politics and, 1
popularity and success, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
renaming of, 1
shows at, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
shut down in 1915, 1
as “The Favorite Place of Muscovites,” 1
World War I and, 1
Maynard, George F., 1
McKay, Claude, 1
McVey, Sam, 1
Mehmet VI, 1, 2
Memphis, Tennessee, 1, 2
Mendelino, Ermano, 1
Methodist churches, 1
Mississippi Delta, 1, 2
mixed-race people, 1
Morel, Monsieur G., 1
Morfessi, Yury, 1
Moscow, 1
See also specific topics
alcohol laws, 1, 2
bribery of public officials in, 1, 2
changes in, 1, 2
See also World War I
compared with Constantinople, 1
Frederick’s escape from, 1
Frederick’s first several years in, 1
Frederick’s possible leave from (1904-1906), 1
as heart of Russia, 1
nightlife, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
See also Aquarium; Maxim
schools in, 1
Moscow Soviet of Soldiers’ Deputies, 1
multiracial people, 1
Murat, Lucien, 1
Nansen, Fridtjof, 1
Natruskin, Aleksey Fyodorovich, 1
New York City
Bruce Thomas in, 1, 2
Frederick Thomas in, 1
Nicholas II, Tsar, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
See also specific topics
alcohol consumption, 1
Duma and, 1, 2
Frederick asked to become subject of, 1
Frederick’s “love” for, 1
Frederick’s petition for citizenship and, 1, 2
as leader, 1, 2, 3
downfall of, 1, 2, 3, 4
opposition to, 1
Rasputin and, 1
striking workers and, 1
World War I and, 1, 2
Norton, Roy, 1
October Manifesto, 1
October Revolution, 1, 2
Odessa, 1, 2
Bolshevik occupation of, 1
description and overview, 1
Frederick trapped in, 1
Frederick’s citizenship and, 1
Frederick’s escape from, 1
See also Imperator Nikolay 1, 2
Frederick’s first two trips to, 1
French occupation of, 1, 2, 3
Osman. See “Champion Osman, the Tambura-Player”
Ostend, Belgium, 1
Ottoman Empire, 1.