New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-11-07
The Vienna Exposition,

Few persons perhaps comprehend that the
exhibition to be held ut Vienna next wear
Will be the greatest and "randcst that the
world has ever Seen--that il will be five times
greater than that in Paris in 1867. When this
is more generally known the attention of the
world will he turned to the Austrian Capital.
In this connection the Boston Jo,7ndi has
some interesting notes concerning the city
itself:
Vienna streets have the real American
horse car generic, save that there is an ugly
little division into which smokers crowd, The
invention and its local application of course
come from the United States, and is very
widespread. Cars handsomely built run
every live minutes from end 10 end of the
broad, immense avenue called the Ring
stra<e, which begins ut the bridge leading
out ct the old city, or the Leopold start, and
extends miles away. The section of the
Rlngstrasse which runs between the parks de-
voted t" the concert halls, for which Vienna
Is famous. is especially beautiful. On one
side IS Il fine garden, in the midst of which
stands the 'Cur-Saal," in whose galleries
the strauss brothers nightlym make theirmagic
MUSIC. Almost opposite is another beautiful
eticc called the BltmCnSale-the ''Flower
Han also consecratcd to music, and there
Is still another, more magnificent. not far of.
AT eyentide a walk along TIE Rinqstrassc is
like promenade in an enchanted valley.
Music smites the ear at every step.
The Strauss brothers are by far the most
famous performers in Vienna, but Johann.
the most celebrated, now so well known here,
no longer appears save at court balls or GREAT
concert occasions, and at Baden in the height
OF the season. Every one recalls the great
master of the incamatc waltz; how his BODY
sways III unison with his beloved violin how
nc stamps lmpatlently, almost leaps out of
MS place as he plays the swinging lifting
measure, which intervene between the pathos
and the merriment of his waltzes. lie has
more elan and personal magnetism than any
other living musician he is the personified
dance when lie plays, and one feels Welding
to his notes aud whirlin" in the may meas
urcs even in the cOncert-rOom. The pathos
of Strauss will hardly bear ANALYSIS; it is to
the music he writes like the curious coloring
of many artists to their pictures it brightens
the effect of the whole, but brings out all the
faults into greater relief. There is no real
idea III 1t either; you can never analyze one
OF the waltzes as you can one of Beethoven's,
saying This means passion, this pain, and
this love-" You are only vaguely reminded
OF certain sensations which you cannot de-
fine. kapullmeister Strauss is n phenome-
non who puzzles the strongest heads. He
seems to know everything in natures har-
'' ~ hi'.i,Ioli, put Hc Cln Only ulnly
embody what he feels.
One man is doing almost as much toward
buildn. Vienna as IIaussmann did for Paris
but he is accomplishing it in different way.
lie has discovered an excellent invention for
new kind OF most permanent and elegant
stucco, and the Nicnuesc are building hun
dreds of sham beautiful houses. All the new
portion OF the city is even more magnificent
than Paris; so easily is magniiicence wrought
out OF this new patent. Some of the houses
along the Rngstrasse have palatal fronts,
built Of this mixture. The proprietor of the
patent has little cooperative village built
out of this tidy material, where the workmen
live in much comfort. The old streets of
Vienna look very cherries in contrast with
the new semi-ycllow palaces.