The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-22
A suRFElT OF PRINCES AND FLUNKEYS,
Summer Sunshine and Brilliant
Uniforms i'm the Prater.
THE EMPEROR ON HORSEBACK.
How the Blue-BlOOded NOtabilitieS Are At
tired and Attended.


in life with perfect responsibility and almost total
abstinence-men as regards their potations who,
once or twice year, as the fit may seize them
win enter upon a violent debauch They absent
themselves from their homes and their usual sur
roundings and after the lapse of two weeks, which
has been spent either In solitary guzzlngs or In
Bacchanalian orgies with the lowest company,
they return home somewhat shamefaced and
pursue the even tenor Of their way for another
twelvemonth. They have satisfied even to reple-
ton their craving for drink, they are nanseated
with alcohol Of every FORM and return with thank
fitness to pure llmpid water.
think II had for friend a fellow citizen in
whom observed certain symptoms Of weakness
for arist0cratc institutions would treat him as
the men have just alluded to treat themselves. l
would take him away from his simple yet comfort
able home, from the social status which, If it be
great he mas acquired by merit, from which, If it be
low, there is no reason why he should not raise
himself, and would plant him here in this city of
Vienna at the present moment. would bring him
here at this time, when this capital where ancient
lineage and high rank are always more thought Of
than in any other part OF Europe) is exultlng in a
perfect glut of blue-blooded aristocracy; when
stars and garters are as common as dirty faces and
unshOd feet, ana when the little news ordinarily
given in the journals is absolutely crowded out by
the titles OF the foreign guests all OF which set
forth at full length.
GLUT OF ROYALTY.
The old King Of Saxony told Talma, the great
French actor, that II he would come to Dresden he
should play 'before pit full OF kings" Adelna
Patti might, If she chose, sing here before par
terre crowded with princes. The heirs apparent to
four OF the European reigning dynasties are here
the Crown Princes OF Germany, Denmark and Bel
GUM and the Prince of Wales. Here, too, are half
q hundred little princekins hoheits and durch-
Gucnts, very poor in pocket, but very pompOus in
person. with their titles duly registered in the
'Almanach de Gotha," and their pretentions duly
recognized at this most ceremonious Of courts.
Each Of these, from the greatest to the smallest,
brings with him STAFF important or Insignificant,
according to It's leaders, position or his purse
comptrollers general and high stewards, equerries
and attaches "gallopers' and private secretaries.
The retinue Of the Prince OF Wales and Prince
Arthur, OF England is so great that 1t cannot be
accommodated in the same palace with them, but is
boarded out here and there at different hotels,
while some h0left from Sauerschnkensten will
have all his STAFF in the person of an enormous
JAEGER. who in tawdry uniform and fierce cooked
hat sits on the box Of his masters carriage and
roars to the common people to ''clear the way"
On either side the door Of every hotel which has the
happiness of numbering a distinguished parsonage
among its guests, is O sentry marching up and
down and IN perpetual state OF presenting arms
to some one or other important parsonage con-
stantly passing; loungng in the portal of every
palace land the palaces here are as numerous as
the dry goods stores in Broadway is an enormous
jantor, beautiful being dressed in long coat COW
cred with lace and an enormous cooked hat and
bearing a long wand with massive silver handle.
When you add to all these the soldiers in uniform,
FpnN nnIfnn
(horse and foot) and the public commissioners or
errand runners, all OF whom wear special livery
you can readily imagine that Vienna is city
wherein at least the lust Of the eye is likely to be
grati1ed.
SUNSHINE IN VIENNA.
For those who rejoice in such sights there could
net have been prettier scene than that to be OBJ
served in the Prater on Saturday afternoon. Last
week the Prater looked stern and bare. 1t had
been nipped by the bitter northeast wind and re-
scented the indignity. On Saturday it was glowing
in fierce June sunshine The recent showers had
given an emerald brightness to the turf; the milk
white cones were coming coyly forth under the
same genial inspiration; while far away in the
distance one could catch glimpses Of fields
and farm houses and orchards filed with
fruit trees in blossom, reaching to the
horizon. bounded by the outlines Of purple
mountains standing out against coudless sky.
had come out OF the Exhibition building. which
was hot, dusty and noisy, but singularly
empty OF visitors considering the novelty Of the
institution and the fact that Strauss band was
playing for the delectation OF those who preferred
music to progress. and was wondering what had
become OF all the people, when a glance at the
Prater was suflcient to satisfy my doubts.
THE LOUNGERs IN THE PRATER.
Far away as the eye could stretch each side OF
the Drive was thckly lined with onlookers,
vennese OF all kinds; priests in souched hats and
long, dark-brown coats reaching to their heels
with blue collars round their necks; rotund SNUG
burghers in black broadcoth, great in watch chains
adjoining their stout stomachs and massive rings
decorating their fat forenngers; female oour-
Oeofste, rather bulgy in the waist rather gummy
about the ankles, rather clumsy about the
hands and rather coarse as regards the hair,
but brghteyed intelligent and good-tempered /;
specialized professors from the colleges and hos
pitfalls, pretty nursemaids, with their charges
Nasp-waisted Officers ana private soldiers princi.
pally remarkable for the way in which their ears
are set on to their heads, like the double handles
TO ancient drinking cups; foreigners, too, in
shoals-the Hungarlans, in knee-boots, braided
frockcoat and dark woollen caps; Polish Jews, in
grease-stained gabardines, with greasy ringlets
hanging over their shoulders; servian peasants,
covered with their heavy woolsKins, and English
men, In that universal costume OF checked suit
and round hat in which that eccentric nation de-
lights to travel
BLUE BLOOD MARCHING IN REVIEW.
what is the reason OF the gathering together OF
this crowd, and what have they come out to see ?
The lust OF the flesh and the lust or the eye and
the pride Of lifei Nearly all the foreign notablries
seem to be driving up and down in review order
and giving the people chance OF thoroughly
staring at them. II you are big bug you
must put up with the inconvenience as well as
enjoy the pleasures OF the position. Favorite
actors at Athens ran the risk OF being smothered
with the garments which their admirers cast at
fhem. votaire, on his last appearance in public,
was pelted with roses, and the gentleman from
milwaukee, after q visit to Washington. being
aeked II he had seen the President, remarked that
he had "tr0dden all his toes into Sass and all but