Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-08-27
FIRST EDITION.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.

FLORENCE, August, 1873.
Vienna is the grand city, perfectly individual
ized and impressing every one with her great
ness. Set away of to the east, she loses some
of the peculiar traits which mark the cities Of
Germany all more or less similarly, and one might
expect to see her civilization decreased by the
distance !; but gathering all the forces into one
which farther West are scattered through many
cities, she seems to rise perfectly magnificent,
superior to them all combining all the strength
| of the West with the richness of the East.
AS we rode the long day from Munich, through
| lower Bavaria, with it's varied farm-scenes. into
the heart of Austria, we saw the lace Of the
country, and the products, and the mode OF cul-
| tlvation gradually change. Everything grew
/ larger and more widened the forests had great
| or stretch the level fields,waving with ripe wheat
spread out like Pennsylvania or Delaware
| scene, farm-houses and barns appeared outside
| of the clustered villages orchards OF trnlt,
horses, herds OF feeding cattle were seen every
! where the land seemed to yield bouutifully and
| to be encouraged to do 80. never saw so much
| wheat-so many fields and 30 much /" field
| Fine scenery av all along our route about
| Sazburg it is wild and rugged. but every little
/ terrace on the mountain-slde was planted with
| vines and villages nestled in the hollows. and
| the crags We're crowned with castles, and
river ran at the foot, while over ALL the snnllght
| IHlIly ephThltu Win FplchuSi' ana
| clear and bracing, and there was but Mite aust
| and cnders, no though we rode and rode all day,
/ we were not weary, and at night atter the most
/ gorgeous sunset we have seen Cfor say what
tbey will about Italian sunsets, we have had none
equal to those at home-I suppose they are not
| in season, when the stars came out clear and
| twinkllng. aud we leaned out of the windows to
catch afar OIL the blaze of the city lights 1t was
| with only the charm OF new delight that they
| greeted us, shining away out over the distant
| level track, miles ahead it seemed. ON to one
side more gorgeous illumination than the rest
| attracted our attention, and we hailed the great
| Worlds Exposition at the same time that We
recognized Vienna.
Getting into carriages at the immense depot,
where the jargon Of all tongues made deafen-
ing medley worse than New York or Washington
we were driven and on unendhngly 1t
| seemed, through street after street OF immense
rich buildings, each more imposing than the last
| till all nv dreams OF Ease magnihcence seem
cd realized, till at last we were set down at the
| hotel de France, and obsequiOus walters guided
| lis up the wide salcases l will not say how 1ar
TO rooms brilliant III scarlet drapery and shining
marbles.
1t was all very nice to look at, and must
mention the unexceptionable polish OF the glass
in the street lamps which was very noticeable
everywhere (you would not know the lanterns
had glass in them it was 80 clear and clean,) and
the smoothly paved streets over which the car
rages rolled as a floor; but it was the hardest
| place to get anything to eat that we have been.
More time was wasted at the table, by some IN
fuming and fretting, by others in laughing at
them but by all in i1ddng 10 de lodated upon tnan
would have shown us half the sights of the city
1t is Just a ray they haze they do not mean any
disresp ct by it. and after we got used to II ana
took books to the table to fill up the time, ltWas
| not 80 bad ,,
The great interest OF Vienna, absorbing all
others now is Of course the exposition, and well
worthy it il of all the attention il attracts.
1t is city within a city, and the lesser COM
pretending and holding the greater, II not IN
| ,t,,t,A I mGhHt1f4
, | ments ard distances, did not ask them, but 1t
, il perfectly wonderful in its mere size; and then
its plan and its intrcacy, and its beauty are all
marvellous.
II ia the first and only place that have been
afraid to go about in, without guide. Vienna
itself does not offer such obstacles to stran-
ger as the exposition building that is till you
get acquainted with it's plan, then it is clear
enonph il YOU don't get your head turned, and
II you do not penetrate too closely INTO the CUT
! ners. :.
o. but the world must be big place, and it
must have fine things in It, beyond Imagination
! to conceive, il all tho countries make only ihe
show compared to their abilities that the United
| States does. That is il Turkey. Austria, France
! | and Persia only show their products III the same
| proportion to what they have at home, as the
. | U S does they must be overwhelmingly their
: | rich and prosperous. Taking altogether, sup
| pose there ia fair exhibition OF American
7 products and industries there, but it is nothing
q 10 what she can do, either In variety or impor-
| vantage with her compeers a. she might.
The most interesting feature thonsh perhaps
not the most important, is the exhibition OF the
houses of the different nations. 1t Is travelilne
y to far distant countries made easy and cheap tc
NO. and remarkably Interesting Anew mlhutss
o walk takes us from the hamhao houses of Japan
l. | where all the appurtenances or Japanese iNlne
N are found to the Turkish palace, rich IN all tht
" colors and ornaments so priced by them.
1t Turkish bazaar offers it's attractions, and Ger
a mans dressed in the garb OF the East, and sInok
| ing the long opium pipes, sell emDrolderies
lr beads and ornaments frOm the Levaht Tor doubl'
l. price and get 1t, too, from innocents ike our
: | selves ,,,
10 The Moorish palace with its baths and trick
u lug fountains, its gay embrolderles ana go Seou
70 dresses WAS like a fantastic dream.
=, The glum Egyptians with their cameis am
o. | their dirty queer dresses are studies, and TN
I'd Chinese eating with chopsticks, their long cue
dangling down their backs the pretty ltahal
ns peasant girls with their short skirts and re
ts waists and the Swiss restaurant, and the lndal
O. Palace with its gorgeous hanBlnBs ana the ol'e
80 air concerts every afternoon Whole the hhes.
no music can be listened to by only the exha pa
mt of a few kreutzers for chair all these are
i'd much to see and to learn perhaps as the wonder
RS full display Of all kinds of manufactures lhslu
en the grand building. Austria has outcome hel M
~ self she has tho most prominent part OF lhe pui'u
NJ ing and nearly half of 1t, so L heard some oh
ce SAY but AZ to knowing for myself, do not. no
ne can one tell when he has gone half way roun
tie the world, when he does not know how BIZ u
's- | world is ,, l.,
hi And how could l tell how much Austria ha
he when il seemed to me to be squares upon square
all of large city with nothing but meerschaum stor'
%, in sight aud then going down another gallel
ch or street to see nothing but cases OF FANS furlt
OF and unfurled futtering away off into dim Oil
is- tance. -.
be. Another turn brought me to the region OF hat
till thought that those who must have been :
hands and mouths for the pipes and the fai
ian must surely now be all heads to hold these /
in Vulnerable hats.
an Then the money that they must have is enc
He mous in quantity else it would not take 80 MAJ
he Dortmonies to hold it. The display OF all KIN
led Of Russia leather work was very great and We
rec fine. .-, IT,
her England excelled in jewelry think, thoul
,ed there was brilliant and handsome display fro
out France and other places too while in dentls
work and apparatus the United States certain
was ahead as well in beautiful fancy shoe
We spent two days at the Exposition and 81
ID, nothing comparatively, and yet 30 much, that
cea are half giddy with the amount, az well as qu
In9 awe-struck with the splendor. .
ay' There is something touching in the exhibit
be of products OF far distant less civilized colonl
neh and countries, in general show like this.
avs Each one, Gt is presumable) SENDS It's D
and it's fairest, but when rude weapons OF wa
belts made of teeth and bits OF bone mats
tba | coarse straw and clumsy workmanship
NJ coarsest of cotton and linen fabrics feather orr
ant nal In