Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-07-25
Letter from Vienna.
of the Bait. American.
RESPECT FOR THE LAW.

Letter from Vienna.
Correspondence of the Bait. American.
RESPECT FOR THE LAW.
The Austrian has great respect for the law
and is officers. Such thing as an attempt to
escape from police officer is never known in
Vienna. 1t is not necessary tor a policeman
10 arrest and drag an offender to the station
house. All he has to do is to say to man,
You are under arrest, and ne Will stand
stock still all day until the officer has time to
attend to him. The certainty OF punishment
if he should do otherwise may have much to
40 with this. The resistance Of an officer of
The law would, however, bring every bystander
representative of the law, that they regard as
being outraged. Thus it is in the public
,u,lares If citizen should witness any viola,
ton of the rules and regulations he would fee
il his duty to at once arrest the offender, and
hand him over to an officer. There is no class
Of people who disregard the law except the
carriage drivers, and they are brought up by the
hities every day. AS their offences are mostly
against strangers, who do not wish to be a.
the trouble of informing upon them, they eau
aford to pay the fines in few cases for the
profits they make from the many A citizen
pays them what the law allows, and if the
driver demurs he jumps back iD the carriage
and tells him to drive to the statlon-house
This has the desired effect, and his growliog
ceases.
But in all other respects the law in Vienna
in supreme. Punishment ofthe severest char
ac,cr is sure to follow its slightest violation.
Noise or improper conduct on the streets Is
never heard; but as men here n@ver get drunk,
that NAV be one of the causes Of this exception
to other large cities.
LOVE OF MUSIC.
There is no city 10 Europe in which there
are 50. many large bands of skilled musicians
as ure there is in Vienna. They all number be-
tween fifty and sixty performers and there are
not less than sixty of as perfect orchestral bands
as that of Theodore Thomas. % Sunday af
,ernoons every garden around the city, even
those where the working classes resort, has one
or more of these bands in attendance, the price
OF admission being from thirty to fifty kreut-
zcrs or from fifteen to twenty FIVE cents. They
all perform opcratic music or some OF the live
ly productions of Strauss, and all classes seem
to be equally as critical in their judgment of
the character of their performance. Yester-
day Sunday evening we visited a number Of
the gardens and found whole families, includ-
ing the children, taking Their evening meal
and listening to the music, followed by goblets
OF beer and cigars There was 10 most OF them
as many ladies' as gentlemen present, and they
all presented scenes of innocent recreation and
enjoyment At the VoIkes Garden the cele
brated band Of Strauss. led by himself, was in
attendance, and there was here assembled as
fashionable an audience as could be found at
any OF the great two dollar concerts 10 Amerl-
ca, the price of admission being only thirty
4 tho khoro 90 ho
IN attendance, and an audience OF several
thousand around each of them. Music is both
good and cheap, and poor or inefficient band
would be nowhere tolerated for a moment.
We took our suppers at garden 10 the south
ern suburbs Of the city, which is principally visi-
ted by mechanics, and here found one of the
great bands that was performing on the grounds
Uf the Exposition at our last visit, discoursiDg
most delightful music, each piece performed
being exclusively announced by placard. The
same quiet and good order prevailed as at the
more fashionable resorts. On Saturday bight
we visited the Bloomensalen, or Laurel Hall,
being an immense hall with two wings in the
shape of letter IT, Here the orchestra consis-
ted of sixty females, portion of them being
The same orchestra that visited the United
States few years since. There was an i'm
meuse audience, and their performance elected
grca, applause. The military are, of course,
The organizers Of the best of these bands: but
sui there are number OF independent organi-
cations of great merit The great Baden Baden
band which performs every afternoon from
TO- o'clock at the principal stand at the Expo
sltlon grounds, is an independent organization,
and is believed to have no superior in the
world. Gambling having been stopped at
Baden Baden their occupation was at an end,
and they are under engagement for the entire
duration of the Exposition.
THE POLICE OF VIENNA.
The police of Vienna wear a semi military
dress of green cloth, with jacket coat closely
hattoned up to the throat, with brass buttons.
lhcy all carry sword at their sides, and pre-
sent quite a military aspect. Around their
HIecSs suspended close under their chins, is a
C'aSs plate, crescent shaped, upon which, in
Mts arse niack figures. is engraved their plumbers.
nat Is the extent of the force We have not
a>eeralued, though the highest figures have
se' seen upon these plates was 3,427. They
are are 10 be seen everywhere, in all sections of
Tue city, but seem to have little or nothing to
W. he city is so quiet and orderly that they
;u'eFey walk their rounds, their presence be-
'"S al that Is apparently necessary for the pre-
st'Vatlon of the peace. There are few of
t"ei ~. N mounted, but perhaps these are merely
. ' .:e hlngStrasse during the time OF the Ex-
rU$''lon. rvS m They present quite military aspect
nr har carriage, and wear their swords gracefully,
MS M;ss al served their three years 10 the army.
ana VI 'hem are not over thirty years Of age,
ya,o "e selected with great care as to their pri
'''lo'ng IN the community.
~, noGs AND HORSES.
v;nnr v,nu oos Is not SO generally used for work in
can ooao as ln Berlin and Dresden, through they
IIoss. sSs.,,Iisonally ,i be seen drawing small wagons
dop< >, 'uat work are, however, the happiest of
srsnoaS aS 'hey tug at the harness with all their
a mss s'u u ana the greatest good will. We saw
the o.h pulling wagon for short distance the
which ,uer e DAY, he having embarrassed his dog,
the <h.m was yelplng at him and taking bold Of
wiIGnn G"'.i !. with his teeth, being apparently un-
hayuss hus that the wagon should move without his
bsn;rs. share of the burden. Nearly all the
mos,ls ius mere is done by horses, and they are