Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-06-26
AYARICIOUS AUSTRIANS.
Devices for Obtaining Money at the VII
emma Exposition.

emma Exposition.
Vienna Cor of the New York Tribune.]
The devices of the exhibition manage
ment to tighten the pockets of visitors
provoke much sharp criticism and satire
in the Vienna papers, and are sometimes
resented by the visitors in way that
expresses their opinion Enthusiastically.
The open air concert by Strauss orches-
ira was broken up, the other day, by the
indignant audience, who found, when
they arrived on the ground, that all the
space within ear-shot OF the music stand
was occupied by chairs, for which
gulden each was demanded. Somebody
had got concession" to monopollze
the space in this way, so that the concert,
which was advertised as free to all who
visited the exhibition, could only be
heard by paying an extra half dollar.
Music is almost as free as air in Vienna.
There are dozens of beer gardens and
restaurants where one can hear a really
excellent orchestra for the few kreutzers
that glass of beer costs and the best
OF military band music can be enjoyed
any pleasant day in the parks for moth
ing. The people who went to hear
Strauss were, therefore, naturally indlg-
nant at the trick, and refused to pay
their guldens. Finally the clamor be-
came so great that Strauss and his plpers
and fiddlers marched off without playing
at all Another petty and annoying de-
vice of the management is to refuse to
change money at the gates where en-
trance tickets are sold. Somebody has
a concession for keeping an exchange
office near each entrance, where the v1s1-
tor must submit to a shave to have has
money changed. Last Sunday, when
the admission price was half gulden,
the cashier refused to take gulden for
two tickets, and gentlemen accompanied
by ladies had to. go to the money-chang-
er's and return with the exact sum of 81
kreutzers for each ticket wanted. The
carriage regulations are also devised tC
bleed the public. You leave your carriage
at one of the entrance doors, but when
cial in uniform politely informs YOU
that it has gone to the Standplatz. But
where is the Standplatz =? A quarter o.
mile at least. You must send tele
gram from an office close by the gate
which costs you 10 kreutzers, and aftel
you have waited fifteen minutes, In the
rain, perhaps, the vehicle appears. Blu
this is not the only imposition you mus
submit to- A fellow with red ban(
around his cap, and numerous brass but
tons on his coat, opens the carriage doc
for you, whether you want him to or not
and of course must be paid for his super
huous service. Another catehpenny de
vice is the placing of chairs In variou
parts of the buildings and grounds, wit
no notice upon them that their use is nc
free. The verdant visitor, tired of tramp
ing about and gazing at the g universe
unreadiness" of the exhibition, sink
into one of these seats with dispositio
to be grateful for the thoughtfulness {
the management in providing rest fo
the weary, when a smart girl, with
leatherbag strapped toher waist, pounce
upon him, thrusts paper ticket i
his hand and demands 10 kreutzers fc
the use of the chair. Some individut
or company has the concession of til
right to rent chairs, it appears. Thel
is a sharp bon mot in the Figaro on tt
schemes to capture the guldens an
kreutzers of the unwary, which cu
more ways than one. The roof of tt
industrial palace leaks in the rotunt
and at other places. The Figaro, mott
ing this fact, says that Baron Schwar
has rented these interesting points f
100000 guldens to an American, who W
charge visitors 25 kreutzers a minute f
cooling themselves off under these show
baths