, 1873-07-20
VIENNA.
Morals and Marriage in the
Austrian Capital.
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Vienna Letters to tho Baltimore american.
MORALS ARD arAnAIAoE.
mans woalsl.is often estimated in Vienna
by tho number Of mislroascs he kceps, and tho
magniAconco Of thcir oquipagcs, diamonds, aud
arossos. 'Thoro Ia no city in tho world, not ovon
Parts that can rival tho metropolis Of Alstria
In Bensunlity and immortality, and in thoso re-
6poots there ia a uniyersality Of neutimont TINT
Is quito remarkable. There aro no cstablsh-
mouts in Vienna, howovor, like thoBo which
hayo proved such nuisance to the citizons Of
Tho Eastorn School District Of Baltimore, for
tho ronson that professionals Of that class 10
not oxiHt there. Thoro aro, itl Short no Haunting
oourtcsaus in Vionna, as aro to be socn on tho
stroots OF Paris, or oycn In Now York or Batti-
moro. Whero virtue Is such rarity thero is no
opportunity for making Bpooalty OF vice, and
It hns special locality. In this respect Vionna
would appear to tho casual vialtor moro froo
from this specics or social evil than any other
large city IN the Worldi but visit to tho Found-
ling Hospital, whore tloro is an average OF about
3orty infants received daily, or tho general hos
pital, whoro lss fAogltmato births average thirty
day, ehoWR tho pro-em1nenoe OF vienna oVor
Ill othor cities IN the world. Thoro aro 2o,0oo
soldiers always In tho city, moatly young men
from tho provinces, who could not marry II they
would, and would not II thoy could. Ihoy
havo no means to support . wife, and seldom
hayo money sufficient to nav tho church
charges for the performance Of tho marriage
uoAEnoAys AAoJ caA po nu11 ~ olohAAa "asA
tho young girls on tho Atngatrasse and tho Fra
ter. They form attachments, but nro mover OK
pectod to marry. Their example is followed by
Inc young "en III oenos "alA' Oh ',lo, anu
aln assured tloro aro fo"or marriages. IN Vionna
than almost any other city Of one-third the pop
ulalion. trhoro soems to bo no nttemrt made by
tho author;t,oa or hy ,ho cbnrc1, to romodv tbia
eVll, Which mas bccone 80 universal tnas-
hmong tho laboring classes ospociaIy-thera are
low mothora who have husbands.
Jb,vo uodo anoc;a1 ofrorta tn obtain authontio
, .nlolnAlaoa ~ W sno cAusoa "n4on w. .eeons
80 tn1s extensive aomoFan1aslon. LIN. 'ne1e "le
many good and yirtuoua people here thore IL no
n1a,,nor Of doubt but that tho no1t generation
will rroal]v ilateriorato ia eounllv certuin. Ten
W. s4oos'y !. .oSo eao, ~ ',,."1 s.aa
5oars ago 1t was regarded Us somewhas uograd-
Ing to tho female to live without marriage.
Now, no woman Is consdered rs having low
nre,, borsolf much in the estoom Of nor
,,a;atho,a ,,,Ioa. -,,a ho,o,roo hra.,r
courtesan. Or this class 1t ID but proper to say
that Vienna, with its million Of population, has
1cEer than tie smallest Of tho principal ctios of
.ho 11nitcd st,tea sr,,oro aro bownyor. moro
piebP,o n;tMg oGfS1 a tSn cnnon nf Ill., with
H. M .1r.;ia"6 ~ sannro+;nr nt T1casu.1 whioh
lne pils.ioGo & ~ p;tt to - -, ~ tha drat
ch;1d tI ;a tc hecom;nt, i,nilv more popnIur, 'NN
eO1' Tia p lava rar,;}atin2 maTringn are. I hayo
epeartainoi, t i diireront from those Of any other
sasI,, a,,, ,on ~ nnnen w;thont tho coneent
~ ti,o,r ,"y ynor"nts ,TLo nortos nronosnu mar
rio"o n,uat aleo hayo tho WIitton consont Of tho
nnTSomastor md autho1itioy Of tho p1aco of
tIev can nroye that thov hayn nnoans sufficient
- .n1,nnrt - f.m;lv. and viii nok .hcoomn n
cI,r"a nnnn ti,e comm,,,,itv, Dnrinp I'm tGree
vasrs rhtch oyorv nbio-bodfed mon Ia raauirod
;o serys in the army, % he is not permitted to
mary as1 Without ho haa also tho corsont Of the
aroretary % of War. or the General under whose
con,onn1 In IL aeryinc some of tneso laws can
h. a1ntind hv Do;ng tn son,a nt1'or eocion Of Tn
countrv INK tfo l,era to marriage nro 70 ereat,
sod +, =; {icnlt;oa to hs ovcrcnnn W nnmeroma
corcmnny a1nTi stnrt off in iifa iust M 20 inanv
~ tho;r ,,on,hors and frian1,s 6nva dana hoforo
tIem ~ ,A Thero ia a reoent law vlicl, ID intended
IL nrotect thc fo,nalo in theae loft-handei mnr-
rinraa r. E}o hEcartninA that 1nr " rNn. ~ hv
.rh9u thgus ,,s - haa ch1ycn ia abo11t to eontract
,narriaee n. sho can ontar nrotest md mt q ston
~ s." so,emonv vr Il dncs MT howover nr avant
s,,n ~ frosn .h.ndonnu te moiher ~ liz c;15ran
aa nnd famiapiv tons m m viii, 1,;a now ovn irat
na In n daSa lone psat took un viii her RTse Ths
noro,a f1a;iy nnh1iaheS hnro nj rocnrniza 1Iis
.o,,. uA5 i;fa WA In MOST ne,,M1nn .ne
sm np pmnSS tar aroaa ,nX
~ fn1in~ T IN tova with and a1oninr ith hmaa
S,nda nrt5 VIVA. hrntrinonY IN irnoro1 ontira5v
IN rs rnost aA1 ~ ham 'rbn marraas ocraonx y
Ha;ia onr t1rox;,r vi ,nn,s nnnonar and bdo {ois
aooy ta s bcnne ;n Viennn nt east 10 bo Arr. ~.
rardea as ono of tho follioa Of past generation.
6"'"'0 ss,un,,or ~ INV ~ .N1owa INV
r, iaa;na a. Anaor;oo AS aa wo1i aa ti,n t,.
,nnn nrII ho nj ~ o,}er ;nto nn esrast ro.
tast .r,i,a+ ~ ovston, r ~ n,,-r;oon
sgst agan.st M ,no nyssem an nss'1gG rresacns
u ~ Snetr. yo,na 1aaea hore sonr ns II"
ad oati,;aKr n.aa u ara an,InS5, 10y
~ nau nsi IT, ~ 80 ni4wIa m
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