Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-15

'GoOt Hayvlngs! hat loose my p0orze"
"Your what?" asked.
"My pors-my portmanteau"
She was evidently rather fond OF her English.
but the episode OF the purse was so old thai She
was affected by IL even at the outset, and she
grinned mockingly at her own deception. for She
held her purse In her hand. She might have been
a vlennese countess as far as looks are Concerned
city OF notable faces and her taiiOrmade gown had
evidently come from Paris. She was ex0uisteiy
attired In every detail, and seemed full or good
nature
Then she asked me in q casual way II 7 won,d
stop passing car for her. and waved my cane
at me driver In response. She gave me quite a
friendly little nod, rs though we had been &C.
quainted for twenty years, Jumped aboard. and
waved her hand at me familiarity. IL Is lmpOsslble
10 give an adequate idea OF the friendly and en-
tlrely ''chummy" manner which she displayed 7
made up my mind by this time that IL was NOT
safe TO remain still. and kept on in my walk to-
1t was during this walk that I saw yienna,s
beautiful, olack-eyed and shapely mon The
women are OF all conceivable ages, more per.
fectly dressed even than the questionable women
the streets 70 themselves. When / mentioned
this to the captain upon whom was calling. he
said: NV
''You are right In that particular-the streets
are practically theirs frcm IL to L Then
they disappear Tor breakfast or quiet lunch In
At o'clock they come out again Tor an hour ar
Two aud, after that, they are more or less at
Inc Snea1ets' the gardens and the restaurants"
a. shb hACk COURSE.
There was racing that day, I learned and
went to the course. It was In q straight wav
through the park and all the crack whtps In
Vienna were out. Men were dressed in great cor
rectness, but nearly all OF them were Of1cers
They drove two, four and six horses before rather
lightly built carts The horses are n necniisr
breed, most OF them coming from HunOarv sThev
are small, natty, merry as tigers but SOFT moutheG
and their legs are as slim as those OF a deer
The racing itself was not very iDteresfino nm
account OF the SLOW time. The hOrses were NJ,
trained anywhere near as flne as those OF EnvIand
France or America, many OF them Carrying a CnT1
many supernuous pounds OF nesh around the
track In fact one held OF racers for q four.m,ie
race looked Ike SO many over.fed cobs The hxt
ting was not particularly heavy, and after a short
LOOK at the pretty grass track, discovered thas
the interest was not In the horses, but In the
mob which had again shown up In maenifcent
The costumes OF the women-there must have
been at least q thousand OF them at me co,,rse
that afternoon-were very snowy ana horsev ana
they moved around rs though they OWnea the
course. A great many OF them climbed the vents
beside the viennese swellS when the drive h0ms
began, and at $40 or O'Clock, the broad avenne
leading down from the track was alive WITH fhe
blazing eyes OF the vionnese women. Thew unesi
the course on either side, and, when went 70 -
'.Otheilo' that night 1t the Burg Theater WIN
that remarkable tragedtan, S0nnenthal In the
cast the black eyes OF tho viennese mob were siil
visible. dozen pair even stared o. me intoresf-
ediy when jumped from tho cab and reiterated
INTO the hotel That IL one reason why consider
the vienneSe mob the most remarkable feature q
tne beautiful Austrian city. BLAKxLY HAIL.