The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-11-21

were announced, then other agreeable peo.
pie dropped In and after long stretches Got
of leaving me saddened at parting. And
SO IL was all day; no one else going fhroneh
W vloh ma as night approached, different
t hvJipio gu nVunu Ior the city got on to the
selves They talked of the sights. COM
pared notes, also prices and hotels. discus
seu current events. An invalid lady and
ner nusoand came In whom / found very
agreeable people. 1 afterward encountered
s9em IN vienna where we saw the wonders
OF tnat wonderfully beautiful city together,
the people of which seem as ingenious as
our New England farmers. But my train
switched on little before we reached the
city, my plan being to spend the night at
one OF those Badens of which Europe Is
so full.
This Austrian Baden Is a very delight
full place and its waters are much more
agreeable to the taste than those OF Baden
Baden. left regretfully but as l was to
pass through good half dozen OF Badens
during the summer, 1t was not OF so much
consequence to remain in this charming
spot.
VIENNA.
Vienna like London, Paris and Berlin is
endless. You can conquer miles and miles
of railway and still be In Vienna. 1t Is a
city of circles within circles, the inside
circle being the city of most modern in
terest But stay In Vienna, If only for
few days is almost hopeless. One must
drive everywhere since the distances are
two great for walking. When you see a
fine building with cupola, 1t Is safe to
call 1t museum since there are number
less fine ediices devoted to purposes of
art.
After all the rest is seen there is one Of
those mountain railroads not far from the
city OF which Europe is so full, which
goes up to Karlenberg. The view from
karlenberg Is superb. There Is high
| tower perched on the highest point of the
mountain which gives famous view not
only Of the city but of the country far be-
yoDd. Those mountain regions In Aus
| tria, of Corinthia and Syria through
which are hardly less fine than the Tyrol,
came out like pictures when one saw them
| from this Austrian Rigi.
The system OF horse cars In Vienna Is
the best and most economical of any in the
world, one ticket. by means Of a CORE
spondence. being good over a half a dozen
different routes, so that one can ride round
all The circles for one fare. There is also
a system Of railway fares which makes
tickets good for any place within ten
mile circuit. This system extends from
Vienna as centre all over Austria and
| gives rise to extensive travel among its
| people.
But the trouble in all sight seeing is
| where to leave off. If one Is bored he has
to get away In the quickest manner pos
sible but If otherwise 1t is hard to tear
oneself from so much that is fine since
there Is always more which one might see
and that somebody else says they have
| seen.
| THE DANUBE.
left in the boat which goes up the DAN
ube to Linz in 10 hours and which leaves
| Vienna at o'clock. The lovely blue Dan
ube. who has not imagined himself on its
waters some beautiful summer night. AL
though 1t is not just whatyou have pictured
1t, the Danube is very fascinating and
worth the time spent drifting on it, Its
waters are not blue. but dirty drab and
Its scenery is not at all like that upon the
Castle Rhine but the sail is very delightful.
I0u muse as you drift, and hum the airs of
songs and think of the poetry and romance
Wnlcn the Danube has always engendered.
but one must arrive at Linz at half past
one and can leave by dozen trains at
three o'clock the same morning. The por-
ter wakes you and an omnibus hustles you
on to the station where train bound for
almost anywhere may be taken.
One meets every nationality ON the DAN
uoe. There were French, Anstrians, Ger
mans, Swiss, Italians and HuBgarians on
this trip. The Hungarian language is al
most as musical as the Italian and the peo-
pie are as vivaclous as the French.
You think of Linz, this city where you
leave the Danube, as place where one
has poor coffee at 3 O'Clock in the morning
and drowses out of the station few
minutes later. You think of 1t, as place
| without domestic life and it seems in imag-
inatioD, full of railroad stations and omni-
buses. Linz Is of course unlike Heaven in
every particular. but it seems so especially
as place with nothing but night and very
threshold to the "Salykammergal," that
most beautiful region on the globe, one is
willing at least to pass through it on the
way thither. All. G.