Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-28

CHAPEL OF THE CROWN PRINCES COUNTRY HOUSE
Some twenty-five miles from Vienna, at the
village Of Meyerling, is the country house Of
the late crown prince. where he ended his life.
The wing in which the tragedy occurred has
been transformed into q chapel that all trace
Of the strange affair may be eliminated SO far
as possible. The princes widow, the Princess
Stefanie. resides at the Luxenberg palace,
near the city. amid such beautiful surround
inss, both natural and artificial, that the task
of forgetting q man who. from all accounts,
had little regard for her happiness should be
comparatively easy.
GERMANS As BIcYcIIsrs.
Bicycling "a q sport has perhaps q stronger
hold upon the Germans than upon any other
European nation. Through their two great
wheeling organizations, the "Deutscher Rad
fahrer Bund" and the 'Algemeine Radfahrer
Union," they have adopted Q salutation IAN
He'll (all hail, with which each wheelman
sreets every other wheelman, whether riding
or in uniform or not When in uniform the
greeting 10 accompanied by q military salute
and the ethics Of the sport do not require the
removal Of the cap even in returning the re-
cogniticn Of ladies, the military salute and bow
alone. as among army officers, being regarded
a. sufficient
AUSTRIAN HOSPITALITY.
Members of the only Vienna bicycle club
having q club house learned Of our presence in
the city on the day Of our arrival and would
sent to accept their hospitality in the form Of
lodgings, which they provide free at their
house for visiting wheelmen, and notwithstsnd-
ing that We had already put mp at hotel. We
might have been blacklegs of the worst
description for all they knew, but it was sufi-
Gent for them that we were sports collegen, as
they say. We were the recipients Of the same
hospitality at Graz and elsewhere, a. will
appear further on.
TOWARD TURKEY
Out from Vienna by kaiserstrssse, az the
main roads are called, to Wiener-Neustadt,
thirty miles distant vas the first stage of our
journey Turkeyward. The roads OF the Austro-
Hungary empire do not average as well as those
OF Germany, but our road 10 that point and ten
miles beyond, across a broad level plain where
We noticed the first buckwheat We had seen in
Europe, was among the very best it has been
our fortune to travel over. Laid in straight
courses, and shaded by elms and poplars it re-
sembled both in quality and appearance many
Of the best French roads. From the plain we
entered the foot hills Of the Semmerins. q
mountain chain which may well be called
junior alps, so grand is it in rugged beauty.
heavily wooded on Its lower slopes, above
which Its bare peaks tower majestically. Par
ticulArly Is this true OF the valley of the Muir
on the Syrian sides, where each bend in the
valley presents some new and vet more charm
ing picture. The mountain railway across the
Semmering u the oldest of its kind. having
been constructed between 1s4S and 1853.
THE CAPITAL OF SYRIA
Graz, Styrias capital city Of lis, 900 popula-
ton, lies apon the banks Of the Muir, about a
lofty hill some 400 feet in height. which rises
from the center Of the city. The remains of
fortifcarlons, built 40 years ago in the DAYS
when Europe had its hands full keeping the
Turk from oyerrunning il. still crown the sum-
NIT, and balls OF stone to be seen. thrown
by Turkish cstapults IN vain endeavors to de-
molish the works OF their defenders or both.
So 10 NJ of hava had any 20
know about Styria or the neignboring province,
Croatia, and they seldom visited by
americans that We have NO Lesitancy in ac-
knowiedsing that We were hardly prepared
we know not exactly why-to find handsome,
substantial buildings and well-kept streets in
all respects equal if not SUPERIOR 10 other Ger
man towns and cities we have visited We
found the prevailing language was German.
We were not sure II would be and disliked to
show our Ignorance BY inquiry of our Vienna
friends In some district. wnere the Slays
prevail, croatinn Is commonly spoken. but
German Is understood we'll
IN An OLD ARaoBr
which 10 entered from the COURTYARD Of the
l.andhans are preserved intact arms. armor
ard other military equipments Of the seven
teenth century. There are pixies and clumsy
Hint and matchbox muskets of the pattern
that rendered = pronged staff upon which 10
rest the gun ia firing an essential part OF each
soldiers equipment. There were pronged staff,
on hana--stacks OF THEM
PLENTY OF wHEEIHEy.
Graz has fully 200 enthusiastic riders of the
wheel. and bids fair 20 become an Important
manufacturing center in the bicycle trade. one
factory already established producing an excel
lent machine IN large numbers, and the loca
riders largely patronize the home industry
We have noticed on ou= present tour moro bi
. cycles Of domestic enthusiastically in
Sermany-and less Of English than We did two
years ago; which indicates that the English
manufacturers no longer have the butt end Of
the bicycle trade on the continent. and that the
domestic wheel Is croSiing the English out Of
The market
syERYrHIx6 GREEN.
DARK green is the fayorits color In Syria
Tine male peasantry wear it in the form Of