The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-29

conditions, 70 keep the heart from nuttering
and retain the upright position OF .freemanf
Itmust also he acknowledged that although
the Austrian standard OF personal and family
honor differs from the English and lays COM
paratively little stress on feminine virtue. It 10
nevertheless superior in some particulars. 1t
IL impossible. for Instance. to live down slur
on masculine honor. II 1t be case OF cow
ardics or Of cheating at cards. We are FUR
Their assured that no Austrian aristocrat would.
until very lately. have dreamed OF allowing MS
name to be used rs n decoy duck to GID the
prospectus OF q bogus company Much less
would he consent to accept money forso DO
ing. We are also told thai an Austrian noble
would almost as soon think OF flying or OF
breaking his pledged word OF honor as OF let
ting his ancestral home to strangers. The
author OF this book maintains that 1t Is only
the emasculated Roman nobility who do such
things: but. as n matter OF fact. the letting OF
family domains is by no means infrequent
among the English aristocracy In word, the
Austrian noble to this day repudates the Latin
adaGe that money has no smell.
As regards the viennese. the author describes
them q queer compound Of Teutonic. Slavo-
nic Hungarian. and even Hebrew blood. In
TeSTeCI Oh tnelT c'hpoS'hOh'
they are. Of course. representative Of the Haps-
burg realm ITSELF 1t is admitted that their
middle class and their worklngmen may not
POSSESS the sturdy fibre OF the Anglo-SaSon
stock. 1t is probable that no one who knows
them would call the Viennese a strong race
Yet. although there Is poverty enough ana
crime enough. death by starvation Is un-
known. either In Vienna or Budapesth. There
is unuuestionably in Viennha large. hard
working. self-respecting body OF toilers who
work Tor low wages. yet whose homes are so
tidy and clean that they would I'LL British ar
tisan with envy.
The feeling Of attachment which the Aus
tran entertains for Vienna. and. for that mat
ter. the Hungarian for Budapesth. is pro-
nounced unique. The only sentiment which.
at the first glance. might be compared with 1t
is the pride OF the Partisan for his city: but
the latter ~. in truth. very diferent feeling.
mainly compounded OF vanity aud the Paris
ian's belief in the unrvaled superiority OF his
idol There is little tenderness In it. whereas
the love OF the Viennese for Vienna seems to
como from the heart. The Niennese knows that
Vienna. although SO beautiful, has been out
stripped by Berlin: he may even guess that 1t
is being outpaced by Budapesth; but we are
assured that he would love Vienna no
less although starvation were writ large
upon Its walls. IT Is possible even
for the foreign visitor to understand
this feeling. The charm of tho ira
ditional free and Joyous social life OF all
classes to be found in Vienna accounts for
much OF 1t. 1t Is suggested by Mr.. Whitman
that what may have most contributed to make
the Viennese in their typical life what they are
is the peculiar patriarchal relationship which
has existed between them and their reigning
house for many generations. Even when their
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preston. and disaster the Hapsburg rulers
were usually simple and unaf1ectedly human
in their manners and habits. and solved the
secret OF gaining the affection OF the inhabi.
tants OF their capital These qualities shone
forth in the person Of Maria Theresa. who.
when she heard that her second son.the Grand
Duke Leopold OF Tuscany. had a son born
to him. hurried in her night attire through
the corridors OF the palace into the adjoining
Burg Theatre and. leaning far out OF her box.
called down into the pit: "Poldl has got
boy. and Just as a present on my wedding day!
How thoughtful Of him." 1t was the same
Maria Theresa who used to lavishly distribute
$4,000 sterling annually from her privy purse
among the poor. while she and her husband
lived with the sim picty OF Vienna burghers in
their daily life. The example set by this inn
perial couple has been followed by their sue
cessors. For while. before their time. the
sarcophaei Of the Austrian Cesars were huge
elaborate monuments Of stone and silver.
they have since conformed to the example set
by the Emperor Joseph IL All the Hapsburgs
of recent times are buried In simple zinc
collins without any ornament to distin-
guish them from those OF n pauper.
The outward structure OF the imperial
palace itself reveals touch OF the
same patriarchai Imperialism. The people
walk unhindered through its vast courtyards.
which are without ratings or impediments Of
any kind Once year the Emperor gives up
part OF his palace for charity ball. 1t is hard.
in fact for the mobiles to keep up their habit Of
looking upon the people as so much dirt when
the Emperor walks without escort among the
masses. and the archdukes dine unceremoni-
ously at the public restaurants minGle
among the strollers In the Prater. and are
happy to lose themselves among the throng.
To what an extent the Vennese are animated
by sense OF the patriarchal relation. the fol-
lowing anecdote demonstrates. One evening
the late Crown Prince Rudolph. on entering
the theatre. ask ed the old boykeeper whether
the Emperor had yet arrived ia wohl: der
Papa list schon da." he replied.
1t Is said that the love OF pleasure charac-
teristic OF Vienna has always been encouraged
in high quarters as q safety valve for the
pressure that might otherwise find vent In
politics. Whether this he true or not. there is
no doubt about the participation of all classes
in the same enioyments. There is in Vienna no
hard and fast line OF demarcation between tho
pleasures OF the classes and those OF the
masses. as is the case In London. Even the
Niennese cab driver seems to have some in
stinct in common with tho Archduke. Decency
Of behavior is everywhere apparent. In
like many other towns. even Berlin.
where festivity among the lower or
doris frequently deGenerates into rowdyism.
there is something strikingly plcasurable
and decorous about Austrian merry making.
Even in music halls and dancing saloons. II
anybody misDehaves himself it will hardly
ever be true Viennese. Every winter a series
Of masked balls. open to all. are held on the
ice where the highest nobility skate unheed-
cd amid tho gay throng. which is only intent
on enjoying itself in decency. Up till Lent,
public dances. masked or otherwise. appeal to
all classes. from those at the opera house. which