The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-08

INK lOll. - Il lily VI NANAGoo Possibilities
for the fortune seeker, young and old.
male and female The actual life of the
bulk of the inhabitants is, no doubt,
mainly composed of the dullest of prose
keen competition, precarious employment.
grinding taxes and exorbitant prices of
provisions. But it has its pootical side,
none the less. Nowhere else in Austria.
and in few other cities of Europe, are the
prizes in life's lottery so valuable or so
easily won when you have luck on your
side. Talk of every American citizen
regarding himself as a psssible pres
ident In Vienna a sweep may any dav
win u fortune in the government lottery.
a scullion may reasonably hope to become
a millionaire, and humble waiting maid
sometimes proves but a mental chrysalis
who rapidly develops into a wealthy
duchess. The transformations occur
every year, and are taken into account by
the hungriest inmate of the work
house. You need only glance at the
advertisement columns of the daily
press to behold an interesting reflex
of this pleasant state of things, the
thought of which keeps a spark of hope
alive amid the ashes of extinct
passions, and the pangs of hun
ger and physical pain. "Who will
NC nd DdtOuGoS4 runs an duNtr-
tisement in to-day's paper, for instance:
81 am a baron, poor but handsome hale
and clever and ! am willing to confer my
hand, heart and title upon "a girl or
widow who possesses q fortune of her
own" Il am poor student" we read a
few lines lower down; my ambition is to
obtain my doctors degree, and / am
ready to marry the lady-widow or maid
even though she be no longer young
undertakes to finance me through my
university StudieS.N II am an orphan
girl with an Unborn passion for
the stage. VIII some benevolent
old gentleman of means adopt me or give
me thorough theatrical education
in return for my eternal gratitude" is
the translation Of a third; and so on,
without end. Now, there must be people
in Vienna who respond to these extraor-
binary appeals, otherwise 50 much money
would hardly be spent every year i'll in
sorting them. Yes, decidedly, there is
more genuine romance in the narrow old
streets on the banks of the blue Danube
than in whole libraries Of modern fiction
The following little adventure, which is
now the talk of the town, is an example
and not by any means an extreme one, of
the social transformations that are hap
pening every day.
LONG STRUGGLE WITH POVERTY.
y
about 10, shabbily dressed, but Of unde-
niable beauty, used to be seen trudging
along the fashionable RingstraSse every
afternoon, timid shamefaced and down
cast. She was of rather low stature, but
well developed graceful and dignitied,
ana with a pair of eyes i'll which the soul
OF an cSthetic man would gladly drown
itself She never went alone in the ev-
cry evening with her mother, who was
half cripple and could scarcely crawl
along, was always by her side, leaning
enough to serve as a preteXt Tor an appl-
cation for a situation as gOVerneSS or teach
er and she was engaged in That capacity
more than once; but her beauty being
against her she was soon DISCHARGED She
had tried other callings and would have
succeeded, thanks to her good looks but
her virtue was against her there; her
employers fanCied it was thrown in in
the bargain, and when undoceived speed
lily found her Il successor At last She
took up needework for the shops, but
could not earn enough to provide mere
necessaries for her mother and herself.
And their needs were terribly urgent
Everything of value that had once been
theirs was sold or in pawn, and the
rent of the wretched little garnet
in which they lived, at a tenthrate
inn in the outskirts of the city, had
not been paid for several weeks. She
papers hurried hither and thither Offering
services that nobody seemed to want, and
returning at night foOtsOre and hungry,
her shoes out at heel and her hopes ebbng
lower and lower. The waiter grew more
and more impatient for the sight of
money, the landlord dunned the two poor
women every day ana at last threatened
TO turn them adrift The boots alone were
sympathetic. He knew, he said, sure
means of gaining u livelihood without
much trouble, but he hardly ventured to
suggest it. The waves of temptation
rolled in upon the girl from every side,
but she held her ground. Finally her
mother broke down, and hunger-typhuS
warned her that physical endurance has
Its limits. Then, and only then, She
stopped TO what she had so long re ected
the position of a barmaid in a palatlal
music hail.
Obtaining the needful silk dresses and
the taWdrY jeWelrY on credit, she took
her stand behind the bar in the glare Of
mauy-colored electric lights. n lady in
this position is not so much Larmaid in
the ordinary sense of the world as an en-
tertaincr and it is part OF her duty to
allow herself to be addressed in familiar
tone, and to sip little champagne, etc,
when requested by the rich men about
town who swarm in the place at night
One of these epicureauS-a hOary Old
candle at both ends lowered about her
night after night, offering her bouquets
champagne and green and yellow liquors
which il would have been more than her
situation was worth to refuse.
"oNLY THROUGH THE CHURCH DOOR,
One night-it might be fortnight after
she first became barmaid passed sud
denly from compliments to proposals, and
offered to transfer her to palace OF dc
light in the country, where she would be
a queen and goddess, to array her III silk
and satin, to make her glitter with dla-
monds and jewels, and to give her his
hand and his heart, his love being, he
added, powerful enough to confer periect
happiness uPou her, even though 1t were
not hallowed by any formal nuptial bene
diCtion. He spoke elOquentlN, ana when
he had ceased looked into her eyes for an
answer But she was silent. The sweet
strains of Intoxicating music floating IN
from the garden mingled with the slghJs
and sounds that composed the dream OF
Joy ana happiness that fitted athWart her
mind and only awaited a word from her
lips to become ? reality. She walered a
moment and then replied that she was
open only to a serious offer OF marriage.
The old man shrugged his shoulders,
turned on his heel and quilted the estab.
lishment Whether Miss =. felt proud oil
lpr r,freol on, ramon taG a II as she llI