The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-04-14
eLIMPsEs OF VIENNA.
EXPERIENCES WITH AN ECOEOM-
ICAL BOARDING HOUSE KEEPER.
Celebration OF the Austrian Coffee
POt-1Ianaging the StOve-An I'm
commonly Valuable UtensiI-Judi-
ciOus Christmas Presents.

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commonly Valuable UtensiI-Judi-
ciOus Christmas Presents.
From the New York Tribune.
A traveller has declared that much virtue
and happiness, domestic happiness, turks
in the Viennese coffee pot. 1t is a high
compliment to the culinary accomplish
ments Of the Austrian women, and the
effects Of such accomplishments upon the
destiny of the nation. But it may be that
this traveller is not well acquainted with
the American coffee pot. However,
would not cast any aspersion upon The
home-loving Austrian woman. She can
make very good coffee, bat whether she
will or not depends largely upon her dis
position to be saving. If the passion OF
economy has taken deep hold upon her
she will give you as villanous a mixture
as a London lodging house keeper or the
continental pensioneress. We have OBJ
served one thing which speaks well for
the tastes cultivated at home-the men of
Austria are not devoted to beer quite like
the North Germans. Perhaps that is a
pretty housewife behind it. In the Wen,
nese cafes, where the men congregate
day after day to read the papers and idly
discuss current events, glasses of choco-
late or coffee are seen much more fire.
quently than glasses of beer. Our first
experience with the Austrian coffee glass
was at a forlorn little railway station.
Wlnra
night. The refreshment room looked very
clean, indeed, and the man in charge
smiled upon us with a foreshadowing of
that beguiling charm we were to,fnd in
its perfection in Vienna.
Il think I'd like cup of coffee" said
one of the party. inspired by one of those
smiles.
Then suppose we order someT'
time liz
But when the tall thick glasses were
brought in containing a milky-looking
nqulu' we We're rather sorry some other
diversion had not been selected.
of course, it is sloppy and cold - whis
pered the delicate member of the family.
cycling hers in disgust and forgetting that
the attendant did not understand Eng
lish.
Who ever heard of drinking coffee out
of a glass?'
But 1t was hot and surprisingly good
considering the Internationally bad drinks
with which we had been served during our
leisurely journey from Queenstown
through Ireland, England and the contl-'
nent.
When We arrived in Vienna. we Thought
II would be more homelike to rent an
apartment and have our meals served bv
the hausfrau, but now and then a dsv
comes when we repent our bargain. Still
our frau compensates us for discomfor-ts
by furnishing us study of character quite
entertaining, II ofcten eXasperating. She is
20 Gontented IN her narrow sphere that we
feel We might learn a valuable lesson Of
| her II she didn't insist upon teaching rs
others not so agreeable; for lessons in
economy alone would fill a volume. We
are not always willing pupils-in fact. il
is sometimes a struggle between us. brt
II Is needless to say that She usually comes
out victorious in her sunny little way. We
represent to her the insanity of extra1-a
gance, while she stands at the other ex-
treme. She has been renting apartmenfs
Tor years and has had a long and varied
| experience IN outwitting Americans, so
naturally the victory comes easy to her
while ours are wrested from fate only nv
sheer force Of arms. When we took the
apartment we made a definite statement
of what we desired, and asked be1. to set
her price. She did so, but at the end of
every month there is a little scene about
soineuhln Then we propose to go away
or make OJher arrangements but she is sO
penatent, does so many things to make nm
Tor her dissatisfaction, that we relent.
Poor little frau! She is so kind-hearted
so ready to serve us in any way where
extra expense is not involved that we can
not help liking her. She is am angel until
her purse-Strings are touched Some Of
her devices are very amusing.
Our porcelain stove ornamented on Ton
with jolly little Bacchus, is very pretty
to look at, but not great success az =
heater, even when filed with coal ana tho
draughts are all open. This does not pre-
vent the frau from slyly closing the
uraughts every time she enters the room.
and she is so skilful that no one has ever
yet discovered her in the act. If ts :
snght-or-hand performance worthy even
OF Herrmann's admiration. And she will
loudly complain Of the heat while we sin
around shivering with cold, or are reduced
to the aoject necessity of going to bed to
keep warm. Her innocent soIfcitude for
our health would be touching. if real.
1t is so hot you will be sick" she de-
clares, clasping her hands and painting for
breath 1T is never good for the health
to keep such warm rooms, never. I'm
afraid you will all die"
Then we get up and clasp orr hands
Not until it was freezing would she admit
that the weather was cold in the begin
ming of winter, and now she often as
sures us it is warm when we know II ia
quite the reverse. All this is to save a
few kreuzers' worth of fuel Then she
never makes even the smallest purchase
for us without adding something to the
original price, if she can, no matter if we
do pay her for her trouble She is
marvel when it comes to the table, for
there is where her accomplishments as
| an economist shine best How she can
calculate so closely as to the exact amount
of food TO buy would puzzle an expert
mathematician. Everything is carefully
weighed, measured or counted, and some
times 1t is necessary to make an equally
exact division at the table, or a member Of
the family might fail to get his or her
share
The Viennese hausfrau, so far as we have
been able to judge her, does not possess
those overlooking linen presses belonging
to the women of Germany In Marburg
Northern Germany, where we STONED
with Frau Pastor-the woman takes
| her husbands title in this land-we We're
shown the contents of lnap