The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-02-06

| 10 De the most DeauIllul monument II
 existence. The empress is sitting or
 her throne, and this rests on a magnifi
 cent base of marble; the height of the
 statue with the base is sixty feet. Tho
 detail of the work is very fine; the | bronze reliefs about the base, he great
 equestrian statues of Daun, London
 and others, together with statues ol l Austrian statesmen and men of letters
 and art, with allegorical statues, form
 monument that every Austrian may look upon with great pride. At little | distance behind this statue are the roy l al stables, where four hundred and for | ty-fiVe royal horses, attended by royal | grooms clad in bright royal livery, arc l eating their royal heads off. Here arc | black Spanish horses, as black as ink, l aach one as perfect as if carved from I black marble; then the Barbs and Ara | bian horses are as white as milk, and
 so clean are they and living in such su
 perb quarters that one almost envies their happy lot. Then there are bays and greys and chestnuts, and horses aG lnffnitum, saddle horses, draft horses, chariot horses, funeral horses; of this large number not one is over seven years of age when that Rubicorn of age is approached, out of their comfort able homes they are trotted to learn the mercies of a cold world and the mise ries of the auction block. Connected with these stables are rooms filled with glass cases with gold and silver mount ed harnesses. One room is filled with wonderful bits, stirrups, whips, &cp
 &c., nicely arranged in cases like mu- scum; these have been used by distin- guished Hapsburgers and many are over two and three hundred years old
 but they look quite new. Room after room contains arms of all sorts, hunt ing implements and garments worn by sovereigns long since deceased The Emperor Maximillians Mexican sad
 dle and lasso Ca grand affair." is promi
 nent in one of the rooms, also the hunt ing gear and the torn coat worn by Elm peror Joseph II. at the time he wa nearly destroyed by a forest fire There are countless relics of former sovereigns stored away in these rooms. There is also very large collection of carriages and sleighs dating back over two hundred years. The carriages which were used by Maria Theresa are of exquisite design and even now ap- pear quite new. The leather work on the carriages as well as the harnesses are of marvellous workmanship. The Viennese have always excelled in their leather work, and these ancient leather relics appear still new and fresh. The glded coach, with its panels painted by Rubens, which was used by Emperor Charles VI. of Austria, father of Maria Theresa, on his coronation day, is su- perb affair and wonderfully we'll pre- served, and points to little if any i'm provement in carriage building of the present day. The gilded carriage made by order of Napoleon I. in 1910, and used by him but once, is preserved here and looks as if it had only recently come from the hands of the builders will not weary your readers with fur ther description of the endless amount of very interesting things to be seen here. Behind the stables is large building which looks like palace. This is the riding track of the Emperor of Austria. He rarely rides here, but the popular Princess Stephanie, who is adored in Vienna, rides daily in winter; it is a grand place and it is said to be beautiful sight as this pretty princess and her friends gallop about the spa cious grounds
 The new Rathaus (city halD, costing fifteen million marks, is one of the handsomest buildings in Europe; i stands five hundred feet back from the it is a Gothic edifice adorned with an almost countless number of Tt fe ht1f1 nf xroC many public halls, magis- trates' offices, the burgomeister's off ces and reception halls and city offices It's tower is over four hundred feet higr and is building of great beauty.
 The Rathaus contains one of the best of arms and armor in Flu, rope. In it's vicinity is the House Of building so gigantic ano SO adorned outside and inside with statues that one is fairly bewildered in viewing it.
 Then there is the Palace of Justice, having in its great hall the celebrated Il statue of Justice; this is but one of the many great ediflces of Vienna. The Imperial Opera House occupies whole | ,ity square; this noble structure cost )ver five million dollars and is one of
 
 he most perfect opera houses in the | world. Its great staircase and foyer ire marvels of beauty, possessing many statues and a great number ,f fine paintings The curtain is rep 'esentation of the legend of Orpheus; he parapet is adorned with marble | tatues of the liberal arts. Altogether this building is to my | mind the most beautiful and perfect | building I have ever entered. I do not | believe there is in any country a city l where a person can in one hour of time ,ehold so many magnificent buildings ! s can be seen in Vienna.
 The Viennese are justly proud of heir glorious past, pointing far back owards the mists and fogs of antiqui- y, but they are especially proud of heir new Vienna, which glistens and hines with more than a score of incom- arabic palaces. Within the Kings trasse we seem to live and breathe the ir of mediaeval times. Outside the -ingstrasse we walk and drive trough broad thoroughfares and seem ) live in the nineteenth century; there
 an air of magnificence to be seen on very hand and the best of taste has cen taken advantage of by clever rchitects whose patient labors have uilt up city, a fairy fabric as it
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