The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-08-18

to see the resemblance between stout,
red-faced frau and her fresh-faced little
fairy daughter as they sit side by side
knitting; but the child Is only child
after all, and the work is soon dropped for
frolic with her iumping-rope The boys
all carry tin swords and are soldiers, or a
feather or tail in their hats and consider
themselves hunters.
One is sorry to say that many many OF
the children are not clean-do not even
seem to have that Saturday night scrub
bling and Sunday clean-clothes that the
poorest and tiredest of our mothers give
their little ones. The Viennese little ones
are blithe and pretty faced but dirty, ILL
Clothed and often sickly. Indeed. Vienna
mas much misery to be seen in it's streets
many cripples and beggars, and the beg
CARS nave stations Just within the church
doors; SO that one always hears their
signs and groans as he enters.
THE EVER PRESENT MILITARY.
The town is full of soldiers. There are
the Bosnians, who come from what
the AuStrians call the occupied
Provinces and are straight. slim. cruel
faced soldiers in blue uniforms and wear
ing the red fez that the Mahometan must
always wear. The wager troops-the
hunters-wear a great cluster of cocks
feathers in their odd. stiff hats. and have
d picturesque uniform of pale blue and
green. Cavalry troops clatter through the
narrow streets, and continually one hears
the beat OF the drum
Ihere IS much curiosity about America
"hlIe one finds everywhere that tho
people Sympathize with Spain nd are
Jealous that we should gain new possess
slonS, yet the individual American re-
ceives only the kindest of treatment All
Sorts OF questions are asked US about our
country, and many of the Austrians hav-
ing learned little English at school are
ANXIOUS 10 practice on u.s. but their Eng
llsh IS sometimes as difficult to compre-
mend as their German.
One man told us that we did not speak
good English, because we were Americans
ana spoke dialect, while he had learned
rom an EnglIShman. This was almost
as completely crushing to our vanity as
tnat OF a woman who asked what We
couId boast that would compare with
herman literature. i began with Shak-
Spere, but was cOnfOunded by the state
ment that Shakspere was English. not
American. An English lady, in order to
converse amiably with US, and by her
own knowledge of us and our customs
set US at ease, said that she had heard
that an American girl was not content
without her cocktail every morning: that
Whiie she was not familiar with cocktails,
she mad no doubt they were very good. for
she mad once taken a "stone-fence,
winch was an American drink and quito
deilcious. For our lives we could not
remember what kind of a beverage a
Stone-tence" may be, and though we
were Obliged to her for trying to converse
with US. we had to let the subject dIop.
RIVAL CITIES.
There IS some jealousy between Berlin
ana vienna, and here they tell a story ON
Berlin, unconscious that to a stranger
tne tale hts Vienna quite as well ais the
German city. 1t seems that In Berlin no
one Is allowed to walk on the grass not
even IN the beautiful Thiergarten. which
IS like lovely woods set in the city. One
day woman walking along the paths
saw runaway horse coming right at her.
10 save her life she jumped over a low
hedge into the parking. Straight came a
policeman to her demanding her name
and address,
But, why" she protested.
because you were o. the grass" re-
piled the officer.
But, policeman, you saw that IL had
not jumped l should have been killed by
the horse"
Then | would have taken the name of
the horse, replied the dutiful officer.
one Is continually delighted by tho
wealth OF carving here and statues in
bronze and marble that are full of grace
and beauty that is almost living. Tall
statues on the roof of the Parliament
House stand up against the blue sky
with a dignity and calm that is most i'm
PieSSi'e, ana sim, ilShtty-pOiSed, bronZd
maidens with flying skirts hold Iamps
and wreaths before the doors of the great
buildings, and almost always are beauti-
full. But one ambitious sculptor. anxi-
Gus to express the pious gratitude of the
Emperor and his city for the staying of a
dreadful plague, sore 200 years and more
ago, did undertake to represent pillar of
clouds with the Trinity at the top and
the praying Emperor and suffering people
below, with angel forms and faces in the
clouds.
Now, stone is not the best material with
which to represent soft clouds, and as
time has grayed and Swallowed the stone,
one must admit that they are bumpy and
do strongly resemble sacks of potatoes.
The Trinity Is a vague representation in
stone and gold and black, but in the
angels faces and in the figures at the foot
one may see some beauty and power in
the work OF this lOng-ago artist who dared
to try greatly, and one cannot but remem-
Der what he wished to do