The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-23
THE CAFES OF VIENNA.
The Part They Play In tho Life or the Gag
Austrian Capital.
the Chicago Inter Ocean.

Austrian Capital.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Cafes are for the Vicnneso a second home,
and they all have two kinds Of clients. the
"stammgaeste," or habitues, and the Tau
fande," or transients. The habitues, commonly
called "wirthausbruder' (cafe brothers,, have
tables reserved for thom, and woo betide the
man who ventures to take possession of this
sacred property. There arc many yiennese
who, in the past thirty or forty years, have sat
at the same table in the same corner, day after
day, drinking the same brew of beer or brand of
wine, and smoking the same sort Of tobacco In
the same old pipes. A stammRaest generally
spends from three to four hours every day al
his cafe, the natural result being a great loss Of
time and money. But the Viennese are mob
miserly. The maxim they follow is found in the
German proverb, which seems to have been writ
ten on purpose for them: "Leben und leben Las.
scn'-"Live and let live"
Besides these cafes there are a number OF
restaurant cellars" in Vienna, similar to the
cellars of Leipsic, Hamburg and Bremen, where
people go to drink wine and partake Of delicates-
sen, pates, oysters, caviar, smoked fish, West
phalian sausages and other catables of the same
general sort. There are certain cellars, like the
old Felscnkellcr, which are arranged like grot-
toes. The Felsenkeller has been visited by
many European celebrities, and on its walls are
scratched the autographs OF Victor Hugo.
Meyerbcer, Wagner, Brahms, Alexandra Dumas,
father and son, and many others. =.
The most picturesque of these cellars is the
M AEs nnti! as Asl tSe fo SRsR eye mor aay from IN y fb 4;
subtcrranean resort there are no tables, chairs.
or gas lights. A few old benches against the
walls and some wretChed candles are the only
and the quart de monde frequent this cellar to
prevail German, Polish. Czech, Russian.
French: Hungarian. Slavonian, Italian. Servian,
hb H baarS snd KomH ia ,bn n and e Greek T Eek may "a all
giving a splendid idea of vienna's cosmopolf-
tan nature and a striking proof that the imper-
city. but a town which is neither European nor
Oriental, and possessing, a cachct Of Its own.
Notwithstanding the bohemian aspect of this
E foaS arovid sslls t6e a i%o t ti,1 poor OF @ GIHaii sSrv Of the the
Excellent wine is to be found at all Vienna
cafes, much Of which is native; Austria and
wines. Emperor Charles ~. transplanted in
1913 vines from burgundy. to Nelnik and
found 5000 feet above tho sea level. The wineo
of Gumpo!dskirchen. Noeslau. and Klosterneu-
bourg can vic with Burgundy and certain
In southern ,Tyrol. in Syria, Carinthia, Mo-
ravia,, lllyrla, Dalmatia, Hungary, and Croatia.
provinces the habitual drink OF rich and poor
alike. The consequence is that the Slav. races
physique than the German Australians. who boz
come bloated by excessive beer drinking.
II is not easy to find good food ut the Vienna
cafes and restaurants, however. The Viennes0
manner of cooking is as international as are tho
Vienncse themselves. The best Is found in the
hotels, all of which have three different classes
of restaurants-one under ground for the ''petitS
employees" and coachmen, one on the ground
floor for the Viennese upper and middle classes,
and finally one on the first floor for foreigners.
For so cents of American money a Vienneso
gets II portion of meat, a vegetable, and n sweet
dish, which is certainly not cheap when oom.
pared to other Continental capitals. The usual
time for dinner is from ! to 3 +: NJ, and supper
theatres are over bv 10, supper is taken after
ward. At that time Of night every. cafe In
Vienna Is crowded. A Viennese who has gone
fracture all conventions if he did not take bis
family to sup ut n cafe.