The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-01-10

recommendation. Much Of the odor
and SCOT is due to the almost univer-
sal use of soft coal for cooking, heat
ing and manufacturing purposes.
There is considerable dust here and
one of the things which strikes a
stranger is the presence of double
windows on nearly all of the build
ings. They are never removed and
serve to keep out the cold in the win
ter and the dust in the summer.
This city, like most European
places, is one of small shops. There
are comparatively few large stores. It
is claimed to be the most expensive in
Europe. The additional city tax,
which is levied upon food stu ifs,
wines, cigars, fruit. etc., is particu-
larly responsible for this. Although
Austria has the gold standard, there is
very little gold in circulation. People
dress exceedingly we'll here.
A sight in Vienna are the many dog
carts, but on the other hand I have no
where seen so many good horses. A
sight which we will never forget was
the returning on the Hauptallee of
several thousand rigs from the last
races in October This home drive
was a race en- masse and it was re-
markable that no accident occurred.
This Hauptallee (main boulevsrd) is
several miles long, perfectly straight
and is an exceedingly pretty drive
way. 1t leads from and past the Prater
to the race tracks and has separate
paths for driving, riding and walking,
perfectly shaded. ...a
The Prater is a popular park and
resort for all kinds of amusements, a
sort of permanent midway" We
happened to go through it Oct. 9th,
which was the last Sunday of the park
season, and such crowds and sights
were only eclipsed by the Munich o.
toberfest. There are hundreds of res
taurants, drinking halls and coffee
houses, "merry- go-rounds, panor-
amas, museums, etc. Music every
where.
There is a great deal of improve
ment and building going on here.
Within the last few years a change has
been made from horse to electric street
cars, which has necessitated the relay
ing of all tracks, and an extensive ele-
waited system is being completed. That
city of the age and Importance of
Vienna is rich with fine buildings,
parks, theatres, museums and other
places of interest is self-evident. It's
large central cemetery is one of the
incest in existence. One has no idea Of
the number of grand monuments and
vaults to be found there. Unique and
very pretty are some of the many
parks. Some of the most important
and finest buildings are the city hall,
the university. the royal opera house,
the royal theatre, the ner royal palace,
the twosroyal museums, the dome, the
Votive church, the capitol, etc.
Of general interest land of special
interest to me) is the Allgemeine
Krankenhouse or general hospital. 1t
covers a,iarge tract and the buildings,
which are two and three stories high,
aro arranged on the court plan. Some
of the courts are large, the first being
regular park. The hospital has 3d.
600 beds and an immense dispensary
service. Nearly all of the university
clinics are held here. 1t is therefore
not onlysone of the largest places of
healing end treatment of the sick, but
also of learning and instruction. 1t is
self evident that place of such mag
nitude and scope offers unusually good
opportunities for post graduate work.
Physicians from all over the world
come here to study. have met such
from Austria, Germany. France. Eng
land, the United States, Brazil, Rus
STA, Japan, etc. There nearly 300
Americans here, amongst them several
of my colleagues from Chicago. L am
more than pleased with the. results of
the clinics. ...
The weather is still moderate, no
sR0w as yet. We are enjoying the
best of health. Will spend the holidays
at Schnaittach, after which we will
goIt to Berlin, where we shall continue
our studies. We hereby send our re-
CARDS with compliments Of the season.
.IEg Very respectfully yours,
D. a- DR.. L. E. SCHMAUgs5.