The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-11-29
MERRY VIENNA.
IN TWO PARTS.
PART IT. AN ELASTIC AND JOYOUS LIFE.
IN TWO PARTS.

} AND JOYOUS LlEE.
the music with the love and passion of
artists. 1t is treat to merely look at
q Viennese orchestra when it plays
such waltz; for it seems as if the
we're dancing the tune as
we'll as playing it. No wonder that it
electrifies the warm-blooded, frolic-
some Viennese. I was never very
fond of dancing; yet more than once,
on hearing such music, did l get twitch-
ing in my feet and, without predeter-
I found myself in midst of
the whirllng throng with more or less
charming partner in my arms. It is
very easy for strangers to find admit
tance at such entertainments, for the
Viennese are very hospitable, and in
clined to look at stranger a. gentle
man-not as rogue.
For the lover of good music, Vienna
is an earthly paradise, and music may
be enjoyed either gratis, or at an almost
nominal expense. Besides other or
chestras, Vienna has ten military bands
of sixty musicians each, all of which
play string music also. There are pub
lie concerts three times per week in the
City Park, and every evening in the
VOlksgarten, which is situated before
one of the wings of the imperial castle
and which has been given to the peo-
pie by the emperor. In the Prater-
the great park of Vienna, also given to
the people by the emperOr-there are
grand concerts every Sunday at three
cafes; in winter in large halls, and in
summer in the gardens. The proprie-
tor pays for the music; but charges no
admission. You can sit there all after
noon listening to the fine music,
spending nothing but twenty-five heller
five and half cents for your coffee.
IL you choose you can stay there for
the evening concert also, and can take
light supper right there, even with
out ordering anything from the restau-
rant. For peddlers of Hungarian OF
Veronese Salami celebrated sausage)
of genuine Emmenthaler cheese, rad.
ishes, bread, etc., will come to your
table and will slice up for you what
ever you like, at price but little ex
| ceeding that you would have to pay fol
the like article at grocery. Best OF
all, you need not feel at all small fol
buying it, and eating it with your I'm
gers from the clean paper on which
the peddler has placed it; for the bes
and incest ladies and gentlemen do ex
actly the same thing, if they feel al
iappetite for that kind of relish. Ifyol
prefer more sumptuous, warm supper
you can order that from the waiter
The landlords are very tolerant in sucl
matters, and the Viennese people d.
Just as they please. Such thing a
false shame, or desire to make them
| selves conspicuous by spending mucl
money, is something they do not evel
/ know.
One part of the great park, called tn
, Wurstelprater, is one of Vienna's mos
famous curiosity. Here you have
/ continuous fair, the largest of it's kin
t in Europe. Theaters, circusses, par
+ Dramas, minstrels, Tyrolese singer
acrobats, freaks, in short, everythin
. in that line may be found there, and
) is all decent, so that ladies and chi
3 dren can 60 to any of them. 1t
! similar to the shows at Coney Islant
2 except that all improper shows an
:, amusements are strictly prohibite'
b This part of the park abounds in re-
|, taurants and cafes, at many of whic
y good singing and music may be enjoye'
t Some of these restaurants are 90 c0vere
: by large trees that, particularly ,
n evenings, one is under the impressio
} of being in the solitude of large 70
70 rest, tho in point of fact one is in mid
n of large, jovial and amusing enviro
II ment. To thoroughly enjoy yoursel
r and to profit by the experience. ye
d want to mingle and live with the pc
8. pie, and to enter into their spir
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