The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-09

premary. The Hradschin and the pub
 lic buildings surrounding the Trad schiner Platz are of historic Interest.
 as is also the old Jewish burying ground.
 Our American consul at Prague. MT. Ledoux, has inaugurated very praise- worthy index system for the collection and preservation of information of value to importers and exporters He
 has converted one room of the con- sular office into a reading room where American trade papers are kept for the business public and where list of American exporters with description of their wares may be examined by those desiring to purchase. It Is an application of the public library sys- tenn to trade, and struck me as likely to be of value in increasing our sales
 Carlsbad is only a few hours ride from Prague and I took advantage of that fact to visit 1t. It is built along the narrow and winding valley of the
 Tepl, and. is nearly l.200 feet above the sea- 1t has been health resort for some six or seven centuries. and Is now visited yearly by more than 50.o0e invalids. The water is hot. and the numerous springs seem to come from a common reservoir. The principal spring, called the Sprudel. has a tenn perature of 164 degrees and contains sulphate of soda, carbonate of soda and common salt. The solid substances deposited by the water soon form into a very hard rock which takes a polish like marble. These deposits gather so rapidly that all pipes leading from the springs. and even the springs them selves. must be frequently cleaned or they would soon be choked up.
 Liver complaint is the disease which brings most of the visitors to Carls- a a T ftr1 4haA instead of being a fashionable resort. large majority of the people who assemble here are of the middle class es It Is a city of boarding houses and small hotels, with q few larger es- tablishments. By Il o'clock the streets are deserted and the town asleep, probably because the early morning is the time for drinking the water I rose at five. and with our vice consul at Prague MT. Weissburg- CT as my guide. hurried to the springs. the invalids were even then beginning to come forth. each with his mug, and soon there was a swarm of them. The city has erected large pavilions at several of the springs, and at two of eight. By 6:30 o'clock the streets are crowded and the pavilions damned. The numerous attendants were kept busy filling the mugs (which are put into long handled holders), from the gushing fountains. At the time of the Lisbon earthquake the largest spring is said to have ceased its flow for three days.
 Riding through Bohemia at this time of the year. one sees a great deal of fine farming land. the only unpleasant feature being the number of women at work in the fields and along the roads. The more one sees of the world. the more one can appreciate the remark Of that witty Frenchman, Max oRell. who. in his lecture on Her Royal Highness, Woman" de- clares that if he were going to be born one of that sex. he would pray be born in America. Woman's posi- tion in our country Is not only vastly superior to her position in Asia, but very much better than the position of the average woman in continental Eu- rope.
 Vienna is not only the capital of the Austria Hungarian empire, but is one of the great cities of Europe. It is worth visiting for it's architecture alone its public buildings combining massiveness and grace. It is also rich in monuments and statuary and well supplied with drives. parks and places of amusement. The boulevards are lined with restaurants, each with a large yard filled with tables and chairs, the refreshments being served in the open air during the summer months. These places are thronged in the evening and on Sunday after noon, families often bringing their lunch baskets and buying their cof- fee or beer at the restaurant
 The coffee houses, as they are found fin Vienna, deserve mention. These are scattered all over the city and are very popular. Newspapers are usually kept on file and the customers read the events of the day while they sup their coffee or beer.
 Vienna is a musical center. and its