The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-15
Strange Things They Do IN Vienna By

Nienna.-During the first stage of a
visit 10 Vienna the foreigner feels
about as helpless as a babe in the
wood. So many different languages
are in use here that one might get into
an omnibus and find no two of the pas
sengers able to converse with each 9TH
err 1t IS somewhat surprising to find
that the messenger boys are men aud
the flower girls are Erandmothers IN
invitation To the theatre usually means
mat dinner vii be served in your box
while the performance s going on.
which arrangement is certainly an i'm
prONement over the custom in our
cities. because ii allows one to get
nome earlier. In Vienna you can ride
upward in m elevator, but YOU have
TO walk down.
The gToWn-up messenger boys of vi
e1na ere FuoWn rs licensed comm s.
sloners ana are of great use to the
public because they perform many
Kinds of work other than running or-
r1nds. They arc dressed in distinc-
tive uniform ana arc authorized By
law TO perform even The most unusual
service FOR those who wish to hire
Them. 1hey nav" regular beats like
policemc0. and there arc over I 500 of
them scJ ttcrcd throughout the CITY
Dur nS the heavy shopping hours they
concentrate i'm the downtown dis
trfCts and are kept busy CARRYING
nome bundles for the bargain hunters
one evening | asked the man on nv
block what he had done that day. and
the variety of work ne had performed
viii servo to illustrate the multitudin-
Gus things the commissioners are
called upon to do. His first lob had
been % rebC tile come wine. then he
was callcG in 20 clean ii D.pe for an in
N1lId bao helor. after that he clipped a
uo% Tor an actress, beat a carpet for a
BOARDING house keeper, PACKED trunk
Tor departing traveller and got down
town IN time to carry home some bun
{ - cOr the shoppers
No cafes in the world are better pat
ronlzed man those in Vienna The
people FREQUENT them so constantly
that ned iers of linen derive a smart
income by selling collars TO be changed
ON the 81 OF. There are no newspovs
allowed on the sire is and the cafes
attract customet nv furnishing pa
perS- On account o. The cafes being so
hCa lily patronized there is a kitchen
law which REQUIRES that each Dor, on
served to the guests shall be exactly
equal in size and quality In order to
insure this every order mat is served
must be weighed. which is no small
undertaking when as many s COO
people are waited upon a. Z sing,e
meal. One is amused whea old the
odd names that many of 5he popular
places bear. such as IT, Three Rab-
bits. The Blue Goat, The Golden Ok.
or The Green Goose.
The Doorkeeper's Tax.
An odd thing about the cafey-Iffe in
Vienna is that as the hour of-4O draws
near, whole families may be seen hast
ening hOmeward ir order 20 escape the
doorkeeper's tax. If You leave o. enter
any house aften 10 O'Clock at night
YOU must pay the porter for the trou-
bic you put him 10 in opening the door.
It makes no difference if the house
happens TO be your own If you call
upon a friend after this hour. no mat
ter how intimate your relations may
be. you pay first 10 get IL and after
wards to get out. The tax amounts to
only a few cents in each instance but
il is universally imposed on al classes.
There rs hardly any place in the world
where the tipping system is as gener-
ally established as in Vienna. One is
expected to tip even the street car con-
dGctorS. In the cafes one must fee