St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-12-11

finest streets, the incest looking women,
the best buildings, etc." He was loyal
to Austria all right.
Travelling on the continent is much
more comfortable than we had an
ticipated. They now run corridor cars,
diners. sleepers, etc. and cars are heated
well and lighted generally with
electricity. The railroads in Germany
and Austria are controlled by the
government and the service is very good.
The conductors and guards are army
men. and are very polite and pleasant.
tail to see how American railroads are
much ahead except on the baggage
system. This system of seeing your
baggage loaded on the train and claim
ing 1t when you get there, provided the
baggage gets there too is not very
| pleasant We have had no trouble up
to.date and perhaps they never lose any
thing, but we can't quite get accustomed
to it.
Vienna certainly is a fine place. The
Germanscallit Wien pronounced "Veen."
1t is very old town dating back to
over 1900 years ago. The old city or
Stadt is small, and the extensive modern
city surmounts it in ring-sloped way.
| Between the two is a belt OF broad
avenues known as the Ringstrasse.
| These occupy the site of the old forti6ca-
lions destroyed in 1857. 1t would be
difficult to find street surprising in its
architectural magnifcance, the Ring
strasse, anywhere in the world Among
the most noted buildings here, and
which we only saw in very casual
manner, are St. Stephens church which is
one of the celebrated Gothic edi6ces of
Europe. This is nearly 500 years old.
The tower is $50 feet high. The interior
is rich in sculpture and monuments
and the stone pulpit is specially note
worthy. The Hofburg or Imperial
Palace, is another fine building contain
ing the Imperial library OF 100000
volumes and 10000 manuscripts. The
Imperial Museums, the Picture Gallery,
and the Arsenal are others worthy of a
visit. Along the Ringstrasse one sees the
Bourse, the new Rathous, (city halD, the
new Court theater, the splendid Houses
OF Parliament, the Palace OF Justice, the
Imperial Museums of History and Art,
and many more
The Hospitals are very large and well
conducted. The Public Hospital is the
largest in the world, having 1000 beds.
Here we saw the great Lorenz operate.
We also saw Feechs, Zuckerkoude, Ger
semy and Eisenbey, the four leaders in
the profession in the world. They all
have numbers of students from all over
the world in attendance on their work
all the time. Nearly all speak English
and their clinics are very interesting and
instructive. The Americans here have
society and all courses are arranged for
at their headquarters, at the Kofe
Klinlc, near the hospital. When new
man comes to Vienna he registers there
and the association acts as steering
committee to get him to work. In few
hours or days he is right in the thick of
it. 1t is a great aid in getting prompt
lly to work and in many ways the society
is most helpful. We found we were the
only Vermonters who had registered in
some years, except DR.. O. ]. Valleau Of
Wolcott, who was here some time last
spring and took extensive courses.
Vienna is beautiful city. The people
are nice and most polite and pleasant.
1t seemed good to get to place where
they served water with meal without |
being asked to do so. The water, by the
way, is fine. 1t comes from 100 miles up
in the Alps and is pure and cold. Speak
ing of water, thefeis one thing l would
suggest to the temperance people of all
countries, and that is to make drinking
places little more common and thus
put water more at the disposal of the
people. In England it is so much more
difficult to find aglass of water than
beer that it is noticeable. 1t should not
be so. We visited German beer garden
the other night. The people sat there
until II P, M, quietly drinking a glass
or two of beer and listening to the music