The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-11
SIDELIGHTS N EUROPE.
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Nv train arrives N Budapest at TO
O'Clock. Al n O'Clock AN az the hotel.
and at O'Clock in the opera house. " here
Tristan und lsolds' 10 the Offering Ac-
counts Of that opera house have depicted
u a. oas % tho - onders u the ~sEld. but
~ isn't The building " substantial and
II good DrOpor'ions. hut overornats.
4 cough guess il that IL seats not more
' than I 500 The audience vas in all sorts
of aUi,re. A. a critic recently Said ~ PER
formAu~e % grand opsra IN Chicago
there VAS a costume for every hVir ~
tho dav The Performance was fairly
good Budapest. often referred "a ss one
~ the tuost advanced cites Of Europe.
gives more than one reminder % Chicago
II - advanced IN the senae that under
artificial stimulus ~ has grown very rap
idly IN the last generation. and therefore
has a greater proportion Of buildings Of
modern type. hut TO say. as many do. that
&c - moro cultured than the older cities
% Eurore Is nonsense
Al the hotel in order that might have
a private bathroom IL was necessary TO as
sign mo ,o an apartment II the royal suite.
A. IN - Petersburg. there were double
slshes from top ~ bottom OF each ~indow,
and on the ell between the sashes Was a
small natt-sssiike arrangeehent eTectunuy
blocking :hs passage Il AIR Not only
his. hat che maid on her last round draws
heavy damask curtains across each win
dow when | rebel and insist on having
both sashes Of at least one window " ide
open IL i necessary ~ send for the house
~, II.
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On the morning Of INV arrival in Vienna
60 a. NV mission requires, 20 pay nav
respects at the Ministry In the ante
ROOMS are forty &C fifty men Perhaps
half of them are officers in full uniform.
and the other half citizens in swallowtail
coats. white waistcoats, white necktie-
and white cotton gloves. I had become
quite acC,ist omsd to donning a frock coat
and top hat for call upon a abinet Min
is,er. but full evening dress at u u clock
in the morning reminded me Of an ansc-
doto OF a man Of Chica 60 who. appearing
at luncheon In that Rarb, elected the
admirine comment -Oh. We know
thing or two out here | ask my COM
panion what u meaps. and he replies
When thesN Austrians want To cut a
lash they put 90 their dress suits at 0
o'clock in the morning
4 friend from st. Paul had often won
d"rci why the tonnage reported as car
ried On th" Mo.dau River is so much greater
than that e the Mississippi in its upper
reaches hut he ceased TO wonder whom
told that the Austrian statistics include
the wei ght not only OF a boats load but
Il the boat itself and that the weight Of
empty ~ we'll as of loaded boats Il IN !
cluded In the Ministry % Public Works /
I asked II this we're really the practice
My informant shrugged his shoulders !
and replied: The reports are made by !
the soldiers stationed along the rivers.
They have to report every boat that pa sses 7
and they csn8ot always tell whether 1t .
II ~ loaded " not
My waiter az the hotel 10 a bright. good .
looking lad who has learned English and .
French during an apprenticeship that
included service in both London and
Paris He wans 20 so % the United
states. but feels bound 10 remain IN
Vienna. where he supports an aged father
and mother This young man tells Tue
that the occupation Of \ waiter - a recog-
lAfh lA NhiplFs EttNlH lTNo |
which 1, Ia just emerging in the United
states ] tel HIM that there ~ = alters
cub m New York and that have heard
~ waters union with a beneficiary
fund he replies oh. yes. thar 10 inter
National am member ~ u He
disappears and returns with cons,itu-
lion and by. laws and lat 81 the MEM
Dars Among the names ara those Of
A I. Ill
principal cafes ~ tSe world So It hap
Dens that in Vienna ! learn for the first
lma the names 81 the dIgnhed flnc-
IouarieS who show guests to their tables
and attend - their wants IN the sumptu-
us resorts that line the way from Mad- ,
IN square 70 the Plaza.
The opera in Vienna ~ better than that
n PARIS The orchestra is a great deal
better.
Az dinner one evening the idea that
y III not " ork that night grows into 'Hed
| stroll along the Ring
.trassa toward the opera house A. the
.ornsr crossHs a man nth face and form
ha' fairly avakep thought ~ the Apollo
Bel, ederc, hut he ia taller and his height ;
: augm ented Ivy "A top hat that has a ,
hrce or four inch band ~ Grape He
' ears "a long overcoat with a fur collar /
md carries massive cane Three or ,,
our women are waiting for tram car h
10 asops in front OF one, surveys her from
cad to foot, and passes on 70 a critical :
nap ecticn Of the next Forty or fifty q
aet from the corner a woman 10 standing q
lone She 10 Of trim figure. in quiet q
nd neat attire The tall Adonis stops. +
-rutinizes her. and then a smile comes 10 :
10 lips. a look OF satisfaction 20 his ewes
he turns her head and walks away. He y
'llovs when she stops he stops and L
loats Indignantly She turns, walks
lridlv across the street and along by
he opera house Tn" Isothario takes
aralicl path on the other side ~ 10"
'rnct The chase IL interesting. and At
tuntar along IN the roar ~ the far ~
prner - tn" opera house shc stops on NJ
no curb aud looks down the street Tho a
ar Cor which she VAS waiting az tho FIRST :,