The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02

and you are in a quandry whether to
swear at him. the teller, yourself of the
language Altogether it is most delight
full experience. In Vienna, however, there
is a slight improvement upon this method
as well as a desideratum
Here, usually, you are not compelled
to attend the call of your number for
after your wait is finished the money
is brought to you upon " OGDEN waiter
or trough, this is an Improvement, but
the desderatum consists in the fact that
if your letter of credit or bill of ex-
change requires to be stamped or vised,
which is frequently the case you must
go to another building to have the
stamping or vising done This building is
considerably distant from most of the
banks and you must climb two flights
of stairs to reach the proper office. A
popularity of the city is the occult at
mosphere of its resorts and places Of
amusement. Concerning Paris, we On this
side of the water know of Maxim's. the
Moulin Rouge, Eal Taberin, Folles Ber-
ceres and the Rat Mort dead rat before
we start across the Atlantic: anent Ber-
lin we are familiar with the Ice palace.
the Winter garden and the Rhnegold
ere our journey is undertaken, but as
to the Viennese resorts We are in abso-
Lutte ignorance even though we be So
journing in the purlieus of the Austrian
capital Ask a hotel concierge to diI ect
you to some pleasure resort, and while
he may obige you with number and
street name, you will find upon arriving
at your destination that 1t is not what
you are seeking; interrogate a cab driver
and he expresses profound ignorance both
as to your German and the object OF
your quest. This is due to the haughti-
ness and exclusiveness of the Austrians
previously mentioned. 1t is only after
you have Learned the ropes" and it
requires some time to learn them, that
a foreigner obtains the entree 20 such
places, for there is little or nothing upon
the exterior of the edifices to indicate
their existence. One may wander for
miles through comparatively deserted
thoroughfares at night amid massive,
frowning and gloomy buildings whose
occasional feelings OF straying lights
from the interior athwart the stony sll
offer no suggestion of the merriment and
splendor within; but once across the
threshold vistas of elysian splendor greet
the eye, the glories of a nocturnal fete
champetre delight the senses tad one
finds himself in an atmosphere of be-
wildering conviyiality that closely APP
proaches saturnalia. 1t is dun vivi-
mus viyamus while we live - us LIVED
literally interpreted. 1t were useless to re-
sort to details, for such an attempt one
needs the pen competent to portray the
glories of the days of Haroun-al- Ras-
child. to depict the wonders of Aladdin
and relate anew the delights presented
in the tales of the Thousand and One
Arabian Nights.
But Vienna possesses delights for the
mind and imagination as well as for tho
senses. Among the ncunabula of it's
imperial library are to be found some
of the rarest gems OF ancient literature,
such as the Book Of Genesis in gold and
silver upon purple parchment, the only
manuscript of Eivys Roman History con-
tanning the fifth deca e. fragments of
the Koran In Cutie characters, psaltery
of Charlemagne. Tassos original Jeru-
salemme ConQuista, and manuscripts Of