The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
Vienna In Half Mourning.


the whole monarchy is waiting. day after
day. with bated breath for news OF him
In the brilliantly lighted ee-houses
downtown the conversation is OF him.
All public and representative bodies. from
the two delegations" now In session In
Budapest. down to the provincial admin
istrative chambers. the municipal coun-
ellis and commercial syndicates and boards
Of stockho ders. have adopted resolutions
OF sympathy and wishes for the Emperors
speedy recovery
This recovery cannot he speedy, II at
all. His bronchial troubles are too deep
seated day after day the Official bulle-
: uns given out by his two attending physi-
clans, Prof Ortner and Or. Kerzl. repeat
The one phrase: Catarrhal conditions un-
changed" or else bronchial tubes In same
condition" To obtain the latest real
news, sought Prof Ortner at his house
He Is lung and throat specialist Of
world fame, and his word may be accepted
without dispute.
with a patient Of the great age OF the
Emperor II would be folly to predict any
Thing" he said. "Of course. compiicat!on.
may arise any moment. Or. Kerzl and
myself have so far succeeded In breaking
. UP the feverish conditions. localizing the
somewhat inhamed status OF the bronchial
.uoes connected with the left lobe OF the
lungs ana II restoring our patients
strength, appetite. digestion and general
health. II we had managed to overcome
MS stubborn objections to his removal to
more southerly spot. where the weather
would be settled and uniformly warm.
without rough winds. dare say he would
now be out OF all danger, II not entirely
covered II may be that he will yet be
induced to go elsewhere"
But though his doctors and members
~ ms family. notably his favorite daugh-
'tf Marie Valerie. her husband, Arch
uuhe Francis Salvador. and their daugh-
YER Princess Elisabeth Windischgrats,
nave urged the Emperor to go south for
urne, he viii not listen to them his fear
neing that It would cut him of from tho
aally discharge OF Government business.
as Places OF temporary retreat there have
ntfn proposed to him Mlramare, near
trieste, Abbazia, Meran. Lussinpiccolo,
I.adn, Fiume and Riva. on Lake Garda,
al within his own dominions.
Distrusts the Telephone.
Rpt Francis Joseph has never made
nlends with some Of the modern inven-
u'hs such as the long distance tele-
lHNh", and his fixed Idea Is that to leave
Schocnbrunn and Vienna for an indefinite
period, especially when both Internal and
.oFe'gn politics demand his full atten-
,oH' would he tantamount to resigning
the throne.
10 far as the Emperors general health
Is Concerned, one OF his chamberlains as
Hu.ei me that It Is all that could be de-
s'"d II" eats his simple meals with a
'''SA ana sleeps from to 4, except for
"il"t Hre'l u coughing now and then.
pc mas SVEN up, 1t is true. smoking his
long thin Virginia cigars, but INDUCES
every day In certain amount OF walk
,MS, when the weather permits. In tho
Hu1H gallery, where a window facing the
sin Is then kept open for an hour or so.
~ other times he Is In his study. where
&c strides up and down It's bare floor.
P-"o' of the love felt for tho "old
Nehceman' by the plain people Is that
nnumerable letters and small packages
nc received for him. These come almos,
,h'Iely from old men and women-shep-
nerds, peasants, sages femmes. &c. and
contain advice, prescriptions healing sub
stances OF all kinds, and herbs. with the
request that the patient try these 'infalli-
pie remedies Some OF the letters are
touching in their heartfelt veneraticn and
Affection.