The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-05
~ DIR. WOLF vox sCuIERBRANO

BS DN. WoIF
vrrSNA, Jan. THE holiday season
in Vienna and throughout the dual
monarchy was rather dreary. Business
vas bad. OF course there were the war
millionaires' Gas they nave been dubbed).
the army contractors and that ilk. they
have made pots Of money. legitimately
and otherwise. and they got rid of a
portion Of their new wealth In costly
Christmas gifts of diamonds and rare
furs. But these are only Il small frac-
ton after all. The population as a
whole was poorly of for everything and
in the quarters of the laboring classes
the shopkeepers kept their wares. h
with daily increasing prices of the neces-
saries Of life. people Of small means are
In straits.
Meats continue TO range from 60 cents
to 81 a pound milk is getting SO scarce
tina, milk cards" are now being Issued
only for children and inyalids. To ac-
commodste their customers dealers are
selling everything In minute fractions
IA wing or IA leg of "A goose, ~ a chicken
VI ~ hdI' JiF' W ~ wv "'''' ~
AS for the whole carcass before the war.
A whole Christmas goose or turkey
would now mean - to 40 kroncu, and
who can AFFORD that Two or three slices
81 ham cost about ~ cents. OF sausage.
ditto. At the restaurant "A square meal
means AN outlay Of 81. when house
wives went 10 make their purchases for
holiday cakes they discovered that al
monds cost "A dollar "A pound, citron the
same, raisins so cents. So in most cases
they gave UP the idea. Golden sun
day" they call here the Sunday before
christmas. III warrant IL didn't deserve
it, name this time.
Aged Emperor a Hard Worker.
In beer and coffee there are curious
surprises. Because Of the scaut supply
Of barley the output ~ beer at the
various breWerieS. including that or the
famous rilseu tap. has been cut down
by the authorities to onc-third Of the
normal. And this third Is served only
at night. When the lights iIar. NJ ac-
"ordingly one sees Il curious light all
over tn" Tity-thousands of women has
tcning across the streets. bearing in their
hands. held high out of the crush from
" 10 six stems or mugs overfowing
with creamy foam on their way home
TO tho family supper table. Again, the
Vienna coffee houses. formerly jammcl
with leisurclN coffee drinkers. hav. l-cIi
forbidden To serve milk or cream with
coffee. without which the Nionnesc meyer
think OF consuming tho beverage hence
coffee houses too stand empty most ot
J the day.
Even ~ IN" court Of the old I'm.
pcror. I'm Schoenbrunn. tho holidays were
unusually quiet. just a privat. ,uaS,
celebrated at his chapel. and then II
visit TO his ~favori,e daughter. Arch.
drcn. witnessing thu lighting OF the
christmas tr.c-nothiug else. No 70.
I captions, no family or state dinners. NJ
special audiences. ~ has been N" Gus.
tom.
The weather also was siuCuldrly Wv.
?ropi'luus foGIy. s,u~hv. with melting
sno everywhere However. the ac,,
monarch has preserved his hcaltt
through " all. He takes good care o
hinself-just enough physical cNercisc
either on n covered ycranda or on drN
days "A brisk walk IN his sheltered r"s.
garden. The rest Is work with him. six
teen hours every day. always IA, h,
desk. which is piled high with report,
way at them consciert.ously. II.
knows personally every officer of hicher
rank in his armies and how far II" car
best trust him and tn. troops uudel
T him.
The aged Emperor derived nucr
pleasure from n record recently made a.