Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-11-07
HUNGER STALKS IN
AUSTRIAN CITIES
Wealthy Continue to Feed Wen
Though None Is Able to
Dress az of Old

Zurich. Switzerland. (hy maii.)-The
Austrian censorship has sifted all new
out OF the pfennn newspapers 50 .hor-
Ough!y that il is quite impossible to
md ont about conditions iE h Aus
TRAN capital BY reading them. Tho
narratives Sf occasional travellers able
TO reach TIE frontier are little more in
structivc. Yet. what Is the need Of
talking Their very looks tell volumes.
The most imposing matrOns of vi
emma hate resained the agility II not
the freshness OF 20 years. and the great
persoEages, who in 1914 maintained a
style OK decorative Importance. are now
lost. 50 to speak. aE1eA, the folds Of
their garments. al Ooh. the Justice Of
tt)i too sn,att.
Other travellers. especially those from
neutral Countries, are more talkative
ana give a vivid picture Of conditions
in V!eona during the summer Of
tdis)grsce Of 1918. The account Of q
fugitive who arrived recently. and who
held All important Office. il Of interest.
"A fey figures" he remarked. will
netp y0u TO get yOur bearings on life in
Vienna. T1se coat, somewhat shabby.
which ! Uear cost me 500 CROWNS last
March ~ i second-class tailoring es-
e~ablishnssHt uf the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
For a more elegant coat. made by n
OF the masters of the art, OF VienneSe
goods you would have to pay from L.
600 to 1900 crowns in advance. without
any kind Of credit.
The travelling dress my wife "a
what did IL cost? About z.0O0 crowns
but it is lined with beautiful silk OF be-
fore the var Her gray fSit bonnet
cost zoo crowns
Perhaps you notice my silk shirt
Well. il cost ME 40 row1s The man.
ufacture aud sale Of silk shirts has been
forbidden for a long time. 1t is impos-
sibie to buy = pair OF socks for less
than 90 csoTns: e shoes are out OF
the question. Everyone is obliged to
do the bes. he can with what he has.
The prices ! am quoting are theor-
etical. nitnISy. III b sense that to have
procure whatever one desires. First,
the objects sought must exist: and,
having u them. they a be bought
no longer With money. but by exchang.
ing other articles. especially eatables.
IT is a good plan to give the tailor
1000 CROWNS: but far better to pay half
that sum and make up h deficiency
a dozen eggs
Nobody is astonished to see an eIe-
CANT lady going shopping in company
Win a man xervant carrying a heavy
valisc. That is the sign Of opulence,
and payment In things good to eat is
not Tor h first conner.
How does the first Gunner, 10 to
speak. contrtve to dress. since he does
not have piles OF bank hills N a reserve
OF eatables! How does tine mechanic,
teacher. the small employee contrive
to 10 II.
They do o buy at nh. They mend.
they repair. they vast ana make their
clothes serve them longer than ever
seemed 1csical or possible. The poor
are covered with rags ana their cloth
Ing T. an Easy problem beside that Of
getting food.
brad ratfOns. having been reduced
70 three thin slices Of 30 srammes each
a day. the chief nee Of the Vien-
nese Is to get themselves Hnmething. Il
matters little what, that Is catable.
VINO does not lind II tigAtens his belt a
little more and bides the Worrow.
THE wealthy families aStpays find a
20 my. they are in the habit Of going
TO n S-chleichendel. trading secretly in
q traffic carried on chiefly by
Jew refugees from G0rfxia- With
money lots OF money. there ara many
innings to eat still to BIO had In Vienna
in plenty
rice. nothing from Over seas.
AAuk. though 1t e not come from
across b. water. II N scarce as II II
oid. However. there Is Hour to be had
at 70 crowns q pound. game oysters at
Kanuious prices. young fowl at 100
owl apiece and pork at 60 crowns
g kiio- Live hsgs sell at from 5000 to
1000 OWE q IAN guarantee the
correctness OF the fiEureS) A hog
costs as much rs q race horse.
Another privileged class is formed
OF state officials and employees which
the government feeds fhrouRYt war