The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-14
POVERTY SPURS
GENIUS OF POOR
vienneSe Invent New Jobs for
Earning Living When Old
Methods Fail.
GENTEEL DANCERS FOR HIRE
Rich Mans Son and Wife Dance lin
Public for Pay-Sifters of Refuse
Find So Much Profit Capital
lists Crowd Them Out

! Vienna.--The Viennese of the poor
err classes have always been noted for
inventing queer jobs to get living
by.
The "carriage-door-O waited
| for the close of theater performances
to open and shut carriage-doors for
those that drove away, who willingly
| gave a tip for this voluntary service.
! The waterman" at cabstands
the hoofs of the horses when the cab
came back from drive, and this USE
full work was paid for by the fare not
by the coachman, who was too proud
to do 1t.
Aid for the Lottery Shy.
Outside the government lottery Of
flee an old woman would offer to play
the numbers or even to advise what
numbers to play if any person linger-
Ing near looked too shy to enter the
shop.
These and great many other jobs
of the same kind no longer exist, since
vienna has been struck down by mis-
wi ttHt anu HtT t1llZeHS nave no
money for anything but the bare nee
essaries of life.
On the outskirts OF the city, where
big factories are surmounted by high
chIinneys, there is still much building
ground waiting for future enterprise.
Here enormous mounds of refuse have
accumulated, consisting chiefly of
ashes and dross. Some poor woman
who could not bear he sight OF her
shivering around the cold
stove may have been the first to visit
the refuse heaps with hook and
basket in search of bits of uncon-
suned coal. Her example was soon
followed, and in the course of bitter
winters the number of people grab
bling for coke increased to a small |
army |
The next to appear on the stage Of |
this new profession was the capitalist
who took over the product of the coke
grabbers' efforts and distributed it to
the channels of underhand traffic.
Some of these have already become T
- of course, Austrian +
,rown millionaires.
very short time ago students of /
he highest class in the best grammar
school of Vienna (the Schottengym-
lasium) were caught In the act of
ceiling an enormous quantity Of fire.
wood (Which did not EXIST to a syn II
Jicate of bankers. The students had II
ormed stock company and were
'uying and selling on speculation to
he amount of millions.
Genteei Dancers for Hire.
In one Of the most popular night
estaurants an elegant couple appears
very evening at the same hour and
welcomed enthusiastically by the
wner and his regular guests. These
wO open the dance with fox trot. \
round the room. They are generally n
the most faithful guests of
lie place. Only small number are
} the secret of their real character
he woman is his wife, whom he mar
Ell against the will of a purse-proud
lther. The 10000 crowns a month
aid by the father to the prodigal are
Of sufficient TO keep this lively young
air in clothing and food, so they re-
lived to earn their bread But the
lly thing In the world that they
'uld do well was to fox trot The
lguisite way In which they danced
gether In their counting days made
em generally admired. Now the
yner of the night restaurant pays
EN- 10000 crowns month, treats
EN- with the greatest respect as the
ost honored guests Of the place and
veg them an excellent champagne
PIPER every night. Why should boys
arm Greek and Latin. mathematics
ID history when fox trotting prom
IS so much more brilliant a career?
Business ethics and morals certainly
We gone astray, but only a Pharisee
uld blame this people on that ac-
unit.