The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1921-04-02
POVERTY SPURS
GENIUS OF POOR
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Wennese Invent New Jobs for
Earning Living When Old
Methods Fail.
GENTEEL DANGERS FOR HIRE
Rich Mans Son and Wife Dance in
Public for Pay-Sifters of Refuse
Find So Much Profit Capital
lists Crowd Them Out.

Vienna.-The Viennese of the poor
er classes have always been noted for
lnventing queer jobs to get a living
by.
The "carriage-door-opener" 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
washed the. spokes of the wheels and
the hoofs of the horses when the cab
came back from a drive, and this use
ful work was paid for by the fare, not
by the coachman, who was too proud
to do it. ! ~
Aid for the Lottery Shy.
r outside the government lottery Of
ice 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
or the same kind no longer exist since
Vienna has been struck down by mis-
fortune and her citizens have no
money for anything but the bare nee
essaries Of life
On the outskirts Of the city, where
big factories are surmounted by high
chlmneys, 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 she sight of her
children shivering around the cold
stove, may have been the first to visit
the refuse heaps with a hook and
basket in search Of bits of uncon-
sumed 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. a.t~-.z.@ ..si ~, ~.*
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
m1lllonaires - Of course, Austrian
crown millionaires.
A very short time ago students of
the highest class in the best grammar
school of Vienna (the Schottengym-
nasium) were caught in the act of
selling an enormous quantity Of fire.
wood (Which did not EXIST to SYM
dictate Of bankers. The students had
formed "a stock company and were
buying and selling on speculation to
the amount of millions.
=. GenteeI Dancers for Hire,
In one Of the most popular night
restaurants an elegant couple appears
every evening at the same hour and
Is welcomed enthusiastically by the
owner and his regular guests. These
two open the dance with a fox trot
around the room. They are generally
considered the most faithful guests of
the place. Only small number are
in the secret of their real character.
The woman is his wife, whom he mar
ried against the will of urse-proud
father. The 10000 crowns a month
paid by the father to the prodigal are
not sufficient to keep this lively young
pair in clothing and food, so they re-
solved to earn their bread. But the
only thing in the world that they
could do well was to fox trot. The
exquisite way in which they danced
together in their counting days made
them generally admired. Now the
owner Of the night restaurant pays
them 10000 crowns month, treats
them with the greatest respect as the
most honored guests of the place and
gives them an excellent champagne
supper every night. Why should boys
learn Greek and Latin, mathematics
and history when fox trotting prom
ises so much more brilliant a career?
Business ethics and morals certainly
have gone astray, but only Pharisee
could blame this people on that ac-
count.