The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-07-08
Austria Specializes in Art
of Begging and Insulting

Dutch and Scandinavians have earned
lot of money. The South Ameri-
cans are rich. And all this shows that
they should come to the help Of Aus
tria. The Austrians think that only
fair. They do not expect otherwise.
With the allies, especially those of
the entente, 1t is quite another mat.
ter. The entente had dared to refuse
the credits requested? What a pity
us prisoners were not allowed to
starVe during the warl The entente
does not want US to join Germany
WelL we shall do so without its per.
mission. The time will come when we
VIII ally with Germany to aght the
entente,
That Is the reasoning of the Ger.
man-Austrian, who the pre-war Ger.
man declared was Just good enough
to black the boots Of the German
army.
have experienced moments during
which the Austrian absence Of char
acter has been made clearly obvious.
returned in the company of my
wife and one of her friends one eve
ming from Baden, a little mountain
GUS place, where one goes for week
ends. As my companions were Eng.
fish we talked English. The tramcar,
capable Of carrying about forty pas
sengers, presently filed up. Once on
the way a man standing up, a typical
German, started propaganda against
foreigners, and pointing to us desig-
mated us as English or Americans.
He mixed himself up In our CONVEX
sation. He insulted us Extensively in
German.
The whole compartment, consisting
OF all sorts and conditions of tray.
elers, supported this man. Vulgar
coarseness succeeded to the insults
and Jokes. Everything and all were
passed In review, the allied govern.
ments and their chiefs, even Presi-
dent Wilson was not forgotten. In
fact, he was spoken Of most OF all
because these people took me for an
American. Then they went on to
more personal matters ourselves, our
clothes, everything was analysed and
ridIculed. The most revolving things
were said by the best-dressed men,
and women Joined In with degraded
delight. The tram conductor laughed.
pretended not to understand. The
only thing to do with these brutes.
even heard somebody make a sug-
gestion to throw US out Of the tram
at the next stopping place.
The starving children Of Austria ex.
list mostly In the Imagination Of those
who earn an easy living by begging.
As q matter Of fact, one does not see
more sickly-looking children in Vienna
than in any other large town. II
help were given to the children Of the
poor, Of the unemployed. Of the de-
modified soldiers without means of
subsistence In England, America and
France such charity would be put to
far better use.
Waste of Coal and Light.
In order to save coal, France and
England ordered the dancing saloons
and theaters to be closed earlier In the
evening. Austria did nothing Of the
kind. Everything was Illuminated a
la giorno till midnight. It did not
matter II her subjects paid s kronen
a kilogram for coal and her factories
were obliged to stop work for lack OF
coal
While In most lands one does ones
best TO produce, the slightest incident
here creates a strike. People take
the most futile pretext to have an ex-
ira day Of rest-and all the same they
have the courage to complaint
Nobody deprives himself Of pleas
ure. One is prepared to DO without
anything except enjoyment. 1t is not
true that the people who 90 out in
the evenings are all foreigners. List
en- to the languages spoken In the
dancing saloons and cafes. viennese-
German and pure German predomi-
nate. Look at the lines outside the
theaters where German plays are be-
ing produced. Austrians certainly
form the majority Of the frequenters.
Look also at the rows OF tsxis around
the football field on Sundays. when
two local clubs meet I have seen
more than 500 Of them. II Is not the
foreigner who pays 1000 kronen or
more to drive to the place where the
game goes on