The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-07-30
Austria Specializes in Art
Of Begging and Insulting

Dutch and Scandinavians have earned
q 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, it - quite another mat
ter. The entente had dared to refuse
the credits requested? What q pity
Its prisoners were not allowed to
starve during the war! The entente
does not want us to join Germany
Well, we shall do so without its PER
mission. The time will come when we
will 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, q little mountain
GUS place, where one goes for week
ends. AS my companions were Eng
lish we talked English. The tramcar,
capable of carrying about forty pas
sengers,, presently filed up. Once on
the way man standing up, 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 trav-
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
I 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
II pretended not to understand. The
only thing to do with these brutes
n / even heard somebody make sug
gestion to throw us out Of the tran
at the next stopping place.
i The starving children of Austria ex
ist mostly In the imagination Of those
! who earn an easy living by begging
}, As a matter of fact, one does not SCI
i more sickly-looking children in Vienns
than in any other large town. Il
, help were given to the children Of thu
moor. Of the unemployed, Of the de
; modified soldiers without means o.
subsistence In England, America ant
France such charity would be put t
: q far better use.
Waste Of Coal and Light.
u In order to save coal. France an,
England ordered the dancing saloon
and theaters to be closed earlier In tn
!. evening. Austria did nothing OF tn
!. kind. Everything was Illuminated
; Ia giorno till midnight. It did no
. matter IL her subjects paid s kronel
q kilogram for coal and her factorie
were obliged to stop work for lack Q
, coal.
81 While in most lands one does one
G best to produce. the slightest inciden
i here creates a strike. People TAX
|. the most futile pretext to have an e.
) ira day Of rest-and all the same the
i have the courage to complaint
! Nobody deprives himself Of pleas
ure. One is prepared to do withou
: ANYTHING except enjoyment. It is nc
i true that the people who go out !
) the evenings are all foreigners. Lis
I en- TO the languages spoken In tn
. dancing saloons and cafes. viennest
: German and pure German FREEDOM
: nate. Look at the lines outside ia
4 theaters where German plays are b.
!. inc produced. Austrians certainl
\ form the majority Of the frequenter
! Iook also at the rows Of taxis aroun
ii the football field on Sundays, whe
i two local clubs meet. I have zee
4 more than 500 Of them. II u not q
I foreigner who pays 1000 kronen Z
/ more to drive 70 the pace where q
: came goes on.