Cleveland County herald., 1921-05-12
POVERTY SPURS
 GENIUS 0F POOR
Viennese Invent New Jobs for Earning Living When Old
 Methods Fail.
GENTEEL DANCERS FOR HIRE
Rich Mans Son and Wife Dance in Public for Pay-Sfters of Refuse Find So Much Profit Capital
 ists Crowd Them Out


 Vienna.-The Viennese of the poor CT classes have always been noted for inyenting queer jobs to get a living by.
 The age-door-opener" waited for the close of theater performances to open and shut carriage-doors for those that drove away, who willingly gave tip for this voluntary service.
 The waterman" al cabstands washed the spokes of the wheels and the hoofs of the horses when the cab came back from drive, and this use ful work was paid for by the fare, not by the coachman. who was too proud te do it.
 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 finger ing near looked too shy to enter the shop.
 These and a great many other jobs of 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 chimneys, 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 Ahe 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 ping for coke increased to 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 1t to the channels of underhand traffic Some of these have already become millionaires - of course, Austrian crown millionaires.
 A very short time ago students o1 the highest class in the best grammal school of Vienna (the Schottengym nasium) were caught in the act o1 selling an enormous quantity of fire wood (which did not exist) to a syn dicate of bankers. The students haG formed a stock company and were buying and selling on speculation tc 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 a small number are in the secret of their real character The woman Is his wife, whom he mar ried against the will of a e-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 we'll was to fox trot. The exquisite way in which they danced together in their courting days made them generally admired. Now the owner of the night restaurant pays them 10000 crowns a 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.