The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
DIFFERENT THERE
By IMAGERY WELLS

VIENNA, Jan. 2.-when one is ac- ecusfomed to after-opera crowds In sNeH York, one views those at the sopera at Vienna with nothing short Sof astonishment. It is a country 'suf- sfertng most acutely from the effects &of the war, and while the city will xno6 think of giving up its opera. (which is as fine in quality as any 3stin takes the amusement or the cul- &ture; whichever 1t might be called, $with great simplicity and all serious &nese. However, at night when the &crowd is pouring out of the very &ha4dsomest opera house in the city &where within all is sumptuousness Band splendor, there are stray one &or two automobiles waiting to trans @poft the rich ones away. And this is strue of the most popular and gor- sgeous operas that are given. The srest of the people go afoot or on the
 Sstreet cars, which they must hustle
 9to catch. as they stop running at
 Sabout Il o'clock. Taxis? There are
 SnoAe. You could look about and find
 sonS. maybe if you were keen of sight
 scouidn't be at all certain that your
 seffnrts would be rewarded.
 sA Tame Roller Coaster.
 We found an amusement park in
 Czecho- -Slovakia. It looked so really
 H1k9 COuey 1StanQ ITOm IdT-OlI
 Tange of view that we decided to go
 An and try our luck with finding some
 aold shome sensations The first thing
 sthat met our gaze was the advertise Ament for a roller coaster. To be sure,
 A mechanical organ was playing Ho dim our ardor. We bought our
 Tickets for Sh cents apiece (not even
 linen knowing enough to be wary of Ethe thrill awaiting us) and entered.
 sThe chariot that was to wheel us
 Through the air on tracks was drawn
 by . fiery steed with red lights out
 1ining his mane. All looked interest
 3ng and terrible. But, with a mild
 little whistle, the train started off
 Sat the pace of . snail and, though we
 Held on to the, sides of the carriage L eRs we had been taught to do in our
 Sown home resort, we had no need for
 &hus protecting our safety. All
 sthrough the dark tunnels and the slighter spaces, through the made-up Scenery and that which was quite snatural. the train moved in a slow land quite dignified manner. NO one 4was heard to shriek or even to utter Ia frightened whimper They were en- Ioytng themselves, but oh, so quietly. kWe could not help but wonder how sthey might be impressed if they scouid suddenly be landed upon the Swild path of a Coney Island rapid . stransit through the air. They would <probably have died of fright as we Scanae near doing of quietude and Speace.
 ssNo KnicIkers I'm Europe.
 NJ You see awfully strange walking Ecostumes in Europe, but you do not Feees ladies wearing knickers-that is, Eon the continent. It may be different snaturally to the manner of dress. eHowever. in Italy an American girl Edid make bold and appeared in a suit Nof knickers-albeit very good looking #hey were. She was gazed after and Booked upon with horror and awe and Haughing. She was even jeered at as &hopgh she had been caught doing Something totally untoward and sblameful. She felt most uncomfort- hblS, she confessed, and came home That night with a firm decision rising 4n her breast to do nothing further An the way of educating Italy or any Sthsr foreign country to the Ameri- X Nacans method of saving women trouble sands cumbersomeness in walking. Of xoourse she, and any American for Fat many of the walking costumes 3eonsidsred quite au fait in. this part sD8 the world, but one American doing sher. own little laughing would 4lot -caryy much weight after all. So, sgtris. if you are coming abroad next
 
 sknipkers in your trunk, thinking to sNsavp yourselves time and trouble. A :. O o O
 At the smartest theatres in Vienna 4hey eat large. fat sandwiches be- kween the acts. They take them from baper bags under their arms, or they @uy them at stands provided and ready within the theatres precincts, ! And 1t Is no unusual sight for a man 10 saunter up and down the Qisles Mwith tray of sandwiches and pickles %o sell to those who are waiting Through the long intermission. It Seems awfully strange to us to see people thus munching away at their Substantial evening neal, but they Ire accustomed to doing it and 1t g never occurs to them that a foreigner z Hnay be marveling at the sight. It's s 9 good idea, too, for-if you like ham A Sandwiches or anything else as hearty-you find yourself much re- 3 xreshed for the rest of the play. { Much more so, in fact, than after the ' mere smoking of a cigarette.