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would have to pay for the two glasses
of beer. l consented, provided he
would mark on the bill that one glass
had a fly in it. He objected, but see
ing that would not pay otherwise
and he would lose the five cents in
question, he did so and I have that
bill as relic. 1t reads: 81 glas bier
ohne fliege, $500 marks" and "I bier
NIT fiege, $500 marks" The two items
made 1000 marks and today mean just
10 cents American.
!: 4 X
DUT Vienna is waiting. We shall be-
gin our walk at st. Stephens place.
in the heart of the city. 1t is a spot
we'll known in history. 1t had houses
in the days Of the Romans and there
were stores here when Charlemagne
was a baby In the days Of Maria
Theresa and long after the time when
Napoleon occupied Vienna there were
great walls running round this place
as a center. The walls were almost
200 feet wide and more than three
miles in length. Several years before
our civil war they were taken away,
and in their place are circular streets,
which are cut by others running out
from ST. Stephens place like the spokes
of wheel. The city. in fact, Is
gigantic spider-web with st. Stephens
place In the center.
Buu what is that crowd on the cor
ner of this great square in which the
mighty cathedral stands? They are
looking up at the spire, which is gi-
gantic stone finger pointing toward
heaven, with gothic projections clear
to its tip. We take our glass and look
up. Some daring man Is trying to
climb the great structure. He looks
little more than a bug away up there
in the blue.
But there are steps inside the tower.
They number only 533. We go in and
walk round and round through the
darkness, past the great bell on the
second story, which weighs twenty tons,
and finally come out with all Vienna
before us.
compass. That great stream at tho
right. with its long string Of barges,
! mere toy boats in the distance, Is the
mighty Danube, which rises in the
mountains OF Germany and winds it's
way past Vienna, Budapest and on
| down through Hungary, Jugoslavia,
Bulgaria and Rumania to the Black
! sea- 1t is the second river Of Europe.
1t Is a thousand miles longer than the
Rhine and is navigable all the way
| from Germany until 1t flows out into
that mighty body Of water which
| washes a great part Of South Russia
| and gives access through the Bosporus
to the Mediterranean and thence to the
Atlantic.
The Danube is one of the great high
ways OF water traffic Of Europe, and
| may say of the world. It Is already
connected by canal with the Rhine, and
plans are under way which will Join IL
! to the Elbe and the Oder, 60 that the
North sea and the Baltic will add to
| the traffic.
! Now turn around and look to the
! west. With the glass you can see the
Alps, but you cannot distinguish the
passes which show that Vienna II on
the great trade route from Italy, by
which much Of the Mediterranean traf-
fic goes to the north. II you could
sweep your glass around the compass
you would see also that there are
other passes through the Carpathians
and that this town Is In the basin
! where all the low lines Of traffic come
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HTRs fsa % GROUND AS OUR


Upon the Ring are the principal ho-
tells, with many tables out on the
street where men, women, and chill
dren sit and drink coffee and tea as
we'll as beer, wine and sirups while
they watch the people go by. A lit
tie farther along is the Stock Ex-
change where they gamble on the rise
and fall Of the currency, and nearby
the mighty university, which covers
as much ground as our National Lii
brary and has about 5000 students.
On other parts Of the Ring are the
Opera House, which is almost equally
large, the Parliament building, the
Hofburg Theater. three or four mag
nificent churches and so many mu-
seums. art galleries, and other places
of note that canhot mention them
here.
This part of Vienna is composed of
huge buildings, every one Of which has
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have asked them about the future of
their city, and what it has to still
make it great. They talk at first
about trade, but a moment later drift
into boasting Of Vienna as an art and
musical center, and as a city which
the whole world should see.
1t seems to me they are more proud
of their musical attractions than
breathes music You can hear in al
most any important street any night
a concert or opera that would be a
star performance in any large city
of the United States. There are a half
dozen opera houses. and no end of
small theaters where music is the
chief feature. There are band con-
certs in the parks. and almost every
hotel has excellent music at dinner.
The two great opera houses here
are famous the world over. The I'm
perial Opera, which is partly sup
ported by the government, has as its
conductor, Richard Strauss: and the
Peoples Opera which is also noted,
is conducted by Felix Won Wengart-
ner, who only few years ago de-
serted Berlin for Vienna. Richard
Strauss does not come of the famous
Strauss family. headed by Johann
Strauss, a native of Vienna, to whose
music all the world waltzes. 1t was
he who was known as the dance
king and it was he who wrote the
blue Danube" waltz. Richard Strauss
is a native of Munich, but his great
compositions were composed in VII
emma. This city was also the home of
Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven and
Brahms. It was here that Mozart
composed Figaro" 1.-The Magic Flute"
Don Juan""and 'The Requiem" Here
Beethoven lived for thirty-five years
and in that time composed almost all
his great works, and it was Brahms
who, although born in Hamburg, said
that Vienna was an ideal place for
the composition Of symphonies. Here
today Franz Lehar is living in the
house where 1.-THE Merry Widow was
written, and here modern light music
may be said to have originated and
to have had its development. In
the darkest hours of Vienna's star
vation, the operas and concerts were
held right along, and now that the
city is again on its feet. good music
is to be found everywhere.
X * X
THE art, music and education of
= Vienna form a. part Of the un-
earned increment which the new re-
public has from the long reign Of
the Hapsburgs. Kings and emperors
have their advantages in that they
construct mighty buildings, establish
opera houses and theaters, and gather
paintings and sculpture that are
practically free to the people. In ad-
| dition to these. public institutions,
Vienna NOW has the palaces of the
|monarcfis themselves with the treas
ures which have accumulated during
| the ages
The Hapsburgs were one Of the old
est Of the royal houses of Europe.
The first of them, an old robber-
l'baron named Rudolph, took the
Throne Of Austria more than 200
years before Columbus discovered
America. 1t was in 1878 when the
family began to live at the expense
of the people and they have fed at
the public crib from that time to
this. And how well they have fed
one may know by going through
these mighty palaces. every part of
which is now open to all.
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between Vienna and Budapest. The
trip by boat now takes twelve hours.
1t will then take less than two, and
the fare from one town to the other
will be just 81.
PUT let US go down, hire a horse
cab, and take trot round the
Ringstrasse.. Like the boulevards Of
Paris. 1t incloses the old city and 1t Is
the center Of the life, society and
business Of modern Vienna. The
street Is twenty-seven feet wider
than Pennsylvania avenue between
the Treasury and the Capitol, and 1t
Is just three times that long. 1t has
two great double rows of green trees
running through. 1t, and there are
three roadways for traffic. In addi-
tion are the wide flag sidewalks lined
with magnificent four and hve-story
buildings.
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together. Indeed it is down grade from
an the chief industrial centers all the
way to Vienna; and it is down grade
from Vienna to the Black sea. The
railways follow the grades, many OF
them having been built on the Roman
roads that came to this point
1t is its geographic position which
makes this. great city and which will
continue to make it for all time to
come. For centuries it has been the
meeting place. the banking and trading
center Of east and west, OF the north
and south. and to-day. with the develop
ment going on in the new states all
about it, it will grow greater than
ever. 1t is now planned. to eiectrify
the railroads. The transportation OF
the Danube is being improved by put
ting on motor boats and oii-burning
steamers, and In the near future there
will be a daily service Of hydroplanes
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BY FRANK G. CARPENTER.

VIENNA.
~ ONE with me this morning for
n walk through Vienna. You
will have to take your foot
~ in hand. for the city is big.
1t has more people than Philadelphia
and it covers almost as much land as
the city of London. It's electric car
lines put together would reach as far
as from New York to Baltimore and
its streets are two-thirds as many as
those of Chicago.
But we can ride n part of the way.
There are hundreds of one or two
horse cabs that will charge us $4,000
kronen an hour. Don't shiver, That
amount would have meant $4,000 be-
fore the war. It is only 60 cents
now. Or we can go about in style
in taxi and be charged by the meter.
The register is the same as that used
before the world war and we shall
have OILY to multiply the figures by
1000 to know the right fare.
This will give you some idea of the
currency we shall use on the trip. ]
have a bag half filled with ii, for 1
have Just drawn 500 at the bank and
the cashier gave me 100000 kronen
for that amount. The money was in
shin-plasters with green backs the
color of an American bank note.
Some of the bills were of a half mil
lion each and a good handful or so
were of 100000, 10000 and under. The
100-kronen notes are each the size
of playing card. Each is worth one
seventh of a cent, and this is enough
to satisfy the ordinary beggar. There
are still smaller notes, going down
to 10 kronen and / krone. 1t takes
$4,000 of the 1-krone notes to equal
a dollar. Anything under one-seventh
or cent is here known as chicken
Feed and We can throw 1t out by the
handrui and not lose very much. /
have never really felt rich before.
I may say also it makes me feel
poor. My hotel bill for the week came
in this morning. 1t was over 5000, 900
crowns. or what when I last visited
Vienna ten years ago would have
been $1.0s0.oo0. Think of spending
million cold plunks for a week at
a tavern! But after all, this is only
81 a day, and it includes two fine
rooms and two baths and the break
fasts for myself and secretary.
L ma nave TO watch my hotel
bills. I laboriously count the great
sheaves Of bank notes when 1 settle,
and the accounts are now and then
short. So far I have found none in
my favor. I had a queer experience
last week in Munich. 1t is, as you
know. famous for its good beer, and
to sample the beverage I ordered a
glass. 1t came in a pitcher that con-
tained nearly a quart. had worked
my way down through the foam and
drunk one or two gills when i dis
covered a fly floating about under my
nAse, I called the head waiter and
showed him the fly. He threw up his
hands, grabbed the pitcher and order
ed the waiter to bring me another
one, I drank some Of that and when
the bill was brought in found that
both glasses were charged. I pro-
tested, but the waiter said I would
have to pay. But said I:
1.-THE first glass had fly, and the
head waiter took it away"
but the fly was not in 1t, when I
brought it out of the kitchen. I shall
have to charge for both glasses" said
he.
"so and ask the head waiter" said 1.
/ He did SO. and came back saying I
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its history, and which altogether con-
tain some of the worlds great treas
ures in literature, science, music and
art. One Of sthe finest structures is
the Technical High School; Others are
the Museums OF Art and Natural His
tory with the great tHofhurg. or. palace
of the former emperor, hard by. The
whole forms a collection Of treasures
which tourists from everywhere come
to see Just outside the Ring are
many palaces, embassies, chateanx
and great business streets with hand
some apartment houses like, those of
the Ring. ;.s''1'e ~ :,
These viennese are strange. peol
pie. I have talked with all classes,
from the statesmen and bankers who
are running the politics and q money
matters of the republic down to the
men and women who work ut SO many
kronen per day for their bread,
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o
Elizabeth and Her
TenIonar Bed-HGday
Fmou I a
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twentieth verses of the twenty first
chapter of the Revelation. doesn't it?
Copyright, 1923.
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ADVENTURES OF RAGGEDY ANN AND RAGGEDY ANDY

"Mister Captaini" Raggedy Ann said to the little fat Captain who owned the pretty little white magical boat, Don't you spect it would be fun if we sailed the magical boat just above the ground down the path through the deep woods! We are sure to have more adventures than if we sail the boat upon the sea"
 s'Yes, I spect it would be lots more fun !" the Captain agreed. For wien we sail upon the sea, another water spout may come along and carry us way up in the air again and it would take just that much longer to get down to the earth again.
 "Yes!" he said, i've will sail the lit tie magical boat right along above the ground through the deep, deep woods. Then we will not be captured by pi- rates. It will be lots more fun "
 Still" Raggedy Andy said, "It is a lot of fun being captured by Pirates if the Pirates are not real for sure Pi- rates"
 "Oh, yesw w the Captain agreed. "Just pretend Pirates are lots of fun, but if we should sail upon the sea and really and truly be captured by real for sure Pirates, then they might take our little magical boat away from us. And you know, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, if some real selfish person should discover that this is a magical boat and that it has a magical cupboard always filled with nice things to eat and very fine magical soda water fountain, they would be apt to make us prisoners and take our boat away from us!'
 'Haw Raggedy Andy cried. "I'd like to see anyone try to do that ]"
 Aha" You would, would you" very gruff voice cried. "Just you tell me what you would do, Mister Raggedy Andy! Just tell me that will youw
 My goodness v Raggedy Ann cried. Its Hobgoblin"
 You bet amp the Hobgoblin laughed, And I heard everything the Captain said! Just let me take a look at that magical cupboard and the magi- cal ice cream soda water fountain Just let me see them and I'll mighty soon tell you whether I shall capture the boat and make you all prisoners y
 We shall not show them to you when you talk so rudely!" Raggedy Ann said.
 Aha! Who says so?" the Hob-
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goblin cried as he caught Raggedy Ann and threw her over the side of the boat. He could do this easily for Raggedy Ann was made of cloth and stuffed with soft cotton, so she was not very heavy.
 And who. else says sop" the Hob goblin cried as he looked at Raggedy Andy.
 "I dow Raggedy Andy cried at the Hobgoblin, just as loud as the Hobgob- lin had cried at him.
 'Then over you go" the Hobgoblin howled. And he caught hold of Rag gedy Andy and wrestled him to the edge of the boat and threw him over. This did not hurt Raggedy Andy any more than it did Raggedy Ann, for Raggedy Andy was made just like Raggedy Ann. And Raggedy Andy did not quit smiling even a smidgin, for his smile was painted on.
 ''Now over you go, tool" the Hob goblin cried as he rushed at the little fat Captain, but the little fat Captain was too heavy for the Hobgooblin and instead of the Hobgoblin throwing him over the side of the boat, the Captain threw the Hobgohlin over and he @BUMPED!" the hard ground so hard he saw a great many zig gag stars 1!
 '@There, Mister HObgoblin !" Raggedy Ann said. f'You see nowi You got just what you deserved Anyone who tries to do another an unkind act, al- ways succeeds in getting into trouble 2" So the Raggedys left the Hobgoblin sit ting upon the hard ground rubbing his bumped head and climbed on board the little Magical boat with the Captain.
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Lester = Dupuy Wedding Takes
 Place

A pretty wedding was solemnized last evening at the Ensley Highlands Pres byterian church at s 80 o'clock, when Miss Ellen Meredith Dupuy became the bride of MT. John Rush Lester of Tal- ladega. The church was decorated for this occasion in palms. Baskets of white chrysanthemums and white tapers which were also placed in each window of the church.
 Preceding the ceremony a musical program was given under the direction of Mrs. Minnie McNeill Carr, organist. A violin solo was given by Mrs. Sarah Mackenzie and MT. Dan Walker sang following the prayer. During the cere- mony, which was performed by Rev. l.. E. Brubaker, Mrs. Ethlyn Hays Randall sang '"Thanks Be To God The bridal chorus from Lorengrin was sung by chorus for the entrance of the bridal party.
 The ribbon bearers, little Charles Person, Frank Inman, Jean Ray and Jean Inman entered first. The little girls were dressed in white georgette, trimmed in silver and the boys wore black velvet suits.
 The bridesmaids and groomsmen en- tered down opposite aisles. Miss Ruth McNeill, Mrs. Arthur Abele of Mont gomery, Miss Kate Nelson Turnipseed, Mrs. Greye Tate and Mrs. Sam Chalker were the bridesmaids and brides ma tron wearing dresses of apple green satin trimmed in silver and carried vel Joy chrysanthemums tied with silver tulle.
 Miss Ruth Dupuy was her sisters oE hIYYn nhf frock trimmed in silver and carried pink of honor, wore pink chiffon and car ried lavender chrysanthemums.
 The groomsmen and ushers were Mr. Leo Hail, MT. James Dupuy, Jr., Mir. Robert E. Bailey of Anniston, MT. Stuart Mims of Chicago, Mir. D. l.. Nelson of Anniston, Mir. s. E. Berk streffer of Gadsden, MT. O. K. Sey- forth.
 The flower girls and ring bearers pre- ceded the bride, coming down each aisle. Little Dorothy and Louise Os- borne, the daughters of MT. and Mrs. Fred Osborne, were the flower girls, wearing pink chiffon dresses and carry ing French nosegays. Burke Dupuy and Mary Jane Person were the ring bearers, carrying the rings in the hearts of white roses for the double ring cere- mony. Mary Jane Person wore blue chiffon and Burke Dupuy wore black velvet suit.
 The bride was given in marriage by her father, MT. James A. Dupuy.
 Her wedding gown was of white satin trimmed in chantilly lace and the court train was of chiffon edged in lace and beaded in pearls. The veil of tulle was caught to the head with a coronet of real lace. Bride roses, valley lilies and orchids formed the bridal bouquet.
 MT. James A. Lester served his brother as best man.
 Following the ceremony an informal reception was held at the home of the brides parents, Mir. and Mrs. James A. Dupuy. Mrs. Dupuy received wearing a taupe cut velvet dress with corsage of pink roses and Mrs. Richard F. Les ter of Covington, Ga, mother of the groom, assisted, wearing blue chiffon beaded in chrystals with a corsage of pink roses.
 ' After a wedding trip, Mir. and Mrs. Lester will be at home in Talladega.
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By Branner

library of the newest books and you can get caught up on all the things you have not had time for at home."
 'This was country place, mainly noted for the fishing" Mrs. Clark went on. "So the library wasn't much to speak of, mostly sets of Scott or Thackeray and people like that. So by and by we began to have very little to think about and the hours dragged a bit"
 Nothing is so stupid as the country after you've got rested" declared the
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Social Calendar

Band No. 4, W. NJ. U. of the West End Baptist church will give a Hal loweeen party Thursday, October 30, at the church from z 80 to 10 p. m. The public is invited.
 An important meeting of the Ala bama Welfare association will be held in the council chamber of the city hall Wednesday night at s p. m. All mem- bers and officers are requested to be present.
 The Sunday school department of New Prospect church, Chalkville, will give benefit chicken supper Saturday, November l, at the church. Everyone invited.
 The Business Girls Guild of the Church of the Advent will meet We'd nesday evening at 5 40 for super and their regular weekly meeting. The study of the prayer book led by Mrs. Florence Tarrant will be the feature of the program.
 Mrs. A. l.. Kidd's Circle No. of the, Southside Baptist church will meet with Mrs. L. F. Harris, 1923 Eighteenth street, south, Thursday at II o'clock. All members are urged to attend as sewing will be done for the city vel fare department.
 
 The Business Women's Unit of St. Mary 's-on-the Highlands will meet this evening at o'clock at the church. Mir. John Henley will give a talk on TO- nance of Birmingham.
 
 The West End Woman's College club will hold it's regular meeting on We'd nesday afternoon at 2 80 with Mrs. Charles Harris and Mrs. Elizabeth M.
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hostess. 'sTime can drag so terribly and you can get so bored you don't know exactly what to do."
 "Just then young fellow suggested that he teach us how to play nah jongg," old Mrs. Clark continued. He was sort of assistant clerk or something, and he had to sit around and do nothing most of the day and he said he would be very glad. to get out his set and show us all how to play"
 Wasn't that nice r exclaimed Mrs. Davis. There's a spirit of kindly helpfulness at the summer resorts that makes everybody do all he can to show others the interesting and pleasant things to do."
 Tt was very kind of him." agreed old Mrs. Clark, ''or so we thought when he
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BENEVOLENCE

llnON'T set the next meeting s"D for Thursday, please" said Mrs. Dunbar of the club. q have promised to play bridge at Mrs. Fieldings white elephant sale. She has invited lot of us there for some games, hoping we will 4 patronize the sale. Bridge is getting to be old-fashioned, and I'm out of practice"
 You ought to be playing one of these Chinese games," said Mrs. Lewis, T never can remember the name of them, but they're somethink like bridge and a little bit like dominoes and quite lot like five hundred"
 five enjoyed it ever so much," said old Mrs. Clark. "We learned it las summer at the hotel down east, but we haven't played much here.'
 'sThere's always somebody at hotel who will teach you anything you want to know" laughed Miss Flint. "One summer I learned bridge from woman who sat at the next table to ours at dinner and another year l was taught how to play by two young men who were staying where we had settled down for the warm months"
 T pick up all my fancy embroidery stitches at hotels," said the hostess.
 "A woman at the boarding house where we were last summer wanted to teach me how to make macrime lace" laughed Mrs. Dunbar. "Why, gracious ! macrime lace was the style for fancy work way back before I was married. If you wait long enough everything will come back in style, no matter how hope less it seems"
 T wish I had the beads we used to play with when was a small child :" sighed the new member. We had the prettiest beads imaginable that we used to string and restring, and we didn't care at all if we broke or lost them. If I had saved them I could save pretty penny on making bead bags for Christ mas, but who ever thought that mere beads could be expensive?'
 T learned something very useful one summer" said Mrs. Phillips. q was young girl who wanted to do some thing and there was a girl who wanted something to do, so she taught me short hand. It was pure kindness in her, too."
 "There were seven of us women folk at the hotel spoke of, last summer" said old Mrs. Clark. And most of us were not exactly young; there wasn't much to occupy us while our husbands
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Morgan at their home, 1916 Tuscaloosa avenue.
 The annual luncheon of the Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood will be given at the temple on November 3. For reser- vations call Mrs. L. A. Beck. Main 4916.
 
 The Junior League will meet We'd nesday at 10 80 a. m., at the Inde- pendent Presbyterian church.