Yet busy as this housewife may be, site never lacks leisure to advise or direct the paying guest within her walls and many thoughtful attentions are bestowed which could, rot be claimed under the moderate] charge for "service." On the street the Viennese will walk squares out of his way to show one the way) or take endless trouble to obtain information for the passing strang-ex. With this willingness to interest oneself in others goes its concomitant curiosity and mans" personal questions are asked, A ese umbrella aroused such an versal interest as seriously to impede one's progress throughout the shops. Incidentally, the Viennese are deternrined that their city shall have as good a reputation as possible with regard to fair weather. During this exceptionally rainy summer a foreigner who negleetad to down her umbrella for the brief, recess between showers was grave-informed that the rain had cet ed and umbrellas might be dispented with, The streets of Vienna are a da. tinual pageant. Besides the smart young flappers in frocks which out-hie Paris, there are relics of old time gentility or the stoutly.sens-{be habiliments of the country people, the pretty "dirndals," peasant frocks, with tight bodices, skirts and the inevitable apron, men (almost universally hatless, though often formally gloved) in gay cotton coats, generally Copenhagen oF red, trampers in flannel shirts and shirts and usually the rucksick, Theve heavy packs are by no meang confined to the mer Women, old and young, students or country folk, trade miles with these gigantic loads on their bac The heavily laden must take 4 trailers of the tramways and conductors are empowered to refuse entrance to those too enormously weighted, but anything short of an {elephant or a grand piano seems be normal hand-luggage, The when they do wear hats, blos various hues, most often green, with perky little bunches of thors. They have picturesque po ant costumes of their own, these are seldom seen in the city wye on holidays or special excussions to town,
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