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SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ALL NATIONS
#21 - AUSTRIA
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1893
Lithographer: Kaufmann & Strauss
  
| Reverse - Text |
Left section:
GRIND
YOUR COFFEE AT HOME
Right section: |
| AUSTRIA. |
| OF
all peoples the Austrians are the
most sociable. Their hospitality
is famous, their courtesy is most
profound and their care and
solicitude of the stranger within
their gates is proverbial. They
are a laughter-loving race, and
if any charge may be made against
them, it is that they are not
disposed to take life seriously
enough. In casual intercourse,
however, no people can be more
charming than the Austrian. |
| "Reifrennen"
or hoop-racing is a popular
diversion. Many clubs have been
formed to pursue this sport. A
specially arranged course has
been laid out in the Prater for
Hoop-racing. The Prater is the
famed pleasure ground near
Vienna. This course is called the
Freudenau, "The Meadow of
Pleasure." Races of
professionals and amateurs are
run here on Wednesdays and
Sundays. The only condition is
the trundling of a hoop
throughout the race. Even the
children are experts at this
sport. |
| Bathing
is a great summer amusement
indulged in by large masses of
the people. So enormous are the
crowds that visit this delightful
resort, that though there are
bathing houses by the thousand,
some pleasure seekers are forced
to wait hours for accommodation.
Bath-houses on wheels are
universally used as being most
convenient. |
| "Touristen"
Outing Clubs exist throughout
Austria and they have a beautiful
custom of climbing the mountains
at the beginning of Summer.
Prizes and honors await the
person arriving first at the
summit. Gala-days are many in
Austria, and then the populace
give themselves up to pleasure.
These days are generally fetes in
the Church Calendar. The Austrian
lays his plans systematically for
such occasions, the theatre
invariably winds up the sport of
a gala-day, though be it
understood, that as the Austrians
are inveterate theatre-goers,
they do not wait for gala-days to
attend. |
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